Difference between revisions of "WikiRaider:Disambiguation"

Latest revision as of 17:04, 28 June 2015

A Disambiguation page is a page which has no actual content. It is here to help resolve conflicts when two or more items share the same name.

Layout

A disambiguation page should have the following layout:

• 1 Intro Sentence
• 2 Disambiguation template {{disambig}}
• 3 List of articles that share the name
• 4 List of articles that are related
• 5 Gallery
• 6 Categories

Note 1: Disambiguation pages should not have a single item at the top, as this sends the message that the shown image represents the article. A disambiguation however is not an article and stands for several items of the same name, not just the one which would be presented in such an image. (Plus: It would disturb the layout.)

Note 2: Please do not add the {{disambig}} template to articles which are no real disambiguations. A disambiguation page is needed, when a term is ambiguous, when it could represent two articles. It is not needed when we have a parent name for clearly named items.

Examples:

Is a Disambiguation Page: Alex, there are two distinct characters in the Tomb Raider Multiverse using the first name Alex, thus we have a typical disambiguation page.

Is NOT a Disambiguation Page: Kanpo Herbs (Kanpo Herbs is used as a term within the games, thus making it a real article, Yagen, Medicinal Herb Vial and Dried Gobo Root are not alternative names as such, they are "children"),

Grey Area: Birds, strictly speaking not a disambiguation (same as Kanpo Herbs), but could be seen as one

Examples

See the following example pages on how it should work:

• Adrenaline

List with descriptions.

• Ankh

List with description and gallery.

• Brawlers

List with descriptions and gallery, with related articles.

• Primates

A typical grey area disambiguation.