Misplaced Pages

Revision as of 20:12, 30 October 2010

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A malplaced disambiguation page is one that has no primary topic but is not at the base name, e.g., when Foogle redirects to Foogle (disambiguation). This situation is avoidable, as the disambiguation page can exist at Foogle.

The acceptance that malplaced dab pages should be corrected is outlined at Misplaced Pages:Disambiguation.

Never carry out a cut & paste move. If there is a malplaced disambiguation page you can't move, simply list it below and an administrator will attend to it.

Possible primary topic

Just because a Foogle redirects to Foogle (disambiguation) does not mean that Foogle (disambiguation) is a malplaced disambiguation page. It is possible that one of the articles listed in on the disambiguation page is the primary topic. If so, redirect it to that article or put in a requested move on the talk page of the proposed primary topic to move it to the base name.

As an aid to seeing if there is a primary topic, check the edit histories of Foogle and Foogle (disambiguation) to see if either history indicates that a previous page move has recently occurred, or if the redirect has recently been altered from as specific article. If so, seek a consensus on the article's talk page for the proposed move.

Manual list

Here you can list any malplaced disambiguation pages you would like corrected. Please make sure the page isn't already listed in the dump report below. Before listing, please see if you can correct the problem yourself using the methods listed in the instructions below. Completed entries will be removed from the list.

Add a line "# {{noredirect|Base name}} redirects to ]" below this line:

Pages under discussion

Pages from the database report below that cannot be addressed at this time because of active discussions can be moved to this section.

Database report

As of 09:30, 25 October 2010 (UTC), these pages redirect to their own title with " (disambiguation)" appended. Do not manually add pages to this list; use the Manual list above instead. Completed entries will be removed from the list, there is no need to strike them.

1. Ed Johnston redirects to Ed Johnston (disambiguation)
2. Elevated redirects to Elevated (disambiguation)
3. FM2 redirects to FM2 (disambiguation)
4. Fairview, Alberta redirects to Fairview, Alberta (disambiguation)
5. Forstal redirects to Forstal (disambiguation)
6. Galang redirects to Galang (disambiguation)
7. Gallego redirects to Gallego (disambiguation)
8. Grand Council redirects to Grand Council (disambiguation)
9. Granja redirects to Granja (disambiguation)
10. Greg Abbott redirects to Greg Abbott (disambiguation)
11. Gur Aryeh redirects to Gur Aryeh (disambiguation)
12. Infatuation redirects to Infatuation (disambiguation)
13. International Socialist Review redirects to International Socialist Review (disambiguation)
14. Iqbal redirects to Iqbal (disambiguation)
15. John Dougherty redirects to John Dougherty (disambiguation)
16. John Jolliffe redirects to John Jolliffe (disambiguation)
17. Joseph Hardy redirects to Joseph Hardy (disambiguation)
18. Junto redirects to Junto (disambiguation)
19. Kamionka redirects to Kamionka (disambiguation)
20. Kemal redirects to Kemal (disambiguation)
21. Landesmuseum redirects to Landesmuseum (disambiguation)
22. Lockleys redirects to Lockleys (disambiguation)
23. Lygdamis redirects to Lygdamis (disambiguation)
24. Magid redirects to Magid (disambiguation)
25. Magnus of Saxe-Lauenburg redirects to Magnus of Saxe-Lauenburg (disambiguation)
26. Maoz redirects to Maoz (disambiguation)
27. Mark Friedman redirects to Mark Friedman (disambiguation)
28. Max Taylor redirects to Max Taylor (disambiguation)
29. Melbourne Central redirects to Melbourne Central (disambiguation)
30. Messe redirects to Messe (disambiguation)
31. Montijo redirects to Montijo (disambiguation)
32. Nakhon Nayok redirects to Nakhon Nayok (disambiguation)
33. Nerv redirects to Nerv (disambiguation)
34. New Horizon redirects to New Horizon (disambiguation)

Instructions

1. Check the entries at Foogle (disambiguation), "What links here" at Foogle, and the edit history and Talk page of Foogle (disambiguation) and Foogle. Do not proceed if it appears Foogle should redirect to a primary topic instead; rather, repair the redirect as necessary.
2. Check for cut and paste moves, which can be repaired through the process described at Misplaced Pages:How to fix cut and paste moves. Do not proceed until the repair has been completed.
3. Check the history of Foogle.
   1. If there is more than one edit in the history, then only an admin can perform the move.
      1. If the history includes previous non-redirect versions containing text that has been merged into other articles and remains on Misplaced Pages, you may need to request help moving the page to avoid losing this edit history.
      2. If not, tag the redirect Foogle with {{db-movedab}}. Consider the edit summary db-movedab for ].
   2. If there is only one edit in the history, move Foogle (disambiguation) to Foogle. Consider the edit summary "(disambiguation)" is superfluous; see ].
4. Consider adding {{R to disambiguation page}} to the new Foogle (disambiguation) redirect. While helpful in identifying the type of redirect, it has the possible drawback of making a revert of the move harder, since it would then require an admin.
5. Check that all appropriate talk pages exist (incorrect redirection is often a problem with the talk pages of disambiguation pages).
   • If there is an incorrect redirect at Talk:Foogle and no new Talk page from Talk:Foogle (disambiguation), consider replacing the redirect with {{WikiProject Disambiguation}}.
6. Check for double redirects leading to Foogle.
7. When you have corrected a malplaced dab, remove it from the list.

See also

• Help:Moving a page#Swapping two pages
• Misplaced Pages:How to fix cut and paste moves