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Unnecessary parenthetical disambiguation.

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Unnecessary it may be, but, with some titles listed as "Whatever title", others as "Whatever title (novel)" and others as "Whatever title (the Dresden Files)", and one "Whatever title (Butcher novel), some semblance of consistency in naming the Dresden files titles seems to be warranted. Ngebendi (talk) 20:16, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I had initially placed this on your talk page, because I didn't see that you had started this section. Article titles do not have to "match" other similar titles concerning a parenthetical disambiguation. For example, North Dakota doesn't need a parenthetical disambiguation to match Georgia (U.S. state) just because Georgia has one. Each title is determined on the basis of WP:COMMONNAME and WP:AT. Adding an unnecessary parenthetical disambiguation to an article title just to match some other title is unnecessary and inconsistent with Wikipedia's policy on article titles. There is no guideline, policy, essay, or consensus that I am aware of that suggests that consistency with disambiguation plays any role in determining when parenthetical disambiguation are necessary. There is no other article named Cold Days, so there's no need to disambiguate the term. If you disagree, please start an WP:RM instead of simply moving the article again. - Aoidh (talk) 20:25, 18 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]