Template:Disambiguation

Documentation Edit this documentation at Template:Disambiguation/doc.

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This hatnote template is meant to be used at the top of an article to indicate the existence of a disambiguation page.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Disambiguation Page	1	A custom disambiguation page name. Example Disambiguation Page	Page name	optional
Link Label	2	A label for the custom disambiguation page. Example Alternative Page Name	Line	optional
Custom Topic	topic	In case {{PAGENAME}} does not describe the topic, this can be used to display a custom topic Default {{PAGENAME}} Example a custom topic	Line	optional

Examples

Code	Result
{{Disambiguation}}	This page is about Example. For other uses, see Example (disambiguation).
{{Disambiguation|Special:Random|topic=Example}}	This page is about Example. For other uses, see Special:Random.
{{Disambiguation|Special:Random|Page Label|topic=this particular topic}}	This page is about this particular topic. For other uses, see Page Label.

Dependencies

For this template to work properly, you need the following:

• The {{Hatnote}} base template.
• The .hatnote class, found in MediaWiki:Common.css.

Source

Roughly based on Wikipedia's About Template.