Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/Hyphens vs. dashes issues

This is a worklist to address alternate versions of redlink article titles, where there can be disagreement about whether the title should include dashes or hyphens. An issue is that all inbound links of either version need to be connected to the article once it is created. Monitoring here will help ensure that usages in NRHP county list-articles, in other mainspace pages, in disambiguation pages, in userspace worklists, in WikiProject-space mentions, in lists of things like List of women's clubs, will be connected.

Note this monitoring would not be necessary if redirects could be created in advance, but any redirect to a redlink will be deleted by a bot.

Don't change a redlink title to use dashes without listing it here.

Group the items any way you want.

When one version becomes a bluelink, redirect the other version to it, and strike out the item here. (This is without judgment about which version is "best".)

If the goal is to improve display by using dashes, then it would make sense to revise in the article also, and to update all the inbound links from mainspace should also be changed, but that may be beyond the interest of many.

Please don't strike out an item showing all bluelinks here if you haven't checked the links. We want to be sure that duplicate article pairings are discovered and fixed.

Update, 29 January 2017: Per this edit by a bot, it seems that, at least right now, when an NRHP article is created at the name version using dashes, a hyphenated version redirecting to it will be created by bot. However there is ongoing contention at ANI and elsewhere about page-moves relating to MOS issues, so who knows if this bot will continue to operate. The bot mitigates a lot of concern, but does not address the problem of new articles created at hyphenated names, unlinked from redlink uses of dashed versions. --do ncr am 00:22, 30 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Update, 29 July 2017: I noticed three articles listed below which were created at the hyphen versions of their names and I just created (moved them to) the dash versions. One was Steiner–Lobman and Teague Hardware Buildings which had been showing as a redlink at many articles linking to the dash version. Seems like the purpose of this page is being met. --do ncr am 18:51, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's how it's supposed to work. Once the hyphen version redirects to the dashed version, the line can be removed from the list below (where you see on blue on both sides, usually). I just removed a dozen or so. Dicklyon (talk) 18:46, 19 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Example[edit]

After an editor has edited a disambiguation page to replace hyphens by dashes where they see fit, there is damage to the integrated system of links, for the case of Munroe–Dunlap–Snow House / Munroe-Dunlap-Snow House. The current status, as of 1/14/2017, is that the dashed version of name has one inbound link, from Snow House. The hyphenated version has three:

If/when an article is created at the dashed version, say, there's a need to connect all those intended links.

Temporary resolution: The title pairing is listed here, below, with both versions showing as redlinks.

Final resolution: After one of the article versions is created, redirect the other version to it. Strike out the item here.

If one thinks that display actually matters, then also revise for dashes in the article itself, and update all inbound links from mainspace.

from Oregon[edit]

This is all the ones remaining since covered in 2010 at Talk:National Register of Historic Places listings in Oregon#NRHPs with ndash in title

Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/Hyphens vs. dashes issues

Example[edit]

from Oregon[edit]

from various disambiguation pages[edit]

Recent new redlinks from Clark House for example[edit]

others[edit]

from various templates[edit]

from county NRHP list pages[edit]

Federal Buildings[edit]