User talk:Mmerrittsmith

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Disambiguation pages
Thank you for your work on disambiguation pages. Please keep in mind that entries on disambiguation pages should have one blue link only. I see that you have fixed this on several pages, but please do not remove the text 'ISO 3166-1 alpha-3' - without that it is not clear why Democratic Republic of the Congo (for example), is included on Cod (disambiguation). I have further edited your edit to,


 * ISO 3166 code for Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country in central Africa

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That all makes sense. However, shouldn't the text have the link first, to be in keeping with the disambiguation page guidelines?

It's difficult to phrase with the link to the Democratic Republic of the Congo page in front though. This might be a good example of how to structure these disambiguations with country codes.

Thanks for your help! Mmerrittsmith (talk) 18:12, 14 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Yes that would be a good example. You could also do


 * Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 code), a country in central Africa


 * That's probably a better arrangement than the one I used on Cod (disambiguation). I usually try to match the format already existing on the particular page/section, to make it easier for readers to scan for the right article. For example, on some DAB pages entries always start with the link, on others they start with the title word (like COD) even if it isn't the link, and still others start with 'A code for' or 'An abbreviation for', etc. Leschnei (talk) 18:41, 14 March 2019 (UTC)