Talk:Maiden Castle

Cleanup
Red links need to be deleted. Reference needs to be deleted. See WP:MOSDAB for disambiguation page guidelines. -- JHunterJ (talk) 19:05, 1 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Policy needs to be applied with common sense. Sure, this is a dab page rather than an article, but the term needs to be explained for the reader. As such it needs a reference per WP:V, regardless of what MOS:DAB says. I'll create an article for the Durham Maiden Castle as it's clearly notable, but the other redlinks stays per MOSDAB as another article links to it ("A link to a non-existent article (a "red link") should only be included on a disambiguation page when an article (not just disambiguation pages) also includes that red link). Nev1 (talk) 19:12, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * And the policy needs to be ignored only when it makes sense to do so. A reader looking for one of the disambiguated articles does not need the navigational aid to instruct him on this meaning of his search term. Wikipedia is not a dictionary WP:NOT, and disambiguation pages are for navigation, not education. If you want to create an article about the term "maiden castle", then that would be the place to provide that detail and add your citations. If another article links to it, then add the blue link to the description of that entry per WP:MOSDAB. -- JHunterJ (talk) 19:23, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It makes sense to explain the use of "Maiden" in Maiden Castle here as it relates to every occurrence of the name. You say that the reader doesn't need the term to be explained, well I suppose you're right but the question isn't what the reader needs – they don't need wikipedia they can go and find book – the question is what is useful to the reader. Since the name relates to every Maiden Castle it is relevant and useful. Please bear in mind what benefits the reader. Nev1 (talk) 19:40, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * You're still talking about an article about "maiden castles" (which may or may not be appropriate for Wikipedia). OTOH, a reader looking for a particular castle called "Maiden Castle" will not be served by have the road sign (navigational aid) preface the directions with some background, nor end with references for the preface. That's why the disambiguation guidelines read the way they do. -- JHunterJ (talk) 19:53, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Fine, I can amicably disagree with you on that, but don't do stuff like this http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maiden_Castle&diff=305508767&oldid=305507921 this], it's deliberately missing the point, borderline vandalism and pointy, and ignores your own guidlelines because. Nev1 (talk) 20:04, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I removed the red link at 19:48, 1 August 2009 (UTC), which rather than ignoring the guidelines was following the guidelines on red links. You then created the article at 20:01, 1 August 2009 (UTC) and returned here to fuss at 20:04. That's pointy and non-amicable.  -- JHunterJ (talk) 01:42, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * MOS:DAB states "A link to a non-existent article (a "red link") should only be included on a disambiguation page when an article (not just disambiguation pages) also includes that red link". Dry stone linked to Maiden Castle, North Yorkshire, and removing its entry here was ignoring the very guidelines you so inflexibly quoted earlier. I created two articles about notable monuments, I don't see what the problem is with that. Nev1 (talk) 01:48, 2 August 2009 (UTC)