Talk:Disambiguation Table

I noticed that the Superboy link in the Pre-Crisis section of the main page is [[Superboy/Kal-El/Pre-Crisis]]. Just to clarify, should the links on the Diambiguation table be :

• Superboy/Kal-El/Pre-Crisis
• Superboy/Kal-El/Post-Crisis
• Superboy/Kal-El/Glorithverse

Since Kon-El only appears in the Post-Zero Hour era, why the need for distinction of Kal-El in the other eras? I get it with Invisible Kid, because both Lyle and Jacques versions appear in several eras. Not sure I understand the reasoning when there is only one in an era.

See Kid Quantum, since it's the same thing. Pre-C was Earth-1, long-time member and grew up to become Superman, PostC was Pocket U, long time member and died as Superboy, Glorithverse was a member for a fortnight and died as PostC. Kon, OTOH, is just Superboy/Kon-El.

You disambig by character if need-be, and THEN AND ONLY THEN do you disambig by era if by era you need to diambig. - Reboot (SoM) talk page 18:43, 15 July 2006 (PDT)

OK, I think I got it now. Character, then era. I should be a bit more on track now, but I'm sure there's a few more quirks I haven't encountered yet. We might want to put a bit more of that kind of reasoning into a Legion Wiki page, if there isn't one I haven't found - one more thing to do... -- Gopher 19:09, 15 July 2006 (PDT)

Fine - Legion_Wiki:Disambiguation. And, yes, I changed some stuff in the process before you ask. - Reboot (SoM) talk page 20:44, 15 July 2006 (PDT)

I think this page will be very useful, and I know that I will be referring back to it in the future. Hadn't thought about pre-emptively creating redirect links. However, I just realized I may have to go back and change quite a few of my links in light of point #4. I had always assumed there was one.

Alphabetization

It looks like the table is currently alphabetized by (1) Post-ZH code name, if any (e.g. Chameleon Boy), then (2) civilian name by first name, if no code name (e.g. Chuck Taine). This has the unfortunate effect of, for example, placing Phantom Girl at the top of the list as Apparition, right behind Andromeda. Instead, I suggest one of two alternatives: first, alphabetizing by most common code name (Colossal Boy rather than Leviathan or Micro Lad), and if there are any characters without code names (e.g., Shvaughn Erin), alphabetize them by surname (so "Erin, Shvaughn" would follow "Element Lad"); or second, alphabetize all characters by surname regardless of code name (e.g., Allon, Anderson, Ardeen, etc.) like you'd see in a phone book.

Also, do the SW6 Batch get their own column? They're more or less separate characters, kinda sorta.