Editing QAWiki:Guide/Questions (section)

=== Ambiguous questions ===

Ambiguous questions like "[[Item:Q16|''What is the largest country in Africa?'']]" are welcome, but they should be tagged as [[Property:P1|instance of]] the class [[Item:Q2|ambiguous question]] and should not provide a query. Ideally, each ambiguous question should link to one or more [[Property:P14|candidate questions]] that the user might mean, such as "[[Item:Q17|''What is the largest country in Africa by population?'']]" and "[[Item:Q18|''What is the largest country in Africa by area?'']]". Systems using QAWiki can then suggest to the user these more specific questions in a "''Did you mean ...''" style interaction. Other types of ambiguity might arise due to entities mentioned in the question being ambiguous. To avoid a proliferation of disambiguation, it can be assumed that the most "obvious" entity in the context of the question applies in general, much like in Wikpedia, where [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson Michael Jackson] points directly to the famous singer; however, there may be cases where there is no one "obvious" entity being referred to, in which case an ambiguous question can be generated.