Since the previous iteration of this thread got completely wiped in the crash, I'm remaking it. Also, have a relevant ATT thread.
There's a lot of unnecessary "do not confuse this with X" notes on wiki pages. As a quick example, VideoGame.Creepy Castle says "Not to be confused with the level with the same name from Donkey Kong 64." Nobody is going to confuse an action-adventure game from a few years ago with the last level of a 90's collectathon platformer, and that's not even the only game with a level named "Creepy Castle". I would delete it myself, but I've already deleted it once and I don't want to edit war over it.
If you find any misleading or Fan Myopia-filled disambiguation notes on pages, bring them up here.
Additionally, I would like to propose that "do not confuse with" notes should only be for pages with similar titles, such as Run-and-Gun vs. Do Not Run with a Gun, rather than "this series is named for a character whose name is the same as another character from an unrelated series", such as the note that used to be on Series.Benson about a character from WesternAnimation.Regular Show.
Is this from In Love with Love valid
Not to be confused with falling in love with an Anthropomorphic Personification of Love, or Shipper on Deck who is in love with a couple's love for each other, or Love Freak who is literally in love with the concept of love.
The Love Freak one makes sense, definitionally speaking. The other two... aren't very good.
The Gift has a whole string of things with "gift" in their name, then it kinda forgets what it was doing for a couple of lines, then lists a few more things with "gift" in their name.
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GIFT is valid, everything else can go.
On Manga.Naruto's description:
Why in the everloving is the first one a pothole instead of actually naming Narutaru?
Narutaru (and the link to NightmareFuel.Naruto) should definitely go, but I'm slightly on the fence about Uzumaki, since there is a non-zero chance that someone who hasn't heard of it would associate it with Naruto's family name. Probably a small chance, though.
Edited by DoktorvonEurotrash on Sep 30th 2020 at 4:59:15 AM
she/her
I think we can remove the link to Uzumaki. Which, by the way, has this note that can also be removed:
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Michael Bolton has one at the top.
I had a dog-themed avatar before it was cool.
Showtime!
Found this on Giant Eye of Doom
"Not to be confused with The Abyss Gazes Also Into You. Unless it does."
The Abyss Gazes Also Into You isn't a redirect to He Who Fights Monsters, that's a pothole. I have no idea what purpose this serves even for the very loose standard of most "not to be confused" lines. Permission to cut?
Absolute destiny... apeachalypse?
she/her
Yeah, I have no idea what that note is trying to say. Cut.
Maintenance?
I just pulled this one from Adults Only Rating:
- And obviously, no, this has absolutely no connection to The Annoying Orange.
Het Is Ew had this unnecessary bit:
Not at all related to finding the Dutch ungendered equivalent of "the" ugly or disparaging the Russian word for 'No'.note
I'd like to apologize for all this.
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The Russian is "nyet" anyway. Whack it.
The joke is that when that word is written in Cyrillic letters, it looks like HET to those who read Latin.
Another one: from Fusion Fic:
Has no relation whatsoever to Fusion Dance or that nuclear stuff going on in the Sun's core or a custom DeLorean.
Rock'n'roll never dies!
Spoonerism has this note:
There's a similar note on Funny Spoon.
Spoony Bard has been Quirky Bard since 2013. I'd say Spoonerism and Funny Spoon can link to each other and the rest can go.
Edited by Twiddler on Oct 18th 2020 at 6:22:54 AM
What, me worry?
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Whack it.
Found this on Willow:
Not to be confused with the Cute Witch from Buffy the Vampire Slayer or the daughter of Will Smith.
Yeah, those should probably go, no one would ever confuse those things.
Found on Accordion Man:
And no, it's not a new and bizarre Robot Master.
Edited by antenna_ears on Oct 22nd 2020 at 5:28:09 AM
I think that one actually has makes sense and has good reason to exist (and is pretty funny).
Edited by antenna_ears on Oct 22nd 2020 at 5:26:25 AM
Nobody's gonna confuse a Pauly Shore movie for BioShock of all things (or a real-life video game studio)...
Is this from In Love with Love valid
Not to be confused with falling in love with an Anthropomorphic Personification of Love, or Shipper on Deck who is in love with a couple's love for each other. other, or Love Freak who is literally in love with the concept of love.