Template talk:Disambig

Uh, can a sysop change some of the coding for this template? The word "disambiguation" links to a page on Wikipedia about disambiguation in the typical language sense, not disambiguation in the Wiki page sense. The Wikipedia page about it is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation Thanks. --Ando 20:20, 10 February 2008 (EST)

Done :) --Adam (talk) 01:56, 11 February 2008 (EST)

Sorting fix
To make sorting easier, can we make the automatic categorization look like this:

That will make sorting easier.

Also, add this.

Notice! If the page on which this template is placed will not properly sort itself in the categories, be sure to manually sort it by typing. Pages should generally sort by the first important word in the title.

Thanks. 19:14, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Consistency of disambiguation pages
I wasn't sure where to put this, but I noticed an inconsistency in disambiguation pages. I notice some have "(Disambiguation)" in the title, and some don't, some have the template at the bottom vs top, and I didn't find a help guide for it here on the wiki.

Also, the template says "If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article." - I notice a multiple cases where there is an internal link to a disambiguation page, (e.g. Wizzro to ring), and it probably could be left as is since the page doesn't exist, though I feel we should get it straight whether we should link to a disambiguation page or not link at all in such a case. I feel like the purpose of the link isn't quite right since people will click on the link for more info on the particular ring but find none, or something like that - like betraying expectations, or I'm just getting a vibe that it shouldn't be linked. -- KokoroSenshi 12:09, 18 November 2015 (UTC)


 * When the template says "you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article", it's just suggesting the previous page be corrected. Like someone might link to Water Temple in an article, but may actually be referring to OoT's Water Temple, but the link actually links back to the disambiguation page. If the link was intended to point to OoT's Water Temple, then it would have to be changed to Water Temple . That way, people may get to the designated page without having to go through more pages in the process.


 * Disambiguation pages mainly exist to help guide people when they are using the search bar. Most visitors will simply type in "Water Temple", and then the disambiguation page will help to direct them to the specific page they were looking for.


 * Disambiguation pages with "(disambiguation)" in its title simply means that its a navigational page aimed to help people find another subject, without the disambiguation page itself taking precedence. For example, if you go to Witch, it will take you to the page about the unnamed Witch from ALBW. There are also many other characters, mostly those with their own names, that are also referred to as "witches", so for that reason the disambiguation page exists.


 * Does that help? 18:12, 18 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Yes, thanks that helps a bit. I was thinking, is there any point in linking to a disambiguation page when the actual target or page for the particular thing does not exist? Like, there is no page or page subsection for the Wizzro's ring. But we link to the disambiguation page anyway (which is currently done on the Wizzro page)?
 * This is minor, but I feel that we should agree on putting the disambiguation template either at the top or bottom;
 * Plus, now having a better idea of its function, concerning consistency: with the search bar, users will be navigated directly (instead of the search results) to the matching page with a note at the top saying there's a disambiguation page, or the search term will go straight to the matching page which is itself a disambiguation page, right? However I notice that searching Balloon does neither, since the page does not exist, in fact having been moved from Balloon -> Balloon (disambiguation) (see http://zeldawiki.org/index.php?title=Balloon) and was wondering about the conventions/rules for these things. Thanks.


 * KokoroSenshi 01:17, 19 November 2015 (UTC)