Forum:Disambiguation pages

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Are there any rules or at least guidelines regarding disambiguation pages?

I was under the impression that they are only to be used to distinguish between articles with the same name, such as "Skull Kid," "Farore," or "Ghost Ship." However, there is a disambiguation page for "Imp" which refers to Skull Kids, Imp Poes, and Midna. Shouldn't disambiguation pages be limited to articles that actually share the same name?

Next, I have also noticed differing styles. I have primarily seen two styles:

Example A

Skull Kid may refer to:

• A race from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, and Twilight Princess
• A character from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask
• A mini-boss from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
• A playable character in Hyrule Warriors and Hyrule Warriors Legends

Example B

Farore may refer to:

• Farore (goddess), the Goddess of Courage
• Farore (oracle), the Oracle of Secrets

I'm guessing that example A is the accepted standard. If so, I will work on converting disambiguation pages to that form. – Tirlby (talk) 04:33, January 20, 2019 (UTC)

I'm in agreement about the purpose of disambigs. I don't think pages like Imp, Ant, or Desert Voe should really even exist. There's plenty here that we could probably go through and clear out.

In regards to formatting, I definitely think that Example A is the right way to go about it. I would even hazard a guess that it's the more common form, but regardless, I think we should avoid using those naked parenthetical links whenever possible. – Ceiling Master 14:38, January 20, 2019 (UTC)

I've started to go ahead and delete a few of these things (Imp, Phantom Equipment, Tingle's Outfit, Phantom Ganon Set). There are a few more that I'll get around to deleting. Green Rupee 05:23, April 29, 2019 (UTC)