Talk:Thomas Wedgwood
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Cleanup
[edit]Per WP:MOSDAB, list entries on a disambiguation page should only be included if they actually link to something. If there is no link, there should not be an entry. --Elonka 18:50, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
The extra information clearly provides context and an aid to disambiguation. Flying Fische (talk) 19:00, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
- Disambiguation of Wikipedia articles that could be referred to by an ambiguous term. Each entry needs a link to the Wikipedia article being disambiguated. -- JHunterJ (talk) 19:16, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
- There is something of a comrpomise position available. We do permit entries on disambig pages linking to articles that mention the disambig term, so if the descendants are listed in one of the articles, we could have an indented bulleted list for those names under the link to the article in which they are mentioned. bd2412 T 20:38, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
- If there is a different article that mentions them, yes, that would work. If they're simply listed on one of the articles already there, then expanding the description to say "(including a list of descendants)" would be better than having multiple entries linking to one article. -- JHunterJ (talk) 20:47, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
- Agreed, though looking deeper into this, we seem to have a larger problem. Currently the disambig page lists articles for three individuals. However, for two of those: Thomas Wedgwood III and Thomas Wedgwood IV, the only sources appear to be personal family-tree websites, so the articles probably shouldn't exist in the first place. That the individuals existed seems well-sourced enough, as they are listed as the father and brother of Wedgwood-founder Josiah Wedgwood, but most of the other information does not look well-sourced enough to support a full article on each person. So one way to proceed here might be:
- Merge any relevant information from the articles on Thomas III and Thomas IV to Josiah's article.
- Redirect this Thomas Wedgwood page entirely to Thomas Wedgwood (1771-1805), the photographer who was the one clearly notable Thomas Wedgwood.
- Add a disambig note to the top of the photographer's page, "For other individuals named Thomas Wedgwood, see Josiah Wedgwood."
- Or, merge the information about the other Thomases to the photographer's page, since they all seem to be in the same family (his uncle and grandfather)
- Thoughts? --Elonka 20:57, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
- Agreed, though looking deeper into this, we seem to have a larger problem. Currently the disambig page lists articles for three individuals. However, for two of those: Thomas Wedgwood III and Thomas Wedgwood IV, the only sources appear to be personal family-tree websites, so the articles probably shouldn't exist in the first place. That the individuals existed seems well-sourced enough, as they are listed as the father and brother of Wedgwood-founder Josiah Wedgwood, but most of the other information does not look well-sourced enough to support a full article on each person. So one way to proceed here might be:
- If there is a different article that mentions them, yes, that would work. If they're simply listed on one of the articles already there, then expanding the description to say "(including a list of descendants)" would be better than having multiple entries linking to one article. -- JHunterJ (talk) 20:47, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
- There is something of a comrpomise position available. We do permit entries on disambig pages linking to articles that mention the disambig term, so if the descendants are listed in one of the articles, we could have an indented bulleted list for those names under the link to the article in which they are mentioned. bd2412 T 20:38, 5 January 2011 (UTC)