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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010
3rd Mar, 2017 08:58:29 AM

So the problem is that the Western Animation page is actually titled as "Ultimate Spider-man" with the hyphen. Which is not allowed.

So really, it, its wicks, and all its subpages should be moved to WesternAnimation.Ultimate Spider Man 2012 and custom-titled to "Ultimate Spider-Man."

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bwburke94 Since: May, 2014
3rd Mar, 2017 09:31:20 AM

Are we still suggesting custom titles be used in that way?

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Fighteer MOD (Time Abyss)
3rd Mar, 2017 09:54:53 AM

To hyphenate work titles? Yes, that's an appropriate use. Wiki URLs cannot contain hyphens.

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StFan Since: Jan, 2001
3rd Mar, 2017 10:24:17 AM

Yes, a few works had kept their hyphens during the big project to wipe out hyphenated titles, in order to avoid subpages collision with similarly-named works. It was considered a temporary measure at best, until another way to disambiguate those titles was found. The standard disambiguation by year can work, although I'm not sure it's the best solution in every case.

Anyway, the remaining Hyphenated Titles can be found on this page.

bwburke94 Since: May, 2014
4th Mar, 2017 03:19:44 PM

^^ I'm talking about removing the year, not adding the hyphen.

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StFan Since: Jan, 2001
4th Mar, 2017 05:17:30 PM

Oh. I've seen it used this way a few times (like with Deadpool (2016)), but I'm never too sure whether it's tolerated or frowned upon.

bwburke94 Since: May, 2014
4th Mar, 2017 11:33:41 PM

^ I personally frown upon it, for what it's worth, because it makes it harder to remember what the page URL is.

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rafi Since: Jun, 2014
7th Mar, 2017 04:19:35 AM

so, need to be moved all the content of the Ultimate Spiderman cartoon page?

PaulA Since: Jan, 2010
7th Mar, 2017 05:27:24 PM

My understanding is that the usual procedure for custom-titling pages that are disambiguated by year is to leave the year visible and set it off with parentheses, like so: Ultimate Spider-Man (2012)

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