Template:Otheruses2

For other uses, see [[{{{1}}} (disambiguation)]].

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Otheruses templates

To discuss these templates as a whole, please see: Disambiguation (talk). 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: Otheruses templates (example usage).

Generic

• {{Dablink|TEXT}}
  TEXT

For example: {{dablink|For other senses of this term, see [[etc...]]}} . (Note: adaptable, but fails to standardize hatnotes).

• {{Selfref|TEXT}} Template:Selfref

Note: similar in usage to the Dablink template, but used for hatnotes that don't make sense on mirrors of Wikipedia, such as linking an article from the main namespace to the Wikipedia namespace. (See: Avoid self-references for more details).

Other Uses

About

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

{{about}} is the main template for giving other uses.

• {{about|USE1}}

This page is about USE1. For other uses, see Otheruses2 (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|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 Otheruses2 (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 Otheruses2 (disambiguation).

Otheruses

When such a verbose hatnote as {{about}} is not needed, {{otheruses}} is often useful.

• {{otheruses}} (disambiguous)

For other uses, see Otheruses2 (disambiguation).

• {{otheruses|PAGE1}} (disambiguous)

For other uses, see PAGE1.

Variations

There are, historically, a whole family of "other uses" templates for specific cases. {{otheruses4}} has been generalized and merged with {{about}} to form the standard hatnote for "other uses" and many of the others 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}} {{otheruses}} or {{for}} templates.

• {{otheruses2|PAGE1}} (disambiguous)
  For other uses, see PAGE1 (disambiguation).

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

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

• {{otheruses5}} (disambiguous) Template:Otheruses5

Note: use when there is both a singular and plural disambiguation page. (Only works when the plural is formed by simply adding a "s" at the end)

• {{otheruses6|PAGE1|PAGE2}} Template:Otheruses6

Note: use when there are two disambiguation pages, such as a noun and an adjective or a singular and irregular plural. There are only two parameters, at least one parameter is required.

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

• {{otheruses8|USE1|PAGE2|PAGE3}} Template:Otheruses8
• {{this|USE|PAGE1}}
  This page is about USE. For other uses, see PAGE1.

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

• {{otheruses-section|USE}} (disambiguous) Template:Otheruses-section

Note: same as {{about}}, except that it says "section", instead of "article" or "page".

For

{{for}} can be used instead of {{about}} so as not to display: This page is about USE1. but still specify as 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 empty first parameter).

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

• {{for|OTHER TOPIC}} (disambiguous)
  For OTHER TOPIC, see Otheruses2 (disambiguation).
• {{for|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1}}
  For OTHER TOPIC, see PAGE1.
• {{for|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1|PAGE2}}
  For OTHER TOPIC, see PAGE1 and PAGE2.
• {{for||PAGE1|PAGE2}}
  For other uses, see PAGE1 and PAGE2.

Variations

As with {{otheruses}}, there are a whole family of "for" templates. For example {{for3}} appends the word the in its mention of the second parameter, then generating a link, using either the second or (if present) the third parameter, as a parenthetical. Additionally, {{the}} is simply a rendering of {{for3}}, without bothering with the optional first argument.

• {{for2|OTHER TOPIC|CUSTOM TEXT}} Template:For2
• {{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

See also

• {{see also|OTHER TOPIC}} Template:See also

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

Other people

• {{otherpersons}} (disambiguous) Template:Otherpersons
• {{otherpersons|NAME}} (disambiguous) Template:Otherpersons
• {{otherpersons|NAME|PAGE}} Template:Otherpersons
• {{otherpeople2|PAGE}} Template:Otherpeople2
• {{otherpeople3}} (disambiguous) Template:Otherpeople3
• {{otherpeople3|PERSON1}} (disambiguous) Template:Otherpeople3
• {{otherpeople3|PERSON1|PERSON2}} (disambiguous) Template:Otherpeople3
• {{otherpeople3|PERSON1|PERSON2|PAGE2}} Template:Otherpeople3
• {{otherpeople3|PERSON1||PAGE2}} Template:Otherpeople3

Other places

• {{otherplaces}}, analogous to {{otheruses}} (disambiguous)

• {{otherplaces|PAGE}}, analogous to {{otheruses2}} (disambiguous)

• {{otherplaces3|PAGE}}, analogous to {{otheruses}}

Otherhurricaneuses

For articles on storms:

• {{otherhurricaneuses}} (disambiguous) Template:Otherhurricaneuses
• {{otherhurricaneuses|DISAMBIG}} Template:Otherhurricaneuses
• {{otherhurricaneuses|DISAMBIG|THIS}} Template:Otherhurricaneuses
• {{otherhurricaneuses||THIS}} Template:Otherhurricaneuses

Otherusesof (topic)

• {{otherusesof}} (disambiguous) Template:Otherusesof
• {{otherusesof|TOPIC}} (disambiguous) Template:Otherusesof
• {{otherusesof|TOPIC|PAGE1}} Template:Otherusesof

Redirect

• {{Redirect|REDIRECT}} (disambiguous) Template:Redirect
• {{Redirect|REDIRECT||PAGE1}} Template:Redirect
• {{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE|PAGE1}} Template:Redirect

Variations

• {{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2}} (disambiguous) Template:Redirect2
• {{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|USE|PAGE1}} Template:Redirect2
• {{Redirect3|REDIRECT|TEXT}} Template:Redirect3
• {{Redirect4|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2}} (disambiguous) Template:Redirect4
• {{Redirect5|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2}} Template:Redirect5

Note: {{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2}} produces the same result.

• {{Redirect5|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1||PAGE2}} Template:Redirect5
• {{Redirect6|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1}} (disambiguous) Template:Redirect6
• {{Redirect7|"REDIRECT1", "REDIRECT2", and "REDIRECT3"|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2}}

Note: If the number of pages redirecting to the target page is two, {{Redirect8}} can be used instead. If the number is three and there are three corresponding disambiguation pages, {{Redirect10}} can be used.

• {{Redirect8|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|USE1|PAGE1}}

Note: {{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|USE1|PAGE1}} produces the same result.

• {{Redirect8|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2}} Template:Redirect8
• {{Redirect10|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|REDIRECT3}} (disambiguous) Template:Redirect10

Homonyms and homophones: "Not to be confused with..."

• {{Distinguish|PAGE1}}
  Not to be confused with PAGE1.
• {{Distinguish2|TEXT}} Template:Distinguish2

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.

Please do not edit these templates, unless you know what you are doing.

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 another template already, 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 test cases.

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