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Can some of you experts please have a look at National bank (disambiguation) and see if you think it's okay the way it is? If you look at the history, it's been through many iterations recently with Boubloub making changes that kept converting it into an article or list, and then me trying to revert the worst to bring it in line with DAB MOS. Clearly there are a LOT of banks with the term in its title, so wondering if they should all be there, or is there a better solution? Laterthanyouthink (talk) 05:39, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For a start, there's currently a

WP:MALPLACED problem. Narky Blert (talk) 22:19, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply

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Parkhead railway station is a hybrid page with some properties of a dab, a set index and a broad-concept article. Improvements would be welcome. I've fixed the only incoming link except hatnotes. Certes (talk) 14:02, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the dab template. There are only two unambiguous partial title matches and several other completely unambiguous stations in the general area of Parkhead. older ≠ wiser 14:52, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

JBW has kindly given 2A00:23C8:9FB7:5C00:0:0:0:0/64 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · block user · block log) a 3-month holiday; see diff. If you come across new instances of this nuisance, feel free to post on my TP; and if there's enough of a pattern I'll assemble another depthcharge. Narky Blert (talk) 21:54, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's welcome news. If they return, one option is to

request an edit filter to prevent unconfirmed editors from replacing "Foo (qualifier)|Foo" by "Foo" in links from "List of Hindi films of yyyy", or perhaps with slightly broader scope. Most of their contributions include differences following that pattern, their final effort including several changes such as replacing Footpath (1953 film)|Footpath by the less relevant Footpath. Certes (talk) 00:06, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply

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That's an excellent idea. I can envisage a filter which could be precise and straightforward. If I collect a couple of new throwaway IPs, I'll file a request. Narky Blert (talk) 14:28, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This page shows IP edits to Indian films by year within the last 30 days. Most are good-faith improvements, but most edits with significant negative size changes e.g. (–123) are likely to be of interest. The damage was extensive, but everything seems to have been reverted. I suspect that an enthusiastic editor has their own "master copy" of each page offline. From time to time they make a minor improvement to one and upload it to Wikipedia, overwriting everyone else's edits since their last upload. Certes (talk) 22:34, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My test would be for Hindi films of xxxx/IP/negative size/links to DAB and/or name pages. A Mk 1 eyeball scan of your list suggests that would catch everything with no false positives (and everything like that had already been reverted). I'm not so sure about working off-wiki; I've earlier seen a couple of instances where they returned immediately after a big edit to introduce an error they'd overlooked. Narky Blert (talk) 08:00, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A couple of edits today fit the pattern but appear to be good-faith and plausibly correct: [1], [2] Certes (talk) 22:51, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't look like them. This IP edits elsewhere too, and note the ES in your first diff. Narky Blert (talk) 12:03, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's almost certainly a different person, a constructive editor, but might trigger a hypothetical edit filter if we're not careful. Certes (talk) 14:35, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

An article that you have been involved in editing—Pag—has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. Thank you. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 16:25, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Editors who watch this page may be interested in Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab)#Articles for Creation/Disambiguations. Certes (talk) 08:11, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

needs moving to

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WP:RM. Incidentally, it seems premature to have reorganized the dab page before any such moves. Regards.—Bagumba (talk) 06:33, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply

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The primary topics are the primary topics, regardless of where the page is (mis)parked. Cf.

MOS:DABORDER

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WP:RMTR is just a clearinghouse for the requests. If any of the admins able to do the work there are keeping an eye on dabs at all, they'd notice this here and either handle it or point out any issue. Random admins there might not be as clear on dab policy minutiae that might impact this. (Ditto nonadmins watching this page who might have an opinion on the rearrangement.) — LlywelynII 06:34, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply

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WP:RM is the way to request this move, but I don't agree that Mars is clearly the PT. The statistics from Wikinav appear to show that when people land on the disambiguation page Cydonia they are more likely to move to Kydonia than to Cydonia (Mars), and there is certainly not an overwhelming majority looking for the Mars location. PamD 21:57, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply

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Clearly is per Google but if our stats are different for our readers, then sure. I'll just move the pair to the top of the page and leave it where it is. Stuff like this is why I wasn't looking for a procedural rubber stamp. — LlywelynII 00:26, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion#RFC new R5 for a proposal to make RDAB errors a speedy criteria. Crouch, Swale (talk) 19:10, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Mike Hall#Requested move 6 April 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. UtherSRG (talk) 10:35, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is a discussion