Wikipedia:Disambiguations for discussion
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Disambiguations for discussion (Dfd) is a place where disambiguations for which one or more issues arise can be discussed.
Before nominating a disambiguation for discussion
[edit]Before opening a DfD debate, there are certain actions you can take boldly without administrative assistance. If such a move is uncontroversial, (meaning that it does not get reverted if performed once), there is no need for a DfD debate. If it gets reverted, then a DfD debate can be opened.
Actions that can be taken without assistance include:
- Creating a disambiguation page at a title where no page currently exists
- Adding and removing entries on existing disambiguation pages
- Merging two or more separate disambiguation pages
- Splitting an existing disambiguation page into two or more pages
However, there are two kinds of actions that should never be undertaken without discussion:
- Moving an article used as a primary topic to a new, non-existent title, and converting the previous title to a new disambiguation page if there was none before (see WP:USURPTITLE)
- Moving a plain title used for a disambiguation page to XXXXX (disambiguation), then using that plain title for a new article
What to use this page for
[edit]Primary topic debates
[edit]A primary topic is the main meaning of a term with multiple meanings. For example, the primary meaning of the word pillow is a large cushion support for the head or for the body. Any other meanings of the word pillow are found on the page Pillow (disambiguation).
For some words and names in which two or more meanings are pretty common, it may be difficult to determine a primary topic. An example is the word squash, which may refer to the plant (Squash (plant)) and the sport (Squash (sport)) as well as all of the less common meanings. When this is the case, it is generally the custom to use the plain title as the disambiguation page.
There are times when it is debateable whether to use a plain title for a primary topic or as a disambiguation page, or which meaning of a term should be the primary topic. Such debates can only be resolved through a discussion with an attempt to obtain a consensus.
Reasons to make a title a primary topic
[edit]- Obvious usage: It is obvious to all through a consensus that a single meaning of the title is the most common usage. For example, while there are many meanings of the word "oxygen", Oxygen is used for the element, and all other meanings are found at Oxygen (disambiguation).
- Traffic statistics: Care must be taken to account for the current arrangement of articles, though, when comparing the traffic for the base name vs. traffic for the other topics. New redirects are sometimes created to assist with this determination, such as with EA; see Talk:EA (disambiguation)#Requested move (May 2010).
- Incoming wikilinks from Special:WhatLinksHere
- Google searches of web, news, scholar, or book hits searches
Invalid reasons for making a title a primary topic
[edit]- Oldest topic
- Original holder of the name
- Most recent topic
- Anecdotal evidence from the nominator (usually, "this is the only one I'm familiar with")
Deletion/merging of disambiguation pages
[edit]There are various reasons for a disambiguation to be deleted or merged. Please be aware that any disambiguation that meets criteria for speedy deletion can be speedy deleted accordingly.
Disambiguations with too few entries
[edit]A disambiguation is considered to have too few entries if the title used does not contain "(disambiguation)", and it lists nothing more than the primary topic and one other entry.
If there is a single meaning of a term other than that of the primary topic, it should be entered onto the top of the primary topic's page as a hatnote.
If the page has an edit history that has versions significantly longer than the one proposed for deletion, it should be merged or redirected in order to keep older versions accessible in the event one wishes to improve upon it.
It is probably a good idea before nominating a disambiguation for deletion over having too few entries to see in the edit history if there is an older version with more entries. If so, it may be worth discussing if other entries that were removed belong or not, if this has not been done already.
Dictionary entries
[edit]Wikipedia is not a dictionary. If a disambiguation page contains nothing more than a series of dictionary entries for a term, it should be deleted on the basis of this guideline.
Variations
[edit]Two or more variations of a title with the same meaning can be merged when all entries are combined and the resulting single page is still short enough to all or mostly be seen on the same screen. They are considered variations for this guideline when there are:
- Case variations (ALL CAPS verses lowercase)
- Tense variations (plural, -ed, -ing, etc.)
- Compound verses two separate words (e.g. "Passionfruit" and "Passion fruit")
Variations should NOT be merged when:
- They are spelled differently, and there is a notable difference between the spellings (e.g. Wait and Weight (disambiguation))
- They are spelled and pronounced differently most of the time (e.g. Base and Bass, both disambiguations)
- The main entry has a specific disambiguating purpose, such as in name disambiguations, where if combined, would dominate the list
Article alerts
[edit]Articles for deletion
- 17 Aug 2024 – Pan American Airways (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Deeday-UK (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 17 Aug 2024 – The Elder Scrolls (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Mika1h (t · c); see discussion (8 participants)
- 14 Aug 2024 – Poșta Veche (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by FromCzech (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
- 11 Aug 2024 – Peter Rowley (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Clarityfiend (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
- 04 Aug 2024 – Vĩnh Hòa (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Northernhenge (t · c); see discussion (9 participants; relisted)
- 11 Aug 2024 – Camarines (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by HueMan1 (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 18 Aug 2024; see discussion (4 participants)
- 07 Aug 2024 – Catchment area (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 17 Aug 2024; see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
- 05 Aug 2024 – Honey G (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by SnookerLoopyOneFourSeven (t · c) was closed as keep by Liz (t · c) on 12 Aug 2024; see discussion (7 participants; relisted)
Proposed deletions
- 19 Aug 2024 – 天照 (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Remsense (t · c): concern
- 09 Aug 2024 – Henry Aaron (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by CFA (t · c) was deleted
- 06 Aug 2024 – Harvey Smith Ladew (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c) was deleted
- 06 Aug 2024 – Gas check (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c) was deleted
- 06 Aug 2024 – Endang (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c) was deleted
- 06 Aug 2024 – De Horst (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c) was deleted
- 06 Aug 2024 – Beau Ideal (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c) was deleted
- 06 Aug 2024 – All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c) was deleted
- 05 Aug 2024 – Not Dead Yet (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by CFA (t · c) was deleted
Redirects for discussion
- 14 Aug 2024 – Enjoyable (talk · edit · hist) →Enjoy was RfDed by 1234qwer1234qwer4 (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Aug 2024 – Silly mountain (talk · edit · hist) →Hanshan was RfDed by Peter James (t · c); see discussion
- 29 Jul 2024 – Minister for Cities (talk · edit · hist) →Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government#List of ministers for cities was RfDed by Fork99 (t · c); see discussion
Requested moves
- 18 Aug 2024 – Tommy Robinson (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Tommy Robinson (disambiguation) by Cremastra (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Aug 2024 – The Void (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to The Void (disambiguation) by Skyerise (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Aug 2024 – Heimlich (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Heimlich (disambiguation) by Theleekycauldron (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Aug 2024 – Over my dead body (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Over My Dead Body by Roman Spinner (t · c); see discussion
- 16 Aug 2024 – Don't Know What to Do (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Don't Know What to Do (disambiguation) by JohnCWiesenthal (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Aug 2024 – Charles de Chambrun (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved by BarrelProof (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Aug 2024 – Zyn (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Zyn (disambiguation) by CFA (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Aug 2024 – Canadian (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Canadian by JuniperChill (t · c); see discussion
- 13 Aug 2024 – Deadlock (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Deadlock by Zxcvbnm (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Aug 2024 – Michael Bowes-Lyon (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Michael Bowes-Lyon (disambiguation) by Walco1 (t · c); see discussion
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Articles to be merged
- 13 Aug 2024 – Buttonwood (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Button wood by Donald Albury (t · c); see discussion
- 28 May 2024 – Pickles (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Pickle by Walsh90210 (t · c); see discussion
- 07 May 2024 – Sam Shore (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Samuel Shore by Laterthanyouthink (t · c); see discussion
- 28 Apr 2024 – Reflexivity (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Reflexive by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Mar 2024 – Geoffrey Andrews (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Jeffrey Andrews by Boleyn (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Mar 2024 – Pags (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Pag by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c); see discussion
- 23 Mar 2024 – Pag (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Pags by Shhhnotsoloud (t · c); see discussion
- 21 Feb 2024 – B Train (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to B Line by Presidentman (t · c); see discussion
- 11 Feb 2024 – Reflexive (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Reflexivity (disambiguation) by FatalSubjectivities (t · c); see discussion
- 10 Feb 2024 – Watering hole (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Waterhole by Laterthanyouthink (t · c); see discussion
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Articles for creation
- 15 Aug 2024 – Draft:Gut Rat (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 64.229.88.34 (t · c)
- 15 Aug 2024 – Draft:Fram 2 (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
- 15 Aug 2024 – Draft:Mario I (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
- 11 Aug 2024 – Draft:Notre Dame de Bon Secours (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
- 13 Jul 2024 – Draft:Bon Conseil (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
- 12 Jul 2024 – Draft:Mary of Good Counsel (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
- 30 Jun 2024 – Draft:French Pavilion of Versailles (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Beatrizsborges (t · c)
- 16 Aug 2024 – Draft:Mary Hunter (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by 2600:8807:A781:2E00:C001:DF92:58C8:A55A (t · c) was accepted to Mary Hunter (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) by Garsh2 (t · c) on 18 Aug 2024
- 15 Aug 2024 – Draft:Mary Boyce (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by 2600:8807:A781:2E00:2824:A17C:97A3:C843 (t · c) was accepted to Mary Boyce (disambiguation) (talk · edit · hist) by Hey man im josh (t · c) on 16 Aug 2024