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Disambiguation should be used anytime there is uncertainty on what a meaning of a link may be.
Disambiguation should be used anytime there is uncertainty on what a meaning of a link may be.


As an Saintapedia author or editor, ask yourself what article the reader would realistically be expecting to view as a result? When there is no risk of confusion, do not disambiguate, nor add a link to a disambiguation page. Simply link directly to the article.   
As an USApedia author or editor, ask yourself what article the reader would realistically be expecting to view as a result? When there is no risk of confusion, do not disambiguate, nor add a link to a disambiguation page. Simply link directly to the article.   


== How to Create a Disambiguation Page ==
== How to Create a Disambiguation Page ==
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===Breaking a redirect===
===Breaking a redirect===
Sometimes the term already [[redirect]]s to a specific topical page and it is necessary to "break the redirect' so you can turn the page into a redirect.  To break a redirect, search on the term so Saintapedia redirects you to the page.  Look right below the article's title for "Redirected from <nowiki><the term you just searched on></nowiki>".  The term you searched on will be a link.  Click that link and then edit the page.  As soon as you remove the #Redirect at the beginning of the article, you will have broken the redirect.
Sometimes the term already [[redirect]]s to a specific topical page and it is necessary to "break the redirect' so you can turn the page into a redirect.  To break a redirect, search on the term so USApedia redirects you to the page.  Look right below the article's title for "Redirected from <nowiki><the term you just searched on></nowiki>".  The term you searched on will be a link.  Click that link and then edit the page.  As soon as you remove the #Redirect at the beginning of the article, you will have broken the redirect.


==Default Disambiguation==
==Default Disambiguation==