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edits to this page should reflect consensus. Shortcuts MOS:DMOS:D MOS:DABMOS:DAB MOS:DISAMBIGMOS:DISAMBIG MOS:DABPAGESMOS:DABPAGES WP:MOSDABWP:MOSDAB...

September 2008 (UTC) Keep. Should this have had a PROD first? According to WP:MOSDAB, Some disambiguation pages with "(disambiguation)" in the title list only...

they looked like discussions where they said WP:MOSDAB a bunch of times and then got lazy and put MOSDAB a few times. ☺Coppertwig (talk) 22:55, 16 March...

July 2009 (UTC) Comment. Avtozavodsky is a dab page, so WP:MOSDAB applies to it. Per this MOSDAB provision, on a page called Title, entries merely having...

main section, and the rest of the page should be formatted according to MOSDAB (unlike the mess it is right now) 128.84.125.178 (talk) 16:49, 12 April...

on the primary topic article to link directly to the secondary topic (WP:MOSDAB). I put a hatnote at the primary to the only other entry. Boleyn3 (talk)...

particular style of writing and formatting are required for these pages: see WP:MOSDAB for details. The location of a disambiguation page is typically the ambiguous...

same verb but rather terms that may be mistaken for one another. While WP:MOSDAB states that linking to a redirect on a disambiguation page is normally not...

that they are expanded any time soon? As for turning this into a dab page, MOSDAB currently prohibits creating dabs with red links which are not used in any...

for William Herschel as they don't conform to the manual of style (See WP:MOSDAB#Examples of individual entries that should not be created). Neither of these...

seem to fall within the Galactic quadrants (Star Trek) exception in WP:MOSDAB where redirects should be prefered in disambig pages. As such there seems...

one topic per WP:MOSDAB. I will clean it up, including correcting the primary. Hatnotes irrelevant to DAB or not - please read WP:MOSDAB next time. Widefox;...

17 March 2012 (UTC). Keep and restore the other meanings, and re-write MOSdab. Rich Farmbrough, 01:46, 17 March 2012 (UTC). Disambiguation pages are to...

on the primary topic article to link directly to the secondary topic (WP:MOSDAB). I put a hatnote at the primary to the only other entry. Boleyn3 (talk)...

term. ╟─TreasuryTag►contribs─╢ 08:21, 7 March 2009 (UTC) Delete - See WP:MOSDAB; we don't have disambiguation pages for topics with less than three articles...

Gene93k (talk) 16:09, 20 May 2014 (UTC) Delete - once cleaned up per WP:MOSDAB it's clear that it would be eligible as speedy G6. PamD 13:04, 21 May 2014...

of MOSDAB while many others take a broader interpretation. Of course one way to get around the narrow interpretation is to convert the "semi-MOSDAB" page...

July 2007 (UTC) Fair enough. I thought of that but didn't because of WP:MOSDAB, but I suppose this would be a good application of WP:IAR. —Elipongo (Talk...

views) – (View log) Redirect to Kaczynski. Unnecessary disambiguation. See MOSDAB:Disambiguation pages with only two entries. Visor 13:36, 2 November 2007...

because there are no pages!. Tavix (talk) 11:29, 19 August 2008 (UTC) Keep WP:MOSDAB#Red links states that "A link to a non-existent article (a "red link") should...

on the primary topic article to link directly to the secondary topic (WP:MOSDAB). I put a hatnote at the primary to the only other entry. Boleyn3 (talk)...

is a bit of an odd case, but I'm not seeing a consensus for deletion. WP:MOSDAB does not seem to provide conclusive guidance here, and certainly there is...

specific work of art, both are used. Choose based on recognizability and/or preciseness, without disambiguating unnecessarily per WP:MOSDAB guidelines....

of the two redlinks does not somehow negate the bluelinks. Please see WP:MOSDAB for guidelines for the use of redlinks in disambiguation pages, and if needed...

unnecessary disambig. There was previously a second redlink on it, but as WP:MOSDAB states we shouldn't have disambig pages with only one blue link anyway....

allow users to choose among several Wikipedia articles" (quoted from WP:MOSDAB), so there is little point in having such a page for a single article. The...

articles are valid per WP:DABMENTION - a valid disambiguation page, read WP:MOSDAB next time Widefox; talk 12:09, 9 November 2012 (UTC) The above discussion...

Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 05:56, 10 October 2017 (UTC) Delete - WP:MOSDAB states; Disambiguation pages ("dab pages") are designed to help a reader...

Uzma Gamal (talk) 15:11, 23 September 2012 (UTC) Keep - I fixed piping/MOSDAB issues  Done, which is irrelevant for DAB AfD reasoning. Seldom used in...

All#People_named_Allen, which is why WP:MOSDAB reads the way it does. -- JHunterJ 16:04, 24 August 2006 (UTC) Keep. The reference to WP:MOSDAB is thoroughly misleading...

page.‎ The result was Withdrawn, and guess who needs to brush up on WP:MOSDAB? Non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter...

WP:MOSDAB. This acts like a safety valve to save the dab page from destruction, and nominating it for Afd without reading and understanding WP:MOSDAB is...

none of which would be at this title. Cleaning up the disambig per WP:MOSDAB would leave "'''Alternate''' may refer to: {{wiktionary}} {{disambig}}"...

FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Inappropriate DAB page. While funny, doesn't meet WP:MOSDAB requirements, among others. Shadowjams (talk) 10:28, 19 August 2010 (UTC)...

Now that I've taken a closer look at the Manual of Style, I see that WP:MOSDAB#Red links would allow (I think) the appearance of entries of the form "John...

synonyms but rather terms that may be mistaken for one another. While WP:MOSDAB states that linking to a redirect on a disambiguation page is normally not...

(books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Per WP:MOSDAB disambiguations should only list red links when other articles also contain...

August 2008 (UTC) Keep: I would argue that it should stay. According to WP:MOSDAB, Some disambiguation pages with "(disambiguation)" in the title list only...

WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Invalid disambig page: only 2 items, per WP:MOSDAB in such cases we use redirect (in this case to surname page) with hatnote...

stock exchanges (which would not be candidates for a dab page as per WP:MOSDAB, since their names only contain the word "Börse" but are not confusable...

deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:30, 6 January 2012 (UTC) Keep, WP:MOSDAB allows for redlinked pages, but it's preferable that the corresponding bluelinked...

scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) This page violates WP:MOSDAB, namely regarding including definitions and WP:DABNOT regarding partial...

prejudice to (re-)creating a disambiguation page in the form recommended by WP:MOSDAB  Sandstein  13:39, 16 January 2011 (UTC) Ecostructure (edit | talk | history |...

15:49, 11 October 2013 (UTC) Keep: I have cleaned up the dab page per WP:MOSDAB - it previously linked to the primary topic Surrey town through a redirect...

you will see about 300 shortcuts that all use lower-case wp. This wp:mosdab is only one of them. Is this RfD intended to remove them all? Deprecating...

and has a convoluted structure at its best. Read closely, it doesn't meet MOSDAB; I would be willing to let that go (I tried to clean it up to match it)...

Comment. My understanding is that NRHP generally does not do hatnotes. WP:MOSDAB says that 2-article dab pages are unnecessary but harmless. • Gene93k (talk)...

deletion of articles. One minor mistake I found was this. By convention in WP:MOSDAB, the only links on disambiguation pages should be to the derivative pages...

information. And before anyone says keep, this is a disambiguation page, see WP:MOSDAB#Examples of individual entries that should not be created and...

on the primary topic article to link directly to the secondary topic (WP:MOSDAB). I put a hatnote at the primary to the only other entry. Boleyn3 (talk)...

mentioned in articles per MOS:DABMENTION, three entries are enough per WP:MOSDAB - this is a valid DAB page, per JHunterJ. Widefox; talk 11:46, 9 November...

This one has a list of names beginning "Nuclear", which goes against WP:MOSDAB: To make matters worse, there are plenty of other articles in existence...

nomination is based on the statement that the page should be deleted as MOSDAB-incompliant, my comment is simply a clarification of that misunderstanding...

Chaykovsky redirects to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. (GENERAL WP RULE: WP:MOSDAB guideline) If such a redirect cannot be set up due to a collision of meanings...

Nowhere in the article "Isares" appears, therefore it goes against WP:MOSDAB and WP:NOTDICT. It also mentions that "Isares [is] Thai male given name"...

example MOSDAB. The adware called winad makes the redirect inappropriate, but I haven't found anything notable outside Wikipedia called MOSDAB. Cenarium...

or infrequently used terms. The majority of the page goes against the WP:MOSDAB guideline, in that "Entries should not be pipe-linked". Other than the "See...

Station1 knows this complies with MOS:DABRL and every other aspect of wp:MOSDAB policy! Station1 and i have worked together cooperatively sometimes, and...

is nothing being disambiguated as all entries are non-inclusions per WP:MOSDAB. Non-admin closure. —KuyaBriBriTalk 20:22, 1 June 2011 (UTC) Solarus (edit |...

I can see all entries should be removed for the page to conform with WP:MOSDAB Taemyr 23:12, 9 June 2007 (UTC) *Comment: Allpages search for outer gives...

JIP | Talk 06:26, 5 January 2012 (UTC) Delete, when converted to a WP:MOSDAB compliant dab page, there's one entry. I've redirected to same entry. Not...

(disambiguation), delete the redirect from Samsung(Name), format it per WP:MOSDAB, and put an {{otheruses}} hatnote on Samsung. cab 01:16, 16 April 2007 (UTC)...

DJ Clayworth (talk) 17:34, 21 April 2008 (UTC) Delete, unneeded. Per WP:MOSDAB#Red links, they should only exist on DAB pages if they are also (a red link)...

harmless. And I've cleaned it up, too, unpiping the dabbed link per WP:MOSDAB. PamD (talk) 22:31, 19 May 2009 (UTC) Speedy keep, wrong venue. This should...

(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 18:40, 5 June 2008 (UTC) Delete fails WP:MOSDAB.  Esradekan Gibb  "Talk" 00:24, 6 June 2008 (UTC) Speedy Delete G6 Agree...

Tom's Cabin", a song by Warrant from Cherry Pie based on the style guide WP:MOSDAB. It "counts" just fine. As for "meriting" complexity, I have to ask, "What...

FENS · JSTOR · TWL) A disambig page with only two items is invalid per WP:MOSDAB - Altenmann >talk 04:23, 17 December 2023 (UTC) Delete as per nomination...

disambiguation pages seemed relatively straight forward. Careful consulting of WP:MOSDAB gave me most of the information I needed to be able to cleanup problematic...

(disambiguation) is a perfectly valid item for this dab, please see WP:MOSDAB#"See also" section which recommends adding likely misspelling and terms...

Carrite (talk) 16:08, 7 August 2011 (UTC) Comment. The first line of WP:MOSDAB states "Disambiguation pages ("dab pages") are designed to help a reader...

separate pages. – Margin1522 (talk) 20:31, 7 March 2015 (UTC) delete per MOSDAB: the exact title has only two meanings. "Hitchhiker (dab): and "Hitcher...

say its sorta listcruft 3tmx 17:43, 12 August 2007 (UTC) Delete. Per WP:MOSDAB, "do not create entries merely because Title is part of the name". That...

now, while both those pages exist. Have reformatted the dab page per WP:MOSDAB. PamD 08:56, 5 January 2022 (UTC) Comment - we should put this AfD on hold...

Quiddity (talk) 21:34, 12 August 2012 (UTC) I was not aware of that note on MOSDAB. Thank you for pointing it out to me. Neelix (talk) 18:47, 13 August 2012...

page should be kept, moved back to its old title, and cleaned up per WP:MOSDAB. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 14:40, 4 October 2011 (UTC) Keep as modified. I've...

and a redirect would be useful at the disambiguation page Drax per WP:MOSDAB, which says "This guidance to avoid piping means that a link to a redirect...

in the relevant article and we can (only) then list it on the dab per WP:MOSDAB / WP:DABMENTION. Widefox; talk 01:13, 3 July 2020 (UTC) Redirect (and merge...

Tavix (talk) 13:58, 18 January 2019 (UTC) Keep as a dab page (i.e. fix per mosdab if necessary) - or as a minimum as a redirect to an anchor in a list. DexDor...

satisfy WP:MUSIC) and move Skybox (disambiguation) to Skybox per WP:D and WP:MOSDAB. B.Wind (talk) 02:47, 23 June 2008 (UTC) Delete and Revert to dab page -...

delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log) Delete. Per WP:MOSDAB, a dab cannot exist with only one entry with a blue link. Boleyn2 (talk)...

arguing that "it isn't notable". I couldn't find anything to help in WP:MOSDAB#Red links (which only talks about what red links shouldn't be included)...

is also mainly used on disambiguation pages which is discouraged per WP:MOSDAB#Images and templates. (Especially this big). LittleWink (talk) 18:50, 14...

it to Metatron (disambiguation) and prune and wikify it according to WP:MOSDAB? --Tikiwont 14:33, 6 March 2007 (UTC) If we do so, we should probably remove...

at Jane Smith or at Jane Smith (disambiguation)), add your entry (see WP:MOSDAB for guidelines, or just follow the existing style). If there is an article...

Minimal information, yes, but hardly unuseful. 2. As for style rules, note WP:MOSDAB#Break rules: "For every style suggestion above, there is some page which...

December 2006 (UTC) Keep Seems like a valid disambig page. Please see WP:MOSDAB --NMChico24 00:57, 3 December 2006 (UTC) Keep, don't see anything wrong...

needed as a shortcut, and it's not in wide usage (Special:WhatLinksHere/MOSDAB). Though it doesn't seem to have other meanings, we can't exclude that in...

disamb. page already. -Fnlayson (talk) 22:23, 13 December 2007 (UTC) WP:MOSDAB#Introductory line says this: "AU may refer to" is preferable over "AU, au...

Conference" page is a disambiguation page, and therefore should comply with WP:MOSDAB. It didn't, by a very long shot, and "this edit" brings the dab page back...

case of an unnecessary dab page. I have cleaned up this dab page per WP:MOSDAB, where previously it had an unexplained piped link from a variant spelling...

log) List of pages that happen to have "designated" in the title. See WP:MOSDAB#Examples of individual entries that should not be created JHunterJ (talk)...

miss the point of DABS, and should probably study up on them at WP:DAB, WP:MOSDAB and wikiproject disambiguation before attempting to cull/delete others....

dab entries, "Mobile phone safety" as strictly interpreted per WP:D / WP:MOSDAB... The articles don't have alternative, bolded titles "Mobile phone safety"...

(Disambiguation-related discussion refactored to the talk page) Per WP:MOSDAB, disambiguation pages serve a limited purpose: to help a user navigate to...

Hyperactive. Cunard (talk) 05:06, 27 August 2008 (UTC) Keep, though per WP:MOSDAB the links to the artists should be removed and the links to the albums should...

standard disambiguation article that follows the standard Manual of Style (WP:MOSDAB), and a different article that contains just the list of mountains with...

2016 (UTC) Agree 100%. Last time I checked, we don't have good guidance in MOSDAB for useful dictionary based entries in dabs. For example synonyms not listed...

rather than just to daraf. I've tweaked the dab page to make it more WP:MOSDAB-compliant for now. PamD 10:39, 11 December 2016 (UTC) It used to have one...

20:36, 10 December 2025 (UTC) In the case of decision, an editor cited WP:MOSDAB before changing the article to a disambiguation page. It's unclear if any...

I made a small change to comply with the advice not to pipe links at WP:MOSDAB, otherwise looks good to me. Ivanvector (talk) 01:30, 25 February 2015 (UTC)...

correctly on the DAB page as we couldn't expand the initialism before (per WP:MOSDAB). Widefox; talk 14:12, 12 June 2013 (UTC) Delete Spam for non-notable management...

September 2016 (UTC) @Uanfala: No. Please get yourself familiar with WP:MOSDAB. If you disagree with what it says, please try to introduce the change you...

February 2008 (UTC) Keep, should be separate from disambiguation page per WP:MOSDAB. Now has infobox etc as a standard Given Name article. - Fayenatic (talk)...

Because disambiguation pages disambiguate Wikipedia articles. See WP:D and WP:MOSDAB. Red links are allowed, as long as they are "escorted" by blue links. --...

gets a WP article, then have a dab page, but stripped down to the bare WP:MOSDAB-compliant version. PamD 13:08, 5 January 2016 (UTC) Keep, this is a useful...

the counterargument, as this dab doesn't conform to our usual format WP:MOSDAB but is useful and used. If the links were at the target, that would IMHO...

13 July 2022 (UTC) Keep, Revert to redirect. If kept, modify to meet WP:MOSDAB. I suggest: SW19 may refer to: A postcode in London's SW postcode area,...

term, and has hundreds of page views; I think it deserves its own page. MOSDAB itself says "ignore these guidelines if doing so will be more helpful to...

interested. MOSDAB actually permits (but discourages) photographs. But that hasn't stopped people from removing photos while citing MOSDAB. If MOSDAB focused...

--Damiens.rf 15:34, 29 August 2008 (UTC) That page currently breaks WP:MOSDAB for having multiple blue links per line. I'll fix that now. If the article...

disambiguation, but there's no dab page. It's currently a redirect (and by MOSDAB policy it can't be anything else), that's why it's here. Shadowjams (talk)...

Addison is a dab page that includes redlink entry for CT one (which per MOSDAB can be deleted by any editor, so CT article should be created?) Allentown...

IMO, the template should not be transcluded on disambiguation pages. WP:MOSDAB#Images and templates pretty clearly discourages such use. The current language...

this role would not be fulfilled, and the entries should be removed per WP:MOSDAB, at which point the page itself might collapse into nothingness. This does...

notable they would have at the very least an infra-stub here. Per Wikipedia:MOSDAB, entries must have at least a blue link, and sending readers to external...

included, as that is a partial title match, and such are prohibited by WP:MOSDAB. Neelix (talk) 19:00, 8 November 2013 (UTC) Brilliant - I'll withdraw this...

disambiguation pages. Gorrad (talk) 14:14, 10 May 2010 (UTC) Please see WP:MOSDAB#Examples of individual entries that should not be created: "On a page called...

disambiguation page. (I'll start a discussion about this language at WT:MOSDAB.) That being said, there's nothing wrong with this page in particular assuming...

British football up until that date. --Mal 20:34, 4 March 2006 (UTC) WP:MOSDAB: "usefulness to the reader is the principal goal. So ignore these guidelines...

case, and I'll do it, since it's not burdensome to me. See also Wikipedia:MOSDAB#Images and templates for recommendation to avoid templates on disambiguation...

primary, then a normal disambiguation page is used at the base name. per WP:MOSDAB Dwpaul (talk) 18:02, 21 September 2013 (UTC) See also...

known as "Jewish Seminary", this line will be removed in accordance with WP:MOSDAB. bd2412 T 00:39, 26 October 2014 (UTC) Keep The term "seminary" in this...

recommendation on that), the link on the dab page needs to be changed per WP:MOSDAB.147.70.242.43 (talk) 21:44, 4 August 2009 (UTC) The above is preserved as...

13 January 2018 (UTC) It's obviously not completely consistent with WP:MOSDAB, in particular WP:PTM. -- JHunterJ (talk) 20:16, 14 January 2018 (UTC) Keep...

them, well start with Wikipedia:Disambiguation, and run from there. WP:MOSDAB also sets out some of the basics.) If you're seriously set on changing the...

am saying is correct. Ottava Rima (talk) 23:38, 23 July 2008 (UTC) The MOSDAB guidance for primary topics is a fairly mechanical formula. If a disambiguation...

that the intro sentence of a disambiguation page does not conform to WP:MOSDAB, then he or she is probably capable of rewriting the intro sentence to conform...

location information that a standard disambiguation page cannot (per WP:MOSDAB). I can't quite see how deleting it helps. I cannot support the merging...

we have sources, can and should be corrected to bring us in line with WP:MOSDAB. Both the original editor(s) at the surname, and I considered these important...

Error Example No. 2) Nom stated in edit summary that rigid adherence to MOSDAB is "mandated by policy". You'd think he'd know better, but I refer him to...

NRHPs having the same red-link. MOS:DABRL explicitly allows red-links, but MOSDAB usually requires one blue-link for each red-link entry. See this extended...

also"). If by any chance this template survives deletion, I suggest that WP:MOSDAB be amended to specify that this template is not to be included in dab pages...

- which is not necessary for only two items to be disambiguated (per WP:MOSDAB#Disambiguation pages with only two entries). --Scott Alter 03:39, 1 March...

ItsZippy (talk • contributions) 23:07, 30 May 2015 (UTC) Continue at WT:MOSDAB#Looking to clarify MOS:DABMENTION. EdJohnston (talk) 13:14, 31 May 2015...

procedure and will stop that. I need a few minutes to clean it up to meet MOSDAB guidelines fully, MOS:DABRL in particular. Question: did i see indication...

I still disagree with the principle that consistent application of WP:MOSDAB is a higher priority than helping people locate encyclopaedic content. Thryduulf...

discussion was keep. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 22:43, 25 June 2017 (UTC) Template:Mosdab (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) Unused warning from 2006...

01:16, 29 January 2013 (UTC) It has now been edited to comply with WP:MOSDAB.--ukexpat (talk) 01:20, 29 January 2013 (UTC) Thank you both very much....

edit warring;; persistently adding links which are not permitted by WP:MOSDAB is vandalism. PamD 15:50, 13 February 2017 (UTC) Read about vandalism before...

the disambiguation page, practically, by disambiguation page rules (wp:MOSDAB). The AFD was opened by its nominator who would actually like to add more...

Disambiguation guidelines for this project, designed in compliance with WP:MOSDAB: Route alignments are disambiguated by the time period that they existed:...

suggest migrating these to the template and detailing their use in WP:MOSDAB (or at minimum the latter). Widefox; talk 11:38, 10 October 2016 (UTC) Widefox...

editors. Those subtle dab issues (e.g. synonyms aren't well defined in WP:MOSDAB) but that discussion was bulldozed by this ill-thought out nom, while at...

Kingturtle (talk) 22:00, 29 February 2008 (UTC) reply - Per WP:DAB and WP:MOSDAB, a disambiguation link is preferred over a disambiguation page when there's...

after a complete. See also Talk:MS to see how the edits are contrary to WP:MOSDAB and consensus there. This is not the first time Abtract has engaged in disruptive...

word in that diff. Further, it has comments explaining it per MOSDAB! Check WP:MOSDAB - all my edits are in line with that, and the reasoning explicitly...

disambigs. -Mask 00:02, 11 September 2006 (UTC) Just a note, my revision to WP:MOSDAB made it less restrictive, not more. My edits since then were indicated by...

CorHomo and Navigation popups Jenova20 - Recommended by JhunterJ Jerzy - When MoSDab was sent for consensus, I (briefly) thought it was a mistake, so I guess...

and warnings of several editors [86] [87] [88] [89] final [90] (and WP:MOSDAB). This disruption hasn't stopped after a final warning, or threats of being...

and thus knows full well all the reasons why the item was legit as per WP:MOSDAB, etc. However, he's now acting as if he doesn't know, and has: (diff) Once...

I can see all entries should be removed for the page to conform with WP:MOSDAB. Another such useless dab created by the same user, Outer, is also undergoing...

Talk:Fraternity. EdJohnston (talk) 03:54, 5 August 2008 (UTC) I have read Wikipedia:MOSDAB, and I understand that a disambiguation page should be only links, and any...

retarget Futz! there, as the better overall solution, and one could stretch WP:MOSDAB to link both to the list and the production company. Moreover, time expired...

you haven't already, you might want to crosspost on the talk page of WP:MOSDAB. I think it's a good idea (but also, a lot of work) to increase uniformity...

January 2015 (UTC) Redirect dabs are for multiple articles, not the same one. MOSDAB "are designed to help a reader find Wikipedia articles on different topics"...

name are listed. Redlinks are acceptable, so long as they conform to WP:MOSDAB by including an accompanying bluelink. Smith House Main Street Historic...

example, although in general disambiguation pages should not have images, WP:MOSDAB says that there are a few cases where having an image or several is helpful...

I hate to break it to you, but they were making the page comply with WP:MOSDAB, and you were reverting their legitimate changes. I've restored the page...

revert: [139] (") 5th revert: [140] (film to top, blanked entries, against MOSDAB) 6th revert: [141] (") 7th revert: [142] (") Diff of edit warring / 3RR...

made to this disambiguation page removing external links, contravening WP:MOSDAB. 124.169.112.128 (talk) 13:17, 21 April 2009 (UTC) Page: History of Chile...

limited local consensus on the talk cannot override the wider consensus at WP:MOSDAB and AfD. Even if Debresser considers themselves right, clear edit warring...

a real surprise for me to see this applied to a Project Disambiguation MOSDAB-maintainer like JHunterJ). The way AeronPeryton handled me at User_talk:Wareh#Na...

- write the article first and after it may be a valid dab entry per WP:MOSDAB / disambiguation (or WP:DABMENTION respectively). Until then, it is not...

in his heart a dab page should look like (i.e. not WP:MOSDAB!) I'd expect adherence to MOSDAB to loosen as time goes on, he's less "on parole" and his...

(UTC) The template "isn't correct about redlinks - they are allowed per WP:MOSDAB, and duplicates the normal dab editnotice which links to the do's and don't...

different topics that could be referenced by the same search term" (per WP:MOSDAB)? Mhockey (talk) 14:47, 6 December 2010 (UTC) I've been discussing this...

reverting any attempt to have it point to the disambiguation page. Under WP:MOSDAB, if a title is ambiguous it should be a or point to a disambiguation page...

descriptions, which is the point of repeating "song". No problem with WP:MOSDAB, so take it up on talk per WP:BRD. Which Bkonrad has failed to do. -- JHunterJ...

AfDing scores of non-notable "rappers" and "indie" bands). I like doing WP:MOSDAB cleanup, too. 3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past...

adding appropriate cleanup tags and formatting it in accordance with WP:MOSDAB. I have tried very patiently to explain to this editor that extra links...

Most Venerable Order of Saint John even though (1) this is contrary to WP:MOSDAB and (2) the fact that there is currently a proposal for changing the article...

After an intervening edit by another user (cleaning up the page per WP:MOSDAB, Yaksar reverts to the full dab page 07:30, 17 December Srnec reverts to...

title. I've rewritten the disambiguation page to be more in-line with WP:MOSDAB. --Paul_012 (talk) 10:26, 2 June 2025 (UTC), 11:05, 2 June 2025 (UTC) Also...

some rule...": The page as it existed upon nom'n cannot comply with WP:MoSDab bcz per Individual entries, "These pages are to help the user navigate to...

February 2016 (UTC) Perhaps a discussion with the content experts at WT:MOSDAB first to clearly establish how the edits match consensus, then here if necessary...

occasionally inflicted by disambiguation page editors who interpret wp:MOSDAB differently or who simply march to a different drummer. These disambiguation...

were to be typed into the search field. This is based on the section of WP:MOSDAB which states: When a page has "(disambiguation)" in the title, users are...

WP:MOSNUM, MOS:DATE, MOS:NUM Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages WP:MOSDAB, WP:MOSDP, MOS:DAB, MOS:DP Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Ireland-related articles...

multiple articles that could occupy a single term; Santorum in this case. WP:MOSDAB covers the layout of disambiguation pages. Josh Parris 22:40, 10 February...

raised an issue on WP:MOSDAB about how to handle the see also section for human name disambiguation. Basically, I think that MOSDAB should make clear stylistic...

as in copy provided by Sphilbrick at his Talk upon my request, included MOSDAB-compliant supporting bluelinks, and also a cross-wiki link to the German...

wondering about the rules for external links on disambiguation pages. WP:MOSDAB indicates that there should never be external links on a disambig page,...

consisting of only red links is not unlikely to be nominated for deletion. WP:MOSDAB does explicitly say that redlinks not used in articles should not appear...

by deleting mention of other Midway Bridges in the world, I tried adding MOSDAB-compliant entries with supporting bluelinks to List of bridges in the United...

with access to christian press sources might be able establish it. Per WP:MOSDAB the redlinks should be removed unless it can be established they exist in...

23 October 2016 (UTC) Is not my definition. Either it is a dab and WP:MOSDAB applies or it is something else like a set index. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject...

in the first place? Me or him? Who has no complete understanding of WP:MOSDAB and is making up own conditions for MOS:DABRL and even after being asked...

else's proposal there. Pseudomonas(talk) 13:51, 11 August 2009 (UTC) WP:MOSDAB is a better place. Taemyr (talk) 13:52, 11 August 2009 (UTC) (EC) A few...

(improperly speedied) disambiguation page complied with WP:D and WP:MOSDAB (under MOSDAB, disambiguation pages are not to have external links - and citations...

but she doesn't have an article, so it would be a red link. Looking at WP:MOSDAB#Red_links, you would need to find an article where that same red link is...

prefixes like "Sir" should not be included in the article title and per WP:MOSDAB we don't need disambiguations for names of persons when there is only one...

Lieutenant of Melkor (GotR) “It is self-evident that you know nothing about WP:MOSDAB” followed by a threat August 7 2012 under ROC/Taiwan and PRC/China against...

22:02, 2 December 2009 (UTC) It's back, I've made it compliant with WP:MOSDAB, we can move on. Josh Parris 02:26, 7 December 2009 (UTC) The above is preserved...

of the primary topic so are not included in a dab per WP:DABCONCEPT / WP:MOSDAB "Where there are additional meanings that are not instances or examples...

as if Kraxler, whose edit summaries JGVR quotes, is simply enforcing WP:MOSDAB in these pages. Note that there's nothing wrong with "congressman"; we can...

not even an ongoing back-and-forth here. We have guidelines (WP:D and WP:MOSDAB) about what entries should be included on disambiguation pages; I've posted...

My interpretation of WP:MOSDAB is that they do not warrant deletion. If this is incorrect, then it would be best for WP:MOSDAB to be reworded to say these...

February 2016 (UTC) Perhaps a discussion with the content experts at WT:MOSDAB first to clearly establish how the edits match consensus, then here if necessary...

disambiguation pages. The Manual of Style for disambiguation pages (WP:MOSDAB) has a policy addressing such links (WP:INTDABLINK) which states that intentional...

January 2019 (UTC) APODAB and APOSURNAME does not handle the things WP:MOSDAB do, namely, the format of lists List of people with surname Spencer, and...

only for listing ambiguous possibilities, not for free-association. WP:MOSDAB#The "See also" section lists what sort of things should go in a disambiguation's...

(trees/nuts) 14:46, 12 July 2021 (UTC) As a dab page it's too far beyond MOSDAB and would be torn to shreds. I quite like the stub, but it's unsourced and...

disambiguation page [1]--Sunfyre (talk) 08:40, 15 May 2022 (UTC) @Sunfyre: WP:MOSDAB Disambiguation pages are used "when different topics could be referred to...

WP:SIA (now a WP:BROADCONCEPT) so incorrect to have a dab redirect per WP:MOSDAB. (dab was converted to SIA, update now to a DC). No incoming links. No plausible...

disambiguation pages that sometimes have footnotes (which we could easily note at WP:MOSDAB. Doug Mehus T·C 20:24, 24 February 2020 (UTC) There is a longstanding WP:CONSENSUS...

that such action is right. So there would have to be new consensus at WP:MOSDAB to use the templates on disambiguation pages, not here. -- JHunterJ (talk)...

section; this seems consistent with the sectionization guidance provided at WP:MOSDAB. See OBO and ACV and YAI. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 01:15, 4 June 2009...

synonyms but rather terms that may be mistaken for one another. While WP:MOSDAB states that linking to a redirect on a disambiguation page is normally not...

18:40, 7 December 2007 (UTC) 12. I'm curious as to which part of the WP:MOSDAB guideline suggests (or, did suggest) that we remove mention of Nitrogen...

surnames" discussion above). The discussion there doesn't change WP:D or WP:MOSDAB, and where it disagrees with those guidelines, the dab guidelines should...

enforcement Template:Orphaned short Template:Replaceable short Template:Mosdab Template:Policyalteration Template:No personal headings Template:Userfied2...

issues, and how many frequent AfD discussants have seriously studied both MoSDab and MoS? It's not surprising that the arguments are hard to follow here...

inclusion of additional metadata and references (otherwise prohibited by WP:MOSDAB) is deemed to add value and where there is a WikiProject willing to handle...

are requesting assistance. We are sorting out some subtleties for the WP:MOSDAB guideline, about how to handle disambiguation entries that may or may not...

listed on the NRHP in Arkansas which is not in perfect compliance with wp:MOSDAB guideline. The issue which dab-focussed editors bring up from time to time...

on the primary topic article to link directly to the secondary topic (WP:MOSDAB). I put a hatnote at the primary to the only other entry. Boleyn3 (talk)...

July 2009 (UTC) Comment. Avtozavodsky is a dab page, so WP:MOSDAB applies to it. Per this MOSDAB provision, on a page called Title, entries merely having...

of more WP:AGF, using the ambiguous term in the dab is preferred per WP:MOSDAB / dab project common practice). Widefox; talk 01:09, 15 June 2015 (UTC)...

discuss disambiguation-page guidelines. The newer consensus at WP:D and WP:MOSDAB is to treat lists of name-holders (who aren't known by the single name)...

level whether or not the article actually exists. There is a section of MOSDAB that addresses this, but I'm loath to simply say 'you should leave red-links...

summary Template:Missing rationale Template:Missing rationale short Template:Mosdab Template:Movepages Template:Moving pages Template:Movingpages Template:Mp0...

needed for the fictional character to create a standalone article (and MOSDAB frowns on having dab pages with links to redirects). I'd urge listing the...

maintaining name pages? --Kickstart70-T-C 00:17, 11 June 2007 (UTC) WP:MOSDAB has guidance on these sorts of pages, and basically what it advises is sticking...

readers wanting some sort of western military alliance (likely NATO). In WP:MOSDAB synonyms are valid entries, without needing to be bolded alternative names...

common in disambiguation pages (the possibility is mentioned explicity at WP:MOSDAB, I think). Those that are most germane are actually listed in the main section...

(pipelinking the American band link) contradicts established guidelines on WP:MOSDAB and does not solve the problem that we are still going to be having long...

Minimal information, yes, but hardly unuseful. 2. As for style rules, note WP:MOSDAB#Break rules: "For every style suggestion above, there is some page which...

for lists of nicknames or slang terms. The Dook disambug page fails WP:MOSDAB since disambig pages are not supposed to have references in them. It's not...

wikilink]~:74.60.29.141 (talk) 22:09, 10 January 2013 (UTC)  Done Moved to Pat Farrell (politician) per WP:MOSDAB. --Jayron32 23:20, 10 January 2013 (UTC)...

of the two redlinks does not somehow negate the bluelinks. Please see WP:MOSDAB for guidelines for the use of redlinks in disambiguation pages, and if needed...

probably end up using, anyway, where vertical bars are discouraged. (WP:MOSDAB) The fact it's used doesn't mean it's the best method. A bot could probably...

2016 (UTC) Agree 100%. Last time I checked, we don't have good guidance in MOSDAB for useful dictionary based entries in dabs. For example synonyms not listed...

pages should not contain infoboxes or footnotes. The full guide is at WP:MOSDAB. They're meant to be as simple-as-possible, purely a signpost at the crossroads...

Personally, I'd leave them separate and use a "See also" section (see WP:MOSDAB for the recommended style). In other words, I'd do what you originally did...

the other "Family name" disam pages, and make sure it complies with WP:MOSDAB. – ukexpat (talk) 20:59, 16 November 2009 (UTC) Et voilà, you have Goldscheider...

for William Herschel as they don't conform to the manual of style (See WP:MOSDAB#Examples of individual entries that should not be created). Neither of these...

is a bit of an odd case, but I'm not seeing a consensus for deletion. WP:MOSDAB does not seem to provide conclusive guidance here, and certainly there is...

you will never get consensus to remove them with a bot. See Wikipedia:MOSDAB#Red links. On another topic, is this intended to be a one-time run, or something...

below the article text. Target of redirect: Cowman (profession) Reason: WP:MOSDAB; please put redirect in Category:Redirects with possibilities. 69.3.72.9...

sources and random thoughts, then go ahead and open a discussion at wp:MOSDAB, and you will not succeed. I previously pointed out that the section on...

77.122 (talk) 21:51, 5 June 2009 (UTC) Yes. See WP:Disambiguation and WP:MOSDAB. older ≠ wiser 21:59, 5 June 2009 (UTC) Show me clearly the exact sentence...

specific rules related to inclusion and content (in part described at WP:MOSDAB). --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 01:04, 5 September 2008 (UTC) Comment personally...

can be shown to have thorough coverage and conform in every respect to WP:MOSDAB. bd2412 T 18:05, 20 March 2011 (UTC) My proposal is that no editor ought...

(improperly speedied) disambiguation page complied with WP:D and WP:MOSDAB (under MOSDAB, disambiguation pages are not to have external links - and citations...

Now that I've taken a closer look at the Manual of Style, I see that WP:MOSDAB#Red links would allow (I think) the appearance of entries of the form "John...

multiple articles that could occupy a single term; Santorum in this case. WP:MOSDAB covers the layout of disambiguation pages. Josh Parris 22:40, 10 February...

I can see all entries should be removed for the page to conform with WP:MOSDAB Taemyr 23:12, 9 June 2007 (UTC) *Comment: Allpages search for outer gives...

miss the point of DABS, and should probably study up on them at WP:DAB, WP:MOSDAB and wikiproject disambiguation before attempting to cull/delete others....

Tom's Cabin", a song by Warrant from Cherry Pie based on the style guide WP:MOSDAB. It "counts" just fine. As for "meriting" complexity, I have to ask, "What...

location information that a standard disambiguation page cannot (per WP:MOSDAB). I can't quite see how deleting it helps. I cannot support the merging...

This one has a list of names beginning "Nuclear", which goes against WP:MOSDAB: To make matters worse, there are plenty of other articles in existence...

information. And before anyone says keep, this is a disambiguation page, see WP:MOSDAB#Examples of individual entries that should not be created and...

the counterargument, as this dab doesn't conform to our usual format WP:MOSDAB but is useful and used. If the links were at the target, that would IMHO...

that they are expanded any time soon? As for turning this into a dab page, MOSDAB currently prohibits creating dabs with red links which are not used in any...

group, so disambiguation is needed. And by the way, nothing in WP:FN or WP:MOSDAB indicates footnotes are to be excluded from disambiguation pages. - Biruitorul...

Arthur 22:15, 10 November 2007 (UTC) No dab pages require sources, per WP:MOSDAB's terse "The description associated with a link should be kept to a minimum...

after, with no real discussion. What are the relevant guidelines within wp:MOSDAB or elsewhere? What are practices for other types of disambiguation templates...

main section, and the rest of the page should be formatted according to MOSDAB (unlike the mess it is right now) 128.84.125.178 (talk) 16:49, 12 April...

(disambiguation), delete the redirect from Samsung(Name), format it per WP:MOSDAB, and put an {{otheruses}} hatnote on Samsung. cab 01:16, 16 April 2007 (UTC)...

nomination is based on the statement that the page should be deleted as MOSDAB-incompliant, my comment is simply a clarification of that misunderstanding...

to pages (m:When should I link externally, Wikipedia:Disambiguation, WP:MOSDAB) which spelled out that the edits he was insisting on were unsupported by...

relating to this. CommanderOzEvolved (talk) 13:34, 16 July 2018 (UTC) WP:MOSDAB doesn't seem to be helping me decide too. Come on... CommanderOzEvolved...

allow users to choose among several Wikipedia articles" (quoted from WP:MOSDAB), so there is little point in having such a page for a single article. The...

October 2012 (UTC) Or Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Disambiguation. And see WP:MOSDAB, which applies to format and organization of disambiguation pages in general...

page.‎ The result was Withdrawn, and guess who needs to brush up on WP:MOSDAB? Non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter...

term. ╟─TreasuryTag►contribs─╢ 08:21, 7 March 2009 (UTC) Delete - See WP:MOSDAB; we don't have disambiguation pages for topics with less than three articles...

I can see all entries should be removed for the page to conform with WP:MOSDAB. Another such useless dab created by the same user, Outer, is also undergoing...

{{uw-mos1}} {{Mos2}} redirect {{uw-mos2}} {{Mos3}} redirect {{uw-mos3}} {{Mosdab}} single issue tidy & rename {{Movepages}} redirect {{uw-move}} Redirected...

are unnecessary, however I can't find anything in policy at WP:DAB nor WP:MOSDAB, do you know of anywhere else I should be looking? Or have I missed it somewhere...

changing/removing a primary topic as detailed by WP:PRIMARYTOPIC / WP:D / MOSDAB is often / usually about what's most likely (the actual arguments listed...

in the relevant article and we can (only) then list it on the dab per WP:MOSDAB / WP:DABMENTION. Widefox; talk 01:13, 3 July 2020 (UTC) Redirect (and merge...

for specific purposes because it was felt the formatting guidelines of MOSDAB were too restrictive. Most of these are a specialized type of page known...

AfD) List of pages that happen to have "designated" in the title. See WP:MOSDAB#Examples of individual entries that should not be created JHunterJ (talk)...

views) – (View AfD) Redirect to Kaczynski. Unnecessary disambiguation. See MOSDAB:Disambiguation pages with only two entries. Visor 13:36, 2 November 2007...

names (non-redirect)" are not useful at all, and certainly don't follow MOSDAB's guidance to chose subject areas carefully to simplify navigation. I see...

DJ Clayworth (talk) 17:34, 21 April 2008 (UTC) Delete, unneeded. Per WP:MOSDAB#Red links, they should only exist on DAB pages if they are also (a red link)...

example of complete disregard for the meaning of the first sentence of MoSDab: Disambiguation pages ("dab pages") are, like redirects, non-article pages...

FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Inappropriate DAB page. While funny, doesn't meet WP:MOSDAB requirements, among others. Shadowjams (talk) 10:28, 19 August 2010 (UTC)...

satisfy WP:MUSIC) and move Skybox (disambiguation) to Skybox per WP:D and WP:MOSDAB. B.Wind (talk) 02:47, 23 June 2008 (UTC) Delete and Revert to dab page -...

procedure and will stop that. I need a few minutes to clean it up to meet MOSDAB guidelines fully, MOS:DABRL in particular. Question: did i see indication...

group, so disambiguation is needed. And by the way, nothing in WP:FN or WP:MOSDAB indicates footnotes are to be excluded from disambiguation pages. - Biruitorul...

Hyperactive. Cunard (talk) 05:06, 27 August 2008 (UTC) Keep, though per WP:MOSDAB the links to the artists should be removed and the links to the albums should...

Station1 knows this complies with MOS:DABRL and every other aspect of wp:MOSDAB policy! Station1 and i have worked together cooperatively sometimes, and...

but she doesn't have an article, so it would be a red link. Looking at WP:MOSDAB#Red_links, you would need to find an article where that same red link is...

discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Given Bkonrad's ping at WT:MOSDAB, it would seem wise to relist and allow for more input. Please add new comments...

February 2008 (UTC) Keep, should be separate from disambiguation page per WP:MOSDAB. Now has infobox etc as a standard Given Name article. - Fayenatic (talk)...

13 January 2018 (UTC) It's obviously not completely consistent with WP:MOSDAB, in particular WP:PTM. -- JHunterJ (talk) 20:16, 14 January 2018 (UTC) Keep...

WP:MOSDAB. This acts like a safety valve to save the dab page from destruction, and nominating it for Afd without reading and understanding WP:MOSDAB is...

publications currently in this article and format it per guidelines at WP:MOSDAB and have a good disambig page which collects similarly named topics. Peacock...

say its sorta listcruft 3tmx 17:43, 12 August 2007 (UTC) Delete. Per WP:MOSDAB, "do not create entries merely because Title is part of the name". That...

Chaitanya Velaga (talk • mail) 05:56, 10 October 2017 (UTC) Delete - WP:MOSDAB states; Disambiguation pages ("dab pages") are designed to help a reader...

it to Metatron (disambiguation) and prune and wikify it according to WP:MOSDAB? --Tikiwont 14:33, 6 March 2007 (UTC) If we do so, we should probably remove...

and a redirect would be useful at the disambiguation page Drax per WP:MOSDAB, which says "This guidance to avoid piping means that a link to a redirect...

August 2008 (UTC) Keep: I would argue that it should stay. According to WP:MOSDAB, Some disambiguation pages with "(disambiguation)" in the title list only...

is nothing being disambiguated as all entries are non-inclusions per WP:MOSDAB. Non-admin closure. —KuyaBriBriTalk 20:22, 1 June 2011 (UTC) Solarus (edit |...

Both fit nicely and logically into the See also section (which is where MOSDAB guidance suggests that partial matches should go). If {{All pages}} replaces...

gets a WP article, then have a dab page, but stripped down to the bare WP:MOSDAB-compliant version. PamD 13:08, 5 January 2016 (UTC) Keep, this is a useful...

page should be kept, moved back to its old title, and cleaned up per WP:MOSDAB. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 14:40, 4 October 2011 (UTC) Keep as modified. I've...

17 March 2012 (UTC). Keep and restore the other meanings, and re-write MOSdab. Rich Farmbrough, 01:46, 17 March 2012 (UTC). Disambiguation pages are to...

stock exchanges (which would not be candidates for a dab page as per WP:MOSDAB, since their names only contain the word "Börse" but are not confusable...

--Damiens.rf 15:34, 29 August 2008 (UTC) That page currently breaks WP:MOSDAB for having multiple blue links per line. I'll fix that now. If the article...

13 July 2022 (UTC) Keep, Revert to redirect. If kept, modify to meet WP:MOSDAB. I suggest: SW19 may refer to: A postcode in London's SW postcode area,...

unnecessary disambig. There was previously a second redlink on it, but as WP:MOSDAB states we shouldn't have disambig pages with only one blue link anyway....

different topics that could be referenced by the same search term" (per WP:MOSDAB)? Mhockey (talk) 14:47, 6 December 2010 (UTC) I've been discussing this...

(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 18:40, 5 June 2008 (UTC) Delete fails WP:MOSDAB.  Esradekan Gibb  "Talk" 00:24, 6 June 2008 (UTC) Speedy Delete G6 Agree...

on the primary topic article to link directly to the secondary topic (WP:MOSDAB). I put a hatnote at the primary to the only other entry. Boleyn3 (talk)...

(Disambiguation-related discussion refactored to the talk page) Per WP:MOSDAB, disambiguation pages serve a limited purpose: to help a user navigate to...

deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:30, 6 January 2012 (UTC) Keep, WP:MOSDAB allows for redlinked pages, but it's preferable that the corresponding bluelinked...

the disambiguation page, practically, by disambiguation page rules (wp:MOSDAB). The AFD was opened by its nominator who would actually like to add more...

JIP | Talk 06:26, 5 January 2012 (UTC) Delete, when converted to a WP:MOSDAB compliant dab page, there's one entry. I've redirected to same entry. Not...

delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View AfD) Delete. Per WP:MOSDAB, a dab cannot exist with only one entry with a blue link. Boleyn2 (talk)...

on the "Xyzname (disambiguation)" page, and if so where: a change to WP:MOSDAB in May 2015 means that they are now to be added to the "See also" section...

some rule...": The page as it existed upon nom'n cannot comply with WP:MoSDab bcz per Individual entries, "These pages are to help the user navigate to...

Error Example No. 2) Nom stated in edit summary that rigid adherence to MOSDAB is "mandated by policy". You'd think he'd know better, but I refer him to...

case of an unnecessary dab page. I have cleaned up this dab page per WP:MOSDAB, where previously it had an unexplained piped link from a variant spelling...

disambiguation page. (I'll start a discussion about this language at WT:MOSDAB.) That being said, there's nothing wrong with this page in particular assuming...

or infrequently used terms. The majority of the page goes against the WP:MOSDAB guideline, in that "Entries should not be pipe-linked". Other than the "See...

case, and I'll do it, since it's not burdensome to me. See also Wikipedia:MOSDAB#Images and templates for recommendation to avoid templates on disambiguation...

now, while both those pages exist. Have reformatted the dab page per WP:MOSDAB. PamD 08:56, 5 January 2022 (UTC) Comment - we should put this AfD on hold...

prejudice to (re-)creating a disambiguation page in the form recommended by WP:MOSDAB  Sandstein  13:39, 16 January 2011 (UTC) Ecostructure (edit | talk | history |...

sources and random thoughts, then go ahead and open a discussion at wp:MOSDAB, and you will not succeed. I previously pointed out that the section on...

Carrite (talk) 16:08, 7 August 2011 (UTC) Comment. The first line of WP:MOSDAB states "Disambiguation pages ("dab pages") are designed to help a reader...

dab entries, "Mobile phone safety" as strictly interpreted per WP:D / WP:MOSDAB... The articles don't have alternative, bolded titles "Mobile phone safety"...

one topic per WP:MOSDAB. I will clean it up, including correcting the primary. Hatnotes irrelevant to DAB or not - please read WP:MOSDAB next time. Widefox;...

this role would not be fulfilled, and the entries should be removed per WP:MOSDAB, at which point the page itself might collapse into nothingness. This does...

Comment. My understanding is that NRHP generally does not do hatnotes. WP:MOSDAB says that 2-article dab pages are unnecessary but harmless. • Gene93k (talk)...

rather than just to daraf. I've tweaked the dab page to make it more WP:MOSDAB-compliant for now. PamD 10:39, 11 December 2016 (UTC) It used to have one...

September 2013 (UTC) The Manual of Style for disambiguation pages is at WP:MOSDAB. --Orange Mike | Talk 02:18, 6 September 2013 (UTC) Hello again. I thought...

September 2016 (UTC) @Uanfala: No. Please get yourself familiar with WP:MOSDAB. If you disagree with what it says, please try to introduce the change you...

example of complete disregard for the meaning of the first sentence of MoSDab: Disambiguation pages ("dab pages") are, like redirects, non-article pages...

(disambiguation) is a perfectly valid item for this dab, please see WP:MOSDAB#"See also" section which recommends adding likely misspelling and terms...

Uzma Gamal (talk) 15:11, 23 September 2012 (UTC) Keep - I fixed piping/MOSDAB issues  Done, which is irrelevant for DAB AfD reasoning. Seldom used in...

correctly on the DAB page as we couldn't expand the initialism before (per WP:MOSDAB). Widefox; talk 14:12, 12 June 2013 (UTC) Delete Spam for non-notable management...

"rich dab page", dab pages with citations etc. are unacceptable to the MOSDAB police as I have found to my cost. Dab pages disambiguate. Summary style...

redirect to Placerville, California). Generally, follow the guidelines at WP:MOSDAB, but with a few caveats, including the last section of that guideline. Consistent...

Because disambiguation pages disambiguate Wikipedia articles. See WP:D and WP:MOSDAB. Red links are allowed, as long as they are "escorted" by blue links. --...

editors. Those subtle dab issues (e.g. synonyms aren't well defined in WP:MOSDAB) but that discussion was bulldozed by this ill-thought out nom, while at...

15:49, 11 October 2013 (UTC) Keep: I have cleaned up the dab page per WP:MOSDAB - it previously linked to the primary topic Surrey town through a redirect...

Nowhere in the article "Isares" appears, therefore it goes against WP:MOSDAB and WP:NOTDICT. It also mentions that "Isares [is] Thai male given name"...

separate pages. – Margin1522 (talk) 20:31, 7 March 2015 (UTC) delete per MOSDAB: the exact title has only two meanings. "Hitchhiker (dab): and "Hitcher...

valid dab page, but if to be a dab, then it needs to be tidied up per WP:MOSDAB. Disambiguation pages need to follow a very precisely-defined format. --BrownHairedGirl...

mentioned in articles per MOS:DABMENTION, three entries are enough per WP:MOSDAB - this is a valid DAB page, per JHunterJ. Widefox; talk 11:46, 9 November...

scan changes to disambiguation pages, identify new entries that violate WP:MOSDAB as described below, and leave a polite message for the editor so they can...

Quiddity (talk) 21:34, 12 August 2012 (UTC) I was not aware of that note on MOSDAB. Thank you for pointing it out to me. Neelix (talk) 18:47, 13 August 2012...

WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Invalid disambig page: only 2 items, per WP:MOSDAB in such cases we use redirect (in this case to surname page) with hatnote...

primary, then a normal disambiguation page is used at the base name. per WP:MOSDAB Dwpaul (talk) 18:02, 21 September 2013 (UTC) See also...

notable they would have at the very least an infra-stub here. Per Wikipedia:MOSDAB, entries must have at least a blue link, and sending readers to external...

Gene93k (talk) 16:09, 20 May 2014 (UTC) Delete - once cleaned up per WP:MOSDAB it's clear that it would be eligible as speedy G6. PamD 13:04, 21 May 2014...

18:17, 3 July 2011 (UTC) Aaaaaaargh. Somebody needs to read WP:PTM and WP:MOSDAB. Clarityfiend (talk) 20:05, 3 July 2011 (UTC) Okay, we all know that American...

January 2015 (UTC) Redirect dabs are for multiple articles, not the same one. MOSDAB "are designed to help a reader find Wikipedia articles on different topics"...

--Moonriddengirl 20:09, 24 August 2007 (UTC) Should these follow the WP:MOSDAB, with only one wikilink per item? On some articles, such as Texas Christian...

"rich dab page", dab pages with citations etc. are unacceptable to the MOSDAB police as I have found to my cost. Dab pages disambiguate. Summary style...

(books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL) Per WP:MOSDAB disambiguations should only list red links when other articles also contain...

can be redirected and merged to WP:PT anyhow even if there were per WP:MOSDAB As a shortcut existentially problematic per guideline WP:SCJARGON (compounded...

Farmbrough Dab cleanup Various cleanups to standardize dab pages with WP:MOSDAB Some complicated regex and a lot of rules, so watch carefully. Improvements...

only allowed a dab entry if WP:DABMENTIONed at the target, specifically WP:MOSDAB the redirect could serve as an alternative name for the target article,...

disambiguation pages seemed relatively straight forward. Careful consulting of WP:MOSDAB gave me most of the information I needed to be able to cleanup problematic...

Tavix (talk) 13:58, 18 January 2019 (UTC) Keep as a dab page (i.e. fix per mosdab if necessary) - or as a minimum as a redirect to an anchor in a list. DexDor...

Blue Jays radio: * Tom Cheek (1939 - 2005) * Jerry Howarth (born 1939) (MoSDab certainly does not provide for that, and IMO rules it out.) --Jerzy•t 09:21...

known as "Jewish Seminary", this line will be removed in accordance with WP:MOSDAB. bd2412 T 00:39, 26 October 2014 (UTC) Keep The term "seminary" in this...

following explanation on my talk page. I am unsure whether I violated WP:MOSDAB, but I propose that the former set of tags should be returned to these pages...

articles are valid per WP:DABMENTION - a valid disambiguation page, read WP:MOSDAB next time Widefox; talk 12:09, 9 November 2012 (UTC) The above discussion...

many red-link items but it fully meets Wikipedia guideline/policy at wp:MOSDAB, with a supporting bluelink establishing notability for every entry that...

to pages (m:When should I link externally, Wikipedia:Disambiguation, WP:MOSDAB) which spelled out that the edits he was insisting on were unsupported by...

the entry. For example, often disambiguation pages don't conform to WP:MOSDAB and if someone doesn't have the time or confidence to get involved it'd...

11:36, 9 June 2006 (UTC) Cross name-space redirect already covered by WP:MOSDAB. All were created on 3 February 2006 and only MoS:DAB is even used and it...

of the primary topic so are not included in a dab per WP:DABCONCEPT / WP:MOSDAB "Where there are additional meanings that are not instances or examples...

Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) There is also a manual of style for disam pages at WP:MOSDAB. – ukexpat (talk) 23:16, 10 February 2010 (UTC)...

I've conducted a revision of Ayesha that brings it closer in line with WP:MOSDAB than it was previously. One piece of content was removed, that related to...

publications currently in this article and format it per guidelines at WP:MOSDAB and have a good disambig page which collects similarly named topics. Peacock...

<replace_>(?&lt;=\{\{[Dd]isambiguation cleanup.*)\}\}\&lt;</replace_> <with_>|mosdab=H}}&lt;</with_> <ifContains_>(?&lt;!=* *[Ss]ee also ?:? *=*\n+)(\*+.*\n){30...

many red-link items but it fully meets Wikipedia guideline/policy at wp:MOSDAB, with a supporting bluelink establishing notability for every entry that...

didn't address to any uninvolved admin to immediately move it back per WP:MOSDAB because we really didn't believe that ChrisO would go as far to the second...

Robert McClenon (talk) 02:35, 2 October 2015 (UTC) Reformatted per WP:MOSDAB.--ukexpat (talk) 02:43, 2 October 2015 (UTC) Good idea.—Anne Delong (talk)...

the ec "These are all partial title matches, which are prohibited by WP:MOSDAB". Finally, on 25 September 2014, User:Jarble retargeted it to Acceptance...

on the respective pg; the format it provided is now incompatible with WP:MoSDab#Linking to a primary topic, and formats of those first entries vary too...

at user request (G7) --Taelus (talk) 23:58, 10 November 2009 (UTC) WPT:MoSDab → Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages) (links to redirect)...

(novel) has been converted to a redirect, the dab page has been fixed per WP:MOSDAB, and I'm gonna go re-read the novel and think about how much I miss my old...

Jagdgeschwader 1 is not a correct dab page, and should be repaired per WP:MOSDAB. Awkward image layout with large blocks of white space, quotes are not in...

barely functioned as a disambiguation page. I'm no expert on MOS, and WP:MOSDAB in particular, but a disambiguation page containing two redirects, one to...

Blue Jays radio: * Tom Cheek (1939 - 2005) * Jerry Howarth (born 1939) (MoSDab certainly does not provide for that, and IMO rules it out.) --Jerzy•t 09:21...

issues, and how many frequent AfD discussants have seriously studied both MoSDab and MoS? It's not surprising that the arguments are hard to follow here...

Connell (talk) 05:39, 24 March 2013 (UTC) Welcome to Teahouse. From Wikipedia:MOSDAB#Images_and_templates Including images and transcluding templates are discouraged...

articl. User:Colonel Warden keeps removing said tags, and reverting my other MOSDAB-edits and efforts to make it more neutral in tone, rather than credulously...

All#People_named_Allen, which is why WP:MOSDAB reads the way it does. -- JHunterJ 16:04, 24 August 2006 (UTC) Keep. The reference to WP:MOSDAB is thoroughly misleading...

incorrectly second guessing AfD closures. Inexperienced dab editors ignoring MOSDAB. Widefox; talk 02:34, 23 June 2015 (UTC) Fully protected for a period of...

(talk) 08:04, 18 September 2012 (UTC) Disambiguation page cleaned up per WP:MOSDAB. Entries not ambiguous with "broadsword" removed, remaining entries formatted...

several times, in several ways, by myself and another user, that it fails WP:MOSDAB; and with increasingly belligerent edit summaries. Scolaire (talk) 15:41...

this case. Disambiguation pages should never contain references per WP:MOSDAB. I would have thought these would be exempt? Date and time 13:25, 13 May...

article. The style guidelines for disambiguation pages can be found at WP:MOSDAB. --D•g Talk to me/What I've done 01:00, 30 October 2010 (UTC) Ah, thanks...

barely functioned as a disambiguation page. I'm no expert on MOS, and WP:MOSDAB in particular, but a disambiguation page containing two redirects, one to...

none of which would be at this title. Cleaning up the disambig per WP:MOSDAB would leave "'''Alternate''' may refer to: {{wiktionary}} {{disambig}}"...

Jagdgeschwader 1 is not a correct dab page, and should be repaired per WP:MOSDAB. Awkward image layout with large blocks of white space, quotes are not in...

British football up until that date. --Mal 20:34, 4 March 2006 (UTC) WP:MOSDAB: "usefulness to the reader is the principal goal. So ignore these guidelines...

December 2006 (UTC) Keep Seems like a valid disambig page. Please see WP:MOSDAB --NMChico24 00:57, 3 December 2006 (UTC) Keep, don't see anything wrong...

just said, your restoration goes against the most basic guideline in WP:MOSDAB: disambiguation pages should only exist for ambiguous search terms. Avilich...

days ago: he created a dab page with about eight entries on it (per WP:MOSDAB it does not have external links, which of course the citations happen to...

disambiguation page; maybe you or someone else could check it for compliance with WP:MOSDAB. ~2025-32085-07 (talk) 06:03, 11 November 2025 (UTC) I have made some tweaks...

21:44, 9 August 2011 (UTC) It can be okay in some circumstances. See WP:MOSDAB#Specific entry types. --ColinFine (talk) 23:04, 9 August 2011 (UTC) Robert...

appropriate, probably Vanguard School (disambiguation), and please see WP:MOSDAB for manual of style guidelines for disam pages. Let me know if you need...

themselves with the style guide, so I repeat suggestion for Niele to read WP:MOSDAB (I've posted a user warning for incorrect edits to a dab page on that editors...

both popular you can create a disambiguation page (info at WP:DAB and WP:MOSDAB). Bascially you would move (using the "move" button, WP:MOVE) Operation...

5 August 2007 (UTC) This and related issues are covered in NC, DAB and MOSDAB. Adrian M. H. 15:13, 5 August 2007 (UTC) I'm looking for lyrics for a Rush...

before creating any article. The name is not an issue: see WP:DAB and WP:MOSDAB. There is a third page about that, I think, but I can't recall its location...

minimalist interpretation of MOSDAB, and editors working primarily on ships who thought that the minimalist interpretation of MOSDAB led to leaving out information...

it be done from a structural point of view? I have read guidance at WP:MOSDAB which is clear but I can't find anything on what needs to happen to the...

FENS · JSTOR · TWL) A disambig page with only two items is invalid per WP:MOSDAB - Altenmann >talk 04:23, 17 December 2023 (UTC) Delete as per nomination...

title. I've rewritten the disambiguation page to be more in-line with WP:MOSDAB. --Paul_012 (talk) 10:26, 2 June 2025 (UTC), 11:05, 2 June 2025 (UTC) Also...

readers wanting some sort of western military alliance (likely NATO). In WP:MOSDAB synonyms are valid entries, without needing to be bolded alternative names...

we have sources, can and should be corrected to bring us in line with WP:MOSDAB. Both the original editor(s) at the surname, and I considered these important...

20:36, 10 December 2025 (UTC) In the case of decision, an editor cited WP:MOSDAB before changing the article to a disambiguation page. It's unclear if any...

14:24, 30 December 2025 (UTC) These are both disambiguation pages and WP:MOSDAB applies (or for an abbreviated version, see WP:DDD). I cannot determine...

daring to disagree; b) I've already opened a broader input discussion at WT:MOSDAB since pretty much no one watchlists Talk:Hustler or much of any other DAB...

receiving a third party response. I suggested the other editor view WP:MOSDAB and WP:LONGDAB for reference, but they refused to listen and "were that...