Talk:1984 (Westinghouse Studio One)

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Unnecessary hatnote

Latest comment: 5 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I suggest that the WP:HAT "For the BBC 1954 version, see Nineteen Eighty-Four (UK TV programme)" is unnecessary per WP:NAMB, "It is usually preferable not to have a hatnote when the name of the article is not ambiguous." The title of this article, 1984 (Westinghouse Studio One), is most certainly not ambiguous and, likewise, the title of the other article, Nineteen Eighty-Four (UK TV programme)), is not ambiguous.

Anyone typing "1984 (Westinghouse Studio One)" or "Nineteen Eighty-Four (UK TV programme)" already knows with great specificity the target article and needs no further direction. On the other hand, the great majority of users would not be typing such extremely specific article titles, especially with the inclusion of parenthetical qualifiers, but would simply type "1984" or "Nineteen Eighty Four" and, upon reaching the primary topic for either 1984 or Nineteen Eighty-Four, would continue on to the 1984 (disambiguation) page where all the other uses are listed.

Thus the hatnote atop "1984 (Westinghouse Studio One)" is not needed and represents clutter. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 04:54, 26 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

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