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<div style="text-align:center; font-size:16pt; padding:10px 0 20px 0;">'''[[Wikipedia:Disambiguation|Disambiguation pages]] are <u>''not''</u> encyclopedia articles – they are navigation aids!'''</div>

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|+ Users arrive at these pages with a '''''specific article''''' in mind. So when you edit these pages:
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! style="background:#efefef;" | <font size="+2">'''DO:'''</font>
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| [[File:Green check.png‎|link=]] Put the '''[[MOS:DABENTRY|target link]] at the start''' of each entry.{{ref|start|1}}
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| [[File:Green check.png‎|link=]] '''Keep descriptions [[MOS:DAB#terse|short]]'''.
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| [[File:Green check.png|link=]] '''[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages)#Organization|Sort]]''' entries; if '''[[Wikipedia:Organizing disambiguation pages by subject area|sectioning]]''', put "Other uses" last.
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| [[File:Green check.png‎|link=]] Put the '''[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages)#Linking to a primary topic|primary topic]] at the top''', ''if'' one exists.
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| [[File:Green check.png‎|link=]] Use '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[MOS:DAB#Linking to Wiktionary|Wiktionary]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>''' for dictionary definitions.{{ref|wiktionary|3}}
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| [[File:Green check.png‎|link=]] '''Fix [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Links to disambiguated topics|incoming links]]''' to point to the intended page.
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| [[File:Green check.png|link=]] '''Tag pages that need work''' with {{tl|dab cleanup}}.

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! style="background:#efefef;" | <font size="+2">'''DON'T:'''</font>
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| [[File:Red x.svg|30px|link=]] '''Don't''' include '''entries without a blue link'''.
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| [[File:Red x.svg|30px|link=]] '''Don't''' '''[[WP:DABPIPE|pipe]] links''' unless formatting requires it.
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| [[File:Red x.svg|30px|link=]] '''Don't''' include '''[[MOS:DABRL|red link]]s''' unless used in articles.{{ref|reds|2}}
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| [[File:Red x.svg|30px|link=]] '''Don't''' include '''[[WP:DAB#oneblue|multiple blue links]]''' within an entry.
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| [[File:Red x.svg|30px|link=]] '''Don't''' include '''[[Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Dictionary definitions|dictionary definitions]]''' as entries.{{ref|wiktionary|3}}
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| [[File:Red x.svg|30px|link=]] '''Don't''' include '''[[Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Partial title matches|every article containing the title]]'''.
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| [[File:Red x.svg|30px|link=]] '''Don't''' include '''[[Wikipedia:Disambiguation#References|references]]''' or '''[[MOS:DAB#extlinks|external links]]'''.

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'''Also:'''
'''Do''' consider joining '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation|WikiProject Disambiguation]]'''.</div>
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:<span style="font-size:90%">1.{{note|start}}Unless the target article is ''not'' the ambiguous item itself.</span></onlyinclude>
:<span style="font-size:90%">2.{{note|reds}}To see if a red link is used in existing articles, click the red link, then click "What links here" in the toolbox on the left. An entry with a redlink must also include a blue link that mentions the ambiguous term.</span></onlyinclude>
:<span style="font-size:90%">3.{{note|wiktionary}}Put the [[Template:wiktionary|wiktionary template]] at the top of the page to provide a link to dictionary definitions.

== See also ==
*[[Wikipedia:Disambiguation|Guideline]]
*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages|Manual of Style]]
*[[Help:Disambiguation|Reader help]]
{{Wikipedia dos and don'ts}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Disambiguation Dos And Don'ts}}
[[Category:Wikipedia basic information]]
[[Category:Wikipedia help]]
[[Category:Wikipedia disambiguation|*]]
[[Category:Wikipedia dos and don'ts]]

[[pt:Wikipedia:Desambiguação#Conteúdo e formato]]

Wikipedia:Disambiguation dos and don'ts - Revision history

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