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This would have the effect of making the title of, say, [[An Unearthly Child]] be [[An Unearthly Child (TV story)]]. However, since the redirect would remain untouched, there wouldn't be much of a mess to clean up. Those of us used to typing [[Colony in Space]] can go right on doing so. New users, however, will immediately see the logic of the system. They'll get in the habit of typing [[Colony in Space (TV story)]]. As things stand, it is absolutely confusing to the entry-level editor why there's [[Kinda (TV story)]] at the same time that there's [[Snakedance]]. | This would have the effect of making the title of, say, [[An Unearthly Child]] be [[An Unearthly Child (TV story)]]. However, since the redirect would remain untouched, there wouldn't be much of a mess to clean up. Those of us used to typing [[Colony in Space]] can go right on doing so. New users, however, will immediately see the logic of the system. They'll get in the habit of typing [[Colony in Space (TV story)]]. As things stand, it is absolutely confusing to the entry-level editor why there's [[Kinda (TV story)]] at the same time that there's [[Snakedance]]. | ||
Standardisation would also help us with all those times where people have disambiguated in different ways. Why is it [[Asylum ( | Standardisation would also help us with all those times where people have disambiguated in different ways. Why is it [[Asylum (audio story)]] but [[The Gathering (audio story)]]? Why is it sometimes (comic strip) and other times (comic story)? | ||
We need clear, universal page title conventions, while at the same time offering as many simple redirects as possible. | We need clear, universal page title conventions, while at the same time offering as many simple redirects as possible. | ||
