User talk:Mouthwash15
I noticed that you removed the hatnote on the Woody Allen article, citing it as an "unnecessary disambiguation." I'm not sure you understand what {{distinguish}} is for. According to the template: "This hatnote is generally used when there is an ambiguity that is not necessarily literal, but one that can be reasonably assumed to exist for a portion of the readership substantial enough to warrant a hatnote." It's important to note that {{distinguish}} is not necessarily literal. People don't physically confuse Woody Allen and Hoodie Allen, but their names are similar enough to the point of potential confusion. As someone who is promoting a concert for Hoodie Allen, people get him confused with Woody Allen ALL THE TIME and think that it is a Woody Allen concert. That brings us to the second point: "one that can be reasonably assumed to exist for a portion of the readership substantial enough to warrant a hatnote." Yes. People confuse the names of Woody Allen and Hoodie Allen enough to the point that a hatnote should exist when someone mixes the two artists up. It's a different kind of disambiguation: instead of having ambiguity because of exact names, there is ambiguity because of similar enough names and we need to have the correct navigational tools in place to assist people where they need to go. Tavix | Talk 05:19, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
Gotcha! Thanks for the info. Mouthwash15 (talk) 02:45, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
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User page content Mouthwash15
[edit]Hi Mouthwash15,
No offense meant, but the content of your user page seems ever so slightly inappropriate, IMHO. It almost sounds as if you're trying to promote the sales of Nell Zink's novel "The Wallcreeper". That's not exactly the purpose of a Wikipedia user page, or am I mistaken? Feel free to correct me, if I'm wrong.
Rastatt Revolutionary (talk) 13:22, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your contributions, too. Mine were more cosmetic. I will try to find some copies of her novels when I'm next in London. She sounds like a most interesting writer.Bmcln1 (talk) 19:41, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
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