Wowpedia talk:Disambiguation

Disambiguation format
Rather than using the Claw (pet) and Claw (druid ability) format for article names, i suggest we start to use Claw:Pet and Claw:Druid format in all disambi articles. It follows the footsteps of and would issue the upper/lowercase problem (Claw (druid)/Claw (Pet)). BlackSmith 11:27, 23 April 2008 (UTC)


 * That would be using false namespaces, and those are bad. ;). Quest: is a problematic one, as it's actually a set of content that developed in a namespace, that probably shouldn't have. --Sky (t · c · w) 23:51, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Version templates
Is it recommended for the individual pages of a faction-disambiguated quest to have the standard for notice? For instance Fly_Over uses faction disambiguation and its Alliance version contains such a notice, but the Horde version does not. In the "pro" column, those separate pages do exist, so a reader could end up on one and appreciate a quick link to the other. The downside of course is that if it's on the combined page, it's redundant with the "tabs". Perhaps the ideal would be a disambig notice that's removed when transcluded by the template, and links to the combined page...

In general, this article hasn't received a major update since at least 2007. It would be great if a knowledgeable editor could add recommendations to use the cool new features folks have been working on, for instance the versions templates - which I only recently became aware of. - jerodast (talk) 15:44, 27 June 2014 (UTC)


 * I looked over the current guidelines; here is what I would change:


 * TOP SECTION
 * Change "two primary ways" to "three primary ways".
 * Add to the list of primary ways: "multi-version pages - a single page using a template to present multiple versions of a subject under different tabs"


 * SUMMARY OR MULTI-STUB PAGES
 * Change section name to "Summary, multi-stub, or multi-version pages"
 * Alternatively, add a new "Multi-version pages" section
 * Add new paragraph: "With certain article types, a template may be used to present multiple versions of a subject on a single page, distinguished by tabs at the top. This is only appropriate when the sub-pages are truly versions of each other, such as Alliance and Horde versions of a quest, or difficulty levels of the same item. This does not apply to generally disambiguated topics - for instance Portal and Instance portal should remain on separate pages, since they are about distinct concepts."


 * DISAMBIGUATION LINKS
 * Replace "For example," and the example with "There are templates available for this purpose, for instance the for template produces this message:" [example]
 * Add paragraph depending on the answer to my question above:
 * "Disambiguation links should not be used on pages that are one version of a multi-version page employing faction disambiguation. For example, Fly Over (Horde) does not need a link because Fly Over already presents both pages linked by tabs."
 * OR
 * "A disambiguation link may be used on a page that is one version of a multi-version page employing faction disambiguation. It should link to the section of the multi-version page that refers to the alternate version; for example Fly Over (Alliance) should link to the Horde section of Fly Over using a "hash mark": Fly Over."


 * As I said I'm new to some of these features so please correct my terminology/details, and add any relevant ideas. Since these are guidelines I focused more on page and link structure than template usage; a more comprehensive guide could go in Help:Disambiguation, which also needs updating.