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This template is for use on Category pages, to refer to the primary article associated with this category, which most of the time, describes the entire set containing the category.
Normal usage (uses category name for wiki link):
{{Cat main}}
→ If the name of the main article is different than the name of the category — for example: if the main article for Category:Dead or Alive is Dead or Alive (series) — then you will need to use one parameter to specify the article:
{{Cat main|Dead or Alive (series)}}
→ Simply append more articles as additional arguments (up to five):
{{Cat main|1}}
results in {{Cat main|1|2}}
results in {{Cat main|1|2|3|4|5}}
results in {{Cat main|WP:WikiProject|article=no}}
→ TemplateData for Cat main
Specifies the primary article(s) associated with this category
मापदण्ड | विवरण | प्रकार | स्थिति | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Article 1 | 1 | Name of primary article, if different from category name
| पृष्ठ नाम | वैकल्पिक |
Article 2 | 2 | Name of second main article
| पृष्ठ नाम | वैकल्पिक |
Article 3 | 3 | Name of third main article
| पृष्ठ नाम | वैकल्पिक |
Article 4 | 4 | Name of fourth main article
| पृष्ठ नाम | वैकल्पिक |
Article 5 | 5 | Name of fifth main article
| पृष्ठ नाम | वैकल्पिक |
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}}
→ {{dablink|For other senses of this term, see etc...}}
(Note: text is adaptable, but fails to standardize hatnotes) → {{Rellink|TEXT}}
→{{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}}
→ {{for||PAGE1|PAGE2}}
produces the same result.{{This|USE}}
→ {{About|USE}}
produces the same result: → {{This|USE|PAGE1}}
→ {{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.
{{Other uses}}
(disambiguous) → {{Other uses|PAGE1}}
→ 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.
{{Other uses2|PAGE1}}
(disambiguous) → {{Other uses|PAGE1 (disambiguation)}}
produces the same result.{{Other uses-section|USE}}
(disambiguous) → {{Two other uses|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}}
→ {{Two other uses|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3}}
→ {{Three other uses|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3}}
{{Three other uses||USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3}}
→ {{Three other uses|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|USE4|PAGE4}}
→ {{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|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).As with {{Other uses}}, there are a whole family of "for" templates.
{{for2|OTHER TOPIC|CUSTOM TEXT}}
→ {{Other uses of}}
(disambiguous) → {{Other uses of|TOPIC}}
(disambiguous) → {{Other uses of|TOPIC|PAGE1}}
→ {{see|OTHER TOPIC}}
→ Template:Further information is being considered for merging with Template:Details. Please discuss this matter at this template's entry at templates for discussion to help reach a consensus. Maintenance use only: 1. Edit the TfD log to create the discussion entry. 2. Please consider notifying the author(s) by placing {{subst:Tfmnotice|Further information|Details}} ~~~~ on their talk page(s). |
Example with multiple parameters
{{see|Iraq and weapons of mass destruction|Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda|Downing Street memo|Bush-Blair memo}}
→ Template:Further information is being considered for merging with Template:Details. Please discuss this matter at this template's entry at templates for discussion to help reach a consensus. Maintenance use only: 1. Edit the TfD log to create the discussion entry. 2. Please consider notifying the author(s) by placing {{subst:Tfmnotice|Further information|Details}} ~~~~ on their talk page(s). |
{{Further|[[Article 1]], [[Article 2]], and [[Article Something#3|Article 3]]}}
→ This template takes a single parameter of any length.
{{see also|OTHER TOPIC}}
→ {{see also2|OTHER TOPIC and other text}}
→ {{Other persons}}
(disambiguous) → {{Other persons|NAME}}
(disambiguous) → {{Other persons|NAME|PAGE}}
→ {{Other people2|PAGE}}
→ {{Other people3}}
(disambiguous) → {{Other people3|PERSON1}}
(disambiguous) → {{Other people3|PERSON1|PERSON2}}
(disambiguous) → {{Other people3|PERSON1|PERSON2|PAGE2}}
→ {{Other people3|PERSON1||PAGE2}}
→ {{Other people4|NAME|PAGE}}
→ {{Other people5|NAME|NAME|NAME|NAME}}
→ {{Other places}}
, analogous to {{Other uses}} (disambiguous) → {{Other places|PAGE}}
, analogous to {{Other uses2}}(disambiguous) →{{Other places3|PAGE}}
, analogous to {{Other uses}} → For articles on storms:
{{Other hurricanes}}
(disambiguous) → {{Other hurricanes|DISAMBIG}}
→ {{Other hurricanes|DISAMBIG|THIS}}
→ {{Other hurricanes||THIS}}
→
For articles on ships:
{{Other ships|SHIP1}}
→ {{Selfref|ANYTEXT}}
→ {{content fork|Supra-article}}
→ {{articlePreceeding|George Washington}}
→{{articleSucceeding|Thomas Jefferson}}
→{{articlePair|George Washington|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}}
→ {{Details|cats}}
generates → {{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.
{{Details3|article 1, article 2, and article 3|more}}
→ {{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}}
→ {{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}}
→{{Redirect2}}
can be used instead. If the number is three and there are three corresponding disambiguation pages, {{Redirect10}}
can be used.{{Redirect10|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|REDIRECT3}}
(disambiguous) → {{Distinguish|PAGE1}}
→{{Distinguish|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3|PAGE4}}
→{{Distinguish2|TEXT}}
→ {{Redirect-distinguish|REDIRECT|PAGE1}}
→ {{Redirect-distinguish|REDIRECT|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3|PAGE4}}
→ {{Redirect-distinguish2|REDIRECT|TEXT}}
→ {{Comprehensive|Article 1|Article 2|...|Article 15}}
→Category-specific templates produce bold category names.
{{Category see also|THIS|THAT|THE OTHER}}
→ {{Related category|CAT2}}
→ 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.
{{CatFollowing|OTHER TOPIC}}
→{{CatPreceding|OTHER TOPIC}}
→{{CatPrevious|OTHER TOPIC}}
→{{CatSucceeding|OTHER TOPIC}}
→{{Category pair|TOPIC1|TOPIC2}}
→
{{Contrast|OTHERCAT}}
→{{Contrast2|OTHERCAT}}
(plural) →Do not use subst: with these templates, as that will prevent:
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: