Wikipedia:Disambiguation dos and don'ts
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Disambiguation pages are not encyclopedia articles – they are navigation aids!
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|+ Users arrive at these pages with a specific article in mind. So when you edit these pages: |
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| {| border="0" cellspacing="4" ! style="background:#efefef;" | DO: |
| link= Limit descriptions to what's necessary. |
| link= Put the link at the start of each entry.{{efn|name=start|Unless the linked article is not the ambiguous item itself, but part of the description.}} |
| link= Sort entries; group by subject if appropriate. |
| link= Put the primary topic at the top, if one exists. |
| link= Use |
| link= Fix incoming links to target the intended page. |
| link= Tag pages that need work with {{tl|dab cleanup}}. |
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! style="background:#efefef;" | DON'T: |
| File:Red x.svg Don't include entries without a blue link. |
| File:Red x.svg Don't include red links unless used in articles.{{efn|To see if a link is used, visit the link, then use the "What links here" tool. Entries with a red link must also include a link to an article mentioning the term.}} |
| File:Red x.svg Don't include more than one blue link in an entry. |
| File:Red x.svg Don't include references or external links. |
| File:Red x.svg Don't list dictionary definitions.{{efn|name=wiktionary}} |
| File:Red x.svg Don't list every article containing the title. |
| File:Red x.svg Don't pipe links except to format.{{efn|name=start}} |
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Also:
Do consider joining WikiProject Disambiguation.
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