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Greenstrawberry1982: /* Disambiguation Page Syntax */ Updated to coincide with how most title disambiguation pages are formatted.

2012-01-01T06:02:40Z

Disambiguation Page Syntax: Updated to coincide with how most title disambiguation pages are formatted.

Amy: /* Moving Old Page and Correcting Links */

2007-10-23T21:02:29Z

Moving Old Page and Correcting Links

Kay T: Undo revision 39837 by Kay T (Talk)

2007-10-12T18:42:31Z

Undo revision 39837 by Kay T (Talk)

Kay T: /* Disambiguation Page Syntax */ added disamb category to "template"

2007-10-12T18:38:39Z

Disambiguation Page Syntax: added disamb category to "template"

Kay T: default sort for categories

2007-10-10T21:10:16Z

default sort for categories

Kay T: /* Moving Old Page and Correcting Links */ typo

2007-10-10T20:34:28Z

Moving Old Page and Correcting Links: typo

Kay T: /* Moving Old Page and Correcting Links */ added "move page" info

2007-10-10T20:30:34Z

Moving Old Page and Correcting Links: added "move page" info

Kay T: rearranged and deleted some repetition. Looks pretty good.

2007-10-05T02:39:32Z

rearranged and deleted some repetition. Looks pretty good.

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DawnBurn: /* Moving Old Page and Correcting Links */ correct for moving page instructions

2007-10-04T23:56:41Z

Moving Old Page and Correcting Links: correct for moving page instructions

Leigh at 21:58, 4 September 2007

2007-09-04T21:58:47Z

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 <pre>
 [[category:Books - Same Title]]
-''Book title'' is the title of books by:
+'''Book title''' is the title of books by:
 * [[book title - author name|1]] - [[author name]], date, (Publisher)

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 <pre>
 [[Book Title - Author Name]]
 </pre>

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 <pre>
-[[category:Books - Same Title]] [[category:Disambiguation]]
+[[category:Books - Same Title]]
 ''Book title'' is the title of books by:

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 <pre>
-[[category:Books - Same Title]]
+[[category:Books - Same Title]] [[category:Disambiguation]]
 ''Book title'' is the title of books by:

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:10, 10 October 2007
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−	[[category:Help]][[category:Adding Content To The Romance Wiki]]	+	{{DEFAULTSORT:Books, Same Title}}[[category:Help]][[category:Adding Content To The Romance Wiki]]
	Many titles have been reused over the years with different authors. In fact, we have a listing of such titles at [[:category:Books - Same Title]]. To differentiate between books with the same titles, the '''title''' itself should be a page with a listing of all the books with that title and their authors (called a "disambiguation page"). See [[Between The Sheets \| Example Page]]. Please use the following recommendations. You can copy the syntax from any box to help you.		Many titles have been reused over the years with different authors. In fact, we have a listing of such titles at [[:category:Books - Same Title]]. To differentiate between books with the same titles, the '''title''' itself should be a page with a listing of all the books with that title and their authors (called a "disambiguation page"). See [[Between The Sheets \| Example Page]]. Please use the following recommendations. You can copy the syntax from any box to help you.

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 </blockquote>
-. Click the old page's link, which will take you to the new page.  At the top you will see a <small>(<font color="grey">Redirected from </font><font color="blue">old title</font>)</small> note.  Click that blue link to be taken back to the original page. There you will see
+. Click the old page's link, which will automatically redirect you to the new page.  At the top you will see a <small>(<font color="grey">Redirected from </font><font color="blue">old title</font>)</small> note.  Click that blue link to be taken back to the original page. There the page will look like
 <blockquote style="background-color: white; color: black; border:1px solid black; padding: 1em;">
-<big>'''Book Title'''</big>
+<font size="4">Book Title</font>
 <div id="contentSub">Redirect page</div></blockquote>
-with the link to '''Book Title - Author Name.
+with an arrow and a link to '''Book Title - Author Name.
 *When you moved the page in step one a redirect was created so that someone clicking on the old title will automatically be taken to the new page. Following the redirect link is the only way to go back to the old <nowiki>[[Book Title]]</nowiki> page.

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 In the "reason" box, please note that the reason for the move is "Disambugation Page Creation" or "Books same title" or something similar.
-. Click the on the old page's link (e.g., from the books page), which will take you to the new page.  At the top you will see a <small>(<font color="grey">Redirected from </font><font color="blue">old title</font>)</small> note.  Click that blue link to be taken back to the original page. There you will see
+This will take you to the "Move page:"
 <blockquote style="background-color: white; color: black; border:1px solid black; padding: 1em;">
 <big>'''Book Title'''</big>

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 If the page for the title already exists and referred to a specific author's version, you will have to create new pages for the individual author's books and make the general title page a disambiguation page as follows:
-. Copy the entry for the individual author's book into a text editor for holding.
+. [[Help:Moving, Deleting, Merging Pages#Moving Or Renaming A Page|Move]] the current page to the correctly named new link of the format: <nowiki>[[Book Title - Author Name]]</nowiki>.  Please note that the reason is for "Disambugation Page Creation" or something similar.
-. Substitute the [[#Disambiguation Page Syntax|Disambiguation Page content]] as noted above.
+. Click the on the old page's link, which will take you to the new page.  However, at the top you will see a ''Redirected From:'' note.  You can click that link to be taken back to the original page.
-*Save this page, and this will result in links to the pages for the individual author's books that you'll need next. The numbers in front of the books will appear in <font color="red">red</font> type.
+*When you move a page like this a redirect is automatically created and you must go back to the actual <nowiki>[[Book Title]]</nowiki> page.
 *Click on the number in front of the individual author's book, e.g., '''<font color="red">1'''</font> which will take you to your newly created page for the individual book.
-. Copy the entry from the text editor to the newly created new page for that author's book.
+. (Optional) Create all the book pages for any other book listed on the disambiguation page. This is usually the new book page you have been trying to create all along.
 . Back at the new Disambiguation Page, check for out of date links via the [[Special:Whatlinkshere | What Links Here]] tool on the left side of the wiki.  There may be several or no links to other pages.  On each of those pages, find the link to the <nowiki>[[Book title]]</nowiki> and correct to the appropriate author page by using the following:

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 You can continue that listing for as many books as you know by that title.  Ideally, please list the books in chronological order.  Please note the format for the single title page:
-[[Between the Sheets - Tricia Adams]] is correct while <nowiki>[[Between the Sheets by Tricia Adams]]</nowiki> is not.
+[[Between The Sheets - Tricia Adams]] is correct while <nowiki>[[Between The Sheets by Tricia Adams]]</nowiki> is not.
 == Single Title Page ==