On 2/14/07, Bogdan Giusca liste@dapyx.com wrote:
Then why do we have them?
It's a good question. I used to think they were redundant, and indeed, generally "non-ambiguous pages" like this don't have them. But now I'm not so sure. Some reasons for having them:
- it may be useful or just interesting to know what the name is ambiguous with - somewhat related, it helps the reader understand why there is a slightly bizzarre name: Why "Jerry Seinfeld (character)"? Why not just "Jerry Seinfeld"? - it's much easier to maintain ambiguous sets when there are links back to the disambig page - sometimes people link to the wrong page. If there are two "Fred Smith"s who are scientists, people may hastily link to "Fred Smith (scientist)" and get it wrong. - consistency
These may not be compelling reasons, but there is *some* benefit in having the links.
Steve