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 <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2009/3/31 Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)fairpoint.net>et>:
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
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