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Revision as of 18:44, 19 April 2018
I brought up moving Gemstone Dragons back to its original title of "Gemstone Dragons (music track)" in Discord yesterday and found not everyone agreed, so here we are.
We have probably dozens of multiple-word articles whose names only differ by capitalization: Varrock teleport and Varrock Teleport, Bloodied kyzaj and Bloodied Kyzaj, Wolf whistle and Wolf Whistle, etc. Using the exact title shown in-game, and no more, is unnecessarily anal and follows our guidelines to the extreme. It is:
- confusing when reading links, such as in lists on disambiguation pages where users often do not write descriptions
- confusing when adding links, especially with link suggest; editors unaware of a difference between the pages might link to a completely different subject than they intended
- confusing when searching in the global navigation, where almost-identical pages are listed by autocomplete without explanation
I propose we use a parenthetical disambiguation for pages with identical names, which is clearer for both readers and editors. Determining which article should be moved is already covered by RuneScape:Style guide/Disambiguations. As an example, the location Shantay Pass is more commonly referenced and used than the discontinued Shantay pass, making it the primary topic. Therefore, the item should be moved to "Shantay pass (item)".
Discussion
Support as nominator --Iiii I I I 09:33, April 17, 2018 (UTC)
Support - Capitalisation should never be the only thing that differentiates the title of articles. 
MAGE-KIL-R 
10:47, April 17, 2018 (UTC)
Support/Comment - I'm guessing this would include pages such as Deep-Sea Fishing and Deep Sea Fishing, where the only thing separating them is a hyphen. Because I've mistakenly gone onto the wrong page many times. User:KelseW/Signature 11:33, April 17, 2018 (UTC)
Support - Totally agree. Salix of Prifddinas (Talk) 13:16, April 17, 2018 (UTC)
Support - Yep, less confusion is always good. Srylius (talk) 13:25, April 17, 2018 (UTC)
Support - I thought this was already a thing. 
IsobelJ
17:51, April 17, 2018 (UTC)
yus - per above https://i.imgur.com/58AXzQe.png(talk | contribs) 18:31, April 17, 2018 (UTC)
Support/Question - Necessary anal only. As a clarification, would this mean we have Shantay Pass (location) and Shantay pass (item) with the location being the target of a redirect on Shantay [Pp]ass? User:Cqm/Signature