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<nowiki>{{Distinguish|foo|bar|something}}</nowiki> {{Distinguish|foo|bar|something}}
 
<nowiki>{{Distinguish|foo|bar|something}}</nowiki> {{Distinguish|foo|bar|something}}
 
<nowiki>{{Distinguish|foo|bar|something|baz}}</nowiki> {{Distinguish|foo|bar|something|baz}}
 
  
 
This hatnote is generally used when there is an ambiguity that is not necessarily literal, but one that can be reasonably assumed to exist for a portion of the readership substantial enough to warrant a hatnote. When applying it, care should be taken to [[WP:TRHAT|avoid trivial uses]].
 
This hatnote is generally used when there is an ambiguity that is not necessarily literal, but one that can be reasonably assumed to exist for a portion of the readership substantial enough to warrant a hatnote. When applying it, care should be taken to [[WP:TRHAT|avoid trivial uses]].

Revision as of 17:46, 28 October 2014

Usage

{{Distinguish|foo}}

{{Distinguish|foo|bar}}

{{Distinguish|foo|bar|something}}

This hatnote is generally used when there is an ambiguity that is not necessarily literal, but one that can be reasonably assumed to exist for a portion of the readership substantial enough to warrant a hatnote. When applying it, care should be taken to avoid trivial uses.

Redirects

See also

  • {{Distinguish2}}, for multiple disambiguation targets or prepending "the".
  • {{About}}, if the page title does (without misspelling) describe the other target (since the user is then aided by a clear statement of how the page's topic differs from the other target's topic).

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