Otheruses templates
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).
Generic
- 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.)
Otheruses
{{About}} is the main template for giving other uses; it redirects to {{otheruses4}}.
- Script error: No such module "about".
{{otheruses4|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|USE4|PAGE4|USE5|PAGE5}} (fully specified):
- Template:Otheruses4
Variations
There are also variations of {{about}}. These serve the same purpose, and are marginally easier to use for each individual purpose, but overall, it is complicated to have so many different templates.
All of these templates are special cases of {{about}}.
For (other topic)
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): Error: no context parameter provided. Use {{other uses}} for "other uses" hatnotes. (help).
{{For|OTHER TOPIC}} (disambiguous):
{{For|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE}}: For OTHER TOPIC, see
PAGE.
{{For|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1|PAGE2}}:
{{For2|OTHER TOPIC|LINK TO [[PAGE1]] AND [[PAGE2]]}}:
Other people
Other places
Template:Otherplaces
Template:Otherplaces2
Template:Otherplaces3
Otherhurricaneuses
- For articles on storms.
Otherusesof (topic)
Redirect
{{Redirectstohere|REDIRECT notice}} (To Document dependent link[s], Template also has a hidden mode, (Set "|hide=true") which enables it to document a section title is a redirect page target section, and so should not be changed.); Some examples:
Unexpected use of template {{1}} - see Template:1 for details.Template:Redirectstohere,
Unexpected use of template {{1}} - see Template:1 for details.Template:Redirectstohere
Unexpected use of template {{1}} - see Template:1 for details.— with a little care, bolding the titled redirects can substitute for awkward phrases involving multiple name forms of the main article title; particularly those of the "also known as varieties"...
Unexpected use of template {{1}} - see Template:1 for details.Template:Redirectstohere
Unexpected use of template {{2}} - see Template:2 for details.
{{Redirect|REDIRECT}} (disambiguous):
{{Redirect|REDIRECT||PAGE}}: "REDIRECT" redirects here. For other uses, see
PAGE.
{{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE|PAGE}}: "REDIRECT" redirects here. For USE, see
PAGE.
{{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2}} (disambiguous):
{{Redirect3|REDIRECT|TEXT}}:
{{Redirect4|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2}} (disambiguous): Template:Redirect4
{{Redirect6|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2}}: Template:Redirect6
{{Redirect6|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1||}}
Template:Redirect6
"Not to be confused with"...
Notes
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.
Please 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?
Initial visibility: currently defaults to autocollapse
To set this template's initial visibility, the |state= parameter may be used:
|state=collapsed: {{Hatnote templates documentation|state=collapsed}} to show the template collapsed, i.e., hidden apart from its title bar
|state=expanded: {{Hatnote templates documentation|state=expanded}} to show the template expanded, i.e., fully visible
|state=autocollapse: {{Hatnote templates documentation|state=autocollapse}}
- shows the template collapsed to the title bar if there is a
{{navbar}}, a {{sidebar}}, or some other table on the page with the collapsible attribute
- shows the template in its expanded state if there are no other collapsible items on the page
If the |state= parameter in the template on this page is not set, the template's initial visibility is taken from the |default= parameter in the Collapsible option template. For the template on this page, that currently evaluates to autocollapse.
No description.
Template parameters
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status |
|---|
| State | state | no description
| Unknown | optional |
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See also