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:::::Even if we had an <nowiki>{{os}}</nowiki> template, having an article titled "Mewtwo (OS)" is completely unexplanatory to anyone who doesn't edit Bulbapedia. Disambiguating parentheticals do no good if they don't reduce ambiguity, and arbitrary abbreviations that nobody uses except in one specific occasion don't reduce ambiguity. (Yes, the first paragraph disambiguates, but the parenthetical is meant to be there so someone ''doesn't'' have to click the link to find out what it's talking about.) On a secondary note, I actually doubt the necessity of those shortened link templates at all. We don't have shortened link templates for other characters with weird disambiguating parentheticals, such as [[Harrison (Whirl Cup)|Harrison]] ( <nowiki>[[Harrison (Whirl Cup)|Harrison]]</nowiki> ). I know "other stuff exists" isn't a valid point to make, but there doesn't seem to be any precedent I can see for creating link templates that only apply to a single thing. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 07:40, 16 July 2013 (UTC) | :::::Even if we had an <nowiki>{{os}}</nowiki> template, having an article titled "Mewtwo (OS)" is completely unexplanatory to anyone who doesn't edit Bulbapedia. Disambiguating parentheticals do no good if they don't reduce ambiguity, and arbitrary abbreviations that nobody uses except in one specific occasion don't reduce ambiguity. (Yes, the first paragraph disambiguates, but the parenthetical is meant to be there so someone ''doesn't'' have to click the link to find out what it's talking about.) On a secondary note, I actually doubt the necessity of those shortened link templates at all. We don't have shortened link templates for other characters with weird disambiguating parentheticals, such as [[Harrison (Whirl Cup)|Harrison]] ( <nowiki>[[Harrison (Whirl Cup)|Harrison]]</nowiki> ). I know "other stuff exists" isn't a valid point to make, but there doesn't seem to be any precedent I can see for creating link templates that only apply to a single thing. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 07:40, 16 July 2013 (UTC) | ||
::::::I could address the little things, but it'd become off-topic. All right. I don't want to seem like a Fighting type, so I'll quit Punching your gut on this. Just please, don't do "Mewtwo (Best Wishes series)". That's an obscene amount of words. <small>I mean we could always avoid literally millions of man-hours of unnecessary typing by just using <nowiki>{{ka|Mewtwo}} and {{un|Mewtwo}} you guys just saying guys. Think of aaaaaalll of the articles and sections of articles that refer to each Mewtwo. Are ''you'' gonna make those edits? Mark my words: Bulbapedia will run red. *is arrested, kicks, screams*</nowiki></small> --<font face="Segoe UI"><span style="text-shadow:grey 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em">[[User:IWannaBeTheVeryBest|<font color="red">IWanna</font>]]BeThe[[User talk:IWannaBeTheVeryBest|<font color="white">VeryBest</font>]]</span></font> 08:57, 16 July 2013 (UTC) | ::::::I could address the little things, but it'd become off-topic. All right. I don't want to seem like a Fighting type, so I'll quit Punching your gut on this. Just please, don't do "Mewtwo (Best Wishes series)". That's an obscene amount of words. <small>I mean we could always avoid literally millions of man-hours of unnecessary typing by just using <nowiki>{{ka|Mewtwo}} and {{un|Mewtwo}} you guys just saying guys. Think of aaaaaalll of the articles and sections of articles that refer to each Mewtwo. Are ''you'' gonna make those edits? Mark my words: Bulbapedia will run red. *is arrested, kicks, screams*</nowiki></small> --<font face="Segoe UI"><span style="text-shadow:grey 0.1em 0.1em 0.1em">[[User:IWannaBeTheVeryBest|<font color="red">IWanna</font>]]BeThe[[User talk:IWannaBeTheVeryBest|<font color="white">VeryBest</font>]]</span></font> 08:57, 16 July 2013 (UTC) | ||
:::::::There is a catch-all code, btw, that works for everything and anyone with a () after its name. It's {{template|OBP}} (it's counterpart is {{template|FB}}). How do you think the {{OBP|Celebi|M04|(M04)}} and {{OBP|Celebi|M13|(M13)}} Celebi are linked to when all you wanna say is {{OBP|Celebi|M04}}? It won't be that hard changing any instances at all, especially with a little something called copy/paste, regardless of which title it chosen. [[User:ArcToraphim|Luna Tiger]] * the [[User talk:ArcToraphim|Arc]] [[Special:Contributions/ArcToraphim|Toraph]] 11:17, 16 July 2013 (UTC) | |||