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{{ombox|type=content|text=This template should not be used unless other topics exist with names very similar to the name of the article it is being used on (which, for most articles, is not the case).}} | {{ombox|type=content|text=This template should not be used unless other topics exist with names very similar to the name of the article it is being used on (which, for most articles, is not the case).}} | ||
{{ | {{Tlc|About}} is a commonly used hatnote [[WP:Template|template]] on Wikipedia, and so should be placed at the top of an article, linking the reader to other articles with similar titles or concepts that they may have been seeking instead. The template has several formats, including: | ||
* | *{{Tlx|About|USE1}} → {{About|USE1}} | ||
* | *{{Tlx|About|USE1||PAGE2}} → {{About|USE1||PAGE2}} | ||
* | *{{Tlx|About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}} → {{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}} | ||
* | *{{Tlx|About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|and|PAGE3}} → {{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|and|PAGE3}} | ||
For more options, find "{About}" in the text below. | For more options, find "{{Tlf|About}}" in the text below. | ||
For reference, see [[Wikipedia:hatnotes]] and documentation below. | For reference, see [[Wikipedia:hatnotes]] and documentation below. | ||
Revision as of 06:00, 5 May 2014
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{{About}} is a commonly used hatnote template on Wikipedia, and so should be placed at the top of an article, linking the reader to other articles with similar titles or concepts that they may have been seeking instead. The template has several formats, including:
{{About|USE1}}→ Script error: No such module "about".{{About|USE1|PAGE2}}→ Script error: No such module "about".{{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}}→ Script error: No such module "about".{{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|and|PAGE3}}→ Script error: No such module "about".
For more options, find "{{About}}" in the text below.
For reference, see Wikipedia:hatnotes and documentation below. Template:Hatnote templates documentation
TemplateData
See the monthly error report for this template.
TemplateData for About
<templatedata> { "description": "This template is a hatnote in the format \"This page is about … For other uses …\".", "params": { "1": { "label": "Page description", "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "What the page this template is placed on is about (\"This page is about …\")" }, "2": { "label": "Other page 1 description", "type": "string", "description": "What the first other page is about. If unused or blank, defaults to \"For other uses\"." }, "3": { "label": "Other page 1 title", "type": "string", "description": "The title of the first other page. If unused, defaults to \"[page title] (disambiguation)\"." }, "4": { "label": "Other page 2 description", "type": "string", "description": "What the second other page is about. If unused or blank, defaults to \"For other uses\"." }, "5": { "label": "Other page 2 title", "type": "string", "description": "The title of the second other page. If unused, defaults to \"[page title] (disambiguation)\". To add more other pages, continue with this alternating pattern using increasing numbers, starting with 6 for the next page description." } } } </templatedata>