Talk:Sovereignty (Disambiguation)

Merge Sovereignty (Mechanics) to Sovereignty

Instead of adding link from the Sovereignty to Sovereignty (Mechanics) or creating Disambiguation page, rather move the content from Sovereignty (Mechanics) to Sovereignty. Disambiguation would create a situation where there is one empty article, one short one and one decent one vs. the present one empty and one decent. BlackSmith Sisunautti 16:32, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

I'd recommend against this. Because of the way the item database was set up, Sovereignty should really be Sovereignty (Skill), but takes the top level slot because it is an item in the ItemDB. Sovereignty, the skill, has nothing to do with Sovereignty, the mechanic. Thus they don't share anything in common that would encourage them to be merged. Since we can't move the skill to a new page due to the technical restriction, the best that can be done is add a disambiguation to the mechanic. It's a poor solution, and a hallmark of something I'd like changed, but it is what it is. --Mariokoli Mianana 16:42, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

The less articles with ()'s there are, the better. If Sovereignty has nothign to do with Sovereignty (*smirk*) then it should carry some other name. e.g. act of sovereignty or sovereignty over solar system. BlackSmith Sisunautti 16:49, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Here, Sovereignty (Mechanics) is more succinct that Sovereignty over solar system. The paranthetical name appendant is a well-accepted convention for topics that have the same name, but are unrelated in concept. See Wikipedia's article on disambiguation. --Mariokoli Mianana 18:25, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Also the appendanting should be avoided when possible and rather use a more describing article name [1]. Even Sovereignty (Act) would be more fitting or solar system sovereignty as per same wikipedia naming rules [2]. BlackSmith Sisunautti 19:00, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

In general, I agree. My beef in the topic in general is how the item database is automatically taking over Sovereignty page, when its most expected meaning is that of the Constellation/Solar System mechanic, rather than the skill that allows you to control corporations of over 1000 members. (In fact, every solar system page links to sovereignty expecting the mechanic to be described.) If those two were to switch place, this conversation would be moot as Sovereignty would apply the the mechanic concept, and Sovereignty (Skill) would be about the item and include the item database. --Mariokoli Mianana 20:26, 9 January 2009 (UTC)