Template:About/doc

Template:Mbox {{About}} is a commonly used hatnote on Wikipedia, and so should be placed at the top of an article, linking the reader to articles with similar titles or concepts that they may have been seeking instead.

For reference, there is information about hatnotes in general, when and how to use them, a complete list of the other hatnotes available, and examples of their use.

For further information, see the talk page.

Usage

Note. When used in the main namespace, the word "page" in the following hat notes 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)