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Using this as an example, as things now stand 3500-4000 viewers per month are surprised they landed on a dab page and need to click through. If Duluth redirected to
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Numbers of incoming links are highly unreliable. They can show that there is a clear need to disambiguate, but not the opposite. They don't show the opposite because it is so easy to "game the system" to make a case for a given "primary topic" by going through the list and fixing links that intend
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Minnesota city or attractions in it, and 10-12 to the Georgia one. (There is some duplication so I didn't make an exact
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There is also the novel by one of the most well known authors in the world. Also, for all you know someone from
Georgia went through to fix most of the links to their town (not likely, but possible). My point is that "what links here" should never be used as a factor in deciding whether to move a
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Because dab pages are not articles. No reader expects to wind up on a dab page and ideally no one ever should. In cases where article titles are ambiguous, we should serve the majority. A hatnote is usually the more unobtrusive way to direct the minority. Sure, there will be a few cases where a
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Gee, that is why dab pages exist. Article links should not drop the reader at a dab page. However if a reader tries to go to an ambiguous name, they should wind up at a dab page and not a page that is not what they are looking for. Its the principle of least surprise.
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Georgia town is just as notable and has good claim. Incoming links are NOT a reliable indicator since many people (including myself) try and make sure links to disambiguation pages get fixed to point to the right page.
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When I start fixing ambiguous links and every article but one so far links properly to Duluth, Minnesota, that is a very strong indication to me as to what the primary topic is. (Sorry about my lousy indenting skills.)
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in its title. Folks looking for an airport, school, depot, religious institution, or
Precambrian rock formation are not likely to just search for the single word. We should eliminate the excess.
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