Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Disambiguation/Archive 5

message: I would be grateful for advice on issues concerning Ptolemy (disambiguation). I have summarised the editing history and centralised links for discussions at Talk:Ptolemy (disambiguation). If you have any advice or comments, please leave them there. Thanks. Carcharoth 00:39, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments invited on Ptolemy disambiguation page 

message: Does rationing count as a disambiguation page? If not, is there a suitable category to put it in as an article that gives an overview of the use of a term in many different subject areas? Carcharoth 13:18, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks suspiciously like a multi-stub page to me... -- Natalya 16:12, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does this count as a disambiguation page? 

message: I'm not sure if this is the appropriate forum for a help request, so I apologize if I'm out of place.  Regardless, I have discovered there is a need for a disambiguation page for Marcus Claudius Marcellus.  If you follow the link, the details are in the discussion page.  Thank you for your time.--ScottieB 00:59, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It turns out only disambiguation links were needed, and it has been taken care of. :) -- Natalya 02:03, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help Request for [[Marcus Claudius Marcellus]] 

message: I came across WTF and it didn't seem to still need cleanup, but I have little expierence in this area, so I thought I'd ask here. JesseW, the juggling janitor 22:07, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you take a look at the Manual of Style for Disambiguation Pages, you'll probably notice that WTF is substantially different that what disambiguation pages are supposed to look like.  It's not *all* that bad, but mainly the problems are the long descriptions for each article.  It makes it a big harder because What the fuck redirects to WTF, though there is no appropriate article.  I'd suggest moving the "What the fuck" information to a separate article, but what do other people think? -- Natalya 01:19, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think there's enough here for at least one split, but I'm too prudish to do it myself.  Also, several of the entries are unencyclopedic and need to be eliminated altogether. --Smack (talk) 01:37, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WTF]]?  Still needs cleanup? 

message: Disambiguating links to Bosnia (disambiguation) is pretty difficult, because it's hard to tell which ones should point to Bosnia and Hercegovina, and which to plain old Bosnia.  What should we do about this tough case? --Smack (talk) 03:06, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bosnia 

message: As a newbie, I thought I should ask for help on this: Sths currently
redirects to Santa Teresa High School. However, the abbreviation
is also used by Sydney technical high school. Can the
redirect be removed, or changed into a disambiguation page
with links to both pages? TIA Winterelf 03:57, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I had a go at this myself. Actually, I redirected Sths to STHS, and put the disambig page there. You're welcome to check. Many thanks. Winterelf 10:43, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help on dab for [[Sths]] 

message: On Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation#Primary topic links, I'm proposing to remove some confusing (and apparently often ignored) sentences from the guideline. Any comments are welcome. If there are no objections, I will remove the sentences after a week or so. older ≠ wiser 14:10, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  RFC on minor change to text of WP:D 

message: I'm starting to tidy up the Democracy (disambiguation), and would appreciate some input.  I've removed some links such as First Party System, but they are being defended as articles people interested in democracy need "disambiguated".  This seems (to me) to clearly be what a disambiguation page is not, but some other views would be appreciated. The discussion thread is at Talk:Democracy (disambiguation)#Weeding_the_links- David Oberst 16:38, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Input requested at [[Democracy (disambiguation)]] 

message: I was going to create a new article about the writer Lisa Tucker (well-known novelist of young adult literature), but the Lisa Tucker currently on Wikipedia is the American Idol contestant/singer. First thought was- make Lisa Tucker (disambiguation) and use the singer as the main Lisa Tucker. On second thought, they both seem to share equal, average, notability on Google search result pages. In fact, the writer Lisa Tucker has more news that override the singer Lisa Tucker (whom, the only news the singer has is when American Idol or Star Search is referenced.) What should be done? Should the current Lisa Tucker be moved to Lisa Tucker (singer)? Or should a new page, Lisa Tucker (disambiguation) be created? User:Arual 20:40, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Since it doesn't seem like there is any obvious primary topic, it seems most appropriate to have the disambiguation page be at Lisa Tucker, move the current article there to Lisa Tucker (singer), and create the article you want to create at Lisa Tucker (author).   -- Natalya 22:00, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Lisa Tucker]] 

message: This is an embarrassing example of "We forgot!"...
It's something called "McQueen". In light of recent movies, what does that mean...
Lightning McQueen.
And somebody forgot to put it at McQueen (a disambiguation page).
I did it because:
Imagine. Somebody is looking for the Lightning McQueen article, and they just type "McQueen". The disambig that comes from there did not have Lightning McQueen, thus being a dead-end to the search. The article Lightning McQueen existed, but it now is also linked from the aforementioned disambiguation page. -Tracker (>talk) 02:41, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  McQueen (thunderbolt) 

message: In case you don't have :Category:Disambiguation on your watchlist, there's some discussion at Category talk:Disambiguation#Secondary disambiguations of some new subcategories which may be of interest (or concern). older ≠ wiser 22:07, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  new disambiguation subcategories 

message: I looked through the talk archives and couldn't find the answer. Do we use  for pages with style problems only, or do we also use it for pages that (pretty much) follow MoS:DP but are missing content. For example, see Orlando. --Usgnus 07:18, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  When to use disambig-cleanup? 

message: Anyone else want to comment at Talk:Grass? --Usgnus 15:14, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grass 

message: OK. I'm not sure who I should talk to about this, but I think there should be a disambiguation page for the phrase "Romana". It should definitely include the two most obvious choices: Pax Romana and Romana, the companion of The Doctor. But where do I stop? Should I include La Romana province? Romana d'Annunzio? Pedro Caro y Sureda, Marquis of La Romana? Any advice? 74.226.201.126 19:25, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Go ahead. Be bold. I think it should obviously include Romana, Pax Romana, La Romana and  Romana d'Annunzio. --Zoz (t) 22:12, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep.  You probably don't need the redlink to the Marquid os La Romana, since La Romana would be included anyway.  Let us know if you need any help. -- Natalya 23:11, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: As an anon they can't start a new page, so I created the page for them. --Zoz (t) 01:02, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  A term that needs disambiguation...and advice 

message: It's a bit above me to do, but the disambiguation page for amelia is meshed in with amelia the disease. Could someone extricate it & add a link to Amelia (novel)?--Ibis3 13:53, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.  --Interiot 14:35, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks so much. It looks much less confusing now. --Ibis3 17:13, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  separate dab from disease 

message: I've looked through the disambigutation policy and didn't find anything that really addressed this question: should the relative important of the pages to potentially be disambiguated matter? The two pages in question are scope creep and scope creep (relationships) Antonrojo 16:52, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Just realized the article had been deleted making this an academic question. Antonrojo 17:09, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep, it does matter, because you will have to decide if there is a primary topic or not.  For information primary topics, you can take a look at Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Primary_topic and Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(disambiguation_pages)#Linking_to_a_primary_topic. -- Natalya 17:19, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for input on disambuation link 

message: Hi, I just made available a new mediawiki engine feature: From now on, the MediaWiki:Disambiguationspage page is a regular wiki page with the list of all disambibuation templates. It should have a short description, plus links pointing to all templates used for disambiguation. The page may be in any format, and contain any number of links, but only links to the Template: namespace will be treated as disambiguation templates.
Once you change it, the Special:Disambiguations will start showing all the pages linking to disambiguation pages, thus allowing users to correct links - and point them to the specific topics. That list gets regenerated every week (might be more often - need to check with admins).
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. --Yurik 19:08, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Disambig engine feature. Please READ! 

message: Hello, I am TrackerTV from WP:PCP. We need to collaborate with you on the new disambiguation Power Point. Please talk with us at WT:PCP. Tracker/TTV (myTalk|myWork|myInbox) 20:21, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This discussion has actually now been moved here because it was getting off-topic at the original talk page.  The problem is essentially the varied pages you get sent to via Powerpoint/Powerpoints, Power point/Power points, PowerPoint/PowerPoints, and Power Point/Power Points.  The talk page has more detailed info. -Zappernapper 18:36, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

text: This issue has now been resolved, thnx anyways. -Zappernapper 18:34, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Collaborative disambiguation at [[Power Point]] 

message: Please help me to talk to the senses of a fan of the "Igor" name disambig page. `'mikkanarxi 03:01, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems to me like this is more of a content dispute. Perhaps another sllight would be in order. "Igor (disambiguation)"? "Igor as a word, Other uses of "Igor"? Also, I notice no attempt to discuss this one that article's talk page was made by either party. This is disappointing. Ace Class Shadow; My talk. 03:37, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a message I just made to Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages)#Igor (where mikkalai also made the complaint): There's a Talk:Igor page for such discussions; that would be a better place to start. But I think removing the lists of people with a name is the minority opinion. Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages)#Hndis needs its own Manual, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allen (surname), Talk:Jennifer. -- JHunterJ 11:54, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Igor]] 

message: Hello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory.  This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you.   B2T2 13:36, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Project directory