Editing Guideline:Hatnote
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As hatnotes separate the reader from the content they are looking for, hatnotes should generally be as concise as possible. Long explanations are generally discouraged; the article's lead text, not the hatnote, should explain what the article is about. In almost all cases, the hatnote is intended only to direct readers to other articles in case they were actually looking for something they will not find in the article containing the hatnote. As hatnotes separate the reader from the content they are looking for, hatnotes should generally be as concise as possible. Long explanations are generally discouraged; the article's lead text, not the hatnote, should explain what the article is about. In almost all cases, the hatnote is intended only to direct readers to other articles in case they were actually looking for something they will not find in the article containing the hatnote.
− If a disambiguation page exists for a given term, then linking to it should be enough. For example, if the article is [[w:X|X]] then its hatnote will link to [[w:X (disambiguation)|X (disambiguation)]]; it should not have entries for other topics known as ''X'', like [[w:X (Grafton novel)|''X'' (Grafton novel)]] or [[w:X (charge)|X (charge)]], because they are already listed in the disambiguation page. However, such an article may be linked if it could be expected by a significant number of readers to be at the title in question: for instance, [[w:Turkey|Turkey]] is about the country, but many readers expect to find the article about the bird at that title; therefore, the hatnote there correctly reads + If a disambiguation page exists for a given term, then linking to it should be enough. For example, if the article is [[X]] then its hatnote will link to [[X (disambiguation)]]; it should not have entries for other topics known as ''X'', like [[X (Grafton novel)|''X'' (Grafton novel)]] or [[X (charge)]], because they are already listed in the disambiguation page. However, such an article may be linked if it could be expected by a significant number of readers to be at the title in question: for instance, [[Turkey]] is about the country, but many readers expect to find the article about the bird at that title; therefore, the hatnote there correctly reads
{{xt|<nowiki>{{about|the country|the bird|Turkey (bird)|other uses}}</nowiki>}} {{xt|<nowiki>{{about|the country|the bird|Turkey (bird)|other uses}}</nowiki>}}
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As hatnotes separate the reader from the content they are looking for, hatnotes should generally be as concise as possible. Long explanations are generally discouraged; the article's lead text, not the hatnote, should explain what the article is about. In almost all cases, the hatnote is intended only to direct readers to other articles in case they were actually looking for something they will not find in the article containing the hatnote. | As hatnotes separate the reader from the content they are looking for, hatnotes should generally be as concise as possible. Long explanations are generally discouraged; the article's lead text, not the hatnote, should explain what the article is about. In almost all cases, the hatnote is intended only to direct readers to other articles in case they were actually looking for something they will not find in the article containing the hatnote. | ||
− | If a disambiguation page exists for a given term, then linking to it should be enough. For example, if the article is [[ | + | If a disambiguation page exists for a given term, then linking to it should be enough. For example, if the article is [[X]] then its hatnote will link to [[X (disambiguation)]]; it should not have entries for other topics known as ''X'', like [[X (Grafton novel)|''X'' (Grafton novel)]] or [[X (charge)]], because they are already listed in the disambiguation page. However, such an article may be linked if it could be expected by a significant number of readers to be at the title in question: for instance, [[Turkey]] is about the country, but many readers expect to find the article about the bird at that title; therefore, the hatnote there correctly reads |
{{xt|<nowiki>{{about|the country|the bird|Turkey (bird)|other uses}}</nowiki>}} | {{xt|<nowiki>{{about|the country|the bird|Turkey (bird)|other uses}}</nowiki>}} |