On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:24 AM, David Gerard<[email protected]> 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 _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
