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The following guideline is what to do in the event that you wish to create an article for a character or supergroup that already exists.

== Character Name Collisions ==

If the same character name is in use on different servers, the standard procedure is to have the name resolve to a disambiguation page, and for each character article name to have the server indicated.  The following example illustrates the standard format of a character article name when a character name exists on multiple servers:

 Character Name (Server)

For example, [[Taxibot Belle (Infinity)]].  If all characters of a name belong to the same player, the player may optionally use a redirect instead of a disambiguation page.

If the characters belong to different players, the disambiguation page is required is stored in a template named [[Template:Disambig char template|Disambig char template]].  Use the following steps to create a disambiguation page:

* If an existing character page is present, move it to meet the standard character name format mentioned above.  '''Do not delete existing character pages of other players!'''
* Edit the original page to contain the following text:
 <nowiki>{{subst:Disambig char template}}</nowiki>
* Save the page.  The template text should be substituted in the disambiguation page.
* Re-edit the page to contain the list of the character's name across the different servers that belong to each player, in alphabetical order by server.