Talk:Heavy metal
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[edit] Replace with redirect to genre?
I've disambiguated several hundred links to heavy metal in the last week or so - all but two were to the musical genre. I think we should make [[heavy metal]] redirect to the genre, and add a link at the top of the musical genre page to a [[heavy metal (disambiguation)]] page. - Stillnotelf 02:19, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
- I would not necessarily agree. I think the chemical term heavy metals is very important and commonly used; there is just a vast overrepresentation of music albums and bands in Wikipedia, because the articles are easier to create than chemistry articles. Basically you just have to create a list of songs, albums, and band members, but little encyclopaedic context. -- Ravn 16:15, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
- Don't get me wrong, I think the chemical meaning is equally important, I'm just trying to be pragmatic. It seems more efficient to bow to the "vast overrepresentation" than continually clean up after new albums are created. (After no one commented for 5 months, I realized it wasn't high-traffic enough to warrant worrying about it anyway, so I'm not going ahead with that plan.) -- stillnotelf has a talk page 16:26, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
- I'll agree to whatever is best for the readers. Which is worse: 500 incorrect links to the disambiguation page? Or 20 incorrect links to Heavy metal music (or a reader typing "Heavy metal" and hitting "Go") requiring a click on the dablink to get to the disambiguation page? (Bass has the same issue: 99% of the links intend Bass guitar.) Ewlyahoocom 10:40, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
- The redirect is now in place (thanks Ewlyahoocom). Equendil 23:41, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
- What's the over-under on when someone reverts it? Ewlyahoocom 08:34, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
- I would add a direct link on Heavy metal music directly to Heavy metals to make it a 1-click to the chemistry meaning. You could add Template:Otheruses4 or combine and use Template:Two_other_uses Simon12 16:23, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
- Heavy metals should go to chemistry, the singular to the music. More people probably look at the article on the music than the elements. "Heavy Metal" returns 26,600,000 on google, and "heavy metals" 7,800,000 Duke toaster 16:19, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
- I would add a direct link on Heavy metal music directly to Heavy metals to make it a 1-click to the chemistry meaning. You could add Template:Otheruses4 or combine and use Template:Two_other_uses Simon12 16:23, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
- What's the over-under on when someone reverts it? Ewlyahoocom 08:34, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
- The redirect is now in place (thanks Ewlyahoocom). Equendil 23:41, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
- I'll agree to whatever is best for the readers. Which is worse: 500 incorrect links to the disambiguation page? Or 20 incorrect links to Heavy metal music (or a reader typing "Heavy metal" and hitting "Go") requiring a click on the dablink to get to the disambiguation page? (Bass has the same issue: 99% of the links intend Bass guitar.) Ewlyahoocom 10:40, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
- Don't get me wrong, I think the chemical meaning is equally important, I'm just trying to be pragmatic. It seems more efficient to bow to the "vast overrepresentation" than continually clean up after new albums are created. (After no one commented for 5 months, I realized it wasn't high-traffic enough to warrant worrying about it anyway, so I'm not going ahead with that plan.) -- stillnotelf has a talk page 16:26, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
