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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
| This is a documentation subpage for Template:Distinguish. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
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
- {{Not to be confused with}}
- {{Confused}}
- {{Confuse}}
- {{Misspelling}}
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).