Help:Disambiguation

The technique of disambiguation is one way to resolve name conflicts.

It is generally to be used only if the concepts are unrelated; for theorems, disambiguation is always required.

Instructions
To disambiguate a page, first ensure that the page (if it exists) previously on the place the disambiguation will be is given an appropriate new title. See Help:Page Naming.

Take care to update any links to the page (which can be viewed using the "What links here" option in the menu, under Toolbox) to the new page before installing the disambiguation. If this is an involved and long-winded task, an appropriate invocation of Template:WIP may be added to the disambiguation page to signify the task is still unfinished.

When this is all taken care of, replace the content of the page with:


 * Disambiguated Page 1
 * Disambiguated Page 2
 * Etc.

It is understood that when the disambiguation resides in the  namespace, it is to be placed in Category:Definitions. Disambiguations of theorems needn't be added to a category.

Each entry may feature a short line describing the particular page it links to, but this isn't required.

When the disambiguation is finished, it is a good idea to put an instance of the About template at the top of every page it disambiguates.

Instructions on how to use this template can be found by following the link above.

Also see

 * Help:Name Conflict