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#'''People''' are named according to the story (or episode) they ''first'' appeared in, even if they appear in subsequent stories for which they are arguably more famous. Common English names and titles are retained for use as a '''disambiguation page''', or a page which lists other pages that share that name. Take, for instance, the common name [[Charlie]]. [[Charlie]] is a disambiguation pages, while other people named Charlie can be found on pages like [[Charlie (The Gunfighters)]], [[Charlie (The Mind of Evil)]] and [[Charlie (Night of the Humans)]]. Note that characters like [[Nancy (The Empty Child)]] are named by the ''first'' episode in which they appear. Note, too, that titles can be disambiguation pages, too. [[Nurse]] is a disambiguation page about all people with that title, whereas [[Nurse (Let's Kill Hitler)]] and [[Nurse (Out of Time)]] are individual nurses. | #'''People''' are named according to the story (or episode) they ''first'' appeared in, even if they appear in subsequent stories for which they are arguably more famous. Common English names and titles are retained for use as a '''disambiguation page''', or a page which lists other pages that share that name. Take, for instance, the common name [[Charlie]]. [[Charlie]] is a disambiguation pages, while other people named Charlie can be found on pages like [[Charlie (The Gunfighters)]], [[Charlie (The Mind of Evil)]] and [[Charlie (Night of the Humans)]]. Note that characters like [[Nancy (The Empty Child)]] are named by the ''first'' episode in which they appear. Note, too, that titles can be disambiguation pages, too. [[Nurse]] is a disambiguation page about all people with that title, whereas [[Nurse (Let's Kill Hitler)]] and [[Nurse (Out of Time)]] are individual nurses. | ||
#'''Things''' encountered in universe usually don't have to be disambiguated. For instance [[Castrovalva]] is unmistakably the city, as the real world painting has never been mentioned in the DWU to date. However, when things ''do'' require disambiguation some standard terms are given at [[T: | #'''Things''' encountered in universe usually don't have to be disambiguated. For instance [[Castrovalva]] is unmistakably the city, as the real world painting has never been mentioned in the DWU to date. However, when things ''do'' require disambiguation some standard terms are given at [[T:DAB TERM]]. The general rule of thumb is to make the name a single, simple word, such as (planet), (moon) or the like. | ||
* Making the links to the articles point to the correctly disambiguated title, so for example checking the 'what links here' for [[Charlie]] to make sure any links are pointing to the correctly disambiguated article name. | * Making the links to the articles point to the correctly disambiguated title, so for example checking the 'what links here' for [[Charlie]] to make sure any links are pointing to the correctly disambiguated article name. | ||
