Talk:Paxton

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[edit] Lists versus disambiguation

Some disambiguation pages have lists of every instance of the name of something. This goes against the Manual of Style. Dab pages should really be listing only terms that either have articles or are likely to have them. For place names in the United States, a good rule of thumb is not to include red-linked places that are uninhabited, because unless they are a ghost town with an interesting history, no one will ever write an article about them. If someone finds a noteworthy uninhabited place and writes an article, then that is the time to include it on this page. It's similar to people: we don't include links to all people, just in case they become noteworthy. Neither do we list all places, unless there's a good likelihood that they will get an article that won't be speedily deleted. --Ken Gallager 12:16, 30 October 2007 (UTC)