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Hi ShelfSkewed - thanks your comment ref. the Sir John Booth article. Under Background is this the amendment you were looking for? Didn't quite understand what you meant, but if this is not preferable then can happily change as nec. Best Primm1234 (talk) 16:50, 3 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

I didn't leave a comment—I disambiguated a link to point to the correct article. Your revert of my edit now has the link pointing to a disambiguation page. Please restore the previous article link or, if I linked to the wrong article, choose the correct link for the ambiguous term Baron Delamer. —ShelfSkewed Talk 17:06, 3 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

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嘘の記事を削除してくれてありがとう❤ ~2026-35561-1 (talk) 05:42, 17 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Edit question

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Hi! Just wondering what I could do better in future on this page, Thanks.

EmsSV (talk) 03:05, 5 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

In general, write the article first, before adding an unsupported entry to a disambiguation (dab) page. Dab pages are navigation aids for topics available on Wikipedia. With no article for the author or the play, there is nothing for an entry to link to. Alternatively, if you don't want to write an article, but there is an existing article that mentions the play, you could add an entry to the dab page that includes in its description a link to that article. —ShelfSkewed Talk 03:24, 5 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

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I have sent you a note about a page you started

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Hi ShelfSkewed. Thank you for your work on Kraft Mystery Theatre. Another editor, Mariamnei, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

Thank you for your work on this article. Please add more sources and establish notability as per WP:NBOOK. Thanks and have a great day!

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Mariamnei (talk) 10:47, 4 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

The End (2022 and 2025)

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I do get your point, but the 2025 version is actually considered a totally different song released on a totally different album. The 2022 version on FFDP's "Afterlife" and the 2025 version on their "Best of (Vol. 2)" compilation. I don't know how you all deal with reissues or new versions, I'll leave that up to you. :) - NeutralhomerTalk23:00, 19 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Just so we're on the same page: Is this just a different version of the original song, or is it actually a completely different song that happens to have the same title? If it's the former, then it wouldn't deserve a separate mention; performers often release different versions of the same song (demo versions, single releases, re-recordings, remixes, live versions, etc.). If it's the latter, then it should have a separate entry pointing to the relevant album. —ShelfSkewed Talk 01:20, 20 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
This is a little OR-ish: the 2022 version has lyrics sung by FFDP that are now sung by Babymetal (in Japanese) in the 2025 version. I would call it a re-recording with different lyrics (because they are in a different language). That's just my opinion. I'm going to link to the 2022 version and the 2025 version so you can judge for yourself.
Just for clarification, if the 2025 version is or isn't added really makes no difference to me, I am just not familiar with the protocols with how reissues and re-recordings are added. - NeutralhomerTalk22:47, 20 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
What we both should have noticed: The End (Five Finger Death Punch song). Problem solved. I've updated the dab page entry. —ShelfSkewed Talk 13:25, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Good catch, I completely missed that. :) Thanks for updating. - NeutralhomerTalk16:40, 24 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Mama Songs

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Hello! Thanks for the note in your revert, I think we mostly agree. You're right about listing songs mentioned in album articles is consensus, and I'll also keep the secondary-link piping in mind moving forward. The 4 song entries I'm looking to remove are linked to an artist instead of an album or song. On each of these pages the song is not discussed in any significant way, often appearing as an entry in a discography table, or not at all (madclip). The four entries are:

Would you take another look at these four to see if you think they can be removed per MOS:DABMENTION? Thanks Matthew Yeager (talk) 17:10, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

The first three should be listed—the song is mentioned in those articles. What counts as "significant" is subjective; simple chronological context is useful to some, and the discography tables show chart positions and/or the name of the album the song appears on, which is definitely helpful info. The fourth should go—I see no mention of the MadClip song in his article. —ShelfSkewed Talk 17:32, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for taking a look, I've removed the MadClip entry. I agree that the content within the article (name of album, chart position, etc) should stay. Separately, the target of a disambiguation entry should be discussed in the linked article, not just mentioned or appearing in a table. Otherwise, we risk producing something closer to a "List of all songs titled Mama."
When we help readers find the right content, the article we direct them to should have meaningful information about the term. You're right that "significant" is subjective, but when I looked at the articles they only appear as rows in a discography table. Ella Eyre has the content in prose with In July 2019, Eyre signed with Island Records and released the single "Mama" featuring Banx & Ranx and Kiana Ledé, but still provides no discussion (significance, reception, content, style) about the song. Are there areas within those articles where the songs are discussed that I have missed? Matthew Yeager (talk) 20:04, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Not "List of all songs titled 'Mama'", but, yes, "List of all songs titled 'Mama' that are mentioned in a Wikipedia article". And current consensus as I understand it is to list all of them, regardless of the brevity of the mention. The same applies to books, films, fictional characters, and other typical uses. —ShelfSkewed Talk 21:17, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

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You just moved title of Halcyon (Ellie Goulding album) article without opening any consensus, and more than this you didn't care about ongoing GA review for it which the bot felt the review was failed. This would make both me and the reviewer very confused at that time, so please be careful when moving those articles. Camilasdandelions (✉️) 13:31, 23 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

I was not aware that the article was in the midst of a GA review, so my sincerest apologies for throwing a monkey wrench in that process. But I don't generally feel it necessary to seek consensus for an ordinary case of disambiguation from other existing articles. —ShelfSkewed Talk 13:49, 23 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

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