Talk:Fab Five (disambiguation)

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Smack, I appreciate the changes you're trying to make here -- I participated in the disambiguation discussions for the MoS, but I think this particular page needs a little more explanation for its entries. There's not much on the individual articles about "the fab fives" or why they were named that way, nor should there be -- this page is a good place to provide these small details. It may be good to trim some of them a bit, or to remove the picture, but I think this is one Dab page which might be considered half-article. — Catherine\^talk 22:03, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

You're right that there isn't much on the individual articles about the "fab fives". I also admit that I'm biased against sports and entertainment articles, so I may have been careless in removing material from here and not restoring it where it belongs. However, this is not the place to resolve these problems. According to the MoS, disambigs have no business distracting the reader with this kind of material. It says, The primary purpose of the disambiguation page is to help people find the page they want quickly and easily.

For an example of a disambig that could delve into etymological tidbits, but chooses not to, see Daedalus (disambiguation). (It's hardly a model of MoS conformance, but it does illustrate my point. Also, note that I've never edited it.) The abundance of things called 'Daedalus' is no coincidence; they're all named for the mythological character. Few of the articles say anything about what the various Daedali have to do with the original Daedalus - but the disambig keeps its silence as well, and it's much the better for it. --Smack (talk) 16:39, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Most of the Fab Fives on this disambiguation page have specific pages (i.e. Duran Duran on the Duran Duran page). The two sports groups do not. I don't know much about the Brisbane Lions, but just surfing, I was expecting an actual Fab Five page for the Michigan basketball team. I would add one if it seems like a good idea, but i was just looking something up, so I don't know much. --nalin35 23:39, 17 March 2007 (UTC)