Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation/Malplaced disambiguation pages

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Malplaced disambiguation pages.

An example: when Foogle redirects to Foogle (disambiguation). This situation is avoidable, as the disambiguation page can exist at Foogle.

The acceptance that malplaced dab pages should be corrected is outlined at Wikipedia:Disambiguation.

If Foogle has only one edit in its history then any user can move Foogle (disambiguation) there. However in most cases, only administrators can fix malplaced dab pages, since the eventual target (eg Foogle) needs to be temporarily deleted (ie, if it has more than one edit in its history). Never carry out a cut & paste move, if there is a malplaced dab page you can't move; simply list it below and an administrator will attend to it.

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[edit] Manual list

Here you can list any malplaced disambiguation pages you would like corrected. Please make sure the page isn't already listed in the dump report below. Before listing, please see if you can correct the problem yourself using the methods listed in the instructions below. Completed entries will be removed from the list.

  1. add a line "# [[Base name]] redirects to [[Base name (disambiguation)]]" below this line
  2. Template:Sibling redirects to Template:Sibling (disambiguation)—not a disambig page, but a template; probably should not be moved

[edit] Database dump report

As of the 2008-05-24 database dump, these pages redirect to their own title with " (disambiguation)" appended. Do not manually add pages to this list - use the Manual list above instead. Completed entries will be removed from the list, there is no need to strike them.

  1. ARY redirects to ARY (disambiguation)
  2. Crazy Like a Fox redirects to Crazy Like a Fox (disambiguation)
  3. Disabilities redirects to Disabilities (disambiguation)
  4. ESA redirects to ESA (disambiguation)
  5. Freitag redirects to Freitag (disambiguation)
  6. Genset redirects to Genset (disambiguation)
  7. Hellenism redirects to Hellenism (disambiguation)
  8. Holiness redirects to Holiness (disambiguation)
  9. Jailbait redirects to Jailbait (disambiguation)
  10. James Avery redirects to James Avery (disambiguation)
  11. Liberal redirects to Liberal (disambiguation)
  12. Living in the Past redirects to Living in the Past (disambiguation)
  13. Loyola University redirects to Loyola University (disambiguation)
  14. Mizar redirects to Mizar (disambiguation)
  15. Mugging redirects to Mugging (disambiguation)
  16. Olympus redirects to Olympus (disambiguation)
  17. Omegamatic redirects to Omegamatic (disambiguation)
  18. Pablo Garcia redirects to Pablo Garcia (disambiguation)
  19. SIF redirects to SIF (disambiguation)
  20. Shambala redirects to Shambala (disambiguation)
  21. Ukrainian Holocaust redirects to Ukrainian Holocaust (disambiguation)

[edit] Instructions

  1. Check the entries at Foogle (disambiguation). Do not proceed if Foogle should redirect to a primary topic instead; rather, repair the redirect as necessary.
  2. Check for cut and paste moves, which can be repaired through the process described at Wikipedia:How to fix cut and paste moves. Do not proceed until the repair has been completed.
  3. Check the history of Foogle.
    1. If there is more than one edit in the history, then only an admin can perform the move.
      1. If the history includes previous non-redirect versions containing text that has been merged into other articles and remains on Wikipedia, you may need to request help moving the page to avoid losing this edit history.
      2. If not, tag the redirect Foogle with {{db-movedab}}. Consider the edit summary db-movedab for [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation/Malplaced disambiguation pages|Malplaced disambiguation page]].
    2. If there is only one edit in the history, move Foogle (disambiguation) to Foogle. Consider the edit summary "(disambiguation)" is superfluous; see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation/Malplaced disambiguation pages|Malplaced disambiguation pages]].
  4. Consider adding {{R to disambiguation page}} to the new Foogle (disambiguation) redirect. While helpful in identifying the type of redirect, it has the possible drawback of making a revert of the move harder, since it would then require an admin.
  5. Check that all appropriate talk pages exist (incorrect redirection is often a problem with the talk pages of disambiguation pages).
    • If there is an incorrect redirect at Talk:Foogle and no new Talk page from Talk:Foogle (disambiguation), consider replacing the redirect with {{WikiProject Disambiguation}}.
  6. Check for double redirects leading to Foogle.
  7. When you have corrected a malplaced dab, remove it from the list.

[edit] Statistics

Date of database dump Number of malplaced dabs Status
2005-12-13 757 Completed
2006-03-03 351 Completed
2006-11-04 1092 Completed
2006-11-30 67 Superseded
2007-02-06 514 Completed
2007-05-27 516 Completed
2007-07-16 216 Completed
2007-09-08 242 Completed
2007-10-18 189 Completed
2007-12-18 283 Completed
2008-03-12 378 Completed
2008-05-24 300 In progress

[edit] See also