Typical types[edit source]
{{Main}}, {{Further}} are very similar, but indicate either the primary page for a topic or more detailed related topic. They have a nearly identical set of parameters.
{{Main}}- When an article is large, it often has a summary and a link to a main article. This template is used after the heading of the summary, to indicate a link to the subtopic article that has been summarized.
{{Further}}- Used to link to articles containing further information on this topic.
{{See also}}- Used to link to additional articles on related topics.
1,2,3, ... – the pages to link to. If no page names are specified, the current page name is used instead (without the namespace prefix). Categories and files are automatically escaped with the colon trick, and links to sections are automatically formatted as page § section, rather than the MediaWiki default of page#section.l1,l2,l3, ... orlabel 1,label 2,label 3, ... – optional labels for each of the pages to link to (this is for articles where a piped link would be used). Note that the extra parameters use a lower case 'L', for example,l1, notL1.selfref– if set to "yes", "y", "true" or "1", adds the CSS class "selfref". This is used to denote self-references.
Disambiguation[edit source]
- Examples below may have some of their links removed to prevent redlinks in documentation.
Templates such as {{About}} and {{For}} are to be used in cases where a disambiguation is not needed. In general, disambiguation pages should only be used for 4 or more titles that are mostly or entirely identical, except for a qualifier.
{{About}}- Links 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>}}→- For other uses, see Hatnote (disambiguation).
{{About|<Use1>|<>|<Main Page>|<and>|<Main Page>}}→
{{About|<Use1>|<Use2>|<Main Page>|<and>|<Main Page>}}→
{{About|<Use1>|<Use2>|<Main Page>|<other uses>}}→- This page is about Use1. For Use2, see Main Page. For other uses, see Hatnote (disambiguation).
Alternately, a section=yes parameter can be added to the {{About}} template for use at the top of a section. When using this parameter, the wording in the template changes to specify that it is being used in a section:
{{About|<Use1>|<section=yes>}}→- This section is about Use1. For other uses, see Hatnote (disambiguation).
{{About|<Use1>|<Use2>|<Main Page>|<and>|<Main Page>|<section=yes>}}→
{{About|<Use1>|<Use2>|<Main Page>|<other uses>|<section=yes>}}→- This section is about Use1. For Use2, see Main Page. For other uses, see Hatnote (disambiguation).
A text option adds text to the end; note that this should be only used when truly necessary, and the other hatnote templates listed below don't suffice. This template also supports selfref.
{{For}}- Provides links to up to four articles or disambiguation pages. It accepts zero to five parameters.
- If used without parameters on a page named Foo, the result is
- For other uses, see Foo (disambiguation).
- The first parameter changes the hatnote itself and should be plain text, e.g.
{{For|<similar terms>}}yields - For similar terms, see Foo (disambiguation).
- The second parameter is used to change the resultant link, e.g.
{{For|<similar terms>|<Main Page>}}yields - For similar terms, see Main Page.
- The third, fourth and fifth parameters are used to give one, two, or three supplementary links
- the last being produced by e.g.
{{For|<similar terms>|<Main Page>|<Main Page>|<Main Page>|<Main Page>}}.