Talk:Sun (disambiguation)
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I'm not sure what was meant by "uncivil", but it sounds like an editorial jab to me. -- Beland 03:37, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC) im black
[edit] Style
A disambiguation page is not an article. Its purpose is to navigate people to their desired article quickly. Excess wikilinks slow down this naviagion, so I have reverted back to the version with only essential wikilinks. --Commander Keane 06:37, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
- Hi! Sorry it's high time for lunch now. Will think about it over noodles. Get back to you soon! :) --Plastictv 06:44, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
Hi i'm back. That point you're making is quite debatable. i wouldn't want to open a lengthy discussion here because i have no hard feelings over these things. i checked several major disambiguation pages and they don't all follow your style. So i suggest you bring it to Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages) if you wish to. Anyway there were a few things i added besides the wikilinks, so i'm being bold and going ahead to add them back in alright? :) --Plastictv 07:28, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
- Sorry about reverting over your added things, I took your edit summary at face value, I'll be more careful next time. About the style, I thought my version was good, I'll get some others to take a look and see what they think. --Commander Keane 08:04, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
- Nah it's alright. 'Twas my fault that i didn't make it clear. However, i do want to raise another issue here. i believe that it is not necessary to follow the disambiguated word to the strictest extent. Therefore, it's not quite necessary to say "Sun or The Sun may refer to...", nor is it so to exclude "Phoenix Suns" just because it is in the plural. What do you think? --Plastictv 14:45, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks for discussing it. I'm not quite sure what "to follow the disambiguated word" means exactly, but I think all dab pages should start with "Foo may refer to:", because it's a clear indication that it's a dab. If you stumble across the page accidentally, you realise what the page is all about without having to scroll to the bottom and read the dab notice. Also, you realise which words this particular dab is taking care of. I removed "Phoenix Suns" becasue I thought it was extremely unlikely that someone would type in "Sun" or "The Sun" and expect for the team (baseketball?) to pop up. "The Suns", yes. "Suns" yes. I wish I had some noodles. --Commander Keane 15:10, September 12, 2005 (UTC)
- What i mean is that there could be just a little ambiguity in a disambiguation page, pardon the irony. :) Some readers might not be exactly sure of what they're looking for either. Just a little ambiguity helps them find what they want. Therefore, "Phoenix Suns" is acceptable while things like "You Are My Sunshine" probably aren't. Again, this is just my opinion. --Plastictv 16:34, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
- We are here to help readers, so if you think it will help, put it back in. Interestingly I don't think Suns is an article. Maybe if they are called that frequently then that should be a redirect, but I'm not sure. --Commander Keane 00:53, September 13, 2005 (UTC)
- What i mean is that there could be just a little ambiguity in a disambiguation page, pardon the irony. :) Some readers might not be exactly sure of what they're looking for either. Just a little ambiguity helps them find what they want. Therefore, "Phoenix Suns" is acceptable while things like "You Are My Sunshine" probably aren't. Again, this is just my opinion. --Plastictv 16:34, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks for discussing it. I'm not quite sure what "to follow the disambiguated word" means exactly, but I think all dab pages should start with "Foo may refer to:", because it's a clear indication that it's a dab. If you stumble across the page accidentally, you realise what the page is all about without having to scroll to the bottom and read the dab notice. Also, you realise which words this particular dab is taking care of. I removed "Phoenix Suns" becasue I thought it was extremely unlikely that someone would type in "Sun" or "The Sun" and expect for the team (baseketball?) to pop up. "The Suns", yes. "Suns" yes. I wish I had some noodles. --Commander Keane 15:10, September 12, 2005 (UTC)
- Nah it's alright. 'Twas my fault that i didn't make it clear. However, i do want to raise another issue here. i believe that it is not necessary to follow the disambiguated word to the strictest extent. Therefore, it's not quite necessary to say "Sun or The Sun may refer to...", nor is it so to exclude "Phoenix Suns" just because it is in the plural. What do you think? --Plastictv 14:45, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] The Sun magazine
There is also a The Sun magazine, see here: [1] . Might be worth mentioning if it's not already. --DanielCD 20:59, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Importance
Am I the only one who thinks that the star we orbit is a tad more important than the British tabloid newspaper? I think that 'The Sun' should give the star not the newspaper by default. SmokeyTheCat 15:27, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
