User:Eep²/Wikinavigation
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Wikinavigation is a proposal to merge several MediaWiki functions into one.
The
Disambiguation pages are what most users encounter most often when searching for a term, and I don't see why such pages need to be as restrictive in content as they are. By providing links to
For example,
Examples
Life (album) should have an "otheruses" template on it that links to Life (disambiguation) (and other article titles with "Life" in them should at least link to the general term life or have Life (disambiguation) in the "See also" section).
Conclusion
This is partly how I envision an integrated "wikipedictionaria" (or something, despite Wikipedia claiming not to be a dictionary even though it's actually more of an encyclopedic dictionary and/or almanac) would work, gradually/seamlessly leading to more detailed and complex meanings/etymologies of a word (or word component) without having to bounce back and forth between wikis and remaining as vague and general on the "outer branches" of the navigation system.