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{{Tl|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 {{color|#515151|'''Template:About'''}} has several formats, including: | {{Tl|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 {{color|#515151|'''Template:About'''}} has several formats, including: | ||
*<nowiki>{{About|USE1}}</nowiki>{{ns|12}} → {{ns}}This page is about USE1. For other uses, see [[hyperlink|Pagename (disambiguation)]]. | *<nowiki>{{About|USE1}}</nowiki>{{ns|12}} → {{ns}}This page is about USE1. For other uses, see [[hyperlink|Pagename (disambiguation)]]. | ||
Revision as of 01:41, 24 September 2013
Script error: No such module "Message box". {{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:Color has several formats, including:
- {{About|USE1}}Template:Ns → Template:NsThis page is about USE1. For other uses, see Pagename (disambiguation).
- {{About|USE1||PAGE2}}Template:Ns → Template:NsThis page is about USE1. For other uses, see PAGE2.
- {{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}} → Template:NsThis page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2.
- {{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|and|PAGE3}} → Template:NsThis page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2 and PAGE3.
For more options, find "{About}" in the text below.
For reference, see Wikipedia:hatnotes and documentation below. Template:Hatnote templates documentation
TemplateData
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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>