විකිපීඩියා:Disambiguation dos and don'ts

Disambiguation pages are not encyclopedia articles – they are navigation aids!
Users arrive at these pages with a specific article in mind. So when you edit these pages:
DO:
Limit descriptions to what's necessary.
Put the target link at the start of each entry.[lower-alpha 1]
Sort entries; if sectioning, put "Other uses" last.
Put the primary topic at the top, if one exists.
Use {Wiktionary} for dictionary definitions.[lower-alpha 2]
Fix incoming links to point to the intended page.
Tag pages that need work with {dab cleanup}.
DON'T:
Don't include entries without a blue link.
Don't include red links unless used in articles.[lower-alpha 3]
Don't include multiple blue links in an entry.
Don't include references or external links.
Don't list dictionary definitions.[lower-alpha 2]
Don't list every article containing the title.
Don't pipe links unless formatting requires it.

Also:

Do consider joining WikiProject Disambiguation.

Notes

  1. ↑ Unless the target article is not the ambiguous item itself.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Put the wiktionary template at the top of the page to provide a link to dictionary definitions.
  3. ↑ To see if a red link is used in existing articles, click the red link, then click "What links here" in the toolbox on the left. An entry with a redlink must also include a blue link that mentions the ambiguous term.

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