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== Disambiguation, absolute rules and common sense ==
The prohibition against disambiguation links must reasonably be there to avoid links that miss their target and leave the reader to figure it out, and perhaps other cases which create an inconvenience instead of solving one.
But what about cases where a disambiguation page might be the best target? For example: if a disambiguation page only lists things pertaining to one subject (like things named for one and the same person or place), that subject has an article, some mention of and link to these things might be appropriate in the lead of the article, but each item mentioned and linked separately would make the lead too long and detailed?
I don't know how many such cases exist (or others when a link to a dab might solve an inconvenience) but I recently came across one.
I don't mean the rule should be abolished, but some common sense in using it – and some others? – could perhaps be recommended. The single little word "generally" is obviously too easy to overlook. [[Special:Contributions/151.177.57.31|151.177.57.31]] ([[User talk:151.177.57.31|talk]]) 14:15, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
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