User:KConWiki/Disambiguation link fixing

This might be handy: {{Disambiguation needed}} - Also:

Non-disambiguation pages with commonly misdirected incoming links[edit]

(Some of these dates will have to just be "Last time they were checked for obvious mistakes"; Less-than-obvious mistakes might slip through.)

Individual people[edit]

Francis Bacon (Look for links that should go to Francis Bacon (artist)) - 2-2-2024
Jerry Casale (Look for things that should point to Gerald Casale of Devo, as opposed to Jerry Casale, of Major League Baseball - 2-2-2024
Charles Dubin (Charles Dubin was the Chief Justice of Ontario; Charles S. Dubin was a movie and TV director.) - 2-2-2024
Paul Ehrlich (19th century physiologist vs. 20th century environmentalist vs. U.S. Surgeon General) - 5-1-2022
William Langer - This is the article for the ND Governor and U.S. Senator - Look for links that should go to William L. Langer, the historian at Harvard. - 5-1-2022
David Mark - Look for articles that should not be pointing to the Nigerian politician of that name - 4-26-2022
George Murdock (Look for links that should go to George Murdock (actor)) - 5-1-2022
Ed O'Neil - Ed O'Neil = Football coach; The Actor has two "l"s. - 5-1-2022
Adrian Smith - 2-2-2024
William Paley (The theologian and philosopher is distinct from the CBS executive William S. Paley) - 5-1-2022
Richard Rogers - Richard Rogers is the architect; Richard Rodgers is the songwriter - 5-1-2022
John Toland - 5-1-2022
Roger Williams - 5-1-2022
William Windom (Senator and Treasury Secretary William Windom vs. his great-grandson, William Windom (actor)) - 5-1-2022
Also - Keep an eye on Heinrich Zimmer, Heinrich Zimmer (Celticist), and Heinrich Zimmern.

Bands, musicians, albums, and songs that get mixed up with other things[edit]

Boston (look for Boston (band)) -
Cee-lo (watch for things that should go to Cee Lo Green) - 5-1-2022
Chicago (Look for Chicago (band)) -
Cream (Look for Cream (band)) - 5-1-2022
The Decembrists - Look for links that should go to the band The Decemberists instead of to the unwritten Tolstoy novel - 5-1-2022
Fun (Look for Fun (band)) - 5-1-2022
Al Green (Look for the congressman or others) - 2-8-2024
Lazaretto (Look for links for the Jack White song, and other meanings) - 5-1-2022
Life on Mars - 2-3-2024
Pitbull (Look for links that should go to Pitbull (rapper) - 2-3-2024
Prince (Look for Prince (musician)) -
Rainbow - Look for Rainbow (rock band) and maybe other stuff
Ring of Fire (At risk of getting mixed up with Ring of Fire (song)) - 9-4-2013
Styx - Look for links that should go to Styx (band) - 4-26-2022
Tom Sawyer -
UFO (Look for UFO (band)) -

Comics[edit]

Firestorm - Look for articles that should go to Firestorm (comics)
Midway City (distinguish between the fictional Midway City (DC Comics) and the actual Midway City, California) - 6/2/2019
Sandman - Look for the various DC and Marvel characters and link appropriately
Uncle Sam (Look for Uncle Sam (comics)) -

Governmental departments, ministries, offices, agencies, positions, and documents[edit]

There are numerous similar naming conventions for governmental departments and agencies from various countries around the world. It is not uncommon for a link that is intended to go to a specific country's department to go to the article for the overview or list of all such departments. For instance, if you want to use the link for Peru's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then you should use Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Peru) rather than Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Declaration of independence
- Declaration of Independence
Agriculture
Attorney General -
Culture -
Defence -
Education -
Environment -
Foreign Affairs -
Interior -
Justice -
Labor -
National Security Council -
- Here's what links to the capitalized National Security as opposed to National security.
President pro tempore
Speaker of the House or House Speaker - Should either point to Speaker (politics) or else something specific, like Speaker of the United States House of Representatives -
Transport -
Transportation

Other[edit]

Alliance (and its numerous redirects) - 4-26-2022
Apple (How many of these should go to the computer company, rather than the fruit.) - 12-4-2015
Argo -
Atlas -
Badlands - 12-4-2015
Brothers - 5-2-2022
Cambridge
Casablanca (Look for links that should go to Casablanca (film), instead of to the city) -
Computer Games -
Crossfire - 9-14-2013
Erode - Look for the geological process, rather than the city in India
Fighter Squadron - Look for articles about actual fighter squadrons, as opposed to the 1948 movie Fighter Squadron - 9-4-2013
Fox (Look for links that should go to 20th Century Fox or the Fox network) -
Gravity -
Hannibal (See Hannibal (disambiguation)) - 9-4-2013
Happy -
High Chaparral (The TV show is The High Chaparral) -
Hue (The nuance of color is "Hue", the city in Vietnam is "Huế") -
Independence Day - This points to List of national independence days; It could be advantageous to either disambiguate or redlink some of these.
Melville House (Look for links that should go to Melville House Publishing) -
The Metaphysical Club (This is the link for the club, not the book about the club) -
National Press Club - These links should almost always be pointed to the National Press Club of a specific country.
Paris, Texas (Look for links that should point to Paris, Texas (film)) -
Perseus -
Picador - (Look for links that should point to Picador (imprint))
Pineapple Express (Look for Pineapple Express (film)) -
Press Club -
Saint Augustine and St. Augustine
Sisters - 5-2-2022
Slate - Look for things that should point to Slate (magazine)
Sloth (Look for links that should go to Sloth (deadly sin)) - 9-14-2013
Zabriskie Point - 9-4-2013
Zodiac (Look for links for the movie, and/or other things) -