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| Aug 18 2021, 10:28 PM |
As a Visual Editor contributor using the link toolbar to search for knowledge to reference in my article, I can:
Proposed solution:
We are proposing changing the copy to better describe what a disambiguation page means in the visual editor link pop-up:
This was not added by the software, but by the community. For English Wikipedia, it lives at Template:Disambiguation page short description and the wording was decided in a poll. We will need to consult them to change it.
For other projects, it uses the Wikidata description at Q19919777. Currently there is only an English and Spanish description. We can change it there (use a volunteer account!), but note however "article" isn't a safe word to use since that implies the mainspace, and the disambiguation page and the links in it can be in different namespaces.
Starting tomorrow we will have hard data on how many disambig links are added through VE, and hopefully following T285510 those numbers will be low, so we may not need much additional effort for VE anyway.
Leon thanks so much for pointing this out!
I will go onto the talk page there and see if folks resonate with the word change.
@nayoub do you want to own updating the Wikidata description at Q19919777?
Yeah, great point! We considered that but we realized in testing that the icon can still be a bit confusing, @matmarex for example the icon is still a bit hard to guage, especially for concepts like "Evolution" or "Diaspora" where the icon itself could represent the concept it refers to
