User talk:Hertzfeldt

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Speedy deletion nomination of Ariel Sands (disambiguation)[edit]

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Clarification request for orphaned disambiguation page[edit]

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Sorry about the mix-up. If I'm understanding correctly, the page was tagged as an orphan because it only contained a link to one of the topics listed.

If I create articles for those two other topics, would there be a problem re-creating the disambiguation page afterwards? Hertzfeldt (talk) 22:08, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The entire purpose of a disambiguation page is to disambiguate articles on similarly-named topics. If we have but one article, there's no need to disambiguate. If the other Ariel Sands are also notable and we get articles on them, we may need the disambiguation page, and re-creating it would not be a problem. Huon (talk) 22:19, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Huon: Thank you for clarifying. Even if placeholder disambiguation pages were allowed (which I guess is what I was trying to create), I see why the notability of the topics listed there would need to be established. I think one of the topics in question (the Ariel Sands resort) would be easy, but the other one (the actress) is proving difficult. Thanks for the reminder. Hertzfeldt (talk) 00:14, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]