Talk:Nap (disambiguation)

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==Is a nap also when your hair has a heavliy matted knot?

Eazy-E seemed to think so:

Pulled to the house get her out of the pad
And the bitch said something to make me mad
She said somethin' that I couldn't believe
So I grabbed the stupid bitch by her nappy ass weave

[The previous unsigned comment was posted by Polyparadigm (talk · contribs), 23:43, 10 February 2006 (UTC)][reply]

The word "nap" surely has many other definitions than those given here, but until there is an article relating to that definition there is no need to add it to the disambiguation page; doing so will simply frustrate readers who will look for an article link and not find one. Wikipedia is not Wiktionary. — SMcCandlish [talk] [contrib] ツ 22:10, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

July 25, 2008 Cleanup

I made this edit in an effort to cleanup the DAB page according to WP:MoSDAB. Usually I leave a summary of reasons for my specific changes, but this one was so complex (and possibly controversial), I thought I'd explain here. Hoof Hearted (talk) 18:28, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

* A short sleep. See also: power-nap, siesta, catnap, polyphasic sleep, Inemuri
<!--When there is a main article about napping, link to that and remove these.-->

See WP:D#Duplicate topics, don't bother differentiating terms that are essentially the same. Besides, there should only be one link per line.

* <span id="Textile">The direction</span><!--Don't delete this #link please; used in actual articles. -->
in which the strands of hair or fur are oriented on the skin of an animal or human body; or similarly, the direction
of the pile in a carpet or other textile such as baize. <!--When there is a main article for this concept,
 please remove the extra links here.-->

DAB pages are for navigation, not information. One should never intentionally link to DAB pages except on rare occasions (as with {{other}}) to explain the disambiguation. Regardless, it appears the #link is no longer being used as none of the pages linking to nap contain it. Rather than post a bunch of prose and wait for the article to be made, it is better to make a stub and then add the link to the bullet list of a DAB page. The "nap" in carpet goes to nap (textile), so I feel that link is a good substitute for this entry.

* Strong [[Natural hair|curl in hair]] or fur; adjective: "nappy"
* [[nap (textile)|Nap]] is also a term for the raised (fuzzy) surface of certain kinds of cloth, such as flannel and velvet
* The card game also known as [[Napoleon (card game)|Napoleon]]
* A [[National Action Plan on the Elimination of Child Labour|National Action Plan]] on the elimination of child labour

Do not pipe links on DAB pages. "Nappy hair" redirects to "natural afro-hair", and seems like a better link for this page. The link should also be the first thing on the line.

* A measure of the thickness of a paint roller

Paint#Application has a link to nap (textile), so this definition is covered.

* A British horse racing/betting term for the best bet advised by an expert on a given day (from the Napoleon –
the most valuable French coin at the time the phrase was first used.)<!--When there is a main article for this concept,
 please remove the extra links here.-->

Parimutuel betting defines the term. While I removed some valuable information, I think it goes better on the target page rather than this DAB. I plan on doing that next.

* An obscure word for a small wooded area of land, e.g. "down in the nap"
* An equestrian term for a horse disobeying its rider and refusing to go forward; it hangs back or tries to return to its
stable or other horses. The most extreme expression is rearing.
* A National Action Plan for Children (UNO)
* National Alliance Party, a political party of Papua New Guinea
* Nebraska AIDS Project
* Neutral Access Point, more commonly known as Internet Exchange Point
* New Azerbaijan Party, the ruling political party in Azerbaijan.
* Non-aggression pact, an agreement between two nations that they are not to attack each other regardless of the
allegiances of third nations
* "Not applicable", as used in banking (in other contexts it is more often abbreviated "n/a" or "n.a.")

Nap, nap, NAP, naps, NAPS, N.A.P., N.A.P.S., are not mentioned in these target articles - and I looked for related articles that did. Note that National Action Plan for Children is actually NPA (National Plan of Action for Children). All of the NAPs on Internet Exchange Point go to Network Access Point, not Neutral Access Point.

* National Action Party of some Latin American and other countries

Actually, if you follow the link you'll find Latin American countries use the term Partido Acción Nacional, thus the acronym is PAN as in National Action Party (Mexico). Only the UK Party (the only English speaking one with a wikilink) is abbreviated NAP.

* National Allocation Plan, part of the European Union Emission Trading Scheme

One link per line.

* New Abstracts and Papers in Sleep, a website where one can find papers on sleep research, and sign up for notification
about new such papers

No external links.

 * National Association for the Prevention of Starvation - Student missionary group based at Oakwood College

Failed red link test for DAB pages.

Card game called Nap

There is a card game called "Nap" that is mentioned in Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome. This is actually short for "Napoleon". This should be mentioned here. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 19:56, 14 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It does actually have an entry in Wikipedia under Napoleon (card game). Since this is a game which is also called "Nap" - as the article itself says - this should be mentioned here. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 20:38, 14 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed split to NAP

Currently NAP is a redirect to this disambiguation page. Since section 1 deals exclusively with things abbreviated "NAP", and the other sections to things nearly exclusively called "Nap", I think it is reasonable to split them out into two DABs per WP:CONSPLIT. (However, that refers to articles rather than other pages.)

There are several other NAPs (National Action Plans) which are not on this DAB: see Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2016_January_24#National_action_plans. It's possible, of course, to create a DAB at National Action Plan, but that would seem a worse "split". I am unsure whether to add those titles to the DAB while that discussion, and this, are underway.

I think the two discussions are reasonably distinct, so to have both concurrently is not ideal, but probably better than waiting or boldly adding the entries here only to remove them soon after. Si Trew (talk) 10:43, 24 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it makes sense to split this. As a disamb page it is intended to cover a diverse set of topics and enable readers to easily find what they are looking for. Making users figure out which is the right disambiguation page to go to would not support that goal. WP:CONSPLIT really does not apply in this case, since having multiple distinct topics on the page is the whole point of the page. I don't think the page, as is, is overly long. Is there any precedent for splitting a disambiguation page into two for different capitalization? meamemg (talk) 16:34, 24 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. There are examples of dab pages that are and aren't split up. As long as it doesn't get unmanageably long, I don't see a need. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:05, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]