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{{Wikipedia|Wikipedia:Disambiguation}}
{{Wikipedia|Wikipedia:Disambiguation}}
The Xenharmonic Wiki has limited disambiguation tools.
'''Disambiguation''' is the process of resolving conflicts that arise when a potential article title is ambiguous, most often because it refers to more than one subject covered by Wikipedia, either as the main topic of an article, or as a subtopic covered by an article in addition to the article's main topic. For example, ''[[Igliashon]]'' can refer to an artist or a scale, and possibly other things.


=== Tools ===
There are three important aspects to disambiguation:
We have :
* Naming articles in such a way that each has a unique title. For example, two of the articles dealing with topics ordinarily called "Igliashon" are titled [[Deja Igliashon]] and [[Igliashon (scale)]].
* [[Template:Disambiguation]], a template that automatically places pages in [[:Category:Disambiguation pages]] and adds a message box to inform readers; for use on pages where no single topic is more likely to be searched than the others
* Making the links for ambiguous terms point to the correct article title. For example, an editor of an article about scales may have created a link to [[Igliashon]], and this should be corrected to point to [[Igliashon (scale)]].
* [[Template:About]], a template that creates disambiguation hatnotes; for use on pages which are the primary topic associated with the title.
* Ensuring that a reader who searches for a topic using a particular term can get to the information on that topic quickly and easily, whichever of the possible topics it might be. For example, the page [[Igliashon]] is a ''redirect page'', pointing to [[Deja Igliashon]] because it is the [[Wikipedia:WP:Primary topic]] associated with that name.)


We need:
Two navigational tools are provided to help readers find the most appropriate page:
* [[Help:Disambiguation]], a help page
* ''Disambiguation hatnotes'': short messages at the beginning of a page with links to related articles or a disambiguation page.
* ''Disambiguation pages': non-article pages which list various meanings of a given title and which link to the articles that cover them. These pages are necessary when different meanings are comparably common or when there are too many meanings to fit in a disambiguation hatnote. A disambiguation page's title always ends in "(disambiguation)". Note that ambiguous terms do not always require a disambiguation page.


=== Forms ===
An overview of templates used for disambiguation hatnotes and pages can be found at [[Help:Disambiguation]].
There are at least two obvious forms of disambiguation we have to support.
 
A dispatching page named after a term if its different meanings are comparable common
 
See for example [[Wikipedia: AST]]
 
A dispatching page named after a term plus "(disambiguation)"
 
See for example [[Wikipedia: Mozart (disambiguation)]]


[[Category:Disambiguation| ]] <!-- main article at least until the help page exists -->
[[Category:Disambiguation| ]] <!-- main article at least until the help page exists -->


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Revision as of 04:46, 28 July 2023

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Disambiguation is the process of resolving conflicts that arise when a potential article title is ambiguous, most often because it refers to more than one subject covered by Wikipedia, either as the main topic of an article, or as a subtopic covered by an article in addition to the article's main topic. For example, Igliashon can refer to an artist or a scale, and possibly other things.

There are three important aspects to disambiguation:

  • Naming articles in such a way that each has a unique title. For example, two of the articles dealing with topics ordinarily called "Igliashon" are titled Deja Igliashon and Igliashon (scale).
  • Making the links for ambiguous terms point to the correct article title. For example, an editor of an article about scales may have created a link to Igliashon, and this should be corrected to point to Igliashon (scale).
  • Ensuring that a reader who searches for a topic using a particular term can get to the information on that topic quickly and easily, whichever of the possible topics it might be. For example, the page Igliashon is a redirect page, pointing to Deja Igliashon because it is the Wikipedia:WP:Primary topic associated with that name.)

Two navigational tools are provided to help readers find the most appropriate page:

  • Disambiguation hatnotes: short messages at the beginning of a page with links to related articles or a disambiguation page.
  • Disambiguation pages': non-article pages which list various meanings of a given title and which link to the articles that cover them. These pages are necessary when different meanings are comparably common or when there are too many meanings to fit in a disambiguation hatnote. A disambiguation page's title always ends in "(disambiguation)". Note that ambiguous terms do not always require a disambiguation page.

An overview of templates used for disambiguation hatnotes and pages can be found at Help:Disambiguation.

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