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jormis29 Since: Mar, 2012
2018-01-03 14:43:25

Sometimes the year is added to a work with a common name for a few reasons

  • It means that it's sub pages are not shared with work pages in other namespaces
  • If another work in the same title and type is created, it is easier to create the seperate page (no moving the page) for example Rampage will need to be moved since the is now Rampage (2018)

Edited by jormis29
BZL8 Since: Apr, 2017
2018-01-03 14:52:23

I've come across subpages on the site that are shared by works whose names are the same (such as the movie Ex Machina with the unrelated comic of the same name) so I wasn't sure how to proceed. And given that the subpages in question for Annihilation don't have a lot of tropes on them, I was wondering whether a redirect is necessary. And in the case for the movie Ex-Machina, there was no need to make a redirect to a separate page called Film / Ex Machina (2015).

Edited by BZL8
jormis29 Since: Mar, 2012
2018-01-03 15:06:31

As far as I can tell, it's completely optional, a personal preference

Some editors think it's useful but it doesn't need to be done

Derkhan Since: Nov, 2012
2018-01-03 15:07:07

There's already a comic book with the same title: Annihilation. All in all, it's better to differentiate the pages now than to have to move them later.

Edited by Derkhan
Candi Since: Aug, 2012
2018-01-04 05:58:33

The film Annihilation was also based on a book, like Practical Magic and Holes. Different tropes between book and film can be a pain without collisions.

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