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== Disambiguation links == | == Disambiguation links == | ||
Users searching for what turns out to be an ambiguous term may not reach the article they expected. Therefore any article with an ambiguous title should contain helpful links to alternative Research Wiki articles or disambiguation pages, placed at the top of the article (hatnotes). Always indent such notes. The format the hatnote disambiguation link could take should be either:<br> | Users searching for what turns out to be an ambiguous genealogical term may not reach the article they expected. Therefore any article with an ambiguous title should contain helpful links to alternative Research Wiki articles or disambiguation pages, placed at the top of the article (hatnotes). Always indent such notes. The format the hatnote disambiguation link could take should be either:<br> | ||
:*''This article is about [brief description of TOPIC]. For other uses, see [TOPIC] (disambiguation).'' | :*''This article is about [brief description of TOPIC]. For other uses, see [TOPIC] (disambiguation).'' | ||
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:*''This article is about [brief description of TOPIC#1]. For [brief description of TOPIC#2], see [TOPIC#2].'' | :*''This article is about [brief description of TOPIC#1]. For [brief description of TOPIC#2], see [TOPIC#2].'' | ||
For an example of the first kind of disambiguation link (used when there is a disambiguation page), see [[Iowa County, Wisconsin]]. For an example of the second kind of disambiguation link (when a disambiguation page is '''not''' used), see [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]]. | For an example of the first kind of disambiguation link (used when there is a disambiguation page), see [[Iowa County, Wisconsin]]. For an example of the second kind of disambiguation link (when a disambiguation page is '''not''' used), see [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]]. | ||
== Disambiguation pages == | == Disambiguation pages == | ||