Template:Hatnote templates documentation

Generic

• {{Dablink|TEXT}} →
  TEXT

{{Dablink|For other senses of this term, see etc...}} →

For other senses of this term, see etc...

• {{Rellink|TEXT}} →
  TEXT

Other uses

"This page is about ... For other uses ..."

{{About}} is the main template for noting other uses.

Note. When used in main namespace, the word "page" in the following hatnotes is replaced by "article".

• {{About|USE1}} →
  This page is about USE1. For other uses, see Hatnote templates documentation (disambiguation).
• {{About|USE1||PAGE2}} (When the disambiguation page has a different name — Note the empty second parameter) →
  This page is about USE1. For other uses, see PAGE2.
• {{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}} (When there is only one other use) →
  This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2.
• {{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|and|PAGE3}} (Two pages for USE2) →
  This page is about USE1. For USE2, see 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) →
  This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For USE4, see PAGE4. For USE5, see 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) →
  This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For other uses, see Hatnote templates documentation (disambiguation).
• {{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) →
  This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For other uses, see PAGE4.
• {{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|other uses|PAGE4|and}} →
  This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For other uses, see PAGE4 and Hatnote templates documentation (disambiguation).
• {{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) →
  For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For other uses, see Hatnote templates documentation (disambiguation).
• {{About|||PAGE1|and|PAGE2}} →
  For other uses, see PAGE1 and PAGE2.

Note: {{for||PAGE1|PAGE2}} produces the same result.

• {{This|USE}} →

Note: {{About|USE}} produces the same result: →

This page is about USE. For other uses, see Hatnote templates documentation (disambiguation).

• {{This|USE|PAGE1}} →

Note: {{About|USE||PAGE1}} (with one empty parameter) produces the same result: →

This page is about USE. For other uses, see PAGE1.

• {{Other uses-section|USE}} (disambiguous) →

Note: this hatnote says "section", instead of "article" or "page".

"For other uses, see ..."

When such a wordy hatnote as {{About}} is not needed, {{Other uses}} is often useful.

• {{Other uses}} (disambiguous) →
  For other uses, see Hatnote templates documentation (disambiguation).
• {{Other uses|PAGE1}} →
  For other uses, see PAGE1.

Variations

There are, historically, a whole family of "other uses" templates for specific cases. {{About}} is the standard hatnote for "other uses" and many of them can be specified using the {{About}} template. However, the individual templates may be easier to use in certain contexts.

Here are the variations and (when appropriate) the equivalents using the {{About}}, {{Other uses}} or {{For}} templates.

• {{Other uses2|PAGE1}} (disambiguous) →

Note: adds "(disambiguation)" to whatever is input as the PAGE1.

Note: {{Other uses|PAGE1 (disambiguation)}} produces the same result.

• {{Two other uses|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}} →

Note: same as {{about}}, except it forces a second use to be noted if unspecified by parameters.

• {{Two other uses|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3}} →
• tlx Three other uses USE1 USE2 PAGE2 USE3 PAGE3 Three other uses USE1 USE2 PAGE2 USE3 PAGE3
• tlx Three other uses||USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3 → Three other uses USE2 PAGE2 USE3 PAGE3
• tlx Three other uses USE1 USE2 PAGE2 USE3 PAGE3 USE4 PAGE4 → Three other uses|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|USE4|PAGE4

"For ..., see ..."

{{For}} can be used instead of {{About}} so as not to display: This page is about USE1. but still specify a specific other use. This effect can also be achieved by using an empty first parameter in {{About}} as in:

For example: {{for|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1}} is the same as {{About||OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1}} (note the empty first parameter).

However, it is somewhat clearer when using the {{For}} template, since the word "about" does not appear in the statement.

• {{For|OTHER TOPIC}} (disambiguous) →
  For OTHER TOPIC, see Hatnote templates documentation (disambiguation).
• {{For|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1}} →
  For OTHER TOPIC, see PAGE1.
• {{For|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1|PAGE2}} →
  For OTHER TOPIC, see PAGE1 and PAGE2.
• {{For|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3}} →
  For OTHER TOPIC, see PAGE1, PAGE2, and PAGE3.
• {{For||PAGE1|PAGE2}} →
  For other uses, see PAGE1 and PAGE2.

Variations

As with {{Other uses}}, there are a whole family of "for" templates.

• tlx For2 OTHER TOPIC CUSTOM TEXT → For2 OTHER TOPIC CUSTOM TEXT

• {{For example|Pagename|Piped link name}} →

"For other uses of ..., see ..."

• {{Other uses of}} (disambiguous) →
• {{Other uses of|TOPIC}} (disambiguous) →
• {{Other uses of|TOPIC|PAGE1}} →

"For more details on ..., see ..."

{{Details}} is used to make summary style explicit. To be used in a section for which there is also a separate article on the subject.

• {{Details|Article|TOPIC}} →

For more details on TOPIC, see Article.

{{Details3}} allows any text to links:

• {{Details3|[[article 1]], [[article 2]], and [[article 3]]|TOPIC}} →
  For more details on TOPIC, see article 1, article 2, and article 3.

"Further information: ..."

• {{See|OTHER TOPIC}} →
  Further information: OTHER TOPIC

Example with multiple parameters

• {{See|Iraq and weapons of mass destruction|Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda|Downing Street memo|Bush-Blair memo}} →
  Further information: Iraq and weapons of mass destruction, Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, Downing Street memo, and Bush-Blair memo

• {{Further|[[Article 1]], [[Article 2]], and [[Article Something#3|Article 3]]}} →

Further information: [[Article 1, Article 2, and Article 3]]

This template takes a single parameter of any length.

"See also ..."

• {{See also|OTHER TOPIC}} →
  See also: OTHER TOPIC

Note: use when OTHER TOPIC is related to that of the current article and already contains a self-explanatory parenthetical.

• {{See also2|OTHER TOPIC and other text}} →

"... redirects here. For other uses, see ..."

• {{Redirect|REDIRECT}} (disambiguous) →
• {{Redirect|REDIRECT||PAGE1}} →
• {{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1}} →
• {{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2}} →
• {{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3}} →
• {{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1|and|PAGE2}} →
• {{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2|and|PAGE3}} →

Variations

• {{Redirect-acronym|TERM|PAGE}} →
• {{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2}} (disambiguous) →
• {{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|USE|PAGE1}} →
• {{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2}} →
• {{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3}} →
• {{Redirect3|REDIRECT|TEXT}} →
• {{Redirect4|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2}} (disambiguous) →
• {{Redirect6|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1}} (disambiguous) →
• {{Redirect7|"REDIRECT1", "REDIRECT2", and "REDIRECT3"|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2}} →

Note: If the number of pages redirecting to the target page is two, {{Redirect2}} can be used instead. If the number is three and there are three corresponding disambiguation pages, {{Redirect10}} can be used.

• {{Redirect10|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|REDIRECT3}} (disambiguous) →

Other people

• {{Other persons}} (disambiguous) →
• {{Other persons|NAME}} (disambiguous) →
• {{Other persons|NAME|PAGE}} →
• tlx Other people2 PAGE → Other people2 PAGE
• {{Other people3}} (disambiguous) →

Note: same as {{About}} except uses "other people" instead of "other uses" if only 1 parameter is used

• {{Other people3|PERSON1}} (disambiguous) →
• {{Other people3|PERSON1|PERSON2}} (disambiguous) →
• {{Other people3|PERSON1|PERSON2|PAGE2}} →
• {{Other people3|PERSON1||PAGE2}} →
• {{Other people4|NAME|PAGE|named=titled}} →
• {{Other people5|NAME1|NAME2|NAME3|NAME4}} →

Note: defaults to "named" as in {{Other persons}}, exists for options like "nicknamed", "known as", etc.

Other places

• tlx Other places, analogous to tl Other uses (disambiguous) → otherplaces
• tlx|Other places|PAGE, analogous to tl|Other uses2 (disambiguous) → otherplaces PAGE
• tlx|Other places3|PAGE, analogous to tl|Other uses → otherplaces3 PAGE

Other hurricanes

For articles on storms:

• {{Other hurricanes}} (disambiguous) →
• {{Other hurricanes|DISAMBIG}} →
• {{Other hurricanes|DISAMBIG|THIS}} →
• {{Other hurricanes||THIS}} →

Other ships

For articles on ships:

• {{Other ships|SHIP1}} →

Distinguish

"Not to be confused with ..."

• {{tlx|Distinguish|PAGE1}} → {{Distinguish|PAGE1}}
• {{tlx|Distinguish|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3|PAGE4}} → {{Distinguish|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3|PAGE4}}
• {{tlx|Distinguish2|TEXT}} → {{Distinguish2|TEXT}}

".. redirects here. It is not to be confused with ..."

• {{Redirect-distinguish|REDIRECT|PAGE1}} →
• {{Redirect-distinguish|REDIRECT|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3|PAGE4}} →
• {{Redirect-distinguish2|REDIRECT|TEXT}} →

"... is a common misspelling of ...

• {{Misspelling|PAGE2}} →

"Main article: ..." and more

• {{Main|Main Article}} → {{Main|Main Article}}
• {{Main|Main Article|Article2}} → {{Main|Main Article|Article2}}
• {{tlx|Main list|Article1}} →
• {{Content fork|Supra-article}} →
• {{tlx|ArticlePreceeding|George Washington}} → {{ArticlePreceeding|George Washington}}
• {{tlx|ArticleSucceeding|Thomas Jefferson}} → {{ArticleSucceeding|Thomas Jefferson}}
• {{tlx|ArticlePair|George Washington|Thomas Jefferson}} → {{ArticlePair|George Washington|Thomas Jefferson}}
• {{Comprehensive|Article 1|Article 2|...|Article 15}} →

FamilySearch Wiki self-reference

• {{Selfref|ANYTEXT}} →
  ANYTEXT

Note: used for hatnotes that don't make sense on mirrors of FamilySearch Wiki, such as linking an article from the main namespace to the FamilySearch Wiki namespace. (See: Manual of Style (self-references to avoid) for more details).

Categories

Category-specific templates produce bold category names.

• {{Category see also|THIS|THAT|THE OTHER}} →

• {{Related category|CAT2}} →

This is a template for linking categories horizontally. Horizontal linkage is often the right solution when vertical linkage (i.e. as sub-category and parent category) is not appropriate. In most cases, this template should be used on both categories to create reciprocal linkage between the two categories.

• {{CatPreceding|OTHER TOPIC}} →
• {{CatSucceeding|OTHER TOPIC}} →
• {{Category pair|TOPIC1|TOPIC2}} →

• {{Contrast|OTHERCAT}} →
• {{Contrast2|OTHERCAT}} (plural) →

Notes

Do not use subst: with these templates, as that will prevent:

1. propagating changes as the template is modified; and the
2. What links here (WLH) listing.

These templates are used in thousands of articles; therefore, changing the syntax could break thousands of articles. If you wish to create or edit a disambiguation or redirection template, first ask yourself the following questions:

1. Is there already a template that will do this job? Since many disambiguation and redirection templates have already been created, first check: Category:Disambiguation and redirection templates.
2. Do I really need a new template for this? Will it likely be used on any other articles or should I just use {{dablink}} instead? Before creating a new template, see: Template namespace guideline.
3. If I change the parameters around on an existing template, do I know what the result will be? Will it break existing uses of the template and if so, can I fix all of the errors? Before making any changes, see: Template sandbox and test cases.

See also

• Category:Hatnote templates

Template documentation