On 6/15/07, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 6/15/07, Anthony wikimail@inbox.org wrote:
Fair enough. I still think it's a lot cleaner and more usable to type in a subject and have a paragraph about the subject than to be redirected to a long page with lots of subjects and be taken to the middle of the article where the paragraph about that particular subject is located.
It's been something we have been using for years in relation to fictional subjects:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_Star_Wars_characters
Yes, it's actually a common occurance on a wiki that poor designs get propagated for years before they're fixed. Think {{spoiler}}, for instance.
For fictional subjects it works quite well since the primary properties of that subject are fairly easy to define. The Xeelee are only a very powerful species within Stephen Baxter's Xeelee sequence that is the only group they can really be placed in.
So [[Davik Kang]] redirecting to [[List of minor Star Wars characters]] is better than [[Davik Kang]] as an article unto itself? Why?
It's not a big deal, so I only complain about it because it was already brought up, but if I wanted to find out about [[Davik Kang]] why would I want to be taken to a long page full of minor Star Wars characters? IW links don't work. What links here doesn't work. Categories often don't work. It makes no sense at all to me. The only argument that I can see being made is that [[Davik Kang]] isn't a notable enough topic, as though people use Wikipedia to decide whether or not a topic is notable or something. It doesn't make sense.
Hodgesaargh only exists within the context of the discworld books. Thus placing him in a list of Discworld characters is not a problem.
People tend to be more difficult.
Yes, it's much worse with people IMO. I especially hate it when one person redirects to another person.
An Olympic athlete may well appear in two games. A footballer may play for many clubs over many seasons and far to many will have played for any one club to have say "list of minor liverpool players".
-- geni