Help:Authors With Same Name

There are authors with the same name, although we have just come across a couple so far. We have a listing of such authors at category:Authors - Same Name. To differentiate between authors with the same name, there is one page with that name where there is a listing of all the authors with that name (called a "disambiguation page"). See Kathryn Blair. Please use the following recommendations. You can copy the syntax from any box to help you.

Finding Authors With Same Name

You may discover books with the same title in different ways:

Author's Page Already Exists

• When you add a link to the author's page the name shows up in a name. When this occurs be sure to click on that blue link and see if the individual author already exists. In many cases it will be a page for a author with the same name, not the author you intended. In that case:
  • change the listing for the author to [[First Lastname - 2|First Lastname]]. The | (called a "pipe") allows the author name to display cleanly but still link to the specific author in question.
  • follow the instructions below for changing the existing page for with that author name to a disambiguation page.

• When you go to the main Author page and navigate to the appropriate letter of the alphabet you find that the author already is listed but it is a different author. Follow the instructions below.

You Create Individual Author Page, But Disambiguation Page Is Needed

• You have created an author page and then find that there is another author link to your page, for example, in a list from a numbered series page. (This can be done by choosing the What Links Here tool on the left side of the wiki.) In this case, again, follow the instructions below.

Creating A Disambiguation Page

The easiest way to create author page (see Example Page) with a listing of all the authors with that name is:

• Go the main Author page -- navigate to the appropriate letter of the alphabet. If the author already is listed (usually for a different author), see Moving old Page and Correcting Links below.
• Open the list by clicking on the "edit" button to add the author to the list.
  • Find the correct place to list the name alphabetically by the last name.
  • Insert the author's name and listings for all of the authors with that same name as follows:

* ''[[Firstname Last|Last, Firstname]]'' 
** [[Firstname Last - 1|Last, Firstname]]
** [[Firstname Last - 2|Last, Firstname]] 

• If possible, list the earlier author first as 1, later author as 2, etc.

• Please note the format for the author's page: Kathryn Blair - 1 is correct.

• Save the list and the links to the author pages will be in red type.

• Click on the name which will take you to your newly created disambiguation page.

Disambiguation Page Syntax

The content of the title disambiguation page is as follows:

[[category:Authors - Same Name]] 
''Book title'' is the title of books by:

* [[book title - author name|1]] - [[author name]], date, (Publisher)
* [[book title - author name|2]] - [[author name]], date, (Publisher)

You can also use {{subst:Same Title}} instead of copying the above code. Just enter that into the edit field and save. RomanceWiki will generate the template for you, which you can then edit to the correct content.

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 [[Between The Sheets by Tricia Adams]] is not.

Single Title Page

Please use [[Book title - author name]] as the format for each single title page. Fill in the content for the single title page as you would for any other book using the Book Template.

Books Page

On the Books page with the appropriate letter for the title, please use the follow markup.

* ''[[book title]]''
* [[book title - author name|1]] - [[author name]], date, (Publisher)
* [[book title - author name|2]] - [[author name]], date, (Publisher)
etc.

Moving Old Page and Correcting Links

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:

1. Copy the entry for the individual author's book into a text editor for holding.

2. Substitute the Disambiguation Page content as noted above.

• 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 red type.
• Click on the number in front of the individual author's book, e.g., 1 which will take you to your newly created page for the individual book.

3. Copy the entry from the text editor to the newly created new page for that author's book.

4. Create 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.

5. Back at the new Disambiguation Page, check for out of date links via the 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 [[Book title]] and correct to the appropriate author page by using the following:

[[book title - author name | book title]]

The | allows the book title to display cleanly but still link to the specific book by the author in question.

• Note: If #5 seems daunting please add {{Whatlinkshere Correction}} to the top of the disambiguation page.