User talk:A Link to the Past

Don't move a page like that without first discussing the change on the talk page. If you wanted to make it say Pikachu (disambiguation), please post on the talk page and explain why you wanted it to be moved to that title. Thank you. --PAK Man ^Talk 00:47, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

^^ What he said. evkl 02:58, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't believe I have to ask for permission to make an edit. - A Link to the Past 22:21, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

That is true. However, making such a drastic page move like that created problems. For example, we have a special template on all disambiguation pages involving Pokémon called {{disambigPokémon}}. What this does is take the title of the page and insert it into "Pokémon name is a species of Pokémon. It may also refer to specific Pokémon of that species." By moving it to Pikachu (disambiguation), the page now read "Pikachu (disambiguation) is a species of Pokémon..." There was also a forum discussion about the disambiguations located here. If you would like to comment on that, feel free. As I said, there is nothing wrong with asking for permission to edit, but if you would like to move a page like that, please discuss it on the talk page. --PAK Man ^Talk 23:52, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Almost the entire discussion is pretty much one side explaining that the disambig system of Wikipedia works fine and that the majority of Pokémon do not have that notable of an individual Pokémon in it, while the other side was simply repeating that we should think it over before acting, but I didn't see much discussion besides some people trying to sweep it under the rug. On top of that, I saw many more people who agreed with the new disambig proposal. I simply didn't see the rationale to put Jessie's Shellder on equal level with the entire species. - A Link to the Past 02:02, 18 September 2007 (UTC)