TenthFleet:Disambiguation: Difference between revisions
Created page with "{{policy}} ::''The following guide is adapted from the document written and executed by Memory Alpha.'' '''Disambiguations''' are used on the T..." |
m corrected file name |
||
| (2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
::''The following guide is adapted from the document written and executed by [[memoryalpha:Disambiguation|Memory Alpha]].'' | ::''The following guide is adapted from the document written and executed by [[memoryalpha:Disambiguation|Memory Alpha]].'' | ||
'''Disambiguations''' are used on the | '''Disambiguations''' are used on the Tenth Fleet Wiki to resolve the conflict that occurs when articles about two or more different topics have the same ''natural'' title or are substantially similar in title. | ||
The | The Tenth Fleet Wiki thrives on the fact that making links is simple and automatic: as you're typing in an edit window, put brackets around {{dislk|Medusa}} (like this: <nowiki>[[Medusa]]</nowiki>) and you'll have a link. But were you intending to link to ''Medusa'' the [[HMS Medusa (SD-316)|ship]] or [[Manticoran Enhanced Data Usability Service Architecture|database]]? | ||
===See also=== | ===See also=== | ||
* [[ | * [[TenthFleet:Naming conventions|Naming conventions]], for guidelines on naming pages to further avoid ambiguity. | ||
== How to disambiguate? == | == How to disambiguate? == | ||
| Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
=== Disambiguation page === | === Disambiguation page === | ||
A disambiguation page lists and links to all articles that naturally would have this name, or are substantially similar in title. A good example of this would be {{dislk|Medusa}}. When creating a disambiguation page, you should include the following [[ | A disambiguation page lists and links to all articles that naturally would have this name, or are substantially similar in title. A good example of this would be {{dislk|Medusa}}. When creating a disambiguation page, you should include the following [[TenthFleet:Template|template]] at the bottom of the page: | ||
'''{{tl|disambig}}''', which will display the following text: | '''{{tl|disambig}}''', which will display the following text: | ||
| Line 23: | Line 23: | ||
<div class="header-notice"> | <div class="header-notice"> | ||
{| width="75%" align="center" | {| width="75%" align="center" | ||
|[[File: | |[[File:TenthFleet.png|50px]] | ||
|This is a '''disambiguation''' page; that is, one that points to other pages that have the same or a similar name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page. | |This is a '''disambiguation''' page; that is, one that points to other pages that have the same or a similar name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page. | ||
|} | |} | ||
| Line 29: | Line 29: | ||
==== Links to disambiguation pages ==== | ==== Links to disambiguation pages ==== | ||
While it is generally okay for disambiguation pages to be [[ | While it is generally okay for disambiguation pages to be [[TenthFleet:orphan|orphans]] – it is more appropriate for other articles to link to the specific subjects rather than to the disambiguation page – we want to avoid cluttering the [[Special:Lonelypages|list of orphaned pages]] with these ''intentional'' orphans. Thus, all disambiguation pages should be linked from [[TenthFleet:Links to disambiguating pages|Links to disambiguation pages]]. | ||
Of course, there will be accidental links, and in some cases it will even make sense to point a reader to the disambiguation page rather than to a single specific article (generally, if you want to let the reader choose which topic they are looking for). | Of course, there will be accidental links, and in some cases it will even make sense to point a reader to the disambiguation page rather than to a single specific article (generally, if you want to let the reader choose which topic they are looking for). | ||
| Line 41: | Line 41: | ||
The following pages list all disambiguation pages: | The following pages list all disambiguation pages: | ||
* [[:Category: | * [[:Category: Disambiguation]] | ||
* [[Special:Whatlinkshere/TRMN:Disambiguation]] | * [[Special:Whatlinkshere/TRMN:Disambiguation]] | ||
* [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Disambiguation page]] | * [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Disambiguation page]] | ||