User talk:Dekimasu/Incoming links
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[edit] Hmmm
How about replacing the link to the what links here with: [{{fullurl:Special:Whatlinkshere/{{FULLPAGENAME}}|namespace=0}} internal link]. That way it takes them directly to the mainspace links instead of all links. --Bobblehead (rants) 20:35, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for the feedback - I've changed things around a bit again and added the markup you suggested. I've been meaning to initiate a discussion as to whether or not to start using this template, but I've been too busy to ask for opinions. Do you see any reason why I shouldn't move this into the template namespace? Do you think a link to DPL somewhere would be productive? I had included one originally, but it seemed a bit too much like an advertisement for the maintenance division. Dekimasuよ! 02:30, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
- I saw it on the Newfoundland article and decided to take a look at it. Personally I'd point the link to Wikipedia:Disambiguation to WP:DPL instead. Other than that, perhaps it should be a "This disambiguation page has a number of internal links that require cleanup..." That way the template can be thrown on any of the disambiguation pages that comes up on the list, not just the ones that have a large number of links to them. But either way, I'd throw a discussion onto DPL because a template seems like a good idea to me. --Bobblehead (rants) 03:53, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
- Maybe linking "linked" to DPL is a good compromise? Many of our cleanup messages link really basic guideline/help pages (for example, the manual of style or Wikipedia:Cleanup), so I think the WP:DAB link is useful for descriptive purposes. About which pages apply, I think 100 links could be considered "a large number" depending on the situation. My choice of words there was mostly related to keeping the template applicable to a manageable number of pages so that the transclusions are maintainable. If people remove the tag when they finish disambiguating, that's great... but I don't have confidence it will always happen. Some people who use tools to disambiguate spend very little time on the dab page itself, as evidenced by the number of pages where all the links are fixed but {{disambig-cleanup}} remains in place. Dekimasuよ! 06:05, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
- I saw it on the Newfoundland article and decided to take a look at it. Personally I'd point the link to Wikipedia:Disambiguation to WP:DPL instead. Other than that, perhaps it should be a "This disambiguation page has a number of internal links that require cleanup..." That way the template can be thrown on any of the disambiguation pages that comes up on the list, not just the ones that have a large number of links to them. But either way, I'd throw a discussion onto DPL because a template seems like a good idea to me. --Bobblehead (rants) 03:53, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
