Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation/Archive 10

message: There is a poll at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages) until 12:00 (UTC) January 15, 2005.
:--William Allen Simpson 13:21, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: --William Allen Simpson 15:30, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation of TLA, FLA, 2LA, 3LA, 4LA, 5LA, ''et alia'' poll 

message: There is a poll at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages) until 14:00 (UTC) January 15, 2005.
:--William Allen Simpson 14:23, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: --William Allen Simpson 15:30, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation subcategory and template poll 

message: In many articles that have Arabic script in the header, someone placed such a link:transliterated, which would be much more useful linked like this:transliterated. I don't have a bot and I came here to draw the attention of someone who does, to dab all such links. See for example: Libya, which requires such a dab at the moment of my timestamp. Alexander 007 06:30, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Disambiguation [[Transliteration]]--->[[Arabic transliteration]]

message: The current text says:
Ensure that the disambiguation page links back to an unambiguous page name (that is, link to Rome, Italy rather than Rome).  The unambiguous page name should redirect to the primary topic page.
*This reflected actual practice at the time.  Rome (disambiguation) has since been changed to link directly to Rome instead of Rome, Italy.
*In this case, it appears to have been done manually.  But in other cases, there may be editors using automated processes to eliminate redirects.
:--William Allen Simpson 11:41, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: --William Allen Simpson 06:54, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: --William Allen Simpson 06:54, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page naming Primary topic 

message: Relatedly, this was a topic of some discussion regarding the various Star Trek television series/episodes and incarnations.  After discussion, a naming convention was established to dually eliminate ambiguity with actual terms (e.g., ex post facto) while also enabling consistency when authoring/editing/linking to the plethora of articles in Wp.  That is, it is necessary for many reasons.  Numerous articles were also moved en masse to conform to the convention.
I hope this is helpful; please let me know if you've any questions.  E Pluribus Anthony | talk | 17:19, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The proposed naming convention for television episodes is excellent and I'm sure helps to people get to the information that they are looking for rather than an episode for which they are not familiar.  This suggestion may be applicable for other shows like the The Simpsons where individual episodes guides are available.  Unfortunately it may not be appropriate disambiguating the individual television shows themselves where someone may be looking for the television rather than an episode.  --Reflex Reaction (talk)• 21:32, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks; I understand.  I suggest it only as a guide – maybe even a precedent – for the possible treatment and disambiguation of ep articles for series within other genres that share similar roots/names or have many incarnations (e.g., Law & Order, CSI, Survivor, et al.).  Within the Star Trek guidelines indicated above, there are also clear conventions for naming of the discrete series, movies, and other items (largely harking of the common naming convention).  While few other genres have the breadth of material in the Star Trek franchise, reflected in the ongoing creation/maintenance of articles for individual episodes/items, I'm sure a similar phenomenon may occur with other genres in time ... if not already. E Pluribus Anthony | talk | 21:47, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Star Trek]] series/[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Star_Trek#Articles|naming conventions]]