Does VW have a solution for disambiguation? (multiple topics with the same name)

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...iguation_pages

The same method can be applied in VaultWiki. Disambiguation is something that you have to set up manually in MediaWiki, and likewise in VaultWiki.

Create a template called Disambiguation.

Code:

---

This article is about {{{current_topic}}}. For other topics, see [category={{{title}}} (Disambiguation)]{{{title}}} (Disambiguation)[/category].[category]{{{title}}} (Disambiguation)[/category]

---

Such a template could be used as follows. Imagine an article named "Bottles":

Code:

---

[template] Disambiguation
| title = Bottles
| current_topic = the Banjo-Kazooie character
[/template]

---

This would render on the page like so:

Quote:

---

This article is about the Banjo-Kazooie character. For other topics, see Bottles (Disambiguation).

---

The page would be automatically added to the category "Bottles (Disambiguation)". Clicking a link to the category would list other pages about similarly named topics, like "Bottle (glass container)".

You don't have to use categories if you're willing to update the disambiguation page manually. As a non-category, you could maintain more of a description of each item, rather than simply an auto-generated alphabetical list.

How does disambiguation work in VW4?
Is there a disambiguation:xxxx function?

Since categories are no longer parser-related, adding categories via template (at least not in the same way as above) would have no effect. So you can't use them in the way I describe above to automatically generate a disambiguation page.

However, you can still create more verbose disambiguations if you manage disambiguations manually. Otherwise, you could just create a template that, instead of linking to a disambiguation category, links to a search for the current page title.

Perhaps in the future, disambiguations can be created automatically once infoboxes and wiki-data functionality are implemented.

As disambiguation is an essential part of wiki I think VW should have a special function for this. Similar to how we can manage synonyms, we should also be able to manage disambiguations.