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Disambiguation pages exist to clarify confusion in which two or more similarly named articles exist – for example, if two famous people have the same name. Ideally, Wikipedia articles should not link to disambiguation pages (with rare exceptions in which the ambiguity of a term is being discussed); instead, links should go directly to the appropriate article.

This page lists disambiguation pages that do have incoming links. Most of these need to be fixed. This page functions in cooperation with WikiProject Disambiguation.

Contents 1 How to help 2 Current disambiguation collaborations 3 Status and list parameters 4 2008-03-12 database dump 4.1 Progress 4.2 To do 4.3 Done 5 Other pages currently in need of attention 6 Tools

[edit] How to help

1. Pick a disambiguation page to fix from the list below. (An updated version is at Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links/Current list, but as the latter is generated automatically, comments should not be added to it.)
2. Visit the target disambiguation page.
3. Click on the What links here link in the "toolbox," which is on the left-hand side of the page if you are using the default monobook skin.
4. For each of the pages you see there, visit that page and change the link that goes to the disambiguation page to a link to one of the articles listed on the disambiguation page. The most important things to fix are links from articles in the main namespace and from "Template:" pages transcluded in the main namespace. "User:" and "Wikipedia:" administrative pages do not necessarily need to be fixed, and editing other people's comments on "Talk:" pages without their permission is usually inadvisable per the Talk page guidelines. It's okay for redirects to point to a disambiguation page, but articles pointing to these redirects need to be fixed.
5. Please remember: it is more important to disambiguate correctly than to disambiguate quickly. Make sure you make the best choice; if you're not sure, leave a note on the talk page and let someone who has a better understanding of the subject fix it.
6. Occasionally, links can simply be removed. A term should usually not be linked more than once in one article or section. Also, when the link refers to a general meaning of the word, for which there is no relevant article, removing may be the most sensible option. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links). Take care not to remove useful links, though.
7. If you fix all the main namespace links to that disambiguation page, please move it to the Done section.
8. To help people find this project, consider using an edit summary like the following: Repairing link to disambiguation page - [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links|You can help!]]
9. Some pages have topics which gather links quickly, and so need to be monitored on an ongoing basis. Also, you may have either special knowledge or a special affection for the topic of a particular disambiguation page. For these reasons or any reason, consider adopting a page.

Sometimes, if all or most of the links refer to one meaning of the article name, it may make more sense to redirect the disambiguation page to that article, and perhaps set up a disambiguation block. See Wikipedia:Disambiguation for more details.

It may help to visit the disambiguation page but not the pages it links to, or clear your browser's cache after visiting them. That way, links to the disambiguation page will show up in a different colour (as visited links) and therefore be easier to pick out. Once you become comfortable with the disambiguation process, you may wish to read the Guide to Efficient Disambiguation.

Several automated tools can be used to make disambiguation easier:

• AutoWikiBrowser is capable of mass disambiguation in semi-automatic mode. For more details, see its manual.
• popups: when you move the mouse over a link, it gives a number of options, and if it's a link to a disambiguation page and you have "popupFixDabs=true;" in your monobook.js (or similar file for other skins), then it gives you options to disambiguate the link with a single click.
• CorHomo - please use the version found here
• Wikipedia Cleaner

{{Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links/Userbox}} can be placed on your userpage to show that you fix ambiguous links. Using this box adds you to Category:Wikipedians who help fix disambiguation pages with links.

You may also use {{Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links/Usertop}} which will display the project logo in the top bar of your userpage with a link to the project page (also adds you to the Category).

[edit] Current disambiguation collaborations

1. Law enforcement (was 1763, now 780 links as of 2008-06-01)

[edit] Status and list parameters

The list below shows disambiguation pages in the main English article namespace to which there are the most links. For the purposes of this report, a disambiguation page is considered to be any article using one of the many disambiguation templates. Multiple links from a single article are counted only once. Only links from the main article namespace are counted (that is, pages with "Talk:", "User:", "Wikipedia:" and most other namespace prefixes are ignored).

It was generated from the database dump dated 2008-03-12.

Information on generating the report can be found at /Report.

Previous lists now exist at /2005-10-20 dump, /2005-12-13 dump, /2006-03-26 dump, /2006-05-18 dump, /2006-07-17 dump, /2006-09-06 dump, /2006-11-30 dump, /2007-02-06 dump, /2007-05-27 dump, /2007-08-02 dump, /2007-10-18 dump.

[edit] 2008-03-12 database dump

[edit] Progress

From the March 12 database dump, out of a total of 108,407 links, approximately 60,946 have currently been fixed.

56.2% completed (Estimate)

PLEASE READ BEFORE MAKING ANY EDITS: Kindly do not edit anything between the start of the line and the character string "|links]]". You may insert any additional information after this point. When an item is finished, please cut and paste it, without revision, to the end of the "Done" section. Thank you.

The link counts reflect the number of links from main namespace articles as of the dump date shown above. They are unlikely to be accurate at any later date; however, we keep the original count intact as a way of tracking our progress. Please do not change the link totals!

[edit] To do

1. Law enforcement: 1763 links
2. Hacker: 665 links
3. Khan: 540 links
4. Writers Guild of America: 478 links
5. Khorasan: 449 links
6. Anglo-Maratha Wars: 429 links
7. Massacre: 407 links
8. Voodoo: 398 links
9. Persian: 379 links
10. Process: 364 links
11. Enlightenment: 353 links
12. Persian Gulf War: 344 links
13. Utrecht: 343 links
14. Congregation: 337 links
15. The Apprentice: 330 links
16. Director: 326 links
17. Romance: 318 links - Currently working on this one. -Lilac Soul ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 17:20, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
18. Trawler (disambiguation): 314 links—moved to Trawler (links)
19. Synthesis: 303 links
20. Housing: 302 links
21. Populist: 296 links
22. Prime mover: 290 links
23. Secret Service (disambiguation): 290 links—moved to Secret Service (links)
24. Valencia: 290 links
25. Punjab: 287 links
26. Audio: 262 links
27. Minuscule: 257 links
28. Executive: 255 links
29. Kanyakumari: 254 links
30. Master of Arts: 253 links
31. Serbian: 249 links
32. Guyanas: 247 links—moved to Guyana (disambiguation) (links)
33. Athlete: 242 links
34. Heavy rail: 240 links
35. Church of Christ: 238 links
36. National theatre: 237 links
37. Tamil: 236 links
38. Macedonia: 232 links
39. Javanese: 228 links
40. Administrator: 224 links
41. Peruvian: 224 links
42. Anonymous: 222 links
43. Chief: 221 links
44. Development: 221 links
45. Upstate: 221 links
46. New Wave: 220 links
47. Halifax, Nova Scotia: 219 links
48. Consulting: 212 links
49. Magic: 212 links
50. Conversion: 211 links
51. Japanese: 207 links Will get around to this, as per usual. Dekimasuよ! 16:06, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
52. Conspiracy: 205 links
53. Indo-European people: 205 links
54. Men: 204 links
55. Model: 204 links
56. Network: 203 links
57. Founder: 202 links
58. Smart: 199 links
59. Sociopathy: 197 links
60. Scots-Irish: 195 links
61. Compilation: 189 links
62. High-definition: 188 links
63. Wolf man: 185 links
64. Woodstock (disambiguation): 184 links—moved to Woodstock (links)
65. Channel 9: 183 links
66. Gothic: 181 links
67. China Seas: 180 links
68. Artifact: 179 links
69. Indices of Economic Freedom: 179 links
70. Abolition: 178 links
71. Urban: 177 links
72. Action: 176 links
73. Runner: 176 links
74. Water buffalo: 174 links
75. Electronic: 173 links
76. Polish: 173 links
77. Religious right: 173 links
78. Aquatic: 172 links
79. Western: 171 links
80. Local government in the United Kingdom: 170 links
81. Cardinal: 168 links
82. Segregation: 168 links
83. Timetable: 168 links
84. Brahmi: 167 links
85. Commercial: 167 links
86. Christian Democracy (Italy): 165 links
87. Discovery Civilization / Civilisation Channel: 165 links
88. Electorate: 165 links
89. Paris Opera: 163 links
90. Tribe (disambiguation): 163 links
91. Civil law: 162 links
92. Hitachi: 162 links
93. Castile: 161 links
94. San Juan: 161 links
95. Royalist: 159 links
96. Vivisection: 159 links
97. Biennial: 157 links
98. Control: 157 links
99. Kurdish: 157 links
100. Classical: 156 links
101. Cress: 156 links
102. Halifax: 156 links
103. Disciple: 155 links
104. Master: 155 links
105. Pterygoid: 155 links
106. Reliability: 155 links
107. Egg: 154 links
108. Land: 154 links
109. Order: 154 links
110. Papua: 154 links
111. Posthumous: 154 links
112. Brotherhood: 152 links
113. Malay: 152 links
114. Dulcimer: 151 links
115. Flemish: 151 links
116. Agama: 150 links
117. Connection: 150 links
118. Dot-com: 150 links
119. Identity: 150 links
120. Medulla: 150 links
121. Saint John: 150 links
122. Devotion: 149 links
123. Escutcheon: 149 links
124. Heer: 149 links
125. Leon: 149 links
126. Normative: 149 links
127. Domination: 148 links
128. Islamic Jihad: 148 links
129. Realism: 148 links
130. Scandinavian: 148 links
131. Afro-Caribbean: 147 links
132. Masculine: 147 links
133. Arian: 146 links
134. Solicitor General: 146 links
135. Linguist: 145 links
136. Descendant: 144 links
137. Finale: 143 links
138. Neoclassical: 143 links
139. Progressive Party (United States): 143 links
140. Romanian: 142 links
141. Sycamore: 142 links
142. Brazilian: 141 links
143. Horn: 141 links - Almost finished. The "Horner" page needs to be checked for disambiguation. ­­Puceron (talk) 07:13, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
144. Industrial: 141 links
145. Papilla: 141 links
146. Tajik: 141 links
147. Absorption: 140 links
148. Joinery: 140 links
149. Saint Vincent: 140 links
150. Armenian: 139 links
151. Chlamydia: 139 links
152. Pestilence: 139 links
153. Production: 139 links
154. RAS: 139 links
155. Turk: 139 links
156. Baccalaureate: 138 links
157. Boss: 138 links
158. Channel 5: 137 links
159. Congo: 137 links
160. Distribution: 137 links
161. Kamboja: 137 links
162. Lebanese: 137 links
163. Unknown: 137 links
164. Style: 136 links
165. Substrate: 136 links
166. Universal: 136 links
167. Avars: 135 links
168. Croatian: 135 links
169. Freedom: 135 links
170. Humanist: 135 links
171. Procurator: 135 links
172. Saint John's University: 135 links
173. Untouchable: 135 links
174. Bond: 134 links
175. Forum: 134 links
176. Iberia: 134 links
177. Emission: 133 links
178. Warden: 133 links
179. Afghan: 132 links
180. Antiquity: 132 links
181. Morbidity: 132 links
182. Naga City: 132 links
183. Rehabilitation: 132 links
184. Saint James: 132 links
185. Shelter: 132 links
186. Vatican: 132 links
187. Westinghouse: 132 links
188. Aborigine: 131 links
189. Extension: 131 links
190. Jhelum: 131 links
191. Liberation: 131 links
192. Liege: 131 links
193. Episcopal Church: 130 links
194. Gupta: 130 links
195. Reaction: 130 links
196. Variety: 130 links
197. Vision: 130 links
198. Experimental: 129 links
199. Extraterrestrial: 129 links
200. Romanesque: 129 links
201. Christian Brothers: 128 links
202. Labor: 128 links—merged to Labour (links)
203. Repertoire: 128 links
204. St Paul's School: 128 links
205. Union: 128 links
206. Epidermis: 127 links
207. Hackney: 127 links
208. Transparency: 127 links
209. Chevron: 126 links
210. Florin: 126 links
211. Host: 126 links
212. Possession: 126 links
213. Provost: 126 links
214. Chaldean: 125 links
215. Charterhouse: 125 links
216. Limburg: 125 links
217. Live: 125 links
218. Preparatory school: 125 links
219. Product: 125 links
220. Surveyor: 125 links
221. Faction: 124 links
222. Gypsy: 124 links
223. Lotus: 124 links
224. Personality (disambiguation): 124 links—moved to Personality (links)
225. Trader: 124 links
226. Campeonato Brasileiro: 123 links
227. Powder: 123 links
228. Template: 123 links
229. Commission: 122 links
230. Feminine: 122 links
231. Malagasy: 122 links
232. Neutral: 122 links
233. Substance: 122 links
234. Kazakh: 121 links
235. Sampler: 121 links
236. Sinhala: 121 links
237. Work: 121 links
238. Antenna: 120 links
239. Cha-cha-cha: 120 links
240. Place: 120 links
241. Trust: 120 links
242. Gunner: 119 links
243. Counselor: 118 links
244. Practice: 118 links
245. Rothschild: 118 links

[edit] Done

[edit] Other pages currently in need of attention

See Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links/Maintenance for lists of disambiguation pages needing to be monitored for new links; and:

• /from templates, dump: 2008-03-12, status: active
• /from portals, dump: November 13, 2005, status: inactive
• /from categories, dump: 2007-08-02, status: active
• Special:Disambiguations, a special page listing links to dabs
• Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Ambiguous link, links which have been explicitly marked as "disambiguation needed"

This week's featured "problem" pages at Maintenance:

• Producer (213 links) (+27)
• Arab Empire (167 links) (+53)
• Las Vegas (150 links) (+35)
• James (137 links) (+72)
• Marty Friedman (119 links) (+58)
• CBC (230 links) (+112)

These pages have shown either a large one-week jump in links, or a steady increase over four weeks that has not been addressed.

[edit] Tools

Tools to make fixing the disambiguation pages easier.

• CorHomo — version 1.3.3 is working
  • Download .exe file for Windows
  • Download .tcl file for Unix/Linux
• AutoWikiBrowser
• m:Solve disambiguation.py
• Navigation popups
• Wikipedia Cleaner