User talk:Terryrandell

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[edit] Questions

I noticed that you changed the Pasadena link to go back to the disambiguation page instead of to the main instance of the word "Pasadena", which is in California. If you go to the page titled "Pasadena" and click on "What Links Here", you'll notice that there are literally hundreds of links that now go to a disambiguation page instead of to the intended target: Pasadena California. In cases where the ambiguous word has two or more potential meanings that are of equal weight, for example Springfield, or Portland, it is generally more acceptable to have the singular word search go to a disamb. However, and I don't mean this as a slight in any way towards Pasadena, Newfoundland (or Florida, Maryland, Australia, or Missouri for that matter), but when someone types "Pasadena" into the wikisearch, they are almost certainly statistically trying to locate an article about Pasadena California. By the same logic, when someone is typing an article or adding wikilinks to "Pasadena", it is almost certainly meant for California, which is why having it set up the way you have it creates a huge list of "links to disambiguation pages", which then ends up in my (and several other editors) laps at the Disambiguation pages with links project. You'll notice that the California article does have a hatnote at the top to link people back to the disam page if, for some reason, they were looking for "Pasadena, Newfoundland" and only typed "Pasadena" (which you have to admit, is quite unlikely). Your comments are more than welcome either here or on my talk page. As a reference for my logic here, I've copied this from WP:Disambiguation:

When there is a well known primary meaning for a term or phrase, much more used than any other (this may be indicated by a majority of links in existing articles or by consensus of the editors of those articles that it will be significantly more commonly searched for and read than other meanings), then that topic may be used for the title of the main article, with a disambiguation link at the top. If there's a disambiguation page, it should link back to the primary topic

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Thanks and happy editing, Keeper | 76 15:43, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comments

Thanks for helping me handle the Pasadena situation with civility. The change you made to your own edit, as well as the nice note on my talkpage, is immesasurably appreciated after a long day of vandal fighting, AfDs, and Disambiguating. Have a good day! Keeper | 76 01:09, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Commons Photos

I have just spend one weeks vacation on the west coast of Newfoundland and photographed quite a bit of the small coastal towns, post offices, lakes and Long Range Mountains. I have started adding the photos to the article List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador, you can link there from our Wiki article by the same name. I will be adding more later and feel free to use them while expanding the communities articles WayneRay 14:16, 14 August 2007 (UTC)WayneRay

[edit] Photos link

HI, if you go to List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador here on wikipedia there is a link to photos on the wiki commons site by the same name. You can also go to my website and link on them as well wayneray.ca/archives/ WayneRay (talk) 15:35, 20 November 2007 (UTC)WayneRay