Talk:Asmodeus (Dungeons & Dragons)

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[edit] Introduction

I've changed the wording "Ninth Plane of Hell" to the "Ninth Layer of Hell". Hell is the plane, which just happens to have nine layers. - DDSaeger

[edit] Asmodai

Do we really need the blurb at the top of this article? "For the Judeo-Christian demon, see Asmodai." After all, anyone searching for that subject will probably never use "Asmodeus (Dungeons & Dragons)" as a search term. It seems to be little more than clutter at this point.--Robbstrd 01:42, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't really have a strong preference either way. Given the way Wikipedia is archived by search engines and mirror sites, there's no surefire way for us to know how readers will find their way to this or any other Wikipedia article, and the hatnotes are in my opinion a useful navigation/disambiguation aid for readers. However, reviewing the various discussions about hatnotes (e.g., WP:D talk, proposed guideline talk) there doesn't seem to be much consensus about when and where to use them, so I'll remove them for now. --Muchness 03:03, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

I've added a dab link back to certain articles in an attempt to stave off a content dispute with JarlaxleArtemis (talk • contribs), who feels the target articles are potentially useful to readers. I'm open to other suggestions – maybe a see also, or a section (if we can find sources) explaining how the D&D names are derived from/inspired by preexisting terms. --Muchness 01:14, 7 August 2006 (UTC)