I would very much liketo take Wps redirect and disam system and rationalize it. the first step would be to change the policy so the full form of the name, including middle names, are always used when available. The second is to add geographic designators for all local events and places and organizations below the national level.
David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:23 PM, geni <geni...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/3/31 Fred Bauder <fredb...@fairpoint.net>: >> Yeh, you would. It is not that good. It is inconsistent and fails to >> adequately define many terms because "Wikipedia is not a dictionary" and >> fails to provide appropriate external links because "Wikipedia is not a >> web directory". > > Those are not something you want out of a redirect or disambiguation > system. You want something that can tell the differences between cases > like [[HMS Victory]] where it's safe to assume that people are talking > about the one that was nelsons flagship and [[HMS Iron Duke]] where > you are better off questioning further. > You also want a system that highlights the key distinguishing features > of whatever is being disambiguated. > > -- > geni > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
