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Usage

Using {{Hatnote|text}} formats text into the standard stylistic for a Wikipedia hatnote. That produces a short note placed at the top of an article to provide disambiguation of closely related terms or summarise a topic, explaining its boundaries.

Function

This template is primarily used to add a correctly formatted hatnote to a page. Often, but not always, this is a disambiguation link at the top of article pages. It places an HTML div- / div block around the text entered as its only argument, which provides standardized formatting (contents are indented and italicized in most displays); it also isolates the contained code to make sure that it is interpreted correctly.

This template is also used as the "meta-template" for additional specialized disambiguation link templates; see Wikipedia:Otheruses templates (example usage) for a list.

The template does not automatically create links of any kind. Links and other desired formatting must be explicitly added, using normal Wikipedia markup.

Code

<div class="dablink"></div>

Redirects

{{Dablink}}

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Hatnote templates

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Mall:Shortcut For a summary page on how to use these templates, see the example page here. For the full editing guideline on hatnotes, see Wikipedia:Hatnote.

Generic

{{Hatnote|CUSTOM TEXT}} →
CUSTOM TEXT

{{Hatnote|For other senses of this term, see [[etc…]]}} →

For other senses of this term, see etc…

{{Rellink|CUSTOM TEXT}} → Mall:Rellink

Other uses (of the title)

"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}} → Mall:About
{{About|USE1||PAGE2}} (When the disambiguation page has a different name – Note the empty second parameter) → Mall:About
{{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}} (When there is only one other use) → Mall:About
{{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|and|PAGE3}} (Two pages for USE2) → Mall:About
{{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2#SUBSECTIONMall:TlfPAGE2TITLE}} (Using the {{!}} template to give the link a different title) → Mall:About
{{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|USE4|PAGE4|USE5|PAGE5}} (When there are up to four other uses – You should generally create a disambiguation page at this point) → Mall:About
{{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) → Mall:About
{{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) →Mall:About
{{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|other uses|PAGE4|and}} → Mall:About
{{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) → Mall:About
{{About|||PAGE1|and|PAGE2}} → Mall:About

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

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

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

"See also …"

{{See also|OTHER TOPIC|OTHER TOPIC2}} → Mall:See also

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

{{See also2|[[OTHER TOPIC]]|[[OTHER TOPIC2]]|[[OTHER TOPIC3]] and other text}} → Mall:See also2

"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) → Mall:For
{{For|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1}} → Mall:For
{{For|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1|PAGE2}} → Mall:For
{{For|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3}} → Mall:For
{{For||PAGE1|PAGE2}} → Mall:For

Variations

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

{{For2|OTHER TOPIC|CUSTOM TEXT}} → Mall:For2

"For other uses, see …"

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

{{Other uses}} (disambiguous) → Mall:Other uses
{{Other uses|PAGE1}} → Mall:Other uses
{{Other uses|PAGE1|PAGE2}} → Mall:Other uses

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) → Mall:Other uses2

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}} → Mall:Two other uses

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}} → Mall:Two other uses
{{Three other uses|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3}} Mall:Three other uses
{{Three other uses||USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3}} → Mall:Three other uses
{{Three other uses|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|USE4|PAGE4}} → Mall:Three other uses

"For other uses of …, see …"

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

"For more details on …, see …"

{{Details}} can supplement {{Main}} in summary sections, or can indicate more details in nonsummary sections:

{{Details|Article|TOPIC}} → Mall:Details

{{Details3}} allows any text to links:

{{Details3|[[article 1]], [[article 2]], and [[article 3]]|TOPIC}} → Mall:Details3

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

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

Variations

{{Redirect-synonym|TERM|OTHER TOPIC}} → Mall:Redirect-synonym
{{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2}} (disambiguous) → Mall:Redirect2
{{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|USE|PAGE1}} → Mall:Redirect2
{{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2}} → Mall:Redirect2
{{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3}} → Mall:Redirect2
{{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|USE4|PAGE4}} → Mall:Redirect2
{{Redirect3|REDIRECT|TEXT}} → Mall:Redirect3
{{Redirect4|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2}} (disambiguous) → Mall:Redirect4
{{Redirect6|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1}} (disambiguous) → Mall:Redirect6
{{Redirect6|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1|‌|PAGE2}} → Mall:Redirect6
{{Redirect7|"REDIRECT1", "REDIRECT2", and "REDIRECT3"|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2}} → Mall:Redirect7

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) → Mall:Redirect10

... Not to be confused with ...

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

"Further information: …"

{{Further|PAGE}} → Mall:Further
{{Further|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3}} → Mall:Further
{{Further2|[[Article 1]], [[Article 2]], and [[Article Something#3|Article 3]]}} → Mall:Further2

"… If you are seeking another topic, … consider adding it to …."

{{Consider disambiguation|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}} (disambiguous) → Mall:Consider disambiguation
{{Consider disambiguation|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|PAGE3}} → Mall:Consider disambiguation

Note:USE1 can be omitted, resulting in language like {{For}} above.

Other people, places, etcetera

Other people

{{Other people}} (disambiguous) → Mall:Other people
{{Other people|NAME}} (disambiguous) → Mall:Other people
{{Other people|NAME|PAGE}} → Mall:Other people
{{Other people|NAME|PAGE|named=titled}} → Mall:Other people
{{Other people2|PAGE}} → Mall:Other people2
{{Other people3}} (disambiguous) → Mall:Other people3

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

{{Other people3|PERSON1}} (disambiguous) → Mall:Other people3
{{Other people3|PERSON1|PERSON2}} (disambiguous) → Mall:Other people3
{{Other people3|PERSON1|PERSON2|PAGE2}} → Mall:Other people3
{{Other people3|PERSON1||PAGE2}} → Mall:Other people3
{{Other people5|NAME1|NAME2|NAME3|NAME4}} → Mall:Other people5

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

Other places

{{Other places}}, analogous to {{Other uses}} (disambiguous) → Mall:Other places
{{Other places|PAGE}}, analogous to {{Other uses2}}(disambiguous) → Mall:Other places
{{Other places3|PAGE}}, analogous to {{Other uses}} → Mall:Other places3

Other hurricanes

For articles on storms:

{{Other hurricanes}} (disambiguous) → Mall:Other hurricanes
{{Other hurricanes|PAGE1}} → Mall:Other hurricanes
{{Other hurricanes|PAGE1|THIS}} → Mall:Other hurricanes
{{Other hurricanes||THIS}} → Mall:Other hurricanes

Other ships

For articles on ships:

{{Other ships|SHIP1}} → Mall:Other ships

Distinguish

"Not to be confused with …"

{{Distinguish|PAGE1}} →
Not to be confused with PAGE1.
{{Distinguish|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3|PAGE4}} →
Not to be confused with PAGE1, PAGE2, PAGE3, or PAGE4.
{{Distinguish2|TEXT}} → Mall:Distinguish2

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

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

"Main article: …" etc.

{{Main}} is used to make summary style explicit, when used in a summary section for which there is also a separate article on the subject:

{{Main|Main Article}} → Mall:Main
{{Main|Main Article|Article2}} → Mall:Main
{{Main list|Article1}} → Mall:Mainlist
{{Cat main|MAIN ARTICLE}} → Mall:Cat main

User pages

{{This user talk|TOPIC|PAGE1}} →

Mall:This user talk

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.

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:

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.
Do I really need a new template for this? Will it likely be used on any other articles or should I just use {{Hatnote}} instead? Before creating a new template, see the template namespace guideline.
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.