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#'''''All''''' story titles get a dab term, as explained further at [[T:DCS]]. | #'''''All''''' story titles get a dab term, as explained further at [[T:DCS]]. | ||
#In-universe terms '''never''' get a dab term, unless there's more than one in-universe thing with that same name | #In-universe terms '''never''' get a dab term, unless there's more than one in-universe thing with that same name | ||
#'''Things which appear in narratives''' do not get disambiguated, unless the exact name is used twice, in narrative. So, [[Castrovalva]] means the planet, [[The Pandorica Opens]] means the painting, [[Paradise Towers]] means the buildings and [[Miracle Day]] means the in-universe ''event''. But you will need to dab common names (like [[Susan]]), species names used twice (like [[Vogan]]), titles (like [[Captain]]) and anything else | #'''Things which appear in narratives''' '''''do not''''' get disambiguated, unless the exact name is used twice, in narrative. So, [[Castrovalva]] means the planet, [[The Pandorica Opens]] means the painting, [[Paradise Towers]] means the buildings and [[Miracle Day]] means the in-universe ''event''. But you will need to dab common names (like [[Susan]]), species names used twice (like [[Vogan]]), titles (like [[Captain]]) and anything else | ||
#If more than three things share a common name, the un-disambiguated term typically goes to a '''disambiguation page''' | #If more than three things share a common name, the un-disambiguated term typically goes to a '''disambiguation page''' — a list of all things sharing that name. Hence [[Nurse]], [[Sergeant]], [[Susan]], [[Bill]], [[Amy]], [[Rose]], [[Martha]] and the like are disambiguation pages, not specific people. | ||
Those coming from Wikipedia will immediately see how our wiki is different. On Wikipedia, the thing that is most commonly associated with the name is un-disambiguated. Thus, '''according to Wikipedia rules''', [[The Pandorica Opens]] would be the episode, [[Martha]] would be a redirect for [[Martha Jones]], [[Rose]] would mean [[Rose Tyler]] and so on. | Those coming from Wikipedia will immediately see how our wiki is different. On Wikipedia, the thing that is most commonly associated with the name is un-disambiguated. Thus, '''according to Wikipedia rules''', [[The Pandorica Opens]] would be the episode, [[Martha]] would be a redirect for [[Martha Jones]], [[Rose]] would mean [[Rose Tyler]] and so on. | ||
For us, the important point of distinction is in-universe/out-of-universe. | For us, the important point of distinction is in-universe/out-of-universe — '''''not''''' most commonly used/least commonly used. To re-iterate, in-universe terms generally aren't disambiguated (unless there's more than one of that thing in the DWU) and the out-of-universe thing always gets disambiguated. | ||
== Finer detail == | == Finer detail == | ||
#'''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. | ||
