User talk:Tassedethe

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[edit] Welcome!

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[edit] Jim Simpson (disambiguation)

Hi there. I'm sure it was good faith, but just to let you know I've reverted your move. There is no "L" in "disambiguation". Cheers, -- Karenjc 18:23, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks, I should have a rest if I'm doing silly things like that Tassedethe (talk) 18:27, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Or indeed a nice tasse de thé? (sipping mine now). -- Karenjc 18:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] James Galvin (poet)

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[edit] Your edit to 1981

Thank you for your edits, but please do not just unlink names from date and year articles. The main -- really, the ONLY criterion -- for people's birth and deaths to be included on these pages is that they have a Wikipedia article about them. Therefore, when you merely remove the linking to those who do not articles, as you did here, you just make it harder for them to be found and weeded out. --CalendarWatcher (talk) 14:24, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I see I should have removed the whole name and link. One more bit of experience added Tassedethe (talk) 14:31, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Nota bene

• Mark Harris (musician) Chubbles (talk) 17:18, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

noted

[edit] Links to disambiguation pages

I've been away for a wee while, so I apologise for the delay in drawing this to your attention. I notice you have changed some hatnotes to link directly to disambiguation pages, rather than via the "xxxxxx (disambiguation)" redirect, for example James Miller (filmmaker). Similarly, you have also changed such links from dab pages themselves, for example James Miller and Jim Miller. This is not a good idea.

According to Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Links to disambiguation pages:

"To link to a disambiguation page (instead of a specific meaning), link to the redirect to the disambiguation page that includes the text "(disambiguation)" in the title (such as, America (disambiguation) rather than America). This helps distinguish accidental links to the disambiguation page from intentional ones. See Category:Redirects to disambiguation pages."

I think that states the reason very clearly. I would also add that "redirects are cheap", so there is no compelling reason to avoid them in this context. I see you've been doing some good work clearing up links to dab pages, so I think you'll be able to appreciate this advice. --NSH001 (talk) 15:34, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks for this advice. I am discovering more things as I go along, but there are some places where the style advice is a bit vague, or contradictory. Your information was clear and I'm sorry I missed it. I did have to go and look up what a hatnote was :) Tassedethe (talk) 16:33, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Glad to be of help. There is so much small detail involved in disambiguation that no-one can absorb it all from the start. You're doing OK for a beginner. :-)

--NSH001 (talk) 17:58, 1 June 2008 (UTC)