Talk:Peterborough (disambiguation)

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About disambiguation page[edit]

Disambiguation pages are not search indices. The point of the Peterborough (disambiguation) page is to assist a Wikipedia user in finding an existing page whose topic is (or could also be) simply titled "Peterborough" or "Peterboro". In other words, if a person were to search for a page in Wikipedia using the word "Peterborough" they would first be presented with the article Peterborough, which is about the town in England. However, if that person was actually looking for the Canadian city of the same name, they would visit this page to select the actual Peterborough they were looking for. Simple as that.

Please do not add links to articles about people, businesses, organisations, etc., simply because their name contains the word "Peterborough/Peterboro" or because they are somehow linked to a city or area named "Peterborough/Peterboro."

Before adding a topic to this page, ask yourself:

If you were looking for this topic on Wikipedia, would you simply and only type "Peterborough" or "Peterboro" as your search word?
Are there people who might refer to your topic by only using the word "Peterborough" or "Peterboro"?

Please see Wikipedia:Disambiguation and Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages) for more info.

Thanks. Marchije (talk) 14:11, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Giving disambiguation page more prominence[edit]

I'm curious as to why the UK city of Peterborough is the top article under "Peterborough" and not this page. Given that there are cities of the same name in Canada and Australia and elsewhere (one of which I live in, naturally) of not insignificant size, I think it would be a good idea to consider this kind of change. My two cents. Somewildthingsgo (talk) 23:30, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is because the Wikipedia article Peterborough refers to the city in the United Kingdom. The other settlements listed each have further disambiguation in their page titles. Chrisieboy (talk) 14:55, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]