Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation
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[edit] Scope
All disambiguation pages, as described at Wikipedia:Disambiguation.
[edit] Goals
- Make disambiguation pages conform to the manual of style.
- Eliminate links to disambiguation pages, such as the massive list at Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links, and keep Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links/Maintenance under control.
[edit] How to help
- First, please familiarize yourself with the Wikipedia Disambiguation Style, described at Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages).
- Then, though this project is mainly concerned with editing existing disambiguation pages, it is useful to have read Wikipedia:Disambiguation, which describes guidelines about when and how to disambiguate.
- Pick a disambiguation page to work on (see the "Finding disambiguation pages" section below).
- Once you have fixed an article, leave an edit summary pointing to this project. This is important as it tells reviewers why the article was changed and gains this project some visibility. Suggested edit summary:
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Repaired link to disambiguation page: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation|please help]]
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- If you are a coder you can help here: /Fixer
[edit] Marking disambiguation pages for cleanup
If you find a dab (disambiguation) page which needs cleaning up, but don't have the time to do it right now (or, aren't sure about the best way to attack the problem), you can change the {{disambig}} template at the bottom of the page to be {{disambig-cleanup}} (or change {{hndis}} to {{hndis-cleanup}}). This will add it to Category:Disambiguation pages in need of cleanup, as well as change the descriptive text at the bottom of the page. Describing the problem on the dab page's talk page will help future editors understand what they need to do.
If you want to help clean up dab pages other people have nominated, just visit Category:Disambiguation pages in need of cleanup and pick one to work on. Check the talk page for comments earlier editors may have left. When you fix up a page, please change the {{disambig-cleanup}} back to {{disambig}} (or change {{hndis-cleanup}} back to {{hndis}}). Thanks for helping make Wikipedia a less ambiguous place!
[edit] Reporting malplaced disambiguation pages
Where there is no primary topic, the disambiguation page should be at "Foo" rather than "Foo (disambiguation)", as stated in Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Generic topic. When you find a malplaced disambiguation page, you can report it at /Malplaced disambiguation pages, or, if you can do so yourself, use the move tool to rename the malplaced page.
[edit] Disambiguating pages
There are many instance where a new disambiguation page is needed. A collection of auto-generated suggestions is at Wikipedia:Suggestions for name disambiguation; currently, there is no pending work listed at that page.
[edit] Disambiguation pages with hatnotes
Most disambiguation pages do not need hatnotes, except for {{confused}} and {{selfref}} on base-name dabs. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation/Disambiguation pages with hatnotes for a list to investigate.
[edit] Related WikiProjects
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy, for pages related to the names of people
- Wikipedia:Wikiproject Roadmap, for a method of putting any article in proper context by showing which other articles it depends upon and which articles depend on it
[edit] Resources
[edit] Finding disambiguation pages
- Special:Disambiguations shows pages with links to disambiguation pages (see also the list of disambig templates).
- Category:Disambiguation contains most all the pages that are in the scope of this WikiProject.
- Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links lists pages that relate to the goal of eliminating links to disambiguation pages
- Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links/Maintenance lists pages that are known to have had incoming links repeatedly in the past and require monitoring
- Current disambiguation collaboration at the Dab-pages-with-links page
- Wikipedia:Offline reports/Is this really a disambiguation page?, pages labeled as dabs that have only one article referenced on them (inactive page)
- Category:Disambiguation pages in need of cleanup, dabs that have been tagged for needed attention
[edit] Templates
Disambiguation templates are listed under the "general" category of template message. Most of these templates do not have usage guidelines associated with them on their Talk pages, however, some direction is provided for hatnotes at Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Disambiguation links.
- " * " = no usage guidelines
On disambiguation pages:
- {{Disambig}}
- {{Disambig-cleanup}}
- {{Hndis}} - articles associated with the same personal name
- {{Hndis-cleanup}}
- {{SIA}} (set index article) *
- Topic-specific templates - these bring the disambiguation page to the attention of editors knowledgeable in the topic (through category includes or WikiProjects and often include topic specific language
- {{Geodis}} - distinct geographical locations with the same name
- {{Mountainindex}}
- {{Hospitaldis}}
- {{POWdis}} (places of worship)
- {{Schooldis}}
- {{Roaddis}}
- {{Airport disambig}} - airports with the same or similar names
- {{Shipindex}} - list of ships with the same or similar names
- {{Mathdab}}
- {{Numberdis}} * - lists articles associated with the same number
- Topic-specific templates - these bring the disambiguation page to the attention of editors knowledgeable in the topic (through category includes or WikiProjects and often include topic specific language
(optional Wiktionary templates)
- {{Wiktionarypar}} *
- {{Wiktionarypar2}} *
- {{Wiktionarypar3}} *
Lookfrom, for use on disambiguation pages where the term is used to form compound terms, this link lists all pages that begin with the specified term:
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- {{lookfrom}} {{lookfrom|term}}
- The lookfrom template can also be wrapped in the {{selfref}} template to mark it as a self-reference:
- {{selfref|* {{lookfrom|term}}|}}
Hatnotes, for use on articles where reference to a disambiguation page is useful
- {{Otheruses}}
- {{Otheruses1}} *
- {{Otheruses2}} *
- {{Otheruses3}} *
- {{Otheruses4}} *
- {{Otherusesabout}} (formerly {{OtherUses}})
- {{Otheruses-number}}
- {{Otherplaces}} *
- {{Redirect}} *
- {{For}} *
- {{dablink}} *
- Wiktionary:Template:wikipediaabbr * for use on Wiktionary pages
Inline, for use within article text where a link needs correcting, but it is unclear where it should link
- {{dn}} or {{Disambig needed}}
Project banner, for use on the disambiguation article's talkpage
- {{DisambigProject}}
Userbox, for your own userpage
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