How Wikipedia Works by Yates Ben Ayers Phoebe Matthews Charles & Charles Matthews & Ben Yates

Author:Yates, Ben, Ayers, Phoebe, Matthews, Charles & Charles Matthews & Ben Yates [Phoebe Ayers]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: COMPUTERS / Internet / General
ISBN: 9781593272272
Publisher: No Starch Press

Many complete proper names require disambiguation: John Smith, Thomas Adams, and Juan González are all examples of common names that need disambiguation pages to distinguish between individuals sharing that name. But Wikipedia also lists articles by surname alone. For example, [[Category:Irish surnames]] contains around 200 pages, each devoted to a single surname of Irish origin. If you go to [[Nolan]], you'll find an extensive list of articles on Irish, British, American, Canadian, and other Nolans.

Thus, a surname page is very much like a disambiguation page: Nolan refers to numerous people. Sometimes these surname pages include (surname) in the title. For instance, [[Cooper]] is a basic disambiguation page, listing the many places called Cooper, a handful of well-known people named Cooper, and a pointer to the page [[Cooper (profession)]], which is about the profession of making barrels. Because Cooper is a very common English surname, Wikipedia also has a separate page [[Cooper (surname)]], listing articles about people with that name. This page exists in place of [[List of people with surname Cooper]].

Two other kinds of pages about people exist: listings by given names and family history.

Given names are treated differently than surnames. If you search for [[John (first name)]], you'll find this page in [[Category:Given names]]. Listing every article about a person with the first name John would not be useful. Instead you'll discover that Juan is the Spanish equivalent—in other words, the article is about the name itself. The basic page [[John]] is a disambiguation page that lists historical figures known just as John, such as the English King who signed the Magna Carta. Use the {{Given name}} template to classify these pages.

These topics are extremely popular on the Web. We mentioned in Chapter 1 that Wikipedia believes that most family history is indiscriminate and only includes it when the family's history meets the standards of notability—and only in articles about specific families (not the general surname), such as [[Bancroft family]], the owners of The Wall Street Journal until 2007. Family articles should be placed in [[Category:Families]] and its subcategories. That Bancroft article belongs in the categories [[Category:American families]] and [[Category:Business families]].

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