Editing Talk:Executable file From DoomWiki.org Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be recorded in this page's edit history. Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == removal of disambig category == It appears we don't actually use this as a disambig. Inbound links always refer to general characteristics of an .exe, or a group of related .exes with a paragraph here, e.g. [[IWAD#Resources|applications reading from data files]], [[Source port|compiling an object file from source]]. If each individual tech article became so comprehensive that a certain link could reference, say, memory allocation in Hellmaker, then we could start re-targeting those, but we have hardly reached that level of detail currently. A bit of restraint is needed with MediaWiki's disambiguation feature because each page requires manual maintenance. Not every taxonomy is a disambiguation; the prose must also largely fail in explaining its title to the lay reader, because the specific cases are too different, e.g. [[Eternity]], [[Khorus]], [[Saturn]]. [[User talk:Ryan W|Ryan W]] ''([[User:Ryan W|living fossil]])'' 23:18, 25 January 2018 (CST) : The idea was that, this being the Doom Wiki, most people searching for "executable" or "executable file" would probably be thinking of DOOM.EXE, but the fact is that we have many EXE file articles, many of which may be relevant to the person who initiated the search with only a specific one immediately in mind. Before I created this article, there was in fact ''nothing'' tying together the EXE articles, and several of them were orphaned articles as a result with no incoming links to them. --[[User:Quasar|Quasar]] ([[User talk:Quasar|talk]]) 23:27, 25 January 2018 (CST) :: All of which is laudable (and the content certainly looks correct to me), but orthogonal to {{tl|disambig}}. Redlinks, failed searches, and [[Doom Wiki:RFC/Missing PWAD articles|inbound 404s]] are all addressed with or without {{tl|disambig}}, which solely affects bluelinks. Only after a decent stub exists need one judge the bluelinks (current or prognosticated) for possible reader confusion to be addressed by disambiguation. [[User talk:Ryan W|Ryan W]] ''([[User:Ryan W|living fossil]])'' 01:22, 26 January 2018 (CST) ::: My logic for a quite long time now has been "if I would normally make this a redirect but there are multiple valid targets, it's a disambig instead." Oh well. *shrug* --[[User:Quasar|Quasar]] ([[User talk:Quasar|talk]]) 12:08, 26 January 2018 (CST) Summary: All contributions to DoomWiki.org are considered to be released under the CC BY-SA 4.0 International (see Doom Wiki:Copyrights for details). By contributing, you agree to be bound by the Terms of Use. Your changes will be visible immediately. Please enter a summary of your changes above. Do not submit copyrighted images or text without permission! This includes text taken from in-game codices or logbooks, or from official instruction manuals, strategy guides, and other such books. This project is not affiliated with id Software, Raven Software, ZeniMax Media, Bethesda SoftWorks, or any other commercial software developer or publisher. Use of trademarked logos and other protected intellectual property is solely for the purpose of analysis and critical commentary on the identified products and associated fan community activity, and does not imply any endorsement by any of these organizations or their employees, past or present. Upload images to the wiki. Don't forget to categorize pages! For testing, please use a sandbox. View this template Cancel | Editing help (opens in new window) Template used on this page: Template:Tl (edit)