Wikipedia:Disambiguation dos and don'ts

This information page describes the editing community's consensus on some aspect or aspects of Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages. It is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines.

Shortcuts: WP:DDD WP:D3

Users arrive at these pages with a specific article in mind. So when you edit these pages:

DO: Put the target link at the start of each entry. Keep descriptions short. Organize, in sections if needed, with "other uses" last. List the primary topic first, if one exists. Link to {{Wiktionary}}, if useful. Fix incoming links to point to the intended page. Tag pages needing work with {{disambiguation cleanup}}	DON'T: Don't pipe links, unless formatting requires it. Don't include multiple blue links in an entry. Don't include entries without a blue link. Don't include red links that aren't used elsewhere.1 Don't include every article containing the title. Don't include dictionary definitions. Don't include references or external links.
Also: Do consider joining WikiProject Disambiguation.

1.^ 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 term being disambiguated.

See also[edit]

• Guideline
• Manual of Style
• Reader help