Dabfix

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Dabfix helps you build and maintain disambiguation pages faster—typically completing 1 hour of work in under ten minutes. Using keyword matching to find articles, both existing (blue links) and non-existing (red links), and attempts to add descriptions, lifespans, and release years. It displays all the information collected in the edit window, where you can rephrase and copy and paste to the main list. Don't want to work? Hit the first button to remove automatically generated (don't worry it wont remove what you've edited) and then the second button to remove all the generated links.

Remember this tool is only designed to make easier for you to edit—Not to do the editing for you. Familiarize yourself Dos and Don'ts below, the Manual of Style, and other wiki principles.

Features¶

Blue link suggestions including many anthroponymy patterns
Red link suggestions including missing articles and Wikidata items
Automatic management of Wiktionary links (slightly dumb, until Wikidata comes)
Automatic italize and quote formatting for books, films, music, and television episodes
Automatic date of birth, date of death, and release date insertion
Automatic intelligent redirect bypassing
Syntax highlighting using WikEd
Description Start, cut down looking each link's introduction with it there in black on yellow
Built in Manual of Style checker to help guide
Converts redirects into disambiguation page
…and many Manual of Style fixes

Reports¶

Missing entries	Random	Foo (song) need to be added to Foo (disambiguation)
Add DoD	Random	Year of death needs to be added.
Fix Wiktionary sisterbox	Random	Links to non-existent Wiktionary entries. Dabfix may find valid links to add.
Remove orphaned redlinks	Random	Red links with no incoming links. The link may have been added by an IP vandal, copied from translation, or deleted.
Italic human name		Human name using {{italic title}}
Missing {{disambig}}		Pages marked as disambiguation, but missing the required templates
Redirects—{{disambig}}		Redirects marked as disambiguation pages. These are all invalid.
Tiny disambiguation
Long short pages		Disambiguation pages, given name and surname articles which no longer need {{long comment}}
MoS cleanup	Random, Stats	Eighteen Manual of Style issues inspired by Josh Parris's MOS:DAB Bot proposal. Also for Simple Wikipedia
Wrong redirect		Redirects ending in `(disambiguation)` not pointing to the correct disambiguation page

Example edits¶

Quick guide to disambigs¶

Disambiguation pages are not articles – they are navigation aids!
DO:	DON'T:
Put the target link at the start of each entry.	Don't pipe links, unless formatting requires it.
Keep descriptions short.	Don't include multiple blue links in an entry.
Organize long lists in sections, with "other uses" last.	Don't include entries without a blue link.
List the primary topic first, if one exists.	Don't include red links that aren't used elsewhere.
Link to {{Wiktionary}}, if useful.	Don't include every article containing the title.
Fix incoming links to point to the intended page.	Don't include dictionary definitions.
Tag pages needing work with {{disambiguation cleanup}}	Don't include references or external links.
From Wikipedia:Disambiguation dos and don'ts

Statistics¶