Template talk:Disambig

Ocean Disambig Proposal
I propose using a different disambiguation template (putting those pages in another category) for pages dealing with the same island/arch on two different oceans. This is because people usually make sure that no articles are listed in Special:Disambiguations. However, in pages such as Wood, Charcoal Island is listed as Cobalt/Viridian, so that the link MUST be to Charcoal Island instead of a non-existant "intended" article.

I propose this:

''This is a disambiguation page &mdash; a navigational aid that lists other pages which might otherwise share the same title &mdash; for the specific purpose of mostly-identical objects on two different oceans, such as islands or archipelagos. These types of disambiguation articles are categorized seperately from regular disambiguation articles.''

AySz88^ - ^ 22:51, 20 August 2005 (PDT)


 * That's a little wordy, but I like the idea. We don't want people to mistakenly "correct" links to these pages.  --Barrister 00:03, 21 August 2005 (PDT)


 * My only comment is nifty, but when it comes to fixing all the cob/vir pages...."Not it!" :) --Guppymomma 00:19, 21 August 2005 (PDT)


 * Might be easier than I thought at first. We can just change Template:CobVir to add the new category for now, and we'd need to remove Category:Disambiguation from those pages.  AySz88^ - ^  11:51, 24 August 2005 (PDT)


 * Good ideas Darvian! 11:59, 24 August 2005 (PDT)


 * Oh, I forgot to say, it's done. AySz88^ - ^ 17:08, 4 October 2005 (PDT)

Usage
I guess the sentence

(DO NOT use this template for Cobalt/Viridian disambiguations

in the usage is historical ? --Alfwyn 09:19, 18 March 2008 (PDT)
 * Actually, it's still valid. Take a look at CobVir.  You'll see that a whole bunch of island disambiguation pages use it.  It's a little crufty but has served us well.  --Barrister 00:27, 19 March 2008 (PDT)
 * Hm, the uses I see use CobVir together with this template - it's the DO NOT use this template-part that's a bit strange. Another thing, not sure if AzuMid should be mentioned together with CobVir. --Alfwyn 05:02, 19 March 2008 (PDT)

Since the usage got just updated I just want to stress again, that every single use of the mentioned disambig templates is used in conjunction with this template. The 'DO NOT use this template' part seems to be historical and now just wrong (it looks like templates like CobVir once included this template but probably this didn't work well with the disambig special page). The Style guide note on this template seems to be similar outdated. I'll change those documentation glitches if there are no objections. --Alfwyn 17:46, 7 July 2009 (UTC)