Talk:Paulus
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The MOS on dismbiguation pages says that we should provide as little additional info as possible. This is not a article, just a midpoint for those who have typed a partial name into the search box. Nobody who is looking for John Paulus is going to confuse him with a Roman general. -Will Beback 17:58, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
- I disagree, and think at least a little bit of explaination belongs. Look at every other disambiguation page in the Wikipedia. - mixvio 18:01, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
Obviously I agree with Will. All anyone has to do is click the link to find the page and see if it's the guy they're looking for. It looked out of place to me before, like a way of advertising the guy or something. I don't think anyone is going to confuse this guy with any of these other people. I did a search and there are 3 pages of guys named Paulus in Wikipedia. Why aren't they all listed here? -207.172.242.187 18:15, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
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- Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages).
- For people, include their birth and death years (when known), and only enough descriptive information that the reader can distinguish between different people with the same name.
- No explanation is necessary, as there is no possibility of confusion between John Paulus and the other people who have that last name. If they got to this page they know who they are looking for. -Will Beback 01:34, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages).
