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- Narky Blert [ Global Accounts ]
Sep 3 2021
Analysis of patterns could be very informative - but I've seen DABlinks which had been added by admins and >10-year veterans, so it isn't a straightforward problem. WP:TESTLINK is more a pious hope than a guideline.
Aug 22 2021
I've changed my mind. I can see this being potentially very useful. In [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iota_Phi_Theta&action=history this simple case] from today, I reverted a repeatedly-edited vanity post, and "Disambiguation links" made the relevant edits stand out. In other cases, where a DABlink-adding edit has been buried under more recent ones, this could make it more easy to identify. (I haven't yet looked outside enwiki.)
Aug 6 2021
I'd say very likely all, rather than nearly all. Most of my edits outside enwiki (32 languages) have been error-fixing. (I hardly ever look outside home languages; links elsewhere might be guesswork, and will need confirmation.) If this benefits any non-English WP - excellent, the effect won't be limited to there.
Aug 4 2021
@Samwilson - dablinks is only added if (I Ithink) there are 7+ links in an article. User:DPL bot sends 'nastygrams' to registered users who add even one DABlink (see e.g. [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Narky_Blert&diff=1035020962&oldid=1034126318 for one of my mistakes]) It doesn't bother with IPs, because they don't know what talk pages are. The list of all current DABlinks is maintained in [https://dplbot.toolforge.org/disambig_links.php?limit=500 Disambiguation Pages with Links], updated twice-daily.
Aug 3 2021
This appears to duplicate what User:DPL bot has been doing in enwiki since 2011.