User:KConWiki/Disambiguation link fixing

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 * WikiProject Disambiguation
 * WikiProject Disambiguation/Malplaced disambiguation pages
 * Disambiguation pages with links
 * Links to be disambiguated, 1000 at a time

Non-disambiguation pages with commonly misdirected incoming links
(Some of these dates will have to just be "Last time they were checked for obvious mistakes"; Less-than-obvious mistakes might slip through.)

Individual people

 * Francis Bacon (Look for links that should go to Francis Bacon (artist)) - 2-2-2024
 * Jerry Casale (Look for things that should point to Gerald Casale of Devo, as opposed to Jerry Casale, of Major League Baseball - 2-2-2024
 * Charles Dubin (Charles Dubin was the Chief Justice of Ontario; Charles S. Dubin was a movie and TV director.) - 2-2-2024
 * Paul Ehrlich (19th century physiologist vs. 20th century environmentalist vs. U.S. Surgeon General) - 5-1-2022
 * William Langer - This is the article for the ND Governor and U.S. Senator - Look for links that should go to William L. Langer, the historian at Harvard. - 5-1-2022
 * David Mark - Look for articles that should not be pointing to the Nigerian politician of that name - 4-26-2022
 * George Murdock (Look for links that should go to George Murdock (actor)) - 5-1-2022
 * Ed O'Neil - Ed O'Neil = Football coach; The Actor has two "l"s. - 5-1-2022
 * Adrian Smith - 2-2-2024
 * William Paley (The theologian and philosopher is distinct from the CBS executive William S. Paley) - 5-1-2022
 * Richard Rogers - Richard Rogers is the architect; Richard Rodgers is the songwriter - 5-1-2022
 * John Toland - 5-1-2022
 * Roger Williams - 5-1-2022
 * William Windom (Senator and Treasury Secretary William Windom vs. his great-grandson, William Windom (actor)) - 5-1-2022
 * Also - Keep an eye on Heinrich Zimmer, Heinrich Zimmer (Celticist), and Heinrich Zimmern.

Bands, musicians, albums, and songs that get mixed up with other things

 * Boston (look for Boston (band)) -
 * Cee-lo (watch for things that should go to Cee Lo Green) - 5-1-2022
 * Chicago (Look for Chicago (band)) -
 * Cream (Look for Cream (band)) - 5-1-2022
 * The Decembrists - Look for links that should go to the band The Decemberists instead of to the unwritten Tolstoy novel - 5-1-2022
 * Fun (Look for Fun (band)) - 5-1-2022
 * Al Green (Look for the congressman or others) - 2-8-2024
 * Lazaretto (Look for links for the Jack White song, and other meanings) - 5-1-2022
 * Life on Mars - 2-3-2024
 * Pitbull (Look for links that should go to Pitbull (rapper) - 2-3-2024
 * Prince (Look for Prince (musician)) -
 * Rainbow - Look for Rainbow (rock band) and maybe other stuff
 * Ring of Fire (At risk of getting mixed up with Ring of Fire (song)) - 9-4-2013
 * Styx - Look for links that should go to Styx (band) - 4-26-2022
 * Tom Sawyer -
 * UFO (Look for UFO (band)) -

Comics

 * Firestorm - Look for articles that should go to Firestorm (comics)
 * Midway City (distinguish between the fictional Midway City (DC Comics) and the actual Midway City, California) - 6/2/2019
 * Sandman - Look for the various DC and Marvel characters and link appropriately
 * Uncle Sam (Look for Uncle Sam (comics)) -

Governmental departments, ministries, offices, agencies, positions, and documents
There are numerous similar naming conventions for governmental departments and agencies from various countries around the world. It is not uncommon for a link that is intended to go to a specific country's department to go to the article for the overview or list of all such departments. For instance, if you want to use the link for Peru's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then you should use Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Peru) rather than Ministry of Foreign Affairs.


 * Declaration of independence
 * Declaration of Independence
 * Agriculture
 * Attorney General -
 * Culture -
 * Defence -
 * Education -
 * Environment -
 * Foreign Affairs -
 * Interior -
 * Justice -
 * Labor -
 * National Security Council -
 * Here's what links to the capitalized National Security as opposed to National security.
 * President pro tempore
 * Speaker of the House or House Speaker - Should either point to Speaker (politics) or else something specific, like Speaker of the United States House of Representatives -
 * Transport -
 * Transportation

Other

 * Alliance (and its numerous redirects) - 4-26-2022
 * Apple (How many of these should go to the computer company, rather than the fruit.) - 12-4-2015
 * Argo -
 * Atlas -
 * Badlands - 12-4-2015
 * Brothers - 5-2-2022
 * Cambridge
 * Casablanca (Look for links that should go to Casablanca (film), instead of to the city) -
 * Computer Games -
 * Crossfire - 9-14-2013
 * Erode - Look for the geological process, rather than the city in India
 * Fighter Squadron - Look for articles about actual fighter squadrons, as opposed to the 1948 movie Fighter Squadron - 9-4-2013
 * Fox (Look for links that should go to 20th Century Fox or the Fox network) -
 * Gravity -
 * Hannibal (See Hannibal (disambiguation)) - 9-4-2013
 * Happy -
 * High Chaparral (The TV show is ''The High Chaparral) -
 * Hue (The nuance of color is "Hue", the city in Vietnam is "Huế") -
 * Independence Day - This points to List of national independence days; It could be advantageous to either disambiguate or redlink some of these.
 * Melville House (Look for links that should go to Melville House Publishing) -
 * The Metaphysical Club (This is the link for the club, not the book about the club) -
 * National Press Club - These links should almost always be pointed to the National Press Club of a specific country.
 * Paris, Texas (Look for links that should point to Paris, Texas (film)) -
 * Perseus -
 * Picador - (Look for links that should point to Picador (imprint))
 * Pineapple Express (Look for Pineapple Express (film)) -
 * Press Club -
 * Saint Augustine and St. Augustine
 * Sisters - 5-2-2022
 * Slate - Look for things that should point to Slate (magazine)
 * Sloth (Look for links that should go to Sloth (deadly sin)) - 9-14-2013
 * Zabriskie Point - 9-4-2013
 * Zodiac (Look for links for the movie, and/or other things) -