User talk:DOUGCA

Disambiguation pages
Before you do another disambiguation page, please (re)read Disambiguation. Also, please read Naming conventions. And feel free to ask another user for advice (for example, I'd be happy to help). John Broughton

Hal Rogers
I again encourage you to read the information on the wikipedia policy on disambiguation. It clearly states If there are a pair of articles which ought to be disambiguated from each other, include a link to the "opposite" page in each. Only in the case of THREE or more article to be disambiguated should there be a separate disambiguation page.

Given that policy, the question is which person should be covered by the article titled "Hal Rogers". I ran a google search to see, and went by those results.

Also, should you want to rename an article in the future, please use the "move" function rather than copy/paste; the "move" function keeps the talk/discussion pages with the article, while what you did breaks that relationship.

Finally, please note that "arbitration" is not an acceptable first step in dispute resolution: it is a last resort: Resolving disputes. John Broughton 17:13, 25 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you for offering Membership as an example of a disambiguation page with only two entries on it. I don't find it similar to Hal Rogers, however, since it points to two pages where "membership" is only part of the article title.  A disambiguation page for persons would be a better example.


 * Even if you could find an example of a disambiguation page for people that only had two links from it, and the disambiguation page was actually the best place to put one of the two articles, I wouldn't be convinced. The policy is very clear.  An example of a page that is not in compliance with the policy proves only that such a page is wrong.  [This issue often pops in proposals to delete articles - someone says "What about Article X - it's even worse, and no one has proposed deleting it."  The response is always "You should propose that article for deletion too."]  John Broughton 20:07, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Doug Robinson (hockey)
This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have performed a web search with the contents of Doug Robinson (hockey), and it appears to include a substantial copy of http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=14151. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences.

This message was placed automatically, and it is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article and it would be appreciated if you could drop a note on the maintainer's talk page. CorenSearchBot (talk) 01:30, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

February 2008
Hi, the recent edit you made to Doug Robinson (hockey) has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thanks. Ixfd64 (talk) 01:41, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

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