[WikiEN-l] Dab page notice

[Charles Matthews]

I see that when one edits a disambiguation page now, a special notice comes up. I have a couple of problems with it.

The first is a minor point, but it says a dab page is not an article. As far as I know, it is within the technical definition of "article", and numerically it is counted as an article.

The second is more serious. Per WP:MOSDAB, a guideline, it now says "one bluelink per line". OK, I agree with the principle of light wikification in this context. But not as a rule set in stone - guidelines are not to be treated that way.

An example: [[Boll]]. Text currently reads:

* [[Franz Christian Boll]] (1849-1879), discoverer of [[rhodopsin]]

Would it help to de-link rhodopsin? No, it wouldn't. The general reader is helped by this link, because it is a technical term and the reader who expects "visual purple" should be able to click and check. 

As it correctly says at MOSDAB, "Editors should follow it, except where common sense and the occasional exception will improve an article.". I agree, in the sense that dab pages still need common sense.

Charles

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