[WikiEN-l] Annoying hatnotes

[stevertigo]

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:24 AM, David Gerard<dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is almost a FAQ on this list :-) The usual cure is a two-item
> disambig page. For an example, see what I just did to [[Plankton]].

I remember bringing this up once yarns ago, and eventually getting
lots and lots of resistance to the idea of two-item disambiguations.
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2005-September/028499.html
. People often said things like: 'If its only two items, it's
inconvenient to make someone click on the (disambiguation) link just
to see the actual article title,' and 'what if they are really looking
for [favourite pokemon/porn star/hair band]? You would be robbing of
them of their right to find it quickly and easily.'

Anyway they were wrong. And four years isn't too long I suppose for
those people to finally get the notion that trivial disambiguations
are unencyclopedic. Fugly too.

Now, if some serious 'medians could help me get [[McLaren]] turned
into a proper Scottish surname disambiguation - overriding all the
fanboys there - that would be just swell.

-Stevertigo