For @BD2412 and the other editors repairing disambiguation problems:
In the visual editor, disambiguation links are usually identified when you make them, which helps editors avoid linking to the wrong page (e.g., [[Mercury]] when they mean [[Mercury (element)]]). But perhaps we could go further there, and actively suggest changing such links.
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T137206 Suggest gallery images from other language Wikipedias | |||
| Open | None | T114233 When editing, prompt the user with suggested images used in other languages' version of this article | |||
| Open | None | T110644 Provide a system for prompting the user to do things as they edit | |||
| Open | None | T198936 If a user adds a link to a disambiguation page in the mainspace, suggest changing the link |
Sometimes links to disambiguation pages are intentional. Eg. in redirects for alternative spelling of some common name, information that there are other meanings of some words/phrases or lins to a list of various editions of particulat text in Wikisources.
I oppose making such warning general for all wikis.
I suggest avoiding suggesting disambiguation pages as the first or second hit in Link in VE
Done with T285510. Unfortunately we don't have data prior to that being deployed, but analysis now shows that links to disambiguation pages are rarely made with VisualEditor: T289534#7309057