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	"Note that if none of the meanings of the term require long definitions, they can simply all be listed in the same article. " I mean, are there ANY examples of this on this wiki? Would we REALLY do this for anything? --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha\|talk]]) 12:11, 30 September 2018 (EDT)		"Note that if none of the meanings of the term require long definitions, they can simply all be listed in the same article. " I mean, are there ANY examples of this on this wiki? Would we REALLY do this for anything? --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha\|talk]]) 12:11, 30 September 2018 (EDT)

			== "main page" ==

			I'm not sure that it is clear to newcomers that "main page" here means "undisambiguated name". --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha\|talk]]) 13:07, 18 March 2026 (EDT)

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	I was going to write up the Timelines exception to the franchise-of-origin disamiguation rule, but I'm not sure how it works. I thought it was that Timelines characters are given the parenthetical of their "home" franchise-of-origin. In [[Heatwave (Timelines)]]'s case, that would be "(SG)" since he originated in Shattered Glass comics. But Interrobang reverted that move on the grounds that Heatwave is not a native of Primax -408.24 Epsilon. So as near as I can figure, the rule is that Timelines-original characters go with their "home" franchise-of-origin unless they are not fictionally native to that franchise's main continuity, in which case, put them in "Timelines." Is it something like that? Also, Descent into Evil is an exception since there is no definitive "home" continuity. - [[User:Starfield\|Starﬁeld]] 21:14, 17 April 2012 (EDT)		I was going to write up the Timelines exception to the franchise-of-origin disamiguation rule, but I'm not sure how it works. I thought it was that Timelines characters are given the parenthetical of their "home" franchise-of-origin. In [[Heatwave (Timelines)]]'s case, that would be "(SG)" since he originated in Shattered Glass comics. But Interrobang reverted that move on the grounds that Heatwave is not a native of Primax -408.24 Epsilon. So as near as I can figure, the rule is that Timelines-original characters go with their "home" franchise-of-origin unless they are not fictionally native to that franchise's main continuity, in which case, put them in "Timelines." Is it something like that? Also, Descent into Evil is an exception since there is no definitive "home" continuity. - [[User:Starfield\|Starﬁeld]] 21:14, 17 April 2012 (EDT)
	:The Heatwave thing is also because all of the Nexus Prime components have oddball franchise identifiers to begin with (Cybertron, Classics, and Timelines). Descent into Evil characters have already been moved to (G1), except for Dirge and Ricochet, because there are already established G1 characters with those names. [[User:Interrobang\|—Interrobang]] 21:26, 17 April 2012 (EDT)		:The Heatwave thing is also because all of the Nexus Prime components have oddball franchise identifiers to begin with (Cybertron, Classics, and Timelines). Descent into Evil characters have already been moved to (G1), except for Dirge and Ricochet, because there are already established G1 characters with those names. [[User:Interrobang\|—Interrobang]] 21:26, 17 April 2012 (EDT)

			== Do we really need this? ==

			"Note that if none of the meanings of the term require long definitions, they can simply all be listed in the same article. " I mean, are there ANY examples of this on this wiki? Would we REALLY do this for anything? --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha\|talk]]) 12:11, 30 September 2018 (EDT)

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	I was going to write up the Timelines exception to the franchise-of-origin disamiguation rule, but I'm not sure how it works. I thought it was that Timelines characters are given the parenthetical of their "home" franchise-of-origin. In [[Heatwave (Timelines)]]'s case, that would be "(SG)" since he originated in Shattered Glass comics. But Interrobang reverted that move on the grounds that Heatwave is not a native of Primax -408.24 Epsilon. So as near as I can figure, the rule is that Timelines-original characters go with their "home" franchise-of-origin unless they are not fictionally native to that franchise's main continuity, in which case, put them in "Timelines." Is it something like that? Also, Descent into Evil is an exception since there is no definitive "home" continuity. - [[User:Starfield\|Starﬁeld]] 21:14, 17 April 2012 (EDT)		I was going to write up the Timelines exception to the franchise-of-origin disamiguation rule, but I'm not sure how it works. I thought it was that Timelines characters are given the parenthetical of their "home" franchise-of-origin. In [[Heatwave (Timelines)]]'s case, that would be "(SG)" since he originated in Shattered Glass comics. But Interrobang reverted that move on the grounds that Heatwave is not a native of Primax -408.24 Epsilon. So as near as I can figure, the rule is that Timelines-original characters go with their "home" franchise-of-origin unless they are not fictionally native to that franchise's main continuity, in which case, put them in "Timelines." Is it something like that? Also, Descent into Evil is an exception since there is no definitive "home" continuity. - [[User:Starfield\|Starﬁeld]] 21:14, 17 April 2012 (EDT)
			:The Heatwave thing is also because all of the Nexus Prime components have oddball franchise identifiers to begin with (Cybertron, Classics, and Timelines). Descent into Evil characters have already been moved to (G1), except for Dirge and Ricochet, because there are already established G1 characters with those names. [[User:Interrobang\|—Interrobang]] 21:26, 17 April 2012 (EDT)

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	::::I just pulled out Airazor because the name's prior uses suited the hypothetical situation. Where it actually redirects to now isn't important. It was just to illustrate the point. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 23:37, 10 November 2010 (EST)		::::I just pulled out Airazor because the name's prior uses suited the hypothetical situation. Where it actually redirects to now isn't important. It was just to illustrate the point. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 23:37, 10 November 2010 (EST)
	:::::So should we change the policy? Should we take this to the community portal for more feedback? Or leave it alone. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 22:41, 12 November 2010 (EST)		:::::So should we change the policy? Should we take this to the community portal for more feedback? Or leave it alone. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 22:41, 12 November 2010 (EST)

			== Timelines disambiguation suffixes ==

			I was going to write up the Timelines exception to the franchise-of-origin disamiguation rule, but I'm not sure how it works. I thought it was that Timelines characters are given the parenthetical of their "home" franchise-of-origin. In [[Heatwave (Timelines)]]'s case, that would be "(SG)" since he originated in Shattered Glass comics. But Interrobang reverted that move on the grounds that Heatwave is not a native of Primax -408.24 Epsilon. So as near as I can figure, the rule is that Timelines-original characters go with their "home" franchise-of-origin unless they are not fictionally native to that franchise's main continuity, in which case, put them in "Timelines." Is it something like that? Also, Descent into Evil is an exception since there is no definitive "home" continuity. - [[User:Starfield\|Starﬁeld]] 21:14, 17 April 2012 (EDT)

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	:::"Airazor" already redirects to "Airazor (disambiguation)". Not sure why. Have there been many arguments about notability? From what I've seen, the other characters have to be pretty darn un-notable for the redirect to go to the most notable character. But if it does cause disputes, it probably is worth changing the policy. - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 23:34, 10 November 2010 (EST)		:::"Airazor" already redirects to "Airazor (disambiguation)". Not sure why. Have there been many arguments about notability? From what I've seen, the other characters have to be pretty darn un-notable for the redirect to go to the most notable character. But if it does cause disputes, it probably is worth changing the policy. - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 23:34, 10 November 2010 (EST)
	::::I just pulled out Airazor because the name's prior uses suited the hypothetical situation. Where it actually redirects to now isn't important. It was just to illustrate the point. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 23:37, 10 November 2010 (EST)		::::I just pulled out Airazor because the name's prior uses suited the hypothetical situation. Where it actually redirects to now isn't important. It was just to illustrate the point. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 23:37, 10 November 2010 (EST)
			:::::So should we change the policy? Should we take this to the community portal for more feedback? Or leave it alone. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 22:41, 12 November 2010 (EST)

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	::I disagree, clearly. I think that once we have a disambig page, we should link to it from the "default". Especially as we don't know what names WILL become more prominent in the future. ''Prime'' or ''Dark of the Moon'' may introduce a new... oh, let's say Airazor, to pick a multi-used name with one pretty prominent character attached, who goes on to become a major player for a new generation of kids who weren't even born when ''Beast Wars'' was on the air. Plus, it just flat-out spares us the argument of "notability", especially when some of those "notable" ones have been on the shelf gathering dust for over a decade. I'd argue ''ROTF'' Skids is more prominent than G1 Skids. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 22:39, 10 November 2010 (EST)		::I disagree, clearly. I think that once we have a disambig page, we should link to it from the "default". Especially as we don't know what names WILL become more prominent in the future. ''Prime'' or ''Dark of the Moon'' may introduce a new... oh, let's say Airazor, to pick a multi-used name with one pretty prominent character attached, who goes on to become a major player for a new generation of kids who weren't even born when ''Beast Wars'' was on the air. Plus, it just flat-out spares us the argument of "notability", especially when some of those "notable" ones have been on the shelf gathering dust for over a decade. I'd argue ''ROTF'' Skids is more prominent than G1 Skids. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 22:39, 10 November 2010 (EST)
	:::"Airazor" already redirects to "Airazor (disambiguation)". Not sure why. Have there been many arguments about notability? From what I've seen, the other characters have to be pretty darn un-notable for the redirect to go to the most notable character. But if it does cause disputes, it probably is worth changing the policy. - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 23:34, 10 November 2010 (EST)		:::"Airazor" already redirects to "Airazor (disambiguation)". Not sure why. Have there been many arguments about notability? From what I've seen, the other characters have to be pretty darn un-notable for the redirect to go to the most notable character. But if it does cause disputes, it probably is worth changing the policy. - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 23:34, 10 November 2010 (EST)
	::::I just pulled out Airazor because the name's prior uses suited the hypothetical situation. Where it actually redirects to now isn't important. It was just ~~an illustration~~. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 23:37, 10 November 2010 (EST)		::::I just pulled out Airazor because the name's prior uses suited the hypothetical situation. Where it actually redirects to now isn't important. It was just to illustrate the point. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 23:37, 10 November 2010 (EST)

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	::I disagree, clearly. I think that once we have a disambig page, we should link to it from the "default". Especially as we don't know what names WILL become more prominent in the future. ''Prime'' or ''Dark of the Moon'' may introduce a new... oh, let's say Airazor, to pick a multi-used name with one pretty prominent character attached, who goes on to become a major player for a new generation of kids who weren't even born when ''Beast Wars'' was on the air. Plus, it just flat-out spares us the argument of "notability", especially when some of those "notable" ones have been on the shelf gathering dust for over a decade. I'd argue ''ROTF'' Skids is more prominent than G1 Skids. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 22:39, 10 November 2010 (EST)		::I disagree, clearly. I think that once we have a disambig page, we should link to it from the "default". Especially as we don't know what names WILL become more prominent in the future. ''Prime'' or ''Dark of the Moon'' may introduce a new... oh, let's say Airazor, to pick a multi-used name with one pretty prominent character attached, who goes on to become a major player for a new generation of kids who weren't even born when ''Beast Wars'' was on the air. Plus, it just flat-out spares us the argument of "notability", especially when some of those "notable" ones have been on the shelf gathering dust for over a decade. I'd argue ''ROTF'' Skids is more prominent than G1 Skids. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 22:39, 10 November 2010 (EST)
	:::"Airazor" already redirects to "Airazor (disambiguation)". Not sure why. Have there been many arguments about notability? From what I've seen, the other characters have to be pretty darn un-notable for the redirect to go to the most notable character. But if it does cause disputes, it probably is worth changing the policy. - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 23:34, 10 November 2010 (EST)		:::"Airazor" already redirects to "Airazor (disambiguation)". Not sure why. Have there been many arguments about notability? From what I've seen, the other characters have to be pretty darn un-notable for the redirect to go to the most notable character. But if it does cause disputes, it probably is worth changing the policy. - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 23:34, 10 November 2010 (EST)
			::::I just pulled out Airazor because the name's prior uses suited the hypothetical situation. Where it actually redirects to now isn't important. It was just an illustration. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 23:37, 10 November 2010 (EST)

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	:No. The help page should stay the same. But it looks like "Cheetor (TransTech)" was in quite a bit of club fiction, so he probably isn't obscure enough for "Cheetor" to link to "Cheetor (BW)". - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 21:56, 10 November 2010 (EST)		:No. The help page should stay the same. But it looks like "Cheetor (TransTech)" was in quite a bit of club fiction, so he probably isn't obscure enough for "Cheetor" to link to "Cheetor (BW)". - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 21:56, 10 November 2010 (EST)
	::I disagree, clearly. I think that once we have a disambig page, we should link to it from the "default". Especially as we don't know what names WILL become more prominent in the future. ''Prime'' or ''Dark of the Moon'' may introduce a new... oh, let's say Airazor, to pick a multi-used name with one pretty prominent character attached, who goes on to become a major player for a new generation of kids who weren't even born when ''Beast Wars'' was on the air. Plus, it just flat-out spares us the argument of "notability", especially when some of those "notable" ones have been on the shelf gathering dust for over a decade. I'd argue ''ROTF'' Skids is more prominent than G1 Skids. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 22:39, 10 November 2010 (EST)		::I disagree, clearly. I think that once we have a disambig page, we should link to it from the "default". Especially as we don't know what names WILL become more prominent in the future. ''Prime'' or ''Dark of the Moon'' may introduce a new... oh, let's say Airazor, to pick a multi-used name with one pretty prominent character attached, who goes on to become a major player for a new generation of kids who weren't even born when ''Beast Wars'' was on the air. Plus, it just flat-out spares us the argument of "notability", especially when some of those "notable" ones have been on the shelf gathering dust for over a decade. I'd argue ''ROTF'' Skids is more prominent than G1 Skids. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 22:39, 10 November 2010 (EST)
			:::"Airazor" already redirects to "Airazor (disambiguation)". Not sure why. Have there been many arguments about notability? From what I've seen, the other characters have to be pretty darn un-notable for the redirect to go to the most notable character. But if it does cause disputes, it probably is worth changing the policy. - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 23:34, 10 November 2010 (EST)

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	So if that seems to be the way things are working now, should this help page be modified? --[[User:NCZ\|NCZ]] 21:37, 10 November 2010 (EST)		So if that seems to be the way things are working now, should this help page be modified? --[[User:NCZ\|NCZ]] 21:37, 10 November 2010 (EST)
	:No. The help page should stay the same. But it looks like "Cheetor (TransTech)" was in quite a bit of club fiction, so he probably isn't obscure enough for "Cheetor" to link to "Cheetor (BW)". - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 21:56, 10 November 2010 (EST)		:No. The help page should stay the same. But it looks like "Cheetor (TransTech)" was in quite a bit of club fiction, so he probably isn't obscure enough for "Cheetor" to link to "Cheetor (BW)". - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 21:56, 10 November 2010 (EST)
			::I disagree, clearly. I think that once we have a disambig page, we should link to it from the "default". Especially as we don't know what names WILL become more prominent in the future. ''Prime'' or ''Dark of the Moon'' may introduce a new... oh, let's say Airazor, to pick a multi-used name with one pretty prominent character attached, who goes on to become a major player for a new generation of kids who weren't even born when ''Beast Wars'' was on the air. Plus, it just flat-out spares us the argument of "notability", especially when some of those "notable" ones have been on the shelf gathering dust for over a decade. I'd argue ''ROTF'' Skids is more prominent than G1 Skids. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 22:39, 10 November 2010 (EST)

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	:''Doesn't matter. We have enough for a disambig page, so the normal goes to the disambig page.''		:''Doesn't matter. We have enough for a disambig page, so the normal goes to the disambig page.''
	So if that seems to be the way things are working now, should this help page be modified? --[[User:NCZ\|NCZ]] 21:37, 10 November 2010 (EST)		So if that seems to be the way things are working now, should this help page be modified? --[[User:NCZ\|NCZ]] 21:37, 10 November 2010 (EST)
			:No. The help page should stay the same. But it looks like "Cheetor (TransTech)" was in quite a bit of club fiction, so he probably isn't obscure enough for "Cheetor" to link to "Cheetor (BW)". - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 21:56, 10 November 2010 (EST)

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	:::"Airazor" already redirects to "Airazor (disambiguation)". Not sure why. Have there been many arguments about notability? From what I've seen, the other characters have to be pretty darn un-notable for the redirect to go to the most notable character. But if it does cause disputes, it probably is worth changing the policy. - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 23:34, 10 November 2010 (EST)		:::"Airazor" already redirects to "Airazor (disambiguation)". Not sure why. Have there been many arguments about notability? From what I've seen, the other characters have to be pretty darn un-notable for the redirect to go to the most notable character. But if it does cause disputes, it probably is worth changing the policy. - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 23:34, 10 November 2010 (EST)
	::::I just pulled out Airazor because the name's prior uses suited the hypothetical situation. Where it actually redirects to now isn't important. It was just to illustrate the point. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 23:37, 10 November 2010 (EST)		::::I just pulled out Airazor because the name's prior uses suited the hypothetical situation. Where it actually redirects to now isn't important. It was just to illustrate the point. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 23:37, 10 November 2010 (EST)
			:::::So should we change the policy? Should we take this to the community portal for more feedback? Or leave it alone. --[[User:Khajidha\|Khajidha]] 22:41, 12 November 2010 (EST)

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	::I disagree, clearly. I think that once we have a disambig page, we should link to it from the "default". Especially as we don't know what names WILL become more prominent in the future. ''Prime'' or ''Dark of the Moon'' may introduce a new... oh, let's say Airazor, to pick a multi-used name with one pretty prominent character attached, who goes on to become a major player for a new generation of kids who weren't even born when ''Beast Wars'' was on the air. Plus, it just flat-out spares us the argument of "notability", especially when some of those "notable" ones have been on the shelf gathering dust for over a decade. I'd argue ''ROTF'' Skids is more prominent than G1 Skids. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 22:39, 10 November 2010 (EST)		::I disagree, clearly. I think that once we have a disambig page, we should link to it from the "default". Especially as we don't know what names WILL become more prominent in the future. ''Prime'' or ''Dark of the Moon'' may introduce a new... oh, let's say Airazor, to pick a multi-used name with one pretty prominent character attached, who goes on to become a major player for a new generation of kids who weren't even born when ''Beast Wars'' was on the air. Plus, it just flat-out spares us the argument of "notability", especially when some of those "notable" ones have been on the shelf gathering dust for over a decade. I'd argue ''ROTF'' Skids is more prominent than G1 Skids. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 22:39, 10 November 2010 (EST)
	:::"Airazor" already redirects to "Airazor (disambiguation)". Not sure why. Have there been many arguments about notability? From what I've seen, the other characters have to be pretty darn un-notable for the redirect to go to the most notable character. But if it does cause disputes, it probably is worth changing the policy. - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 23:34, 10 November 2010 (EST)		:::"Airazor" already redirects to "Airazor (disambiguation)". Not sure why. Have there been many arguments about notability? From what I've seen, the other characters have to be pretty darn un-notable for the redirect to go to the most notable character. But if it does cause disputes, it probably is worth changing the policy. - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 23:34, 10 November 2010 (EST)
	::::I just pulled out Airazor because the name's prior uses suited the hypothetical situation. Where it actually redirects to now isn't important. It was just ~~an illustration~~. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 23:37, 10 November 2010 (EST)		::::I just pulled out Airazor because the name's prior uses suited the hypothetical situation. Where it actually redirects to now isn't important. It was just to illustrate the point. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 23:37, 10 November 2010 (EST)

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	::I disagree, clearly. I think that once we have a disambig page, we should link to it from the "default". Especially as we don't know what names WILL become more prominent in the future. ''Prime'' or ''Dark of the Moon'' may introduce a new... oh, let's say Airazor, to pick a multi-used name with one pretty prominent character attached, who goes on to become a major player for a new generation of kids who weren't even born when ''Beast Wars'' was on the air. Plus, it just flat-out spares us the argument of "notability", especially when some of those "notable" ones have been on the shelf gathering dust for over a decade. I'd argue ''ROTF'' Skids is more prominent than G1 Skids. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 22:39, 10 November 2010 (EST)		::I disagree, clearly. I think that once we have a disambig page, we should link to it from the "default". Especially as we don't know what names WILL become more prominent in the future. ''Prime'' or ''Dark of the Moon'' may introduce a new... oh, let's say Airazor, to pick a multi-used name with one pretty prominent character attached, who goes on to become a major player for a new generation of kids who weren't even born when ''Beast Wars'' was on the air. Plus, it just flat-out spares us the argument of "notability", especially when some of those "notable" ones have been on the shelf gathering dust for over a decade. I'd argue ''ROTF'' Skids is more prominent than G1 Skids. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 22:39, 10 November 2010 (EST)
	:::"Airazor" already redirects to "Airazor (disambiguation)". Not sure why. Have there been many arguments about notability? From what I've seen, the other characters have to be pretty darn un-notable for the redirect to go to the most notable character. But if it does cause disputes, it probably is worth changing the policy. - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 23:34, 10 November 2010 (EST)		:::"Airazor" already redirects to "Airazor (disambiguation)". Not sure why. Have there been many arguments about notability? From what I've seen, the other characters have to be pretty darn un-notable for the redirect to go to the most notable character. But if it does cause disputes, it probably is worth changing the policy. - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 23:34, 10 November 2010 (EST)
			::::I just pulled out Airazor because the name's prior uses suited the hypothetical situation. Where it actually redirects to now isn't important. It was just an illustration. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 23:37, 10 November 2010 (EST)

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	:No. The help page should stay the same. But it looks like "Cheetor (TransTech)" was in quite a bit of club fiction, so he probably isn't obscure enough for "Cheetor" to link to "Cheetor (BW)". - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 21:56, 10 November 2010 (EST)		:No. The help page should stay the same. But it looks like "Cheetor (TransTech)" was in quite a bit of club fiction, so he probably isn't obscure enough for "Cheetor" to link to "Cheetor (BW)". - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 21:56, 10 November 2010 (EST)
	::I disagree, clearly. I think that once we have a disambig page, we should link to it from the "default". Especially as we don't know what names WILL become more prominent in the future. ''Prime'' or ''Dark of the Moon'' may introduce a new... oh, let's say Airazor, to pick a multi-used name with one pretty prominent character attached, who goes on to become a major player for a new generation of kids who weren't even born when ''Beast Wars'' was on the air. Plus, it just flat-out spares us the argument of "notability", especially when some of those "notable" ones have been on the shelf gathering dust for over a decade. I'd argue ''ROTF'' Skids is more prominent than G1 Skids. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 22:39, 10 November 2010 (EST)		::I disagree, clearly. I think that once we have a disambig page, we should link to it from the "default". Especially as we don't know what names WILL become more prominent in the future. ''Prime'' or ''Dark of the Moon'' may introduce a new... oh, let's say Airazor, to pick a multi-used name with one pretty prominent character attached, who goes on to become a major player for a new generation of kids who weren't even born when ''Beast Wars'' was on the air. Plus, it just flat-out spares us the argument of "notability", especially when some of those "notable" ones have been on the shelf gathering dust for over a decade. I'd argue ''ROTF'' Skids is more prominent than G1 Skids. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 22:39, 10 November 2010 (EST)
			:::"Airazor" already redirects to "Airazor (disambiguation)". Not sure why. Have there been many arguments about notability? From what I've seen, the other characters have to be pretty darn un-notable for the redirect to go to the most notable character. But if it does cause disputes, it probably is worth changing the policy. - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 23:34, 10 November 2010 (EST)

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	So if that seems to be the way things are working now, should this help page be modified? --[[User:NCZ\|NCZ]] 21:37, 10 November 2010 (EST)		So if that seems to be the way things are working now, should this help page be modified? --[[User:NCZ\|NCZ]] 21:37, 10 November 2010 (EST)
	:No. The help page should stay the same. But it looks like "Cheetor (TransTech)" was in quite a bit of club fiction, so he probably isn't obscure enough for "Cheetor" to link to "Cheetor (BW)". - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 21:56, 10 November 2010 (EST)		:No. The help page should stay the same. But it looks like "Cheetor (TransTech)" was in quite a bit of club fiction, so he probably isn't obscure enough for "Cheetor" to link to "Cheetor (BW)". - [[User:Starfield\|Starfield]] 21:56, 10 November 2010 (EST)
			::I disagree, clearly. I think that once we have a disambig page, we should link to it from the "default". Especially as we don't know what names WILL become more prominent in the future. ''Prime'' or ''Dark of the Moon'' may introduce a new... oh, let's say Airazor, to pick a multi-used name with one pretty prominent character attached, who goes on to become a major player for a new generation of kids who weren't even born when ''Beast Wars'' was on the air. Plus, it just flat-out spares us the argument of "notability", especially when some of those "notable" ones have been on the shelf gathering dust for over a decade. I'd argue ''ROTF'' Skids is more prominent than G1 Skids. --[[User:M Sipher\|M Sipher]] 22:39, 10 November 2010 (EST)