[WikiEN-l] Disambiguation in the same category

Tue Apr 5 17:15:11 UTC 2005

Using the team isn't a good idea because they they've both played for a
number of teams.

-Kevin

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[mailto:wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Stuart Orford
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Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Disambiguation in the same category

You are sure they're different people, aren't you? :) How about using
the names of their teams: [[Petr Sykora (Anaheim player)]] and [[Petr
Sykora (Pardubice player)]] (I think)?

On Apr 5, 2005 5:48 PM, Kevin Rector <krector at compco.com> wrote:
> We couldn't use "forward" and "right wing" because a right wing is a
> type of forward. Also, they are both centers (another type of
forward).
> 
> -Kevin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Josh Gordon
> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 11:47 AM
> To: English Wikipedia
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Disambiguation in the same category
> 
> Well, IMDB does it as [[Petr Sykora (I)]] and [[Petr Sykora (II))]];
> their
> FAQ says that there's no hard and fast rule how they order them, but
> they
> try to use one or more of: who is most famous, who came first
> chronologically, or who is searched for more often. But in this case,
> why
> not say [[Petr Sykora (NHL forward)]] and [[Petr Sykora (NHL right
> wing]]?
> 
> jpgordon
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