Talk:Ole Olsen

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I see my first entry on Chic Johnson seems to have gotten your seal of approval. If thanks are in order, regard yourself as thanked.

As a newbie at this, perhaps I could pick your young, oh-so supple brain on a small issue.

I just discovered that the link for Johson's parter, Ole Olsen is for an entirely different individual of the same name. I'd like to fix this and give him his own entry. An additional entry for the two of them as a team would probably be in order too. I supposed I could work my way through the tutorial but, hey, if it's a simple matter and you have the expertise, I'd apprecaite it if you could do me the honor of spilling it. Otherwise, I'll just fend for myself.

Hope you enjoyed the article.

Oh, and the little banner thingy about your page being best viewed with one's pants on: priceless. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Msfonda (talk • contribs)

No thanks are really in order, as I guess I really don't have a "seal of approval". So for two people of the same name, one usually created a disambiguation page, which is a page listing all people to whom the article may refer. Then, the individual articles must be named differently in some way. Usually, this is done by putting one's occupation after their name. A good example of this is at John Lee. If you can give me a one-word description of what each person does, I may be able to help you. I looked at the current Ole Olson, but it was difficult to find one word to describe him. This may be easier to do in contrast of the other Ole. So what would you say would be a good one-word description of both people? Once I have that, I can move and shuffle some pages around, and then we should be in business! If you would like to do this yourself (which would help you gain some nice experience), I can help guide you through the process if you wish. Thanks, zappa.jake (talk) 02:44, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Jake,

I found something interesting. Turns out that there is an entry for my guy, comedian Ole Olsen but that his last name’s misspelled as Olson, but only in the heading. Here’s the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Olson

Here’s the description for the other Ole Olsen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Olsen): Ole Olsen (4 July 1850 - 9 November 1927) was a Norwegian organist, composer and conductor.

Here’s a humbly suggested one-sentence description for my guy:

Ole Olsen (6 November 1892 – 26 January 1963) was the relatively straighter half of the manic comedy team of Olsen and Johnson that is most famous for their Broadway smash and later film, Hellzapoppin'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Msfonda (talk • contribs)

Hey. So if you are sure that "your guy" had a last name spelled "Olsen", then we should move Ole Olson to Ole Olsen (comedian). Then we move the current Ole Olsen to Ole Olsen (musician). Then we go back to Ole Olsen. On that page should be some small code redirecting you to the musician's page. We replace that with something like the code here. If you want to do this, then I think the previous instructions should do you well. If not, please ask for any clarification. If you would like me to perform the moves for you, that's cool with me, I just think it would be nice for you to get some more experience. If you would rather I do it, let me know - it's not that hard once you get the hang of it. Later, zappa.jake (talk) 21:15, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm sure. As a matter of fact, the heading is the only place in the article where it's spelled "Olson." I tried to change it but could figure out where to go to edit it. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Olson). As for the issue of moving the names, I'm not sure what you mean by that.

I'm heading out of town tomorrow morning so it will probably be a few days before I pick this one up again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Msfonda (talk • contribs)

It's cool if you don't understand. I'll do it for you tonight. When you get back, check it out and see what I did. Then maybe you will understand how to use the "move" button for future use! Later, zappa.jake (talk) 02:59, 21 April 2006 (UTC)