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.

  • {{Dablink|TEXT}}
For example: {{dablink|For other senses of this term, see etc...}} (Note: text is adaptable, but fails to standardize hatnotes) →
Also a basic template, which is extended and used in specific template below.

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

सम्पादन गर्नुहोस्

{{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}}
  • {{About|USE1||PAGE2}} (When the disambiguation page has a different name — Note the empty second parameter) →
  • {{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}} (When there is only one other use) →
  • {{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|and|PAGE3}} (Two pages for USE2) →
  • {{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) →
  • {{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) →
  • {{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) →
  • {{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|other uses|PAGE4|and}}
  • {{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) →
  • {{About|||PAGE1|and|PAGE2}}
Note: {{for||PAGE1|PAGE2}} produces the same result.
Note: {{About|USE}} produces the same result: →
  • {{This|USE|PAGE1}}
Note: {{About|USE||PAGE1}} (with one empty parameter) produces the same result: →

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

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.

Note: adds "(disambiguation)" to whatever is input as the PAGE1.
Note: {{Other uses|PAGE1 (disambiguation)}} produces the same result.
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.

{{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|PAGE1}}
  • {{for|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1|PAGE2}}
  • {{for|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3}}
  • {{for||PAGE1|PAGE2}}Error: no context parameter provided. Use {{other uses}} for "other uses" hatnotes. (help).
Variations

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

  • {{for2|OTHER TOPIC|CUSTOM TEXT}}

Example with multiple parameters

This template takes a single parameter of any length.

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}}
Note: same as {{About}} except uses "other people" instead of "other uses" if only 1 parameter is used
Note: defaults to "named" as in {{Other persons}}, exists for options like "nicknamed", "known as", etc.

For articles on storms:

  • {{Other hurricanes|DISAMBIG}}
  • {{Other hurricanes|DISAMBIG|THIS}}


For articles on ships:

Note: 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).
See also the preceding article George Washington.
See also the succeding article Thomas Jefferson.
See also the preceding article George Washington and the succeeding article Thomas Jefferson.


{{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. Examples:

  • {{Details|Article|on}}
  • Article is the name of an article with more detail on the subject. For example, {{Details|cats}} generates →
  • on is optional and replaces the phrase "this topic" with the specified text. For example,
  • {{Details|cats|felines}}
  • {{Details2}} is used to make summary style explicit. To be used in a section for which there is also a separate article on the subject.
  • {{Details2|Article|on}}

Article is the name of an article with more detail on the subject. It must be an article that ends with a full stop, if not {{Details}} should be used.
on is optionally what the article gives more details on, replacing 'this topic'.

{{Details3}} is used to make summary style explicit. To be used in a section for which there is also a separate article on the subject.

  • Article... are the wikilinks of the appropriate articles with more detail on the subject.
  • on is optionally what the article gives more details on, replacing 'this topic'
  • more is optionally how the article relates to the section, replacing more details.

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

सम्पादन गर्नुहोस्
  • {{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.

"Not to be confused with ..." (Distinguish)

सम्पादन गर्नुहोस्
  • {{Distinguish|PAGE1}}
  • {{Distinguish|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3|PAGE4}}
  • {{Distinguish2|TEXT}}

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

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

Category-specific templates produce bold category names.

यी पनि हेर्नुहोस् श्रेणीहरू: THIS, THAT, र THE OTHER

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.

See also the following Category:OTHER TOPIC.
See also the preceding Category:OTHER TOPIC.
See also the previous Category:OTHER TOPIC.
See also the succeeding Category:OTHER TOPIC.
Redirect10/कागजात is often contrasted with OTHERCAT.
Redirect10/कागजात are very often contrasted with OTHERCAT.

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.