On 05/09/06, Richard Holton <richholton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 9/5/06, Oskar Sigvardsson
<oskarsigvardsson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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> I do think that many times such notes can be wildly out of place. A
> perfect example somebody mentioned eariler is this thread is
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http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beirut&diff=21961432&oldiā¦
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> Clearly an inappropriate "hatnote"
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> But, again. make a disambig-page and you're fine. No need for anything
> else.
That example didn't require a disambiguation note.
Who would mistakenly go
to Beirut when looking for "Beer Pong"? Assuming good faith, whoever placed
this "hatnote" has a serious misunderstanding of the concept.
Presumably, someone who knows the game is called "Beirut" but has
never heard of "Beer Pong". Drinking games tend not to have very
well-standardised nomenclature.
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