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DAB cleanup

I'm a reforming poor DAB editor so please leave a note on my talk page if you have a different interpretation of WP:DAB or MOS:DAB than I do. My goal is to follow both of them to the letter and the spirit of the law. Here are my Coles notes.

Overview

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"Disambiguation pages are solely intended to allow the user to choose from a list of ... articles" [[MOS:DAB]]

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  • {{Wiktionary}}{{wiktionary|WORD|WORD2|...|WORD5}}
  • Primary Topics?
    • Yes, one DAB entry is obviously primary as per [[WP:PRIME]]
      • eg: A school is an institution for learning.
      • Non-primary topics
        • School may also refer to:
    • No, Introductory line [[MOS:DABINT]]
      • eg: Angus McKay, MacKay or Mackay may refer to:
  • TOC?
    • Big guys: {{TOCright}}, "should be placed after the lead section of the wiki markup and immediately before the first section heading" [[MOS:DABORDER]]
    • Little guys: __NOTOC__

Individual Entries

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  • Basics? Bullet, link, cap 1st letter, no commas etc., no bold
  • "Entries should nearly always be sentence fragments, with no final punctuation (commas, full stops, semicolons, etc.)." [[MOS:DABENTRY]]
  • Redirect? "should be used to link to a specific section ... if the title ... synonymous with ... topic" [[MOS:DAB#Introductory_line]]
    • "when the link is the subject ... For description sections, consider piping"
    • "redirects should not be used in disambiguation pages ... (except when) used to link to a specific section of an article" [[WP:Piping]]
  • Piped links? No ... but ...
    • Piped links allowed for WP:ITALICS, quoting, special chars [[MOS:DAB#Introductory_line]]
    • Piped links allowed "when the link is in the description" [[MOS:DAB#Introductory_line]]
    • Piped links allowed for "linking to a specific section of an article" [[MOS:DAB#Introductory_line]]
  • Description? "kept to a minimum" [[MOS:DAB#Introductory_line]]
  • Links? "exactly one navigable (blue) link" [[MOS:DAB#Introductory_line]]
  • External links or references? No [[MOS:DAB#Introductory_line]]
  • Create entry or not?
    • No "Partial title matches" [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Lists]]
    • "Only include articles whose subject might reasonably be called by the ambiguous title" [[MOS:DAB#Organization]]
    • Entry permitted "if the subject is commonly referred to simply by Title" [[MOS:DAB#Introductory_line]]
    • "people should be listed ... only if they are reasonably well-known by it"[[WP:PTM]]
  • Entry types
    • Foreign: "Avoid adding lines for words or phrases that are simply spelled the same as an English term"
    • People
      • "Include their birth and death years ... only enough descriptive information that the reader can distinguish" [[MOS:DABNAME#Specific_entry_types]] [[MOS:DOB]]
      • "Do not include a, an or the before the description of the person's occupation or role" [[MOS:DABNAME#Specific_entry_types]]
    • Places: "it may only be necessary to write the name" [[MOS:DABNAME#Specific_entry_types]]
    • Red links: "Do not create red links to articles that are unlikely ever to be written" MOS:DABRL
    • Synonyms: "If the link is to a synonym, simply use it as it is named" MOS:DABSY
    • "If a topic does not have an article of its own ... link to that article", eg: Tail: The luminous matter anti-sunwards from a comet
  • Order of entries: [[MOS:DABORDER]]
    • Primary, sections, clarifier in brackets, clarifier following comma, item in name, "See also", alpha/chronological sort MOS:DAB#Organization
    • See also: synonyms, broader-subject MOS:DAB#Organization
    • Long lists: "In science:"
    • Long-long lists or multi-level: ==Science==
    • Two entries? Wikipedia:Hatnote WP:2DAB

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HatNotes linking to DABs

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Hatnotes "provide links to other similarly named articles or disambiguation pages." [[WP:HN]]

"Either of these two styles is acceptable" [[WP:HN]]

{{about|the insect-produced fluid}}

This article is about the insect-produced fluid. For other uses of the term, see Honey (disambiguation).

{{otheruses}}

For other uses of the term, see Honey (disambiguation).

"one is disambiguated and the other not" [[WP:HN]]

{{about|the village in England|H. P. Lovecraft's fictional town|Dunwich (Lovecraft)}}.

This article is about the village in England. For H. P. Lovecraft's fictional town, see Dunwich (Lovecraft).

Dunwich (pronounced Dun-Itch) is a town in the county of Suffolk in England, the remnant of what was once a prosperous seaport and centre of the wool trade during the early middle ages, with a natural harbour formed by the mouths of the River Blyth...

"primary meaning and two or more additional meanings" [[WP:HN]]

{{about|the mazelike labyrinth from Greek mythology}}

This article is about the mazelike labyrinth from Greek mythology. For other uses, see Labyrinth (disambiguation).

In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth was an elaborate maze-like structure constructed for King Minos of Crete and designed by the legendary artificer Daedalus to hold the Minotaur...

"term that redirects to an unambiguously named article" [[WP:HN]]

{{redirect}}

Johann Sebastian Bach


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(Redirected from Bach)

"Bach" redirects here. For other uses, see Bach (disambiguation).

Johann Sebastian Bach (IPA: [joˈhan/ˈjoːhan zeˈbastjan ˈbax]) (March 21, 1685 O.S.July 28, 1750 N.S.) was ...

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I've tried to religiously follow [[MOS:DAB]] as per my notes [[User:Hutcher/WP_DAB]]