Talk:Captain

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Captain article.
Please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes (~~~~). Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic. New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Ask questions, get answers. This is not a forum for general discussion about the article's subject.	Be polite Assume good faith No personal attacks Be welcoming	Article policies No original research Neutral point of view Verifiability
Archives: 1

[edit] Should this be a disambiguation page?

(This is a carryover from Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Disambiguation#Should_Captain_be_a_dab_page.3F) This article has tried, over the years, to describe disparate topics from waiters to Starfleet personnel to a band. If it were to magically be made complete, I'm sure it would top 100K in length. My feeling is that it will never be near complete, good, or even marginally palatable as a summary article.

Looking at it a couple of nights ago, it occurred to me that the only way I could see it doing what it should do is as a disambiguation page. That is to say: it could point readers in a NPOV, clear, and concise way to articles which explain their respective topics.

The previous thread has garnered three responses, all which support this idea. Recapping the responses very briefly:

• "Makes sense..." -AndrewHowse
• "The page would be more useful as a dab than in its current state as a series of mini-articles..." -Gwguffey
• "Ideally suited for dab with spin-off articles." --Rosiestep

Any other thoughts on the matter are appreciated. Haus^Talk 17:01, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I wholeheartedly agree that it should be converted into a DAB page. — Bellhalla (talk) 17:49, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

What about The Captain - put it under 'See also'? --AndrewHowse (talk) 18:46, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

There is technical policy about dab pages that I'm not familiar with, but my inclination would be to merge it. Haus^Talk 18:58, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I'd say leading the page with "Captain or The Captain may refer to:" would cover that aspect pretty well, and then just redirect The Captain. — Bellhalla (talk) 19:44, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I cleaned up The Captain per WP:MOSDAB — Bellhalla (talk) 19:46, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I took a swing at fleshing out Captain (disambiguation) and then merged in The Captain. It's still something of a mishmash, but at least it's in one place. Haus^Talk 02:18, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

( ←outdent) Y Done Haus^Talk 17:02, 11 April 2008 (UTC)