On 05/09/06, Richard Holton richholton@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/5/06, Oskar Sigvardsson oskarsigvardsson@gmail.com wrote:
I do think that many times such notes can be wildly out of place. A perfect example somebody mentioned eariler is this thread is
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beirut&diff=21961432&oldid...
Clearly an inappropriate "hatnote"
But, again. make a disambig-page and you're fine. No need for anything else.
That example didn't require a disambiguation note. Who would mistakenly go to Beirut when looking for "Beer Pong"? Assuming good faith, whoever placed this "hatnote" has a serious misunderstanding of the concept.
Presumably, someone who knows the game is called "Beirut" but has never heard of "Beer Pong". Drinking games tend not to have very well-standardised nomenclature.