[WikiEN-l] Annoying hatnotes

[quiddity]

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Carcharoth<carcharothwp at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Some disambiguation pages have "see also" sections for things that
> aren't strictly disambiguation. But yes, it can be difficult to draw
> the line between classic disambiguation and a topic overview of
> loosely related terms, annotated in a way that is more informative
> than search results would be (at this point, someone will probably
> mention the 'overview' articles).
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_overviews
>
> It seems that non-standard disambiguation pages, lists, overviews,
> categories, topic navboxes, and true topic articles, all lie on a
> spectrum trying to do similar but different things, in different ways.
>
> Carcharoth
>

I think you mean Outlines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Contents/Outline_of_knowledge
But yes, I agree with the spectrum comparison.

For example, we have these pages, that are variously explicating,
disambiguation, and listing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_(disambiguation)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_water
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Water
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Water
which in the main article, [[Water]], even manages to bring us back to
the original topic, of yes, excessive or inappropriate hatnotes could
be considered harmful!

Quiddity