{{
about
}} is a commonly used
hatnote
on Wikipedia, and so should be placed at the top of an article, linking the reader to articles with similar titles or concepts that they may have been seeking instead.
For reference, there is information about
hatnotes in general
,
when and how to use them
, a complete
list of the other hatnotes
available, and
examples of their use
.
For further information, see the
talk page
.
Note. When used in
the main namespace
, the word "page" in the following hat notes is replaced by "article".
{{about|USE1||PAGE2}}
(When the disambiguation page has a different name ?
Note the empty second parameter
)
??? ??????? USE1 ?????? ??. ????? ?????? ????,
PAGE2
?????.
{{about|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}}
(When there is only one other use)
??? ??????? USE1 ?????? ??. USE2 ????,
PAGE2
?????.
{{about|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|and|PAGE3}}
(Two pages for USE2)
??? ??????? USE1 ?????? ??. USE2 ????,
PAGE2
?????. and ????,
PAGE3
?????.
{{about|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|USE4|PAGE4|USE5|PAGE5}}
(When there are up to five other uses ? You should generally create a
disambiguation page
at this point)
??? ??????? USE1 ?????? ??. USE2 ????,
PAGE2
?????. USE3 ????,
PAGE3
?????. USE4 ????,
PAGE4
?????. USE5 ????,
PAGE5
?????.
{{about|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|other uses}}
(When there are several standard other uses and also a disambiguation page with default name ?
Note that the last page name is not specified
)
{{about|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|other uses|PAGE4}}
(When there are several standard other uses and also a disambiguation page with non-default name)
??? ??????? USE1 ?????? ??. USE2 ????,
PAGE2
?????. USE3 ????,
PAGE3
?????. other uses ????,
PAGE4
?????.
{{about|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|other uses|PAGE4|and}}
{{about||USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|other uses}}
(When you don't need to state the focus of this article/page ?
Note the empty first parameter
)
Otheruses templates
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]
To discuss these templates as a whole, please see
Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation
If you wish to discuss general wordings, rather than the wording or formatting of this specific template, don't post here, or else what you say will probably go unnoticed.
For a summary page on how to use these templates, see
Wikipedia:Otheruses templates (example usage)
.
- For example, {{dablink|For other senses of this term, see [[etc...]]}}. This template is adaptable, but fails to standardize
hatnotes
.
- (Similar to
Dablink
, but used for messages that wouldn't make sense on mirrors of Wikipedia, such as a link in the main article namespace that links to one in the Wikipedia namespace.
See
Wikipedia:Avoid self-references
for more details
.)
Note: All of these templates are special cases of {{
Otheruses4
}}
{{
otheruses
}}
(disambiguous):
{{
otheruses1
|USE}}
(disambiguous):
????? ?????? ????,
USE
?????.
{{
This
|USE|PAGE}}
:
{{
otheruses2
|PAGE}}
(disambiguous):
{{
otheruses3
|PAGE}}
:
????? ?????? ????,
PAGE
?????.
{{
otheruses4
|USE1}}
(disambiguous):
{{
otheruses4
|USE1|USE2}}
:
{{
otheruses4
|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}}
:
??? ??????? USE1 ?????? ??. USE2 ????,
PAGE2
?????.
{{
About
||USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|USE4|PAGE4|USE5|PAGE5}}
(alias and empty first param):
{{
otheruses4
|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|USE4|PAGE4|USE5|PAGE5}}
(fully specified):
??? ??????? USE1 ?????? ??. USE2 ????,
PAGE2
?????. USE3 ????,
PAGE3
?????. USE4 ????,
PAGE4
?????. USE5 ????,
PAGE5
?????.
{{
otheruses5
}}
:
???????:Otheruses5
(this is for when there are both a singular and plural disambiguation page; only works when the plural is formed simply by adding "s" at the end.)
{{
otheruses6
|PAGE1|PAGE2}}
:
???????:Otheruses6
(for when there are two disambiguation pages, such as noun and adjective, or singular and irregular plural; there are only two parameters, they are required, and they do not auto-add "(disambiguation)")
Other people
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]
Other places
[
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]
Otherhurricaneuses
[
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]
- For articles on
storms
.
For (other topic)
[
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]
Note: {{
otheruses4
}} ({{
about
}} is a convenient redirect) can often be used instead of {{
for
}}; you just have to add an empty first parameter (e.g.
{{
For
|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE}}
becomes
{{
About
||OTHER TOPIC|PAGE}}
{{
For
}}
(disambiguous):
{{
For
|OTHER TOPIC}}
(disambiguous):
{{
For
|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE}}
:
OTHER TOPIC ????,
PAGE
?????
{{
For
|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1|PAGE2}}
:
{{
For2
|OTHER TOPIC|LINK TO [[PAGE1]] AND [[PAGE2]]}}
:
Otherusesof (topic)
[
????????
]
{{
Redirect6
|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1||}}
(See note for {{Two other uses}} above)
"Not to be confused with"...
[
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]
Do not use
subst:
with these templates
, as that will prevent:
- propagating changes as the template is modified; and
- the
What links here
(WLH) listing.
DO NOT EDIT THESE TEMPLATES UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING
These templates may be used in thousands of articles, and changing the syntax could therefore break thousands of articles. If you wish to edit a disambiguation template first ask yourself:
- Is there already another template that will do this job? We have lots of disambiguation templates already, see
Category:Disambiguation and redirection templates
.
- Do I really need a template for this? Will it ever get used on any other articles, or should I just use {{
dablink
}} instead?
- Do I know what will happen if I change the parameters around? Will it break existing uses of the template, and if so, can I fix them all?