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Antisemitism

It is noticeable that this extremely long article makes no mention of the antisemitism in the "The Soul of the Croupier", antisemitism that was denounced by the Anti-Defamation League. I think her description of "men of Hebraic extraction, sallow men with hooked noses, wearing rather flamboyant jewellery" deserves mention. Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 10:45, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Harley Quin" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Harley Quin has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 April 26 § Harley Quin until a consensus is reached. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 20:13, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@EurekaLott: you mentioned when there's a primary topic, the hatnote should point there. But what is the primary topic in this case? The DC Comics character is the primary topic for the "Harley Quinn" (two n's), while the Agatha Christie character is the primary topic for "Harley Quin" (one n), yet each of these can be reasonably confused not only with each other but with every item listed at Harley Quinn (disambiguation), because we don't know what the reader meant based on just the typo. --Joy (talk) 11:12, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We added the hatnote to this article because of the possibility that readers might land here after misspelling Harley Quinn. Because there's a primary topic for that spelling, we can presume that they were probably looking for the DC Comics character. If there was no primary topic, linking to the disambiguation page would be the right call—but since there is one, we shouldn't direct those readers to the disambiguation page and force them to make an extra click. - Eureka Lott 02:49, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's a primary topic for each of the spellings, yes, but not for the concept of typoing, we don't know if perhaps it's more common to typo one subset of eponymous topics because some set of particular sources typo them... But anyway, since the hatnote is there, I'll add both and we can hopefully measure how they attract the reader interest. --Joy (talk) 10:52, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]