Talk:Man in Black

message: I don't think this should be a redirect to Johnny Cash. Especially since he is so well known as Johnny Cash. The other uses may not seem important, but I think they are important enough to leave this as a disambig/list page. Please consider that the first link on this page is to Johnny Cash, so it's not like someone is not going to find the link. Megapixie 22:39, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: None of the other entries on this page actually point to anything.  It's all about characters that don't have articles and will likely never have articles.  What is the point of those entries?  No one will find the page about those characters from the page?  Tedernst | talk 22:42, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Because I don't think that this is a stict disambig page. The radio show "The Man in Black" is actually quite famous in the UK - but I never found enough material to create a page on it - it's a bit like the Beta letter page. If you like I'll remove the disambig tag - but there are plenty of counterexamples where strict disambiguation isn't quite the right thing. I'm with the whole disambig MoS thing (see http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Man_in_Black&diff=26098261&oldid=25202972 ) - but be warying of applying the rules too strictly. Megapixie 22:59, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm not aware of the existence of a style guideline for a partial dab.  Could you point me to that?  I've been editing quite a few pages where various editors have been making similar claims to yours.  If such a guideline doesn't exist, perhaps one should be written.  Thanks.  Tedernst | talk 23:26, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: How about that ? I understand where you are coming from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magnum&action=history - but remember to tread gently - and Wikipedia:Assume good faith. Megapixie 00:31, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

text:  I apologize if it seemed I was not assuming good faith.  I did not revert your edits after my edits.  I'm totally serious about the partial dab issue.  I tend to think that such a page does not exist, or should not.  My opinion is only one among many, however, so if there's a guideline I don't know about, I'd really like to know.  Your comprimise certainly works for me.  Thanks and keep up the good work! Tedernst | talk 17:52, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Converted back to disambig

message: What about the song Man In Black by Johnny Cash? --Phoenix Hacker 23:51, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you ask me, "Man in Black" and "Men in Black" should be on the same disambig page, with a redirect from one to the other... and the song should be listed separatedly from (though right after) the Johnny Cash entry, because technically one is a man and the other is a song by and about the man. Wahkeenah 23:58, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, but now the song links back to the disambig page, with no actual page about the song. --WhiteDragon 09:48, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: The Song

message: The pages should be separate, since they aren't related in any possible way.  When someone searches for someone called "the man in black" they are looking for one of the things now listed, be it a fictional character called the man in black, like in a series by a bestselling writer, or the album, or a famous person who was called that constantly by the news media.  This has nothing to do with "men in black" which would refer to the conspiracy theorists about a group of government agents handling aliens, the movie about it, and whatnot.  Disambigeous pages exist to help people sort through a common search term and find that they are looking for.  Is there any possible chance anyone would confuse the two?  Dream Focus 15:07, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Difference between man in black and men in black 

message: *Johnny Cash has always been referred to as the man in black.  Google news search and book search would surely turn up plenty of references for that.
*For the Dread Pirate Roberson character from The Princess Bride, he appears to be referred to as the man in black in some places.  stands out.  Was it just in the script, or was it in the film itself he was called that?  Dream Focus 15:13, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Going through the list of things to see what belongs 

message: There have been four related BBC Radio series narrated by a faintly sinister character called  "The Man in Black":
# Appointment With Fear ran for ten series on the BBC Light Programme between 1943 to 1955, with Valentine Dyall.  Very few (only four) episodes survive.
# The Man in Black ran for one series of eight episodes on the BBC Light Programme in 1949, also starring Valentine Dyall.  No episodes survive.
# Fear On Four ran for five series on BBC Radio 4 between 1988 and 1992, starring Edward de Souza.
# The Man In Black has so far run for four series on BBC Radio 4 Extra since 2009, starring Mark Gatiss.
There are further details on the first three of these here and on the last two here and here.  An anthology of stories from the first series of Fear On Four was published as 
I'm unsure how best to incorporate this information into the article, so if anybody's got any ideas, go for it. -- Nicholas Jackson (talk) 22:28, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  BBC Radio series