Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation

Please join the discussions on our project's talk page. Suggested changes and additions to the WikiProject are always welcome there.

Scope
All disambiguation pages, as described at Disambiguation.

Goals

 * 1) Create and expand disambiguation pages.
 * 2) Copy-edit disambiguation pages to conform to the Manual of Style.
 * 3) Eliminate links to disambiguation pages, such as the massive list at Disambiguation pages with links, and keep Disambiguation pages with links/The Daily Disambig under control.

How to help
First, please read Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages, which describes disambiguation pages; and Disambiguation, which describes guidelines about when and how to disambiguate.

If you are an editor, you can use these tools; if you are a coder, you can help with these tools:
 * AutoWikiBrowser (.NET)
 * Corhomo (Java)
 * Dab solver (External tool); deprecated, no longer works, see Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation pages with links/Archive 15
 * Navigation popups (User script)
 * Solve disambiguation.py (Python)
 * WPCleaner (Java)
 * DisamAssist (User script)

Create or move a disambiguation page
There are many instances where a new disambiguation page is needed.

Use "Foo" rather than "Foo (disambiguation)" as the disambiguation page name unless there is a primary topic. If "Foo" is a redirect to "Foo (disambiguation)", the disambiguation page is malplaced, and should be moved from "Foo (disambiguation)" to "Foo". In some cases, you may be able to use the move tool immediately. If the move requires technical assistance, you can report it at WikiProject Disambiguation/Malplaced disambiguation pages or list it at Requested moves/Technical requests.

Add missing entries to a disambiguation page
There are still many disambiguation pages that do not yet contain all entries they are supposed to. To help with that, go to the |Dabfix reports list and select "Missing entries". This will take you to the report where you can choose a dab page to expand. When you click on it, you will be presented with the Dabfix interface where that page is preloaded with the missing entries added and further changes suggested. Review the missing entry and the linked article to ensure they are suitable for inclusion (you can Ctrl (PC) or Command (Mac) on a blue link to be taken to the corresponding article) and then copyedit the automatically generated descriptions before saving. You can also work manually using the information found in the report.

Please note these reports haven't been updated since April 2019.

Find additional ambiguous terms for 2-DAB pages
Pick a page from, and see if you can find (or create) other articles in the wiki that can be added to turn a 2-DAB into a 3-or-more DAB.

If you come across a page with only 2 ambiguous terms, one of which is the primary topic, you can tag the top with One other topic, which will notify users that the page needs additional disambiguation terms, and will place the page in 2-DAB category listed above.

Clean up a disambiguation page
Pick a page from Category:Disambiguation pages in need of cleanup. Check the recent edit summaries in the history and the talk page for comments earlier editors may have left. When you finish cleaning up a page, please change its disambiguation cleanup to disambiguation (or change hndis-cleanup to hndis).

If you see that a disambiguation page needs to be cleaned up, but you cannot or do not want to do it yourself, you can tag the page for cleanup by changing the disambiguation template to disambiguation cleanup (or changing hndis to hndis-cleanup). These -cleanup templates add the page to Category:Disambiguation pages in need of cleanup and change the descriptive text on the page. You can describe specific problems on the talk page of the disambiguation page to help other editors see what needs to be done.

You can also use dabfix (see above) to help you cleanup a dab page.

Repair incoming links
Most links from articles to disambiguation pages are in error and need to be repaired. They can be repaired by choosing an article and repairing all its links to disambiguation pages, or by choosing a disambiguation page and repairing all incoming links to it from articles.

To choose an article, type its page name into the dablinks tool (see below). For help, see WikiProject Disambiguation/Fixing a page.

To choose a disambiguation page, see the "Finding disambiguation pages" section below. There is a Wikipedia Project devoted to this: Disambiguation pages with links.

Do not guess how to fix the link; if you have trouble, tag the link with disambiguation needed.

If you want a challenge, try to repair difficult links, those tagged with disambiguation needed. Articles with such tagged links can be found in Category:Articles with links needing disambiguation, and tips on repairing them are given in WikiProject Disambiguation/Fixing links.

You may also consider "adopting" a disambiguation page.

When you fix or tag a link, leave an edit summary pointing to this project. Suggested edit summary:
 * Repaired link to disambiguation page: please help

Repair redirects

 * Malplaced disambiguation pages

Merge incomplete disambiguations
Incomplete disambiguation pages are disambiguation pages that also have a disambiguated title (a title with a parenthetical phrase appended). These disambiguated titles are supposed to be unambiguous; if they are still ambiguous, the incomplete disambiguation should normally redirect to the disambiguation page or a section of it.
 * WikiProject Disambiguation/Incomplete disambiguations

Resources
When using Dabfix to tag pages, please note that there are common-sense exceptions to every rule, and a disambiguation page which violates one or more of the following guidelines (such as multiple blue links in an entry, or piped links) might not require cleanup; please use your best judgment when tagging.

Finding disambiguation pages

 * Linkclassifier, a script highlighting links based on type of target, including disambiguation pages
 * Special:DisambiguationPages lists up to 10,000 disambiguation pages
 * Category:Wikipedia disambiguation contains all the pages that are in the scope of this WikiProject
 * Disambiguation pages with links lists pages that relate to the goal of eliminating links to disambiguation pages
 * Disambiguation pages with links/The Daily Disambig lists pages that are known to have had incoming links repeatedly in the past and require monitoring
 * Current disambiguation collaboration at the Dab-pages-with-links page
 * Offline reports/Is this really a disambiguation page?, pages labeled as dabs that have only one article referenced on them (inactive page)
 * Category:Disambiguation pages in need of cleanup, dabs that have been tagged for needed attention
 * Category:Disambiguation pages containing one non-primary topic, dabs that need more ambiguous terms to be added
 * Candidates for disambiguation by extending link
 * Possible hatnote disambiguation links
 * Potentially intentional dablinks

Project watchlist

 * [ Project watchlist]

Templates
Disambiguation templates are listed under the "general" category of template messages. Most of these templates do not have usage guidelines associated with them on their Talk pages, however, some direction is provided for hatnotes at Hatnote and Disambiguation.
 * "*" = no usage guidelines

On disambiguation pages:
 * Disambiguation
 * Disambiguation cleanup
 * Human name disambiguation – articles associated with the same personal name
 * Human name disambiguation cleanup
 * Topic-specific templates – these bring the disambiguation page to the attention of editors knowledgeable in the topic (through category includes or WikiProjects) and often include topic specific language
 * Airport disambiguation – airports with the same or similar names
 * Hospital disambiguation
 * Mathematical disambiguation
 * Number disambiguation* – lists articles associated with the same number
 * Place name disambiguation – distinct geographical locations with the same name
 * School disambiguation
 * Incoming links – when many mainspace pages (articles) link to a disambiguation page, for example, as the result of a page move

On talk pages:
 * WikiProject Disambiguation – Project banner for talk pages with discussion. Please do not use to create talk pages that have no discussion.

On set index articles. Note that set index articles are similar to, but are not the same thing as, disambiguation pages:


 * Set index article* – The generic set index template.
 * Lake index – For lists of lakes with similar names.
 * Locomotive index – For lists of locomotives, or classes of locomotives, with similar names.
 * Mountain index – For set index articles about mountain names.
 * Road index – For set index articles about roads.
 * Ship index – For lists of ships with the same or similar names.
 * Sport index – For lists of sports related articles with similar names.

Link formatting (See WikiProject Disambiguation/Title templates):
 * fti – put subject title, but not parenthetical disambiguating term, in italics
 * ftq – put subject title, but not parenthetical disambiguating term, in quotes

On anthroponymy list articles. See WikiProject Anthroponymy for specific guidelines. These are also not disambiguation pages, although short lists may be embedded on disambiguation pages.
 * Given name – For given name pages or sections of disambiguation pages that list people by given names.
 * Surname – For pages or sections of disambiguation pages that list people by family name.

Optional Wiktionary template, for use on disambiguation pages:
 * Wiktionary*

Look from and In title, for use on disambiguation pages where the term is used to form compound terms:
 * Look from All pages with titles beginning with term
 * In title All pages with titles containing term

Hatnotes, for use on articles where reference to a disambiguation page is useful


 * About*
 * For*
 * Hatnote*
 * Other people
 * Other places*
 * Other uses
 * Redirect*
 * Redirect-distinguish
 * Similar names

Redirects, for use on redirects that point to a disambiguation page
 * R from ambiguous term
 * R from incomplete disambiguation
 * R to disambiguation page

Inline, for use within article text where a link needs correcting, but it is unclear where it should link
 * dn or Disambiguation needed

User talk, for alerting editors to the dab guidelines
 * {{subst:uw-dab}}

Userbox, for your own userpage
 * User WP Disambiguation

Barnstar, for awarding editors active in disambiguation
 * {{subst:Disambiguator's Barnstar}}

Subpages

 * List of

Page views

 * WikiProject Disambiguation/Popular pages, a monthly listing of the project's most viewed mainspace pages
 * User:PrimeHunter/Pageviews.js, see page views for all wikilinks on a disambiguation page, e.g. Massviews on Wiki (disambiguation)
 * WikiNav, a tool that can visualise the outgoing traffic from dab pages; the underlying data is from the Clickstream

Deletion discussions
See WikiProject Deletion sorting/Disambiguations

Participants


Please insert your details here (in alphabetical order please). Use User WP Disambiguation on your user page if you wish to post your pride in joining this esteemed WikiProject.


 * 16@r
 * 1857a
 * 786b6364
 * 8UB3RG1N3, who has created 4 disambiguation pages already!
 * A Lambent Eye is new to Wikipedia and eager to help. * AchedDamiman
 * A smart kitten
 * Adjusting
 * After Midnight
 * Againme. I do political parties from all over the world, an some other things. Just did Magonia
 * AK456. Stumbled upon the WP:DPL list and kind of hung on to it.
 * AKeen
 * All Is One
 * Andareed
 * AnemoneProjectors I love creating and cleaning up disambiguation pages
 * AnnaKucsma I add banners to talk pages when I find talk pages that need them.
 * Anthony Ivanoff
 * Aqwis
 * Arbitarily0
 * Arbor to SJ
 * ArcAngel
 * Arthena
 * Artichoke-Boy
 * Auntof6
 * User:AugustusAudax likes to add to hatnotes and create disambiguation pages.
 * Avg W
 * Azylber - creating dab pages whenever necessary
 * bd2412
 * BeenAroundAWhile
 * Beerest355 - I create lots of dabs and stuff.
 * Beginning is formally committing to her sick addiction. :)
 * Benzband will fix messy dabs when he stumbles upon them ;)
 * billinghurst
 * older≠wiser Not sure how much I'll actively participate in project tasks, but I have an interest in dab pages.
 * Bneu2013 - Created several disambiguation pages.
 * Boleyn
 * Brainulator9
 * BryanG
 * Brz7 (one of my favourite activities on Wikipedia!)
 * BurtAlert
 * Burzmali - Working on human name dab pages, over 2 weeks and I am still fixing Johns
 * CALR
 * Canglesea - Chipping away at the Disambiguation pages with links list
 * CAPTAIN RAJU
 * Carbon Caryatid. I have been tidying up dab pages for a long time and have just discovered this project.
 * Cate
 * CatherineMunro
 * CatMan 149
 * Certes
 * Chaser
 * Checkingfax, I like crafting DABs and cetegorizing them properly
 * Chris the speller - I move lots of namecruft from dab pages to surname and given name articles
 * Cindamuse
 * CJewell
 * Clariosophic I have been working on dab pages relating to NRHP listings, churches, etc.
 * Clarityfiend
 * Coastside Worked on Category:Orientation dab pages
 * Commander Keane
 * CoolCityCat - Guilty for disambiguating myself.
 * CoolieCoolster
 * Correogsk or Gustavo
 * CPAScott
 * CQ
 * CSWarren I do a lot of link-disambiguating already, so I guess I should sign up here.
 * Cúchullain I work on disambiguation pages a lot, so I guess it's time to join up.
 * DaGizza
 * Dan Leveille
 * Davey 2010 •  (talk)  - Joined 12 July 2014.
 * Deep Gabriel
 * Deizio - just love it....
 * DENAMAX
 * Dig deeper
 * Diptanshu.D
 * DirkJandeGeer
 * Dispenser
 * Docu
 * Doncram
 * Dorkules
 * DPdH - I've been working with disamb.pages without knowing of this project! Now formally joining it.
 * Dpleibovitz - adding DAB entries and possibly converting DABs to broad-concept articles.
 * DrWarpMind
 * Ds2320
 * Dumelow
 * Echuck215
 * EdGl (disambiguation link repair)
 * Elonka (my second home is at Category:Disambiguation pages in need of cleanup)
 * EMachine I think that fixing pages that link to disambiguation pages sounds fun.
 * Emperor - as I'm doing a lot of disambiguating anyway I might as well sign up
 *  Encephalon 
 * Enchanter
 * Esprit15d
 * Est. 2021 (talk · contribs)
 * Euryalus
 *  EW i kist Talk
 * EWS23 - I've been involved in WP:DPL since September 2005; not sure why I didn't put my name on this list sooner.
 * Ezhiki
 * FF2010
 * fififolle
 * Fiftytwo Thirty
 * Finnusertop – I do this a lot using the Linkclassifier script.
 * Floquenbeam This looks like something I could help with when I have a free minute here or there.
 * Flooded  with them hundreds
 * "Flux55" - I like improving Wikipedia (o - o)
 * Felix Folio Secundus, interested in the topic but busy with other projects
 * FortDJ33
 * France3470
 * Francois-Pier
 * Funandtrvl
 * Fyrael
 * Gaff
 * Gamesmaster G-9
 * Geniac
 * Geofferybard This project is quite important as people often meld unrelated topics into one article. Sometimes a daughter class usurps, also.
 * Geographyinitative Geography
 * George Ho
 * GimliDotNet throwing my hat in the ring.
 * Godsy
 * Goldom Dunno why I hadn't found this project sooner, I do tons of this
 * Golem08
 * Gongshow
 * Goochelaar
 * Gorthian
 * GraemeMcRae
 * grubber
 * gupdoo3 3oodpug  - came here to fix links, might branch out
 * Hackerboyas
 * Hairy Dude - Fixing disambig notices to use templates seems to be one of the things I do most. I've also created a couple of disambig pages.
 * Helloheart - Disambiguation pages are an important category in Wikipedia, and we need to improve them.
 * Henrygg98
 * HindWIKI - fixing disambiguation links using DisamAsist.
 * HopeChrist - My interests are in the religion and spirituality related disamb. pages
 * HTinC23
 * Hutcher, I just like clean DABs
 * Ian Manka
 * I dream of horses
 * Ixfd64
 * J04n
 * Jakas1
 * Jay Starz
 * Jameboy
 * Jamesmcmahon0 - I use AWB help where I can!
 * Jeff - with the aid of CorHomo and Navigation popups
 *  J e n o v a  20 - Recommended by JhunterJ
 * Jerzy - When MoSDab was sent for consensus, I (briefly) thought it was a mistake, so I guess it's appropriate for this to finally be my first WikiProject.
 * Jevansen
 * Jiten Dhandha
 *  &#8212;jmcgnh  (talk) (contribs)  joined 2016-06-18
 * Joeyfjj Just getting started...
 * JohnLaurensAnthonyRamos333
 * Johnny Au
 * johnSLADE
 * Jokestress
 * Josh Parris
 * Josve05a
 * Joy
 * Jsmith1000
 * Jw21 - Helping to make the Wikipedia Experience faster and more enjoyable.
 * Karenjc joined 12 July 2008.
 * Kawa (talk) 22:55, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Kenb215 - October 10, 2006
 * Kingjamie - January 5, 2007 (help out with mainly sporting Disambiguation's)
 * KingSkyLord - for convenience
 * Konveyor Belt
 * Kpalion — I occasionally create or cleanup disamb. pages so I thought I'd add my name here.
 * Krishna Chaitanya Velaga
 * Kusma
 * La Ovo
 * LAX
 * Legotech Hoping I can help out some
 * Lemnaminor
 * Lenoxus
 * Leschnei
 * Ł ittle Ä lien¹8²
 * LittleWink
 * Llew Mawr — the cleanup, organisation and creation of dab pages and hatnotes
 * Logan
 * Loopy30
 * love krittaya
 * Lymoz
 * Mac Davis
 * Magioladitis
 * Mahanga
 * Maias
 * Malpass93
 * Mark Schierbecker - Making obsure landmarks easier to find since 2009.
 * Mareino -- I do enough of this anyway, that I might as well stay informed about the latest guidelines
 * Mark Miller
 * Matchups I started fixing pages as I run into them, after being corrected on "prettifying" a dab page. I also created mosdab.
 * mathmitch7
 * Matthew Yeager
 * Md. Golam Mukit Khan
 * me_and
 * Meclee
 * MECU
 * Mdebets
 * Merenta
 * Mervyn
 * Micheledisaveriosp
 * Michfan2123 This is addicting, I don't know why
 * Millichip
 * MrLinkinPark333
 * Milton Stanley - This is fun.
 * Mo ainm
 * Mr. Yondris Ferguson (talk) 13:26, 24 June 2014 (UTC) - Will clean disambiguation wherever possible.
 * Michael Z.
 * Nahallac Silverwinds
 * NapoliRoma I've been fixing pages as I see them for a while now; not sure what it means to add myself to the list, but count me in
 * Narky Blert 24 February 2016
 * Natalya
 * Natg 19
 * Nehrams2020
 * NeilHynes
 * Nekura
 * Neonumbers
 * Nguyên Lê
 * Nick Number
 * Nihonjoe
 * NijikasDorito
 * Nikki311
 * Norwaystudent
 * Ntsimp I've been repairing links for a few weeks; just found this page.
 * OrdinaryGiraffe
 *  Paine  – yooba dooba DAB!
 * Paintspot
 * PamD
 * Pariah24
 * Parsecboy I pretty much just stick to WP:MDP, probably not so much in any of the rest of the project.
 * Pb30
 * Perry Middlemiss
 * Persent101 – focused on adding songs to respective dabs
 * Petebutt
 * Pharaoh of the Wizards
 * Phorestry - Will work mostly on changing disambiguation links to more specific links. I would also like to yield the official dab-cleaning broom
 * Pjposullivan
 * Project Termina -- 2023-01-13 -- interested in reducing links to dab pages
 * ponyo
 * Poydoo
 * Purplebackpack89
 * Qb42
 * User:QEDK
 * Quarl
 * QueenCake - Yeah sounds like something I can do.
 * Quentin X
 * Quiddity
 * ReelAngelGirl - Mostly working on stuff like clearing this and whatever else I find.
 * Reinyday
 * rellmerr - Mostly working with WP:DPL, after fixing some of these types of links on my own since first joining WP.
 * User:KorinoChikara
 * Renesis - I've been fixing disambig pages on my own a little, so I'd like to join the project.
 * renzoy16 - Will try to help on this WikiProject.
 * Rhindle The Red I'm in.
 * Rickyurs
 * RideABicycle I didn't even know this was part of a group, but I've been "clarifying" (the term I have applied to the process of directing links to proper pages, not disambiguation pages) for a while (I recently cleared out Special:Whatlinkshere/Lake_Placid). I look forward to continuing my "clarification crusade" but as a member of WikiProject Disambiguation.
 * Rjd0060
 * rkmlai
 * Robocoder - count me in...
 * RoySmith
 * RSStockdale - been doing it for some time; just saw that there is a WP
 * R'n'B
 * Richard Michael William – fix disambiguation links
 * Sahaib3005 joined 3rd October 2020
 * Samee
 * SamWilson989 - mostly fixing links that shouldn't go to disambiguation pages.
 * Missvain
 *  SCH ZMO  ✍
 * Sean Stephens – Frequently create disambiguation pages, mostly for primary topics in lengthy hatnotes have been used in place of one.
 * Scott Davis I've been doing this for about 4 months.
 * sgeureka I mainly go for dab pages marked for cleanup
 * Shadow of the Starlit Sky
 * Shelf Skewed
 * Sheridan
 * Shhhnotsoloud
 * SHISHIR DUA
 * Shruti14
 * Silence
 * Sir Joseph
 * SlackerMom
 * Smack
 *  Mario Jump  83! 
 * SmileBlueJay97
 * Sarmad
 * Speednat
 * Spiderpig662
 * Squids and Chips
 * Srice13
 * Steel1943
 * Steve Strummer – I prize clarity and concision.
 * Stijn Vermeeren
 * Sumsum2010 - I mainly fix periods that aren't supposed to be there
 * Superk1a - I am addicted to fixing links to disambig pages. :D
 * Suriel1981 - I like to contribute in a variety of ways and this is one of them.
 * Swpb
 * TAnthony - I'm in the process of using AWB to add the Project banner to all disambig talk pages which don't currently have them; 1000 down, 13,000 to go ;)
 * TARDIS builder &#9993;
 * Tatrgel
 * Tbone762
 * Tedernst
 * Tesscass
 * Thaurisil
 * The Banner
 * The Banner Turbo
 * The Chronic
 * The Duke of Waltham – I have long enjoyed improving disambiguation pages, so I thought I'd make my involvement official.
 * The Eternals
 * The Interior
 * The Rambling Man I started a while ago, but have rediscovered the joys of the task
 * The1337gamer
 * Theheadhunter
 * TimBentley
 * Tintin Sequel
 * TKD I often try to clean up badly formatted disambiguation pages when I see them.
 * Tkynerd
 * Toddlertoddy
 * TonyTheTiger
 * Tolly4bolly
 * Toshio Yamaguchi
 * TRBP
 * Trevor MacInnis
 * UnitedStatesian
 * Utopes
 * Uvysdi
 * Vicarious, I fancy myself a bit of an expert on disambig pages, but I'm exquisitely egotistical so I'm really not to be trusted on that.
 * Vmavanti
 * Vogel
 * WaddlesJP13
 * Wahoofive
 * Warhorus
 * Weblogan
 * Wpollard - I have inserted article names into disambiguation pages when I have found they did not appear there.
 * Wil540_art
 * Xnuala
 * Yamara – Mostly in conjunction with disambig pages related to the Time or Biography Projects
 * Skarmory  (talk)  - First WikiProject, I hope I'm doing this right.
 * Zach425
 * Zeke
 * Zzyxzaa26

Related WikiProjects

 * WikiProject Anthroponymy, for pages related to the names of people
 * Wikidata:Disambiguation pages task force
 * [ Recent changes of disambiguation pages]

es:Wikiproyecto:Corrección de errores menores/Páginas de desambiguación más enlazadas pl:Wikipedia:Strony ujednoznaczniające z linkami