Wikipedia:Disambiguation dos and don'ts

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Disambiguation pages are not encyclopedia articles – they are navigation aids!
Users arrive at these pages with a specific article in mind. So when you edit these pages:
DO:
Limit descriptions
to what's necessary
.
Put the
link at the start of each entry.[a]
Sort entries; group by subject
if necessary.
Put the
primary topic
at the top, if one exists.
Use {{
Wiktionary}} for dictionary definitions.[b]
Fix incoming links to target the intended page.
Tag pages that need work with {{dab cleanup}}.
DON'T:
Don't include entries without a blue link.
Don't include
red links unless used in articles.[c]
Don't include
multiple blue links
 in an entry.
Don't include
external links
.
Don't list dictionary definitions.[b]
Don't list every article containing the title.
Don't
pipe links except to format.[a]

Also:

Do consider joining WikiProject Disambiguation.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Unless the linked article is not the ambiguous item itself, but part of the description.
  2. ^ a b Put the wiktionary template at the top of the page to link to dictionary definitions.
  3. ^ 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.

See also

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