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'''Disambiguation''' in Wikipedia is the process of resolving the conflicts that arise when a single term is [[ambiguous]], and so may refer to more than one topic which Wikipedia covers. For example, the word "[[Mercury (disambiguation)|Mercury]]" can refer to an element, a planet, a Roman god, and many other things. There are three important aspects to disambiguation:

 

 

Notice that not every ambiguous term needs to have a disambiguation page; if there are only two meanings, then a "hatnote" at the top of one article may be sufficient (as discussed below).

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Disambiguation is required whenever, for a given word or phrase on which a reader might search, there is more than one existing Wikipedia article to which that word or phrase might be expected to lead. In this situation there must be a way for the reader to navigate quickly from the page that first appears to any of the other possible desired articles.

 

There are three principal disambiguation scenarios, of which the following are examples:

* The page at '''[[Joker (disambiguation)|Joker]]''' is a ''disambiguation page'', leading to all the alternative uses of "Joker".

* The page at '''[[Michael Dobbs]]''' is about the primary topic, and there is only one other use. The other use is linked directly using a hatnote; no disambiguation page is needed.

 

Although a term may potentially refer to more than one topic, it is often the case that one of these topics is highly likely – much more likely than any other, and more likely than all the others combined – to be the subject being sought when a reader clicks the "Go" button for that term. If there is such a topic, then it is called the '''primary topic''' for that term. If a primary topic exists, the term should be the title of (or redirect to) the article on that topic. If there is no primary topic, the term should be the title of a disambiguation page (or redirect to a different disambiguation page, if more than one term is combined on one page).

 

 

 

 

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If there are three or more topics associated with the same term, then a disambiguation page should normally be created for that term (in which case disambiguation links may or may not be desirable on the specific topic articles – see below). If only a primary topic and one other topic require disambiguation, then disambiguation links are sufficient, and a disambiguation page is unnecessary. However if there are two topics for a term but neither is considered the primary topic, then a disambiguation page is used.

For more about disambiguation links, see [[#Disambiguation links|Disambiguation links]] below. For rules about naming disambiguation pages and combining similar terms on a single page, see [[#Disambiguation pages|Disambiguation pages]].

 

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For disambiguating specific topic pages by using an unambiguous article title, several options are available:

 

If there are several possible choices for disambiguating with a class or context, use the same disambiguating phrase already commonly used for other topics within the same class and context, if any. Otherwise, choose whichever is simpler. For example, use "(mythology)" rather than "(mythological figure)".

If there is a choice between using a short phrase and word with context, such as [[Mathematical analysis]] and [[Analysis (mathematics)]], there is no hard rule about which is preferred. Both may be created, with one redirecting to the other.

 

 

 

 

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'''On a primary topic page for a term that has one secondary topic only (no disambiguation page):'''

{{about|TOPIC|TOPIC 2|ARTICLE (2)}}

{{for|TOPIC 2|ARTICLE (2)}}

{{see also|ARTICLE (2)}}

 

'''On a secondary topic page for a term that has one other topic only (no disambiguation page):'''

 

'''On a primary topic page that has an associated disambiguation page:'''

{{about|TOPIC||ARTICLE NAME (disambiguation)}}

{{otheruses|ARTICLE NAME (disambiguation)}}

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'''When the primary topic redirects to another page:'''

{{redirect|TERM|TOPIC 2|ARTICLE (2)}}

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* There is no need to add disambiguation links to a page whose name already clearly distinguishes itself from the generic term. For example, [[Solaris (1972 film)]] is clearly about one specific movie and not about any of the many other meanings of "Solaris". It is very unlikely that someone arriving there from within Wikipedia would have been looking for any other "Solaris", so it is unnecessary to add a link pointing to the [[Solaris (disambiguation)|Solaris]] disambiguation page. However, it would be perfectly appropriate to add a link to [[Solaris (novel)]] (but not, say, [[Solaris (operating system)]]) to its "See also" section.

 

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A single disambiguation page may be used to disambiguate a number of similar terms. Sets of terms which are commonly so combined include:

 

Editorial judgement should be used in deciding whether to combine terms in the ways described above. If a combined disambiguation page would be inconveniently long, it may be better to split the different spellings into separate pages.

 

When a disambiguation page combines several similar terms, one of them must be selected as the title for the page (with the "(disambiguation)" tag added if a primary topic exists for that term); the choice should be made in line with the following principles:

 

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Each disambiguation page comprises a list (or multiple lists, for multiple senses of the term in question) of similarly-titled links.

::A '''[[school]]''' is an institution for learning.

::'''Blockbuster''' may refer to:

 

 

For a prime example of an actual disambiguation page, see [[Lift]].

 

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A disambiguation page is not a search index. Do not add a link that merely contains part of the page title, or a link that includes the page title in a longer proper name, where there is no significant risk of confusion. For example, [[Baltimore Zoo]] is not included at [[Zoo (disambiguation)]] because people outside [[Baltimore]] would not readily identify it as ''the'' "Zoo", and including all zoos in the world in the disambiguation page is impractical. Add a link only if the article's subject (or the relevant subtopic thereof) could plausibly be referred to by essentially the ''same'' name as the disambiguated term in a sufficiently generic context. For instance, the [[Mississippi River]] article could not feasibly be titled [[Mississippi]], but it is included at [[Mississippi (disambiguation)]] because its subject is often called "the Mississippi".

 

Disambiguation descriptions should not be created for subjects whose only articles are on pages of sister projects, even if the disambiguation page already exists.

 

Do not include references in disambiguation pages; disambiguation pages are not articles. Incorporate references into the disambiguated articles as needed.

 

 

If an article has been moved to make way for the disambiguation page, use the <u>What links here</u> list of the moved page to access the redirect page created by the move, and replace that redirect page with the new disambiguation page.

 

 

Note that the standard link templates will actually point to a ''[[Term XYZ (disambiguation)]]'' version of the new name.

 

For example, ''[[Term XYZ (disambiguation)]]'' could be redirected to the new disambiguation page ''[[Term XYZ]]'' as follows:

A set index article is a list article about a set of items ''of a specific type'' that share the same (or similar) name. For example, [[Dodge Charger]] describes a set of cars, [[List of peaks named Signal Mountain]] describes a set of mountain peaks, and [[USS Enterprise]] describes a set of ships. A set index article is not a disambiguation page, and need not follow the formatting rules for disambiguation pages, however many do by convention. A set index article is meant for information as well as navigation: just like a normal list article, it can have metadata and extra information about each entry. It may contain redlinks to help editors create articles on notable entries.

 

 

Sometimes there will be a disambiguation page and a set index article for the same term. If the disambiguation page carries the name of the term (as with [[Signal Mountain (disambiguation)|Signal Mountain]]), then the set index article should be named "List of XXXs named YYY" (as in [[List of peaks named Signal Mountain]]). Alternatively, if the set index article is considered the [[#Is there a primary topic?|primary topic]], it may be named with just the term itself, the disambiguation page being called "YYY (disambiguation)".

 

 

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A double disambiguation is a link to a disambiguation page from another disambiguation page. This kind of disambiguation is typically more specific than one with a simplified name. This kind of disambiguation is relatively rare on Wikipedia.

:For example, [[Montgomery (disambiguation)|Montgomery]] is a disambiguation page that leads to [[Montgomery County (disambiguation)|Montgomery County]], a secondary disambiguation page.

 

 

Such redirects should be marked with {{tl|R from incomplete disambiguation}} (which places them under [[:Category:Redirects from incomplete disambiguations]]). For example, [[Aurora (album)|''Aurora'' (album)]] could redirect as follows:

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Pure disambiguation pages should contain interlanguage links only where a similar problem of disambiguation exists in the target language; that is, they should not point to a single meaning from the list of meanings, but to another disambiguation page.

 

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'''A code of honor for creating disambiguation pages is to fix all resulting mis-directed links.'''

Before moving an article to a qualified name (in order to create a disambiguation page at the base name), click on <u>What links here</u> to find all of the incoming links. Repair all of those incoming links to use the new article name.

 

 

 

 

 

{{shortcut|WP:INTDABLINK}}<!-- This paragraph is linked as a shortcut and thus from summaries of edits that it justifies -->With '''very''' few exceptions, creating links to disambiguation pages is erroneous. Links should instead point to a relevant article. The purpose of a disambiguation page is to give a user who has typed an ambiguous term into the ''search box'' a list of articles that are likely to be what he or she is looking for.

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See [[:Category:Redirects to disambiguation pages]].

 

 

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