Talk:Quaternion (disambiguation)

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WP:PIPING etc.

A quick note on my last change: WP:PIPING says "Subject to certain exceptions as listed below, piping or redirects should not be used in disambiguation pages'", and the exceptions (to support formatting in part of the title, for {{wrongtitle}} pages, to hide section links and parenthical specifiers) do not apply here. The point of making the link clear is a reader arriving at this page should be able to tell from each entry which article it links to, and this should be the case even with the above exceptions.--JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 01:19, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, I read:

When a disambiguation page is linking to a specific section of an article, rather than an entire article, piping may be used for linking to that section via anchor points or section linking. This technique is used commonly for piping to the track listing section of an album; a further example, from E (disambiguation), is that the piped ESRB ([[ESRB#Current | ESRB]]) is preferred to simply linking to the top of the target page ESRB.

I am sure we should link to the section regarding quaternion in the bookbinding sense. Being linked thousands of words away from the word quaternion, which is then mentioned in only one sentence, is so close to useless, the link (as you envision it) is not worthy of being on this page. As for the eagle sense, I think your version is not in line with the policy, is very confusing, and makes less sense for a DAB page (DAB pages are here to get people looking for, i.e. the eagle to that information). However, you are only a gentle scroll away from quaternion eagle, so it isn't too confusing, just annoying. BTW, do you know if the eagle sense is called "quaternion" or not? 0¹⁸ (talk) 02:20, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The version I reverted had

Quaternion, in bookbinding, a set of four sheets of folded paper

which is clearly wrong - it looks like the article is called "Quaternion". I notice as I edit the page to view that source it says "The full article name should be visible; do not pipe entry names." to confirm the above. The eagle line was similarly wrong. I'm not sure what your last question means: the only information I have is from that article, which seems fine.--JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 02:32, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can you explain what you think the excerpt I quoted means? In rereading it, I think it is supposed to be labeled bookbinding, (not quaternion), but should still link to the section. 0¹⁸ (talk) 03:26, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It say's piping may be used, and I did not see the need for it - there's no section Bookbinding#quaternion for example, while the eagle is obvious in that article - but I've no strong objection to it as the article names are clear, unlike the version I reverted which was clearly wrong.--JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 14:21, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]