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Manual of Style. It is a generally accepted standard that editors should attempt to follow, though it is best treated with
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On large disambiguation pages, organizing by subject area helps readers find the page they want.
Readers should be able to find their target with minimal reading, by:
without having to descend into irrelevant sections, and without having to read anything twice. This page discusses three principles that enable that goal, and suggested headings to use.
Guidance for individual entries is at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages.
The title of each section must make it clear what kinds of entries it contains, and all entries that fall within that subject area must be there. Also:
To minimize the reading users need to do on average, avoid both long, undivided sections, and lots of small sections:
Entries that are not fully categorized belong in an "Other uses [in topic]" section at the end of the page or section (but before any "See also" section). The space above the first section on the page (or above the first subsection in a section) should not have any entries ("orphans"), except for:
And these entries should be repeated in the appropriate sections. "Loose" entries at the top of a page or section don't appear in the table of contents, and readers can easily miss them.
If all the "other" entries in a section can be described by a plural noun, the words "uses in" should be avoided, e.g.: Other people, not Other uses in people; Other media, not Other uses in media.
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, not bold text or
semicolon markup, for headings (see
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[note 1]Organizing schemes not based on subject area can be confusing. Avoid organizing entries by etymology, pronunciation, or whether the items are acronyms or not – these schemes assume knowledge that the reader may not have.
Certain variations on the ambiguous term may be used to sort entries within sections, such as:
but these should not usually be the basis for section divisions, particularly when a subject area scheme can be used instead. For more on sorting within sections, see MOS:DABORDER.
This scheme, or any part of it, may be used to organize disambiguation pages. Braces ("{}") suggest alternative terms, which may be split up and recombined in keeping with the principles above. Common pitfalls that may make dab pages harder to navigate are marked in red.
NOTE! These headings are an example only; most disambiguation pages will only use a few of these headings. They should be liberally modified, supplemented, and promoted or demoted to different header levels to best suit each particular page. Disambiguation pages are enormously varied, and another scheme may better suit a given page.
Remember to remove visible braces ("{ }") and pipes ("|") before saving a dab page.
[Title] may refer to:
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Vector 2022 skin, but affects users of older skins.
This
guideline is a part of the English Wikipedia's
Manual of Style. It is a generally accepted standard that editors should attempt to follow, though it is best treated with
common sense, and
occasional exceptions may apply. Any substantive edit to this page should reflect
consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on the
talk page. |
Manual of Style (MoS) |
---|
On large disambiguation pages, organizing by subject area helps readers find the page they want.
Readers should be able to find their target with minimal reading, by:
without having to descend into irrelevant sections, and without having to read anything twice. This page discusses three principles that enable that goal, and suggested headings to use.
Guidance for individual entries is at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages.
The title of each section must make it clear what kinds of entries it contains, and all entries that fall within that subject area must be there. Also:
To minimize the reading users need to do on average, avoid both long, undivided sections, and lots of small sections:
Entries that are not fully categorized belong in an "Other uses [in topic]" section at the end of the page or section (but before any "See also" section). The space above the first section on the page (or above the first subsection in a section) should not have any entries ("orphans"), except for:
And these entries should be repeated in the appropriate sections. "Loose" entries at the top of a page or section don't appear in the table of contents, and readers can easily miss them.
If all the "other" entries in a section can be described by a plural noun, the words "uses in" should be avoided, e.g.: Other people, not Other uses in people; Other media, not Other uses in media.
==
Wiki headings==
, not bold text or
semicolon markup, for headings (see
WP:PSEUDOHEAD).{{
TOC right}}
.
[note 1]Organizing schemes not based on subject area can be confusing. Avoid organizing entries by etymology, pronunciation, or whether the items are acronyms or not – these schemes assume knowledge that the reader may not have.
Certain variations on the ambiguous term may be used to sort entries within sections, such as:
but these should not usually be the basis for section divisions, particularly when a subject area scheme can be used instead. For more on sorting within sections, see MOS:DABORDER.
This scheme, or any part of it, may be used to organize disambiguation pages. Braces ("{}") suggest alternative terms, which may be split up and recombined in keeping with the principles above. Common pitfalls that may make dab pages harder to navigate are marked in red.
NOTE! These headings are an example only; most disambiguation pages will only use a few of these headings. They should be liberally modified, supplemented, and promoted or demoted to different header levels to best suit each particular page. Disambiguation pages are enormously varied, and another scheme may better suit a given page.
Remember to remove visible braces ("{ }") and pipes ("|") before saving a dab page.
[Title] may refer to:
{{
TOC right}}
template has no effect in the
Vector 2022 skin, but affects users of older skins.