Talk:Cad (disambiguation)

The CAD page could be one of two things: 1) A redirect to Computer-aided design 2) A disambiguation page which lists all uses of CAD including Computer-aided design and Canadian dollar

Reasons to redirect to Computer-aided design

• majory of CAD usage is Computer-aided design
• On top of Computer-aided design, we could add the note: {{alternateuseredir|CAD}}

Reasons for a disambiguation page

• There are many uses of CAD including two popular uses (Computer-aided design and Canadian dollar)
• {{alternateuseredir|CAD}} does not currently work
• Users expectind CAD to mean Canadian dollar will be confused when they get Computer-aided design

See Wikipedia:Disambiguation for guidelines on what should be disambiguated.

Comments

How about moving this to CAD (disambiguation) and redirecting CAD to Computer-aided design. On top of Computer-aided design, we could add the note below:

-- User:Docu

Forget the part about the template, it's currently still suffering from a bug. -- User:Docu

Looks like a good idea, since the vast majory of CAD usage is Computer-aided design. Mikkalai 00:56, 6 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Ok. I moved it. Maybe {{alternateuseredir|CAD}} will work some day.-- User:Docu

Someone typing in "CAD" won't find CAD (disambiguation), therefore, I've re-redirected CAD to CAD (disambiguation). Edwardian 08:23, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

May 2006

I'm not sure if I understand the history of this redirect & dab page. Besides Computer-aided design, the only other thing commonly referred to as CAD is Canadian dollar, but there aren't any links here meaning that. So I'm restoring the redirect to Computer-aided design, OK? I've also updated the dablink/hatnote there. Ewlyahoocom 21:11, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Disambiguation is more appropriate

Redirecting CAD to computer aided design is not correct. There are many meanings of CAD including two very common ones (computer aided design and canadian dollar). CAD should be a disambiguation page. Ewlyahoocom is incorrect -- the link Canadian dollar is there. Young7 12:51, 3 June 2006 (UTC)