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Another issue is that creating topics randomly might lead to collisions. Spam isn't first and foremost a type of post, it is a type of food that rumored to be made of compressed pigs. Thus spamming might be a better name since it has no such ambiguity. People should probably think a little about such things when creating new pages.

Creating highly specific names helps -- "Hormel Spam" is unambiguous.

Maybe the wiki could automatically cross-link alternative meanings with similar words in the name?
Another issue is that creating topics randomly might lead to ambiguity. Spam isn't first and foremost a type of post, it is a type of food that rumored to be made of compressed pigs. Thus "spamming" might be a better name since it has no such ambiguity. For further such considerations, see both naming conventions and naming conventions/Disambiguating.

The question which topics we should create is related to, but definitely distinct from, the question of what naming conventions we should follow. I'd like to start a discussion about this. Here are some places to start:

    1. Redirect from one topic to another; so, for example, make "spamming" redirect to "spam."
    2. Make one page a very brief definition, followed by a pointer to the other page ("for more information, see spam").
    3. Develop two separate articles.

There must be other issues. Discussion?

Another issue is that creating topics randomly might lead to ambiguity. Spam isn't first and foremost a type of post, it is a type of food that rumored to be made of compressed pigs. Thus "spamming" might be a better name since it has no such ambiguity. For further such considerations, see both naming conventions and naming conventions/Disambiguating.


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