GuildWiki:Style and formatting/Disambiguation

If a title makes you think of more than one article, it is ambiguous. Disambiguation is used to help readers find the article they are looking for. Disambiguation templates help editors achieve this.

One title, several articles
Several articles with the same page title are differentiated by appending them with their type in parentheses. Example:
 * Fort Ranik (mission), Fort Ranik (location), Fort Ranik (Pre-Searing)

Disambiguation page
A disambiguation page is a list of links to articles that a reader may be looking for, along with short descriptions.

The unique articles often have the same name as the disambiguation page, with a suffix (see above). Examples:
 * Spider Web lists Spider Web (Elonian) and Spider Web (Tyrian).
 * Isle of the Dead lists Isle of the Dead (guild hall) and Isle of the Dead (quest).

The notice should be placed at the top of every disambiguation page. It ensures that the page is listed in Category:Disambiguation.

Disambiguation Message
A disambiguation message appears at the top of an article and points to other articles the reader may have been seeking under that name.

This is usually done for articles that share a disambiguation page (for example, the Spider Web articles), and for article titles that have no disambiguation page.

For example, Tihark Orchard redirects to Tihark Orchard (mission), which has a message that helps readers to find Tihark Orchard (location).

The is commonly used to display this message.

Skills
Any disambiguations that involve skills have the skill article under the "main" name, since skills are usually the most commonly referenced articles on GuildWiki. (There is never a disambiguation page for a skill name). Example: If there are several skills that share a name, the PvE version gets the plain name. Examples:
 * the skill article Shatterstone has a disambiguation message for Shatterstone (unique item).
 * Brawling Headbutt / Brawling Headbutt (Brawling)
 * Aegis / Aegis (PvP) / Aegis (shield)

Split Skills
You can easily create a pair of disambiguation messages for PvE/PvP split skills by copying the following: Remember that the PvP version of a split skill belongs in Category:PvP skills.
 * on the PvE page (plain name):
 * on the PvP page, with (PvP) page name:

Missions, Locations, Explorables
Mission articles get the plain article name when there is an outpost or explorable area with the same name, since it is much more likely a visitor is looking for help with the mission than information on either of the other options.

is a simpler version that's used for articles that just need to link to a location with the same name. Example:

There is also and ; they work the same way.