User talk:Alice in Wikiland

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[edit] Zoo

I've reverted your changes (again) to Zoo (disambiguation). Disambiguation pages serve a different purpose. They should not mislead, but they should be streamlined for speed. Thus reduction of bluelinks and an order conducive to providing a quick path for most users (i.e. not alphabetical). When I have time I can come back and break the page up into groupings - that would problem improve things. Please see the Disambiguation page manual of style - my changes are consistent with it. (John User:Jwy talk) 16:19, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually, now that I look closer, I see the order is rather random. It should be by likely search target. Will be back for that. . . (John User:Jwy talk) 16:21, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
It will take me a while to ponder that. Thanks for the explanation. ♦ Alice in Wikiland ♦ 10:17, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
I've broken the page into sections. As you ponder, try to think of the experience of several different people, each searching for a different "zoo" article and see how this page might help them. (John User:Jwy talk) 17:21, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I think that both your analysis and action were correct; as you said in your edit summary: "Please see WP:MOSDAB. Speed of navigation is the key concern on a dab page. Many coming through the page won't look twice at entries other than the entry they want."
However, I am a bit puzzled at you promoting
and
  • Zoo is a common informal abbreviation for zoophile
to top of the list. Surely those will both be relatively rare topics being looked for on Wikipedia, John? ♦ Alice in Wikiland ♦ 19:01, 5 January 2008 (UTC)