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href="#What's_wrong_with_links_to_disambiguation_pages?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>What's wrong with links to disambiguation pages?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What's_wrong_with_links_to_disambiguation_pages?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-How_do_I_fix_dablinks?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#How_do_I_fix_dablinks?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>How do I fix dablinks?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-How_do_I_fix_dablinks?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Am_I_required_to_fix_dablinks?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Am_I_required_to_fix_dablinks?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>Am I required to fix dablinks?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Am_I_required_to_fix_dablinks?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-What_tools_are_there_for_finding_dablinks?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What_tools_are_there_for_finding_dablinks?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>What tools are there for finding dablinks?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What_tools_are_there_for_finding_dablinks?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-What_tools_make_fixing_dablinks_easier?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What_tools_make_fixing_dablinks_easier?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>What tools make fixing dablinks easier?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What_tools_make_fixing_dablinks_easier?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-What_if_there’s_no_article_to_link_to?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#What_if_there’s_no_article_to_link_to?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8</span> <span>What if there’s no article to link to?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-What_if_there’s_no_article_to_link_to?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-But_that_link_is_supposed_to_go_to_the_disambig!" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#But_that_link_is_supposed_to_go_to_the_disambig!"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9</span> <span>But that link is <i>supposed</i> to go to the disambig!</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-But_that_link_is_supposed_to_go_to_the_disambig!-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Can_I_get_DPL_bot_to_stop_putting_these_messages_on_my_talk_page?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Can_I_get_DPL_bot_to_stop_putting_these_messages_on_my_talk_page?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10</span> <span>Can I get DPL bot to stop putting these messages on my talk page?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Can_I_get_DPL_bot_to_stop_putting_these_messages_on_my_talk_page?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-I_still_have_questions_about_this._Where_can_I_leave_a_comment?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#I_still_have_questions_about_this._Where_can_I_leave_a_comment?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.11</span> <span>I still have questions about this. Where can I leave a comment?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-I_still_have_questions_about_this._Where_can_I_leave_a_comment?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-namespace">User</span><span class="mw-page-title-separator">:</span><span class="mw-page-title-main">DPL bot/Dablink notification FAQ</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="This article exist only in this language. 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this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/User:DPL_bot/Dablink_notification_FAQ" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-contributions" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/DPL_bot" title="A list of contributions by this user"><span>User contributions</span></a></li><li id="t-log" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Log/DPL_bot" title="A list of logged actions by this user"><span>User logs</span></a></li><li id="t-userrights" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:UserRights/DPL_bot"><span>View user groups</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a 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</nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"><div class="subpages">< <bdi dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/User:DPL_bot" title="User:DPL bot">User:DPL bot</a></bdi></div></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="About_dablink_notification">About dablink notification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:DPL_bot/Dablink_notification_FAQ&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: About dablink notification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_is_Dablink?"><span id="What_is_Dablink.3F"></span>What is Dablink?</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:DPL_bot/Dablink_notification_FAQ&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: What is Dablink?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dablink stands for DisAmBiguation link, and it refers to a link you've created in an article, but which unfortunately doesn't lead to the relevant article. That's not always your fault or mistake. It can happen that the term you used in the link has meanwhile been used by several writers of the article all wanting to use the same term/name. Some programmers helping with the Wikipedia project have written some code to detect when links don't point to just one article anymore and to ask your help in specifying what article you want your link to point to. It would help if you'd just have a look at which of the articles your link refers to. The programmers are helping you with programming this "robot" so that it doesn't take more than clicking some buttons/words with a hotlink and code under it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Why_did_I_receive_this_message?"><span id="Why_did_I_receive_this_message.3F"></span>Why did I receive this message?</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:DPL_bot/Dablink_notification_FAQ&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Why did I receive this message?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This message is intended as a service to experienced editors (100 or greater edits). It’s very easy to accidentally create a disambiguation link, and we’ve found that editors often appreciate knowing what needs to be fixed without having to test each and every link they create. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What's_wrong_with_links_to_disambiguation_pages?"><span id="What.27s_wrong_with_links_to_disambiguation_pages.3F"></span>What's wrong with links to disambiguation pages?</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:DPL_bot/Dablink_notification_FAQ&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: What's wrong with links to disambiguation pages?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Links to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">disambiguation pages</a> are almost always incorrect, because a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean…" article titles. The few exceptions are mostly in hatnotes and <i>See also</i> sections; this is covered by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:INTDABLINK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:INTDABLINK">WP:INTDABLINK</a>, mentioned further below. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_do_I_fix_dablinks?"><span id="How_do_I_fix_dablinks.3F"></span>How do I fix dablinks?</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:DPL_bot/Dablink_notification_FAQ&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: How do I fix dablinks?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Links to disambiguation pages are usually resolved using <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PIPE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PIPE">piped links</a>. For example, where an editor writes <span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">Captain [[John Smith]] is remembered for his role in establishing the English settlement of Jamestown</span>, he doesn’t intend to create a link to the disambiguation page <a href="/wiki/John_Smith" class="mw-disambig" title="John Smith">John Smith</a>, but to the article <a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(explorer)" title="John Smith (explorer)">John Smith (explorer)</a>. Here’s the fix: <span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">Captain [[John Smith (explorer)|John Smith]] is remembered for his role in establishing the English settlement of Jamestown</span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Am_I_required_to_fix_dablinks?"><span id="Am_I_required_to_fix_dablinks.3F"></span>Am I required to fix dablinks?</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:DPL_bot/Dablink_notification_FAQ&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Am I required to fix dablinks?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>No. Dablink cleanup is voluntary, not required. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_tools_are_there_for_finding_dablinks?"><span id="What_tools_are_there_for_finding_dablinks.3F"></span>What tools are there for finding dablinks?</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:DPL_bot/Dablink_notification_FAQ&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: What tools are there for finding dablinks?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/User:Anomie/linkclassifier" title="User:Anomie/linkclassifier">Link Classifier</a> (User script) — color-codes links, such as redirects, disambiguation links, articles up for deletion, and more. It can be turned On or Off with the tab next to the "watch" button.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets" title="Special:Preferences">Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets</a> (Gadget) — checkbox under "Appearance", to Display links to disambiguation pages in orange.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_tools_make_fixing_dablinks_easier?"><span id="What_tools_make_fixing_dablinks_easier.3F"></span>What tools make fixing dablinks easier?</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:DPL_bot/Dablink_notification_FAQ&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: What tools make fixing dablinks easier?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POPUP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:POPUP">Navigation popups</a> (<a href="/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets" title="Special:Preferences">Gadget</a>/User script) use with <code class="mw-highlight mw-highlight-lang-javascript mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr"><span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">popupFixDabs</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="p">;</span></code> set in <a href="/wiki/Special:MyPage/common.js" title="Special:MyPage/common.js">your JavaScript config file</a> — Pops up a list when mousing over a dablink. Pick the correct article from the list of links in green at the bottom of the popup.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AWB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AWB">AutoWikibrowser</a> has a setting that allows you to disambiguate links, among other edits</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CLEANER" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CLEANER">WPCleaner</a> can fix disambiguation links, among other edits</li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Qwertyytrewqqwerty/DisamAssist" title="User:Qwertyytrewqqwerty/DisamAssist">DisamAssist</a> can disambiguate links directly from the disambiguation page</li></ul> <p>There’s more listed at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DPL#Tools_and_reports" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DPL">Disambiguation pages with links</a>, including specialized software for mass disambiguation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_if_there’s_no_article_to_link_to?"><span id="What_if_there.E2.80.99s_no_article_to_link_to.3F"></span>What if there’s no article to link to?</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:DPL_bot/Dablink_notification_FAQ&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: What if there’s no article to link to?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Let’s say your article links to <a href="/wiki/John_Smith" class="mw-disambig" title="John Smith">John Smith</a>, but should really link to an article about John Smith, the ballet dancer. But there’s no such article. What to do depends on whether Wikipedia should have an article on the ballet dancer. If that person is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:N" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:N">notable</a> and warrants an article, then to solve this, simply create the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:REDLINK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:REDLINK">redlink</a> and pipe it: <code>[[John Smith (dancer)|John Smith]]</code>, which will display as <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Smith_(dancer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Smith (dancer) (page does not exist)">John Smith</a>. (See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PRECISION" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PRECISION">WP:PRECISION</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AT">Article titles</a> for how to best name a redlink.) If, however, the ballet dancer does not appear to warrant a stand-alone article, simply do not link the name at all. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="But_that_link_is_supposed_to_go_to_the_disambig!"><span id="But_that_link_is_supposed_to_go_to_the_disambig.21"></span>But that link is <i>supposed</i> to go to the disambig!</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:DPL_bot/Dablink_notification_FAQ&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: But that link is supposed to go to the disambig!"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With very few exceptions, a link should always go to an article instead of a disambiguation page. Most exceptions are in the case of <i>See also</i> sections and hatnotes such as <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Otheruses" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Otheruses">otheruses</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>. But in rare cases, an in-article disambiguation link is correct (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:INTDABLINK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:INTDABLINK">WP:INTDABLINK</a>). For example: <span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">Captain John Smith is one of many people named [[John Smith]].</span> In this case, the link to the <a href="/wiki/John_Smith" class="mw-disambig" title="John Smith">John Smith</a> disambiguation page is intentional, so we mark it as such by making use of the (disambiguation) redirect: <span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', serif; color: var(--color-content-added, #006400);">Captain John Smith is one of many people named [[John Smith (disambiguation)|John Smith]].</span> This would no longer come up in the reports for the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DPL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DPL">DPL project</a> as needing to be fixed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Can_I_get_DPL_bot_to_stop_putting_these_messages_on_my_talk_page?"><span id="Can_I_get_DPL_bot_to_stop_putting_these_messages_on_my_talk_page.3F"></span>Can I get DPL bot to stop putting these messages on my talk page?</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:DPL_bot/Dablink_notification_FAQ&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Can I get DPL bot to stop putting these messages on my talk page?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Yes. DPL bot is fully exclusion compliant, meaning you can tell it not to edit your talk page. If you include the <a href="/wiki/Template:Bots" title="Template:Bots">bots template</a> anywhere on your talk page: </p> <pre><code>{{bots|deny=DPL bot}}</code> </pre> <p>you will never receive another notice from DPL bot. Also, by specifying the bot name in the deny field you guarantee that other bots will not be blocked. You can learn more at the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Bots" title="Template:Bots">bots</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template page. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="I_still_have_questions_about_this._Where_can_I_leave_a_comment?"><span id="I_still_have_questions_about_this._Where_can_I_leave_a_comment.3F"></span>I still have questions about this. Where can I leave a comment?</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=User:DPL_bot/Dablink_notification_FAQ&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: I still have questions about this. Where can I leave a comment?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>If the bot has left a message on your page in error, please notify <a href="/wiki/User_talk:JaGa" title="User talk:JaGa">JaGa</a>, the bot’s operator. 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