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NIWA Community => NintendoWiki discussion => Topic started by: tacopill on August 26, 2013, 02:05:52 AM

Title: What should happen with the Metroid page?
Post by: tacopill on August 26, 2013, 02:05:52 AM

I've been changing the Classic NES series links, to be the title of the Game itself, sans prefix, and show the prefix+title as the visible text in some cases, or just the prefix in others.

At the same time, [[Metroid (http://www.niwanetwork.org/wiki/index.php?title=Metroid&redirect=no)]] currently redirects to the series page (http://www.niwanetwork.org/wiki/index.php/Metroid_series), instead of to the first game (http://www.niwanetwork.org/wiki/index.php/Metroid_(game)).

so, when I put [[Metroid|Classic NES Series:Metroid]], it sends me to the series, and [[Classic NES Series: Metroid]] is a double redirect.

the ideas of how I can fix this so far, is:
1. change [[Metroid]] and [[Classic NES Series:Metroid]] to a redirect to [[Metroid (game)]]
2. have the links of the Classic NES Series to the (game) article, as the original Donkey Kong game of this series is.
3. set up [[Metroid]] as a disambiguation page, like this Pikmin Disambiguation Page (http://www.niwanetwork.org/wiki/index.php/Pikmin)

So, what is your opinion on the matter? should we form one or more standardizations out of this problem?

Title: Re: What should happen with the Metroid page?
Post by: Metroidking on August 26, 2013, 02:18:20 AM

Redirecting Classic NES Series:Metroid to Metroid (game) would work then redirect Metroid to a disambiguation page maybe

Title: Re: What should happen with the Metroid page?
Post by: Vellidragon on August 26, 2013, 02:21:52 AM

"Metroid" into a disambiguation page, linking to the Metroid series, the first game and the article on Metroids (the creatures) on Metroid Wiki. "Classic NES series: Metroid" and similar ones should redirect either to the first game or perhaps the "Classic NES series" article, regardless of what happens to "Metroid", as that title can never refer to the series (or the creature). As for the general way to handle it for similar cases where a game has the (exact) title of the series, I am all for disambiguations, as I don't think either meaning is necessarily more "expected" than the other.

Title: Re: What should happen with the Metroid page?
Post by: Justin on August 26, 2013, 10:48:06 AM

Zelda Wiki has a disambiguation page for The Legend of Zelda (http://zeldawiki.org/The_Legend_of_Zelda), given how many possible meanings it could hold, so I would suggest the same for Metroid Wiki. Of course, you're all free to do whatever the hey you please.

Title: Re: What should happen with the Metroid page?
Post by: Moydow on September 26, 2013, 07:43:45 PM

Looks like we're making it a disambiguation page. Though, depending on the outcome of this poll (http://www.niwanetwork.org/forums/index.php?topic=1364.0), it may yet end up becoming a redirect to [[Metroid (disambiguation)]].

Edit: it's already happened. (http://www.niwanetwork.org/wiki/index.php?title=Metroid&redirect=no)

Title: Re: What should happen with the Metroid page?
Post by: tacopill on September 27, 2013, 10:21:18 PM

Quote from: Moydow on September 26, 2013, 07:43:45 PM

Edit: it's already happened. (http://www.niwanetwork.org/wiki/index.php?title=Metroid&redirect=no)

Looks like Torchikens jumped on it, soon after it closed.

Title: Re: What should happen with the Metroid page?
Post by: KidIcarus on June 28, 2015, 10:53:19 PM

thank you