Talk:Blue (disambiguation)
Dog coat color
"Blue" is a color. It's a color of dogs. Why would someone who's trying to figure out what a "blue dog" is look for "coat" first instead of "blue"? I think they'd look directly to blue. This needs to be in the list somewhere; there's no reason for it not to be here as the word is "blue" and this is a disambiguation page for "blue". So please figure out where to put it back into the article. It doesn't have to be at the top of the list, but it needs to be somewhere. Elf | Talk 18:10, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
- I disagree. I don't see a risk of confusion for that concept with a plain "blue". Someone looking for information about the dog colour would, I am certain, have a more specific search than "blue" — unless the term "blue" is often used without clarification at all (the conversation's topic-at-hand doesn't count). Keep in mind that this is a very specific search, and no reasonable person would expect a hit out of just "blue". A reasonable person looking for this topic would be more likely to conduct a search, or to search a more general topic.
- The page "blue dog" should have some way to get to the dog page, that would make sense.
- If you must insist, the link should go at the very bottom in the "related" section, because there is not an entire article on "blue dog", and the chance of someone looking for that topic compared to other entries on the page is very small. It should be formatted as such:
- The dog coat colour
- However, I maintain that this is clutter, and it is reasonable to expect a user to conduct more appropriate search. Neonumbers 10:31, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
Cleanup, 06:05, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
I redid most of the page. In the principle that disambiguation pages should be simple (without compromising important information), I endeavoured to simplify the descriptions for many items, especially the albums.
Items that I removed, and my reasons for them, follow:
- Blue Crush, 2002 film about female surfers in Hawaii
- Blue Velvet, 1986 film directed by David Lynch
- Blue Blood, seminal magazine of counterculture erotica
- Am I Blue?, a standard recorded in 1929; written by Grant Clarke and recorded by Harry Akst
- Blue's Clues, daytime children's show that airs on Nickelodeon
These five entries are not likely to be confused with "Blue" (not ambiguous), that is, someone looking for any one of these items cannot reasonably expect to arrive there by typing in "Blue". A user who wishes to conduct a search for "Blue" should conduct a search. The mere presence of "Blue" in the title does not mean the entry merits inclusion; the item must be referred to as "Blue".
- Blue-backed
- Blue-bearded
- Blue-bellied
- Blue-billed
- Blue-capped
- Blue-cheeked
- Blue-chinned
- Blue-crowned
- Blue-eared
- Blue-eyed
- Blue-faced
- Blue-footed
- Blue-fronted
- Blue-headed
- Blue-lined
- Blue-naped
- Blue-ringed
- Blue-sided
- Blue-spotted
- Blue-tailed
- Blue-throated
- Blue-tongued
- Blue-winged
These entries, removed from the see-also section, are more specific than "blue" and someone looking for one of them would not be likely to simply enter "blue"; that is, if they knew what they were looking for, they would enter that entire word.
- Blue Corn, potter
- Ben Blue (1901–1975), Canadian actor
- Billy Blue (1767-1834), Australian convict
- Josh Blue, comedian
- Lionel Blue (born 1930), British rabbi and broadcaster
- Vida Blue (born 1949), baseball player
None of these people are commonly known as "Blue", though for courtesy, a link to the appropriate place on the List of people by name is included.
- Blue Green, character in the webcomic College Roomies from Hell!!!
- Blue Microphones A U.S. Microphone Company
Same reason as the first five entries.
- Picasso's Blue Period, a somber period in the Spanish artist's work.
- Blue comedy, comedy that is risque or ribald
These entries are not commonly referred to as "Blue" (even the first, at best(worst), is known as the Blue Period), and a user would enter the phrase (or "blue period") to reasonably expect to arrive there.
If you think one of these items should be included, please include a comment <!-- --> next to it to briefly explain why.
Neonumbers 06:05, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Red vs. Blue
I think someone should put a link to the List of Characters in Red vs. Blue here Rabin: Toa of Electricity 20:59, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
- A link somewhere, but not on this disambiguation page. This isn't meant to be an exhaustive list of everything "Blue" could refer to, it's just a list of things whose titles are ambiguous with "Blue". It is reasonable to expect someone looking for that information to type in "Red vs. Blue" or something like that (or perhaps "Blue Team"). "Blue" would be insufficient. Neonumbers 23:02, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
Rare Beef.
Rare Beef, Blue. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.77.164.71 (talk) 12:18, 1 October 2007 (UTC)