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'''Disambiguation''' is the process of resolving ambiguity — meaning the conflict that occurs when a term is closely associated with two or more different topics.
#REDIRECT [[Tolkien Gateway:Naming policy#Disambiguation]]
:'''See also: [[:Category:Disambiguation]]'''
 
==Multiple names==
Throughout [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s world, names have been used more than once.
* Some names of older tales have been reused for "external" reasons - names like [[Galdor (disambiguation)|Galdor]] and [[Legolas]].
* Some have been used "internally" - the [[Númenóreans]] and [[Gondorians]] and even the [[Hobbits]] naming their offspring after heroes of the [[First Age]]: [[Húrin|Húrin Thalion]] had four Gondorian noblemen named after him.
* Some chapters are named after people or events, that play an important role in it. Examples include ''[[Strider (chapter)]]'', ''[[Treebeard (chapter)]]'' and ''[[Minas Tirith (chapter)]]''.
* Some characters' names have been reused in adaptations - especially [[The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy|Peter Jackson's]] - though they do not represent the character in the book. [[Morwen (movie character)]] is one, and one could argue her son [[Éothain (movie character)]] is another.
 
==Disambiguation==
Because of this reuse of names, it is important to disambiguate these multiple article titles. There are several ways of doing this.
 
;Numbers
Some of the characters have numbers, especially royalty. The two ''Arathorn''s are thus named [[Arathorn I]] and [[Arathorn II]].<!--
 
;Epithets
An epithet is an honorific name. Thus the legendary Beren becomes [[Beren Erchamion]], Túrin becomes [[Túrin|Túrin Turambar]] and Húrin becomes [[Húrin|Húrin Thalion]]. They do not all have to be in Elvish: Turgon can be found at [[Turgon the Wise]].-->
 
;Titles
Titles differ from epithets in that they usually start with "of". Hence, [[Galdor of Dor-lómin]] and [[Húrin of Emyn Arnen]].
 
;Descriptions in parantheses
These descriptions in parantheses (brackets) can be patronyms ([[Faramir (son of Denethor II)]]) or descriptions (either [[Beregond (Steward of Gondor)]] or [[Fastred (Rider of Rohan)]])
 
==Use within the text==
It may look tiresome to type the following:
 
:''<nowiki>[[Aragorn]] promised [[Boromir (son of Denethor II)|Boromir]] he would go with him to [[Minas Tirith (Gondor)|Minas Tirith]]</nowiki>''
 
Typing the following instead would be much simpler:
 
:''<nowiki>[[Aragorn]] promised [[Boromir]] he would go with him to [[Minas Tirith]]</nowiki>''
 
But is important that proper disambiguation happens. The purpose of Tolkien Gateway is to service the '''reader''' over the '''editor'''. Though readers can, in general, deduce which of the offered options is the one they were sent to, correct linking is one of the [[Tolkien Gateway:Manual of Style|Standards]] for Featured Articles at least. For all articles that need to be disambiguated, see: [[:Category:Disambiguation]].
 
==Disambiguation page==
Disambiguation pages should be made when there are three articles with the name, or that have the name in them. In the case of two articles, the most popular of the two gets the main aritcle as a redirect, with a notification (see below) at the top. This could also be applied to disambiguation pages: if one of the three is the most popular (such as [[Minas Tirith]]), it redirects to the main article. If not, the "naked" term is redirected to a an article of the same name, with "(disambiguation)" added behind the name.
 
===Layout===
*The first line of the template should be the same as other articles: the page name bolded, with a arbitrary sentence saying something like "'''Subject''' can refer to the following characters" or whatever is appropriate.
*The list of disambiguated articles. The list should be split up, when necessary, between [[Legendarium]]-related links and Real-world links (see for example [[Minas Tirith (disambiguation)]] and [[Tom (disambiguation)]]).
*At he end of the article, add '''<nowiki>{{disambig}}</nowiki>'''
*Further categorization is not necessary.
 
===Templates===
* If a page has two entries, use [[Template:Disambig-two|'''<nowiki>{{disambig-two}}</nowiki>''']] or [[Template:Youmay|'''<nowiki>{{youmay}}</nowiki>''']] at the top of the first page
* In the case of three or more articles, use [[Template:Disambig-more|'''<nowiki>{{disambig-more}}</nowiki>''']] at the top of the page that is redirected from the naked term - unless that is the redirect page. Note that all these templates have parameters.
 
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