Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation/Malplaced disambiguation pages

Malplaced but.t se.x pages.

An example: when Foogle redirects to Foogle (disambiguation). This situation is avoidable, as the disambiguation page can exist at Foogle.

The acceptance that malplaced dab pages should be corrected is outlined at Wikipedia:Disambiguation.

If Foogle has only one edit in its history then any user can move Foogle (disambiguation) there. If it has more than one edit in its history, only administrators can fix malplaced dab pages, since the eventual target (e.g., Foogle) needs to be temporarily deleted. Never carry out a cut & paste move, if there is a malplaced dab page you can't move; simply list it below and an administrator will attend to it.

Manual list

Here you can list any malplaced disambiguation pages you would like corrected. Please make sure the page isn't already listed in the dump report below. Before listing, please see if you can correct the problem yourself using the methods listed in the instructions below. Completed entries will be removed from the list.

Add a line "# [[Base name]] redirects to [[Base name (disambiguation)]]" below this line

Database dump report

As of the 2009-06-18 database dump, these pages redirect to their own title with " (disambiguation)" appended. Do not manually add pages to this list; use the Manual list above instead. Completed entries will be removed from the list, there is no need to strike them.

Instructions

1. Check the entries at Foogle (disambiguation), "What links here" at Foogle, and the edit history and Talk page of Foogle (disambiguation) and Foogle. Do not proceed if it appears Foogle should redirect to a primary topic instead; rather, repair the redirect as necessary.
2. Check for cut and paste moves, which can be repaired through the process described at Wikipedia:How to fix cut and paste moves. Do not proceed until the repair has been completed.
3. Check the history of Foogle.
   1. If there is more than one edit in the history, then only an admin can perform the move.
      1. If the history includes previous non-redirect versions containing text that has been merged into other articles and remains on Wikipedia, you may need to request help moving the page to avoid losing this edit history.
      2. If not, tag the redirect Foogle with {{db-movedab}}. Consider the edit summary db-movedab for [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation/Malplaced disambiguation pages|Malplaced disambiguation page]].
   2. If there is only one edit in the history, move Foogle (disambiguation) to Foogle. Consider the edit summary "(disambiguation)" is superfluous; see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation/Malplaced disambiguation pages|Malplaced disambiguation pages]].
4. Consider adding {{R to disambiguation page}} to the new Foogle (disambiguation) redirect. While helpful in identifying the type of redirect, it has the possible drawback of making a revert of the move harder, since it would then require an admin.
5. Check that all appropriate talk pages exist (incorrect redirection is often a problem with the talk pages of disambiguation pages).
   • If there is an incorrect redirect at Talk:Foogle and no new Talk page from Talk:Foogle (disambiguation), consider replacing the redirect with {{WikiProject Disambiguation}}.
6. Check for double redirects leading to Foogle.
7. When you have corrected a malplaced dab, remove it from the list.

Statistics

Date of database dump	Number of malplaced dabs	Status
2005-12-13	757	Completed
2006-03-03	351	Completed
2006-11-04	1092	Completed
2006-11-30	67	Superseded
2007-02-06	514	Completed
2007-05-27	516	Completed
2007-07-16	216	Completed
2007-09-08	242	Completed
2007-10-18	189	Completed
2007-12-18	283	Completed
2008-03-12	378	Completed
2008-05-24	300	Completed
2008-07-14	171	Completed
2008-10-08	219	Completed
2009-03-06	407	Completed
2009-05-12	177	Completed
2009-06-04	77	Completed
2009-06-18	41	Completed

See also

• Help:Moving a page#Swapping two pages
• Wikipedia:How to fix cut and paste moves