Disputatio:Sesonchis
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Hmmm, I doubt there will be much call to link to any of these Egyptian name pages I've been creating. In fact, it's probably better that they not be linked to, rather than more specific pages. I guess that means I should make them all disambiguation pages. Of course some of them (e.g. this one) have more information on them than that. So which is the lesser evil: a disambiguation page with extra information, or an orphaned article? --Iustinus 03:06, 8 Ianuarii 2011 (UTC)
- So long as there is also a disambiguation page, they can never be orphan articles. Technically. And then there'll always be need for a list of kings, so they will always be linked from that. I feel it's better to have the articles, even if there is very little information. That way, too, each king gets his proper categories, and there's plenty of space for references. Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 09:54, 8 Ianuarii 2011 (UTC)
- To clarify, I am talking about pages like Sesonchis and Osorthon, which do not deal with specific kings, but the names themselves. They are fundamentally just disambiguation pages, my only reservation is that in many cases they contain more information than just the list of people with that name. This page, Sesonchis is a perfect example, because of the fairly long section on how the name was pronounced. --Iustinus 17:13, 8 Ianuarii 2011 (UTC)
- Ah, sorry, I misunderstood. Well, this page contains far, far more than would appear on any disambiguation page. So, it's not a disambiguation page, it's a substantive page about the name. OK, don't panic, what would link to it? Answer: (a) any page on which anyone with this name is discussed or could be discussed (including Historia fabulosa Alexandri Magni) and (b) a list of Egyptian proper names (possibly part of Lingua Aegyptia, possibly a separate list). Does that help? :) Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 21:13, 8 Ianuarii 2011 (UTC)
- Well, ideally at least we would hope that (a) would lead to the appropriate article rather than this one. But I suppose in practice that's never going to happen on a wiki of this size, so I guess you're making sense. --Iustinus 23:59, 8 Ianuarii 2011 (UTC)
- Agreed, (a) will lead to that article if/when it exists. And that article will lead to this one. Meanwhile it seemed legitimate (and, just possibly, useful) to cut out the middle man. Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 12:46, 9 Ianuarii 2011 (UTC)
- Well, ideally at least we would hope that (a) would lead to the appropriate article rather than this one. But I suppose in practice that's never going to happen on a wiki of this size, so I guess you're making sense. --Iustinus 23:59, 8 Ianuarii 2011 (UTC)
- Ah, sorry, I misunderstood. Well, this page contains far, far more than would appear on any disambiguation page. So, it's not a disambiguation page, it's a substantive page about the name. OK, don't panic, what would link to it? Answer: (a) any page on which anyone with this name is discussed or could be discussed (including Historia fabulosa Alexandri Magni) and (b) a list of Egyptian proper names (possibly part of Lingua Aegyptia, possibly a separate list). Does that help? :) Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 21:13, 8 Ianuarii 2011 (UTC)
- To clarify, I am talking about pages like Sesonchis and Osorthon, which do not deal with specific kings, but the names themselves. They are fundamentally just disambiguation pages, my only reservation is that in many cases they contain more information than just the list of people with that name. This page, Sesonchis is a perfect example, because of the fairly long section on how the name was pronounced. --Iustinus 17:13, 8 Ianuarii 2011 (UTC)