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: That's very good Nate! In theory I like that a lot. But I do think it will get silly eventually. For instance, in ''[[Search for the Doctor (novel)|Search for the Doctor]]'' there's a group of characters in one "chapter" named Captain Evans, Navigator Grundy and Engineer Floyd. Wouldn't it be a little weird to have [[Captain Evans]] on this one page for a character who's eaten by fish just a couple pages later? I think the policy makes more sense for characters who generally are significant, but for side characters it starts to feel a little silly. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]][[User Talk:OttselSpy25|🤙☎️]] 19:27, 26 May 2023 (UTC) | : That's very good Nate! In theory I like that a lot. But I do think it will get silly eventually. For instance, in ''[[Search for the Doctor (novel)|Search for the Doctor]]'' there's a group of characters in one "chapter" named Captain Evans, Navigator Grundy and Engineer Floyd. Wouldn't it be a little weird to have [[Captain Evans]] on this one page for a character who's eaten by fish just a couple pages later? I think the policy makes more sense for characters who generally are significant, but for side characters it starts to feel a little silly. [[User:OttselSpy25|OS25]][[User Talk:OttselSpy25|🤙☎️]] 19:27, 26 May 2023 (UTC) | ||
:::I know I'm going out-of-order here, but the conversation has moved on, so I'm just sticking this here for the record: "Honourifics are preferred over story dabs when disambiguation is necessary" isn't my idea; it's what Ettolrhc proposed as the subject of this forum discussion! I agree that [[Captain Evans]] would be weird and strange. – [[User:NateBumber|n8]] ([[User talk:NateBumber|☎]]) 00:23, 27 May 2023 (UTC) | |||
::Forgive me Etty, I'm not sure why something looking and feeling better is supposed to be motivating - I could easily just say "no" and move on. Is there a way in which the wiki is harmed by the current state of affairs? I think perhaps - that it's counterintuitive for users to navigate to certain pages. But this is remedied with the redirects. Is there a way in which the wiki would ''continue'' to be harmed by that hypothetical state of affairs? I'm not sure how. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:46, 26 May 2023 (UTC) | ::Forgive me Etty, I'm not sure why something looking and feeling better is supposed to be motivating - I could easily just say "no" and move on. Is there a way in which the wiki is harmed by the current state of affairs? I think perhaps - that it's counterintuitive for users to navigate to certain pages. But this is remedied with the redirects. Is there a way in which the wiki would ''continue'' to be harmed by that hypothetical state of affairs? I'm not sure how. [[User:Najawin|Najawin]] [[User talk:Najawin|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 19:46, 26 May 2023 (UTC) | ||
