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- See the Disambiguations category for a list of disambiguation articles.
[top]Distinguishing the disambiguated target articles
A disambiguation article points to various target articles that have a specific context, so you need to make sure these target articles have names which are different from the generic article that needs disambiguation.
- Make sure to name the various disambiguated articles with some context before you link to them in the disambiguation article:
- Disambig article naming method 1:
- Use name in the form of
: - Example Druid:Claw.
- Use name in the form of
- Disambig article naming method 2:
- Use name in the form of
(
) - Example Chest (container).
- Use name in the form of
- Disambig article naming method 1:
- You can use move to rename articles assuming the new name isn't used already.
[top]Making a disambiguation article
Once you've made the target articles distinctive, you need to make an article with links to articles with specific context.
- Add the
{{disambig}}
tag to the top of the page. - Disambig listing method 1:
- Start with "
Were you looking for:
" (optionally add
). - List each related article link with some context or in a descriptive question:
- Optionally, separate each entry with an
–OR–
or simply-OR-
.
- Example:
- :
* The Pet:Claw|claw]] pet ability?
- :
:–OR–
- :
* The Druid:Claw|claw]] druid bear form ability?
- Looks like:
- :Were you looking for:
- :* The claw pet ability?
- ::–OR–
- :* The claw druid bear form ability?
- Example:
- Start with "
- Disambig listing method 2:
- List each related article beginning with "
For more information on the
":, see .
- Example:
- :
* For more information on the pet ability, see Pet:Claw.
- :
* For more information on the druid bear form ability, see Druid:Claw.
- Looks like:
- :* For more information on the pet ability, see Pet:Claw.
- :* For more information on the druid bear form ability, see Druid:Claw.
- Example:
- List each related article beginning with "
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