Editing Category talk:Disambiguation

You know what bothers me about the disambiguation pages here? A lot of them are about one character and they are just pointing to the lists of Trophies, Stickers, Spirits and Background Characters that have that character. Disambiguations are meant for words with multiple meanings. The [[Silver (disambiguation)]] page includes a link to [[Silver the Hedgehog]] which redirects to [[Silver the Hedgehog (disambiguation)]] which just links to the pages he's listed on. I don't really see any point in making a disambiguation page for one character making multiple cameos. I think those characters should have full articles. Following the discussion on [[Talk:Charmander]], which is a Pokémon who has only made the appearances that would have made it a disambiguation, I think every character in this category deserves better than a disambiguation. They should be moved with the "(disambiguation)" tag removed, get a Character General Infobox, and have a section for each Smash game they cameoed in with their trophy/sticker/spirit information and a description of what they did on the stage. An origin section won't hurt either. And a gallery section for additional images can be good. And the trivia section can follow the [[SW:TRIVIA|rules]]. Considering how our [[SW:NOTE|notability policy]] only talks about Smasher players and no written rule have stated a trophy can't get a page, I think these guys should get their pages. After all, we cover the Super Smash Bros. series and the characters who have disambiguations have at least shown up in the Smash games. We have categories for [[:Category:Trophies (SSBM)]], [[:Category:Trophies (SSBB)]], [[:Category:Trophies (SSB4-Wii U)]], [[:Category:Trophies (SSB4-3DS)]], [[:Category:Stickers]], [[:Category:Background characters]], and [[:Category:Spirits]]. Characters who are Smash Tour items get full pages despite Smash Tour items not giving much information other than their effects, making pages like [[Tetra]] and [https://www.ssbwiki.com/index.php?title=Princess_Daisy&oldid=1039443 Daisy's page before her Ultimate reveal] good examples of what Trophy-only character pages could possibly look like. The [[Midgar]] stage hazards [[Bahamut ZERO]], [[Ifrit]], [[Leviathan]], [[Odin]] and [[Ramuh]] have pages despite being nothing but [[Background characters]]. They didn't even get their own Trophies! But while characters who only got one trophy should redirect to their list of trophies unless someone could make a decent article of them, disambiguation pages like [[Amy Rose (disambiguation)]] should be turned into actual articles, because what could "Amy Rose" refer to other than that pink hedgehog who loves [[Sonic]]? And other disambiguations that refer to single objects that links to lists they are in, full articles too, similar to the characters. Forms and variations of a specific fighter who appeared as a trophy or sticker should redirect to the fighter's main page. For example, Beam Kirby could redirect to [[Kirby]] and have the trophies listed on Kirby's page. The Trophies are listed there anyways. And as for the music tracks, I would like them to get pages so that we don't have that awkward double parenthesis in [[Airship Theme (Super Mario Bros. 3) (disambiguation)]]. I think someone should reformat the music listings for each series so that they look more like a table instead of a bunch of stubs stacked on top of each other. And those stubs should be split into their own pages merged with the sections from games that track returned in. So yeah, disambiguations about one thing with multiple Smash appearances should be pages and not disambiguations. Disambiguations of terms that could mean multiple things in Smash like [[Duck Hunt (disambiguation)]] (which can either be the [[Duck Hunt|character]], [[Duck Hunt (universe)|universe]] or [[Duck Hunt (stage)|stage]] can stay. Anyone agree with me? [[User:SeanWheeler|SeanWheeler]] ([[User talk:SeanWheeler|talk]]) 21:47, 20 November 2018 (EST)

:My current understanding is that if the character has a function that effects game play in at least one installment, then they get a page. Like [[Tetra]]. In ''Smash for Wii U'', she is one of the Tour Items that is used in [[Smash Tour]], so she got got a page despite technically only appearing as a trophy. [[Pauline]] doesn't have a page, most likely that despite appearing in the background in the [[New Donk City]] stage and being "intractable", she does not have an impact on the ''game play'', only the music. Unfortunately, [[Silver the Hedgehog (disambiguation)|Silver]] also falls under this, as his background cameo does not impact game play. The basis of Mii Fighter costumes also a page for being notable enough. It would be cool to see characters like Amy Rose or Pauline with pages of their own, but they unfortunately, at to current my current understanding, do not have anything "notable" enough to become their own page. Something I'd like to see, is instead of redirecting the pages to a list of Trophies, Stickers, Spirits, Background Characters, or Disambiguation Pages that it's in, the link takes them to the Wiki of their respective franchise (Like this Wiki seems to do with the ''Fire Emblem'' series regarding Spirits) and not a regular Wikipedia page of it (unless the franchise doesn't have a dedicate wiki). I've seen that happening with the Castlevania series despite having a Wiki. [[User:Wolff| Wolff]] ([[User talk:Wolff|talk]]) 18:15, 23 November 2018 (EST)