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Basically what the title asks. As far as I can see, while some members of this category may be ambiguous terms, I'm not sure that all{{R from unnecessary disambiguation}}s are from ambiguous terms. Taking a couple of random examples: Top TV (Indonesia) is an unnecessary disambiguation of Top TV, but is not an ambiguous term (both redirects target
MNC Vision); and Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.2 (video game) is an unnecessary disambiguation of its target (
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2), but is not an ambiguous term.
To editor
a smart kitten: forgive me this afterthought, because I only rarely give awards. If you are inclined to accept barnstars, then you most certainly deserve the following:
This page is within the scope of WikiProject Redirect, a collaborative effort to improve the standard of
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This category is within the scope of WikiProject Disambiguation, an attempt to structure and organize all
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discussion.DisambiguationWikipedia:WikiProject DisambiguationTemplate:WikiProject DisambiguationDisambiguation articles
This is partly explained in the template documentation, which is linked in the top box. Sometimes articles are renamed because a disambiguation qualifier is no longer needed, such as
Jupiter (planet). This category helps keep track of these redirect titles. There may be old
piped links to these titles that would be broken if these were deleted. – Paine EllsworthCLIMAX!22:17, 14 February 2015 (UTC)reply
Basically what the title asks. As far as I can see, while some members of this category may be ambiguous terms, I'm not sure that all{{R from unnecessary disambiguation}}s are from ambiguous terms. Taking a couple of random examples: Top TV (Indonesia) is an unnecessary disambiguation of Top TV, but is not an ambiguous term (both redirects target
MNC Vision); and Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.2 (video game) is an unnecessary disambiguation of its target (
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2), but is not an ambiguous term.
To editor
a smart kitten: forgive me this afterthought, because I only rarely give awards. If you are inclined to accept barnstars, then you most certainly deserve the following: