Wikipedia:Disambiguations for discussion
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Disambiguations for discussion (Dfd) is a place where disambiguations for which one or more issues arise can be discussed.
Before nominating a disambiguation for discussion
Before opening a DfD debate, there are certain actions you can take boldly without administrative assistance. If such a move is uncontroversial, (meaning that it does not get reverted if performed once), there is no need for a DfD debate. If it gets reverted, then a DfD debate can be opened.
Actions that can be taken without assistance include:
- Creating a disambiguation page at a title where no page currently exists
- Adding and removing entries on existing disambiguation pages
- Merging two or more separate disambiguation pages
- Splitting an existing disambiguation page into two or more pages
However, there are two kinds of actions that should never be undertaken without discussion:
- Moving an article used as a primary topic to a new, non-existent title, and converting the previous title to a new disambiguation page if there was none before (see WP:USURPTITLE)
- Moving a plain title used for a disambiguation page to XXXXX (disambiguation), then using that plain title for a new article
What to use this page for
Primary topic debates
For some words and names in which two or more meanings are pretty common, it may be difficult to determine a primary topic. An example is the word
There are times when it is debateable whether to use a plain title for a primary topic or as a disambiguation page, or which meaning of a term should be the primary topic. Such debates can only be resolved through a discussion with an attempt to obtain a consensus.
Reasons to make a title a primary topic
- Obvious usage: It is obvious to all through a consensus that a single meaning of the title is the most common usage. For example, while there are many meanings of the word "oxygen", Oxygen is used for the element, and all other meanings are found at Oxygen (disambiguation).
- Traffic statistics: Care must be taken to account for the current arrangement of articles, though, when comparing the traffic for the base name vs. traffic for the other topics. New redirects are sometimes created to assist with this determination, such as with .
- Incoming wikilinks from Special:WhatLinksHere
- Google searches of web, news, scholar, or book hits searches
Invalid reasons for making a title a primary topic
- Oldest topic
- Original holder of the name
- Most recent topic
- Anecdotal evidence from the nominator (usually, "this is the only one I'm familiar with")
Deletion/merging of disambiguation pages
There are various reasons for a disambiguation to be deleted or merged. Please be aware that any disambiguation that meets criteria for speedy deletion can be speedy deleted accordingly.
Disambiguations with too few entries
A disambiguation is considered to have too few entries if the title used does not contain "(disambiguation)", and it lists nothing more than the primary topic and one other entry.
If there is a single meaning of a term other than that of the
If the page has an edit history that has versions significantly longer than the one proposed for deletion, it should be merged or redirected in order to keep older versions accessible in the event one wishes to improve upon it.
It is probably a good idea before nominating a disambiguation for deletion over having too few entries to see in the edit history if there is an older version with more entries. If so, it may be worth discussing if other entries that were removed belong or not, if this has not been done already.
Dictionary entries
Wikipedia is not a dictionary. If a disambiguation page contains nothing more than a series of dictionary entries for a term, it should be deleted on the basis of this guideline.
Variations
Two or more variations of a title with the same meaning can be merged when all entries are combined and the resulting single page is still short enough to all or mostly be seen on the same screen. They are considered variations for this guideline when there are:
- Case variations (ALL CAPS verses lowercase)
- Tense variations (plural, -ed, -ing, etc.)
- Compound verses two separate words (e.g. "Passionfruit" and "Passion fruit")
Variations should NOT be merged when:
- They are spelled differently, and there is a notable difference between the spellings (e.g. Wait and Weight (disambiguation))
- They are spelled and pronounced differently most of the time (e.g. Base and Bass, both disambiguations)
- The main entry has a specific disambiguating purpose, such as in name disambiguations, where if combined, would dominate the list
Article alerts
Articles for deletion
- 18 Jun 2024 – Mario Party (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Loytra (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
- 18 Jun 2024 – Class 755 (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by JuniperChill (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 18 Jun 2024 – Labingi (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by OlifanofmrTennant (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 16 Jun 2024 – Ballymoreen (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 10 Jun 2024 – Preethi (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Polyamorph (t · c) was closed as delete by Malinaccier (t · c) on 17 Jun 2024; see discussion(7 participants)
- 19 May 2024 – Blood purity (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c) was closed as keep by OwenX (t · c) on 17 Jun 2024; see discussion (12 participants; relisted)
Proposed deletions
- 17 Jun 2024 – ): concern
- 16 Jun 2024 – Barbara Hillary (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c): concern
- 16 Jun 2024 – AGCO (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c): concern
- 16 Jun 2024 – Economic base (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c): concern
- 16 Jun 2024 – Daniel Vacek (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c): concern
- 16 Jun 2024 – Caraz (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c): concern
- 16 Jun 2024 – Ağalarbəyli (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c): concern
- 16 Jun 2024 – Ehecatl (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Skarmory (t · c): concern
- 14 Jun 2024 – Bloomfield, Kentucky (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Skarmory (t · c): concern
- 12 Jun 2024 – Building 429 (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by 162 etc. (t · c): concern
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Redirects for discussion
- 18 Jun 2024 – Botswanan (talk · edit · hist) →Botswana was RfDed by Presidentman (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Jun 2024 –
- 05 Jun 2024 – TOM (programming language) (talk · edit · hist) →Tom#Acronyms was RfDed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c); see discussion
- 04 Jun 2024 – Raisi (talk · edit · hist) →Ebrahim Raisi was RfDed by Duckmather (t · c); see discussion
- 21 May 2024 – Macra (rivers) (talk · edit · hist) →Macra (disambiguation) was RfDed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c); see discussion
- 21 May 2024 – Macra (rivers) (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) →Macra (disambiguation) was RfDed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c); see discussion
- 20 May 2024 – Stressed out (talk · edit · hist) →Stressed Out (disambiguation) was RfDed by Crouch, Swale (t · c); see discussion
- 30 Apr 2024 – Frances and Richard Lockridge (talk · edit · hist) →Richard Lockridge was RfDed by Bookworm-ce (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 18 Jun 2024 –
- 18 Jun 2024 – ABC News (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to ABC News by Red-tailed hawk (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Jun 2024 – Shoop (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Shoop (disambiguation) by 162 etc. (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Jun 2024 – Michael Cusack (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Michael Cusack (disambiguation) by Zinderboff (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Jun 2024 –
- 17 Jun 2024 –
- 17 Jun 2024 – Zuya (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Zuya by MrKeefeJohn (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Jun 2024 –
- 16 Jun 2024 –
- 15 Jun 2024 – Class 360 (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Class 360 (disambiguation) by Rotideypoc41352 (t · c); see discussion
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Articles to be merged
- 28 May 2024 –
- 27 May 2024 – Pippin (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Pippin (name) by Renatus! (t · c); see discussion
- 08 May 2024 – Rumors (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Rumours by Jlwoodwa (t · c); see discussion
- 08 May 2024 – Rumours (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Rumors (disambiguation) by Jlwoodwa (t · c); see discussion
- 07 May 2024 – Sam Shore (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Samuel Shore by Laterthanyouthink (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Apr 2024 – Reflexivity (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Reflexive by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Mar 2024 – Geoffrey Andrews (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Jeffrey Andrews by Boleyn (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Mar 2024 – Pags (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Pag by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Mar 2024 – Pag (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Pags by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Feb 2024 – B Train (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to B Line by Presidentman (t · c); see discussion
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Articles to be split
- 07 Dec 2023 – Shepherd (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Llew Mawr (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 12 Jun 2024 – Draft:Hunnic Invasion of the Roman Empire (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Roberthooke003 (t · c)
- 04 Jun 2024 – Draft:Pleasing (brand) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Bloopyfloop (t · c)
- 12 Jun 2024 – talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by 2600:8807:A781:2E00:885:6CED:DCF5:6D9 (t · c) was accepted to Mary Julia (talk · edit · hist) by Wikishovel (t · c) on 13 Jun 2024