Talk:Expert Levels

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Huh? This redirect takes readers specifically to Secret Storage, the Expert Levels of Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!, even though we have a full article for the Expert Levels of Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Expert (world)? Why are we favoring one of these two games over the other?

Usually this is where I'd spin a yarn, but the cause is actually easy to detect. Secret Storage was created in 2013, and Expert (world) was not created until 2024. The Expert Levels of the original Mario vs. Donkey Kong were first put in a full list on this wiki in 2017, and only as a section of the article Mario vs. Donkey Kong (It was an empty Expert Levels section for a while, then it got an image, and then finally it got a list of levels) So before that, "Expert Levels" had every reason to go to a full article. Then a hatnote was added to Secret Storage so that if the prediction was incorrect things people still got to the Mario vs. Donkey Kong list eventually.

With Expert (world) as a full article, there is no reason anymore to send readers looking for "Expert Levels" to Secret Storage first. We should make this page into an disambiguation page between Secret Storage and Expert (world)

(Aside note: Expert Level is a different redirect for Hard Mode in Super Mario Land. I don't really like having two redirects that differ on if there is an "s" at the end or not, its much too easy to mistakenly type "Expert Level" where one meant "Expert Levels" or vice versa. I also think we should have Expert Level as part of the proposed disambiguation page, instead of adding a hatnote to the Super Mario Land section of Hard Mode. Its easier and less jarring for readers who find themselves at a juncture between multiple articles like this to use a disambiguation page than a hatnote on a section. Salmancer (talk) 22:02, July 30, 2025 (EDT)

so what you're suggesting is:

• "Expert Level" becoming a disambiguation page leading to:
  • "Expert Level", Super Mario Land's Hard Mode
  • Secret Storage
  • Expert (world)
• "Expert Levels" (this page) becoming a redirect to "Expert Level"

have i got that right? — eviemaybe (talk / contributions) 23:16, July 30, 2025 (EDT)

Yes. (Well, it was to make this "Expert Levels" the disambiguation rather than "Expert Level", but same result either way, and it does make more sense given how the wiki usually works to pick the singular term). Salmancer (talk) 23:20, July 30, 2025 (EDT)