Thread:Mhommer/@comment-7451135-20140102210936/@comment-15636815-20140105095402

I have a different idea about how we should handle this: disambiguation pages. (Wikipedia uses the term "dag page" as shorthand for "disambiguation page".)

The biggest and most obvious advantage to using dag pages is that we don't have to "reinvent the wheel" by writing fancy code or figuring out how to nest pages. Why not just use the wheel that Wikipedia already invented?

We've already used dag pages for wagons with identical names. It's an ideal solution for handling seasonal contractors, too. For example: 1. Redirect to dag page. 2. Redirect to most recent year page.
 * The page "Santa (disambiguation)" would list all of the "Santa (year)" pages, preferably in reverse chronological order. That keeps the most recent year always at the top of the list.
 * The page "Santa" would be a redirect page. We have two options for the redirect page.
 * Advantage: Do it once, and leave it alone forever.
 * Disadvantage: Users who type "Santa' land on a page they don't want, and which newer users could find confusing.
 * Advantage: Users who type "Santa" land on the most recent year, which is almost guaranteed to be what they want.
 * Disadvantage: We must change each seasonal contractor's "Name" page each year, to redirect to the correct pages.

I believe option 2 is the better choice.

If we use this idea, we should use Template:About at the top of every " (year)" page. It's quick, it's easy, it's consistent, it's the method Wikipedia uses, and it's the method we already are using on pages for wagons with duplicate names.

Example uses:
 * the latest appearance of the seasonal contractor, Santa
 * the 2012 appearance of the seasonal contractor, Santa

So, what do y'all think? A solution that we already have, is simple to use, and follows Wiki's guidelines; or a solution that we need large amounts of time and energy to create, is complex to use, and provides essentially the same result as the simple solution? ;-)