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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
{{Dablink|TEXT}}:
- For example, {{dablink|For other senses of this term, see [[etc...]]}}. This template is adaptable, but fails to standardize hatnotes.
{{Selfref|TEXT}}:
- (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}}.
{{otheruses4|USE1}}(disambiguous): Template:Otheruses4{{otheruses4|USE1|USE2}}: Template:Otheruses4{{otheruses4|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}}: Template:Otheruses4{{About||USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|USE4|PAGE4|USE5|PAGE5}}(alias and empty first param):
- Script error: No such module "about".
{{otheruses4|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|USE4|PAGE4|USE5|PAGE5}}(fully specified):
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; it could be argued that the time saved using them is lost as other editors have to familiarise themselves with them.
All of these templates are special cases of {{about}}.
Note: will produce the same result.
{{about}}
{{otheruses1|USE}}: Template:Otheruses1
Note: will produce the same result.
{{about|USE}}
{{otheruses2|PAGE}}: Template:Otheruses2
Note: this simply adds "(disambiguation)" to what you input as PAGE.
{{otheruses3|PAGE}}: Template:Otheruses3
Note: will produce the same result - note the two empty parameters.
{{about|||PAGE}}
Note: this is for when there is both a singular and plural disambiguation page; it only works when the plural is formed simply by adding "s" at the end.
{{otheruses6|PAGE1|PAGE2}}: Template:Otheruses6
Note: this is for when there are two disambiguation pages, such as noun and adjective, or singular and irregular plural. There are only two parameters and at least one is required.
Note: this cannot be recreated with {{about}} - only with {{dablink}} or {{for}}.
{{This|USE|PAGE}}: Template:This
Note: {{about|USE||PAGE}} will produce the same result - note the empty parameter.
For (other topic)
{{for}} (and {{for2}}) can be used instead of {{about}} to not include the first part - "This article is about USE". However, this can also simply be achieved with an empty first parameter in {{about}}.
For example, {{For|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE}} becomes {{About||OTHER TOPIC|PAGE}}.
{{for3}} is somewhat different, appending the word the in its mention of the second parameter, then generates a link using either the second or (if present) the third parameter as a parenthetical. {{the}} is simply a rendering of {{for3}} without bothering with the optional first argument.
{{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|PAGE1|PAGE2}}:{{For2|OTHER TOPIC|CUSTOM TEXT}}:{{For3||DIFFERENT MEANING|}}: Template:For3{{For3|OTHER TOPIC|DIFFERENT MEANING}}: Template:For3{{For3|OTHER TOPIC|DIFFERENT MEANING|CUSTOM PARENTHETICAL}}: Template:For3{{The|DIFFERENT MEANING}}: Template:The{{The|DIFFERENT MEANING|CUSTOM PARENTHETICAL}}: Template:The
Other people
{{otherpersons}}(disambiguous): Template:Otherpersons{{otherpersons|USE}}(disambiguous): Template:Otherpersons{{otherpersons|USE|PAGE}}: Template:Otherpersons{{otherpeople2|PAGE}}: Template:Otherpeople2{{otherpeople3|USE1|USE2}}: Template:Otherpeople3{{otherpeople4|USE1|USE2|PAGE}}: Template:Otherpeople4
Other places
- {{Otherplaces}}, analogous to {{Otheruses}}
- {{Otherplaces2}}, analogous to {{Otheruses2}}
- {{Otherplaces3}}, analogous to {{Otheruses3}}
Otherhurricaneuses
- For articles on storms.
{{otherhurricaneuses}}(disambiguous): Template:Otherhurricaneuses{{otherhurricaneuses|DISAMBIG}}: Template:Otherhurricaneuses{{otherhurricaneuses|DISAMBIG|THIS}}: Template:Otherhurricaneuses{{otherhurricaneuses3|USE1|USE2|MAIN}}: Template:Otherhurricaneuses3
Otherusesof (topic)
{{otherusesof}} (disambiguous): Template:Otherusesof{{otherusesof|TOPIC}}: Template:Otherusesof{{otherusesof|TOPIC|PAGE}}: Template:Otherusesof
Redirect
{{Redirect|REDIRECT}}(disambiguous):{{Redirect|REDIRECT||PAGE}}:{{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE|PAGE}}:{{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2}}(disambiguous):{{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|USE|PAGE}}:{{Redirect3|REDIRECT|TEXT}}:{{Redirect4|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2}}(disambiguous): Template:Redirect4{{Redirect5|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2}}: Template:Redirect5{{Redirect6|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1||}}
"Not to be confused with"...
{{Distinguish|PAGE}}:{{Distinguish2|TEXT}}: Template:Distinguish2
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}}
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.
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See also
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