Template:Otheruses templates/doc

The Otheruses templates template is a template documentation box for all of the Otheruses templates. It takes no parameters, and should not be substed.

Generic

 * For example:  . (Note: adaptable, but fails to standardize hatnotes).
 * For example:  . (Note: adaptable, but fails to standardize hatnotes).


 * Note: similar in usage to the Dablink template, such as linking an article from the main namespace to the Wikipedia namespace. (See: Avoid self-references for more details).
 * Note: similar in usage to the Dablink template, such as linking an article from the main namespace to the Wikipedia namespace. (See: Avoid self-references for more details).

Otheruses
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.




 *   (When the disambiguation page has a different name — Note the empty second parameter)


 *   (When there is only one other use)


 *   (When there are up to five other uses — You should generally create a disambiguation page at this point)


 *   (When there are several standard other uses and also a disambiguation page with default name — Note that the last page name is not specified)


 *   (When you don't need to state the focus of this article/page — Note the empty first parameter)

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 or for templates.
 *   (disambiguous)
 * Note:  will produce the same result.


 *   (disambiguous)
 * Note:  will produce the same result.


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


 * Note:  (with one empty parameter) or   (with two empty parameters) will produce the same result.
 * Note:  (with one empty parameter) or   (with two empty parameters) will produce the same result.


 *   (disambiguous)
 * 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)


 * 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:  will produce the same result.
 * Note:  will produce the same result.


 * Note:  will produce the same result.
 * Note:  will produce the same result.


 * Note:  (with one empty parameter) will produce the same result.
 * Note:  (with one empty parameter) will produce the same result.
 * Note:  (with one empty parameter) will produce the same result.


 *   (disambiguous)
 * Note: same as about, except that it says "section", instead of "article" or "page".

For (other topic)
Both for (and for2) can be used instead of about so as not to display: This page is about USE1. This effect can also be achieved by using an empty first parameter in about.
 * For example:  is the same as   (note empty first parameter).

Also, for3 is somewhat different, appending 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.


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Otherusesof (topic)

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Redirect

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