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Added summary of Kara's achievements in the header section - according to Wiki's standards for good/featured article, the header section should be concise as well as be informative and welcoming which will inspire readers' interest to read more, within several paragraphs. Initial version of header section is barely informative, I think. Clari 2010 11 May 2010

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Kara (South Korean group) → Kara (group) – There is no other article about another group named Kara. RapMonstaXY (talk) 11:41, 2 September 2022 (UTC) RapMonstaXY (talk) 11:41, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support Looking at the history of redirections, the original dab topic marker applied on this title was '(band)'. This was moved in 2015 to '(South Korean band)' dab topic marker, presumbly to further disambiguate the then newly created article of 'Kara (British band)'. In 2018, this page was moved to the current dab topic marker '(South Korean group)'.

WP:BANDDAB is clear on which dab topic marker to apply: '(band)' for when the ensemble has members performing with instruments, '(group)' for when the ensemble has members being mainly vocalists with others playing the instruments. As for 'Kara (British band)', maybe it should be moved to the '(band)' dab topic marker as well, since there is no other band named Kara on Wikipedia at the moment. – robertsky (talk) 15:41, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@RapMonstaXY do you mind if the request is modified to include moving Kara (British band) as well? – robertsky (talk) 04:33, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. The page Kara (British band) shall be moved to Kara (band). RapMonstaXY (talk) 09:23, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 16:21, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose other groups exist. Not just the UK group, see Kara. In ictu oculi (talk) 12:41, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  (edit conflict) @In ictu oculi which other musical groups? – robertsky (talk) 12:48, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

While we're at it:

• • Kara people, an ethnic group in Sudan they exceed 100,000 members
  • Kara people (Tanzania), an ethnic group, estimated 86,000 members

Something should be done to fix this. In ictu oculi (talk) 12:46, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose (strongly). "Kara (group)" can also refer to "Kara (British band)", or "Kara people (Sudan)", or "Kara people (Tanzania)". Paintspot Infez (talk) 01:25, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong oppose many groups called Kara that have nothing to do with music. This is much too much navelgazing without consideration of non-musical topics. "Kara (group)" should point to the disambiguation page -- 64.229.88.43 (talk) 05:05, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Oppose. The Kara peoples are groups. As is Kara (British band), as all bands are obviously also musical groups. Disambiguation is supposed to disambiguate! -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:25, 7 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]