Wikipedia:Disambiguation dos and don'ts

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It is neither an encyclopedia article nor one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines; rather, its purpose is to explain certain aspects of Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages. It may reflect differing levels of consensus and vetting.

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More information DO:, DON'T: ...

Users arrive at these pages with a specific article in mind. So when you edit these pages:

DO:
Limit descriptions to what's necessary.
Put the link at the start of each entry.^[a]
Sort entries; group by subject if appropriate.
Put the primary topic at the top, if one exists.
Use {{Wiktionary}} for dictionary definitions.^[b]
Fix incoming links to target the intended page.
Tag pages that need work with {{dab cleanup}}.

DON'T:
Don't include entries without a blue link.
Don't include red links unless used in articles.^[c]
Don't include more than one blue link in an entry.
Don't include references or external links.
Don't list dictionary definitions.^[b]
Don't list every article containing the title.
Don't pipe links except to format.^[a]

Also:

Do consider joining WikiProject Disambiguation.

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