On series title pages, add disambiguation information

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Sometimes, the translation of different series titles in English end up similar (if not completely identical), which can lead to misunderstanding.

Example1: "Their Story" is both the title of this: https://mangadex.org/title/62383/their-story and an English version of the title of this: https://mangadex.org/title/13939/tamen-de-gushi

Example 2: "Journey to the West" is the title of two different and unrelated series : https://mangadex.org/title/21071/journey-to-the-west and https://mangadex.org/title/54614/journey-to-the-west

I suggest that disambiguation information can be added on the series title pages to avoid misunderstanding. For example, a "Disambiguation" entry could be added in the series data that would be a bit like the "Related" entry (that details spin-offs, sequels, etc) and where people could put links to the other titles with similar names.
 
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I'm kind of curious under which situations this is useful.

I can't think of anything other than when alt-title display preferences are implemented and someone sees the title in a search or listing unrelated to title and says "Ah, is this the 'Their Story' that was being talked about?"

Because, I mean, if you're SEARCHING for that title, you're going to see everything with that title regardless.
 
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Listing unrelated title will cause more confusion than similar title/alt name.
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