Talk:Lost Decade

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Is there a requirement that disambiguation pages link only to WP articles? If so, I cannot find it in WP:DAB. How hot is the sun? (talk) 18:22, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just to add that Wikipedia:Disambiguation dos and don'ts specifically allows for red entries, i.e. no Wikipedia page exists. How hot is the sun? (talk) 21:48, 27 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The first sentences of WP:DAB: "Disambiguation in Wikipedia is the process of resolving the conflicts that arise when a single term is ambiguous—when it refers to more than one topic covered by Wikipedia. (A "topic covered by Wikipedia" is either the main subject of an article, or a minor subject covered by an article in addition to the article's main subject.)".
WP:DABMENTION: "If the title is not mentioned on the other article, that article should not be linked to in the disambiguation page, since linking to it would not help readers find information about the sought topic."
WP:MOSDAB#External links: "Disambiguation pages disambiguate Wikipedia articles, not the World Wide Web."
The note on Wikipedia:Disambiguation dos and don'ts about red links: "An entry with a redlink must also include a blue link that mentions the term being disambiguated."

etc., etc. -- JHunterJ (talk) 10:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that nothing in the page contradicts the guidelines. All the entries link to Wikipedia articles that relate to the topic. It is not required that they link to articles that are about the topic itself. How hot is the sun? (talk) 17:50, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It is required that the linked articles include reference to the ambiguous topic, though. -- JHunterJ (talk) 19:15, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Now everything should be good. There is the issue of "Don't pipe links, unless formatting requires it.", but I think formatting does require re-piping. How hot is the sun? (talk) 20:02, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Since no formatting (bold, italics, quotation marks) was required, no piping was required. -- JHunterJ (talk) 22:25, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Glad we were able to come to a resolution. How hot is the sun? (talk) 23:01, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thailand[edit]

It appears that on June 6, 2017, 47.142.194.227 added to the list that the Thailand's economy is somehow construed as a "lost decade". 96.41.32.39 then put this addition into hidden text a few weeks later. Fifteen months later, in September 2018, Ihaveacatonmydesk put the entry back in with only a minor change.

Three months after the re-insertion, BarbadosKen massaged it a little bit, and added a reference in hidden text. On July 6, 2019, Leschnei completely deleted the entry.

It appears that only one reference (the one inserted in hidden text by BarbadosKen) has dubbed Thailand's economy as a lost decade. The reference is by author William Pesek who at the moment is not notable enough to have a Wikipedia article. Perhaps if additional references could be found, the target article could cite this "lost decade" and then this disambiguation page could legitimately link to the target article.

Alternatively, if Mr. Pesek becomes more notable and has a Wikipedia article, then his calling of Thailand's economy as a "lost decade" could be included in the "See Also" section, similar to the way China is mentioned as having the 1980's as a lost decade because Gregory B. Lee is notable enough to have his own Wikipedia article. Banana Republic (talk) 13:17, 17 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]