Template:Other uses templates - documentation

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 the example page here.

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, 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: Manual of Style (self-references to avoid) for more details).
 * 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: Manual of Style (self-references to avoid) for more details).

About
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".''




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


 *   (When there is only one other use)


 *   (Two pages for USE2)


 *   (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 there are several standard other uses and also a disambiguation page with non-default name)


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

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


 *   (disambiguous)



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


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


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


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



For
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:  is the same as   (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.


 *   (disambiguous)

Variations
As with Other uses, 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.



Other people

 *   (disambiguous)
 *   (disambiguous)
 *   (disambiguous)
 * Note: same as Other persons except uses "people" instead of "persons"
 *   (disambiguous)
 * Note: same as Other persons except uses "people" instead of "persons"


 *   (disambiguous)
 *   (disambiguous)
 * Note: defaults to "named" as in Other persons, exists for options like "nicknamed", "known as", etc.
 * Note: defaults to "named" as in Other persons, exists for options like "nicknamed", "known as", etc.
 * Note: defaults to "named" as in Other persons, exists for options like "nicknamed", "known as", etc.
 * Note: defaults to "named" as in Other persons, exists for options like "nicknamed", "known as", etc.
 * Note: defaults to "named" as in Other persons, exists for options like "nicknamed", "known as", etc.

Other places

 *  , analogous to   (disambiguous)


 *  , analogous to   (disambiguous)


 *  , analogous to  

Other hurricane uses
For articles on storms:
 *   (disambiguous)

Other uses of (topic)

 *   (disambiguous)
 *   (disambiguous)

Redirect

 *   (disambiguous)













Variations



 *   (disambiguous)










 *   (disambiguous)


 *   (disambiguous)




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


 *   (disambiguous)