On 9/2/06, stevertigo vertigosteve@yahoo.com wrote:
And while we're on the subject, what do people think of this, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/meta/a/a2/Disambig-alt2.png instead of the typical this?: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/meta/a/a2/Disambig-alt1.png
The weakness is that it's not apparently obvious what "Disambiguation" means (especially when it is a single word displayed to the right of the title). A hatnote in a standardised form is easy to interpret, even for someone who hasn't seen one on Wikipedia before, and it also corresponds with how disambiguation occurs in some other publications.
[[WP:DAB]] does a very good job of setting out when disambiguation should be done, how it should be done and the various forms it can take. Interestingly, it actually suggests that where there are only two articles to be disambiguated, the form that should be taken is the one you seem not to like. I suggest you bring up this issue on the talk page there, since apparently some people consider it a good enough form to recommend.