Talk:Overlay (operating system)

Merge with "chain loading"
These articles are about the same thing. I believe they should be merged. Peter Flass (talk) 11:57, 16 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Exec (system call), Chain loading and Overlay (programming) are clearly related, but the first has to be an OS facility while the other two need not be. Possibly merge all three? --Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 15:00, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

Unexplained reversion
I changed Overlay (operating system) from a redirect to a DAB page. LittleWink reverted it with an R from incomplete disambiguation tag and the comment incomplete disambiguation page. How is Overlay (operating system)  "too ambiguous to be the title of an article or other project page."? --Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 14:45, 30 December 2021 (UTC)
 * My edit was not a revert and it was not unexplained: the edit summary linked to WP:INCDAB, which explains it perfectly. In other words: the disambiguation page should be at 'Overlay' or 'Overlay (disambiguation)', but cannot be placed - or partially duplicated - at 'Overlay (operating system)'. LittleWink (talk) 16:50, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
 * The text at WP:INCDAB, which I quoted, does not explain why you changed a DAB page to an inappropriate redirect. Overlay (operating system) is relevant to Overlay (programming), not just to Exec (system call). --Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 20:04, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
 * It is not an inappropriate redirect. Both terms you mention are listed on the disambiguation page 'Overlay', which is exactly why 'Overlay (operating system)' redirects there. LittleWink (talk) 17:21, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Why, when Overlay mentions both Exec (system call) and Overlay (programming), and loading overlays is an operating system service, is it appropriate for Overlay (operating system) to mention only Exec (system call)? --Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 17:36, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

I am not not following you. 'Overlay (operating system)' is currently a redirect, so it does not only mention 'Exec'. LittleWink (talk) 17:44, 3 January 2022 (UTC)