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This is the {{tl|Disambiguation}} template. | This is the {{tl|Disambiguation}} template. | ||
This is a general-purpose template, to be placed at the bottom of any article that exists to help readers find other articles with the same or similar names. This concept is called ''[[Wikipedia:Disambiguation|disambiguation]]'' and is used with many common words, such as ''[[Cross (disambiguation)|cross]]'', ''[[Life (disambiguation)|life]]'' and ''[[work]]''. This template automatically adds articles to the [[:Category:Disambiguation pages]]. | |||
This is a general-purpose template, to be placed at the bottom of any article that exists to help readers find other articles with the same or similar names. This concept is called ''[[Wikipedia:Disambiguation|disambiguation]]'' and is used with many common words, such as ''[[Cross (disambiguation)|cross]]'', ''[[Life (disambiguation)|life]]'' and ''[[work]]''. This template automatically adds articles to the [[:Category:Disambiguation pages]]. | |||
== Page title fixes == | == Page title fixes == | ||
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* {{tl|Chinese title disambiguation}} – [[:Category:Disambiguation pages with Chinese character titles]] | * {{tl|Chinese title disambiguation}} – [[:Category:Disambiguation pages with Chinese character titles]] | ||
* {{tl|Genus disambiguation}} – [[:Category:Genus disambiguation pages]] | * {{tl|Genus disambiguation}} – [[:Category:Genus disambiguation pages]] | ||
* {{tl|Human name disambiguation}} – [[:Category:Human name disambiguation pages]] | * {{tl|Human name disambiguation}} – [[:Category:Human name disambiguation pages]] | ||
** {{tl|Human name disambiguation cleanup}} | ** {{tl|Human name disambiguation cleanup}} | ||
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* {{tl|Number disambiguation}} – [[:Category:Lists of ambiguous numbers]] | * {{tl|Number disambiguation}} – [[:Category:Lists of ambiguous numbers]] | ||
* {{tl|Phonetics disambiguation}} – [[:Category:Linguistics disambiguation pages]] | * {{tl|Phonetics disambiguation}} – [[:Category:Linguistics disambiguation pages]] | ||
* {{tl|Place name disambiguation}} – [[:Category:Place name disambiguation pages]] | |||
* {{tl|Road disambiguation}} – [[:Category:Road disambiguation pages]] | * {{tl|Road disambiguation}} – [[:Category:Road disambiguation pages]] | ||
* {{tl|School disambiguation}} for educational institutions – [[:Category:Educational institution disambiguation pages]] | * {{tl|School disambiguation}} for educational institutions – [[:Category:Educational institution disambiguation pages]] | ||
* {{tl|Species Latin name disambiguation}} – [[:Category:Latin name disambiguation pages]] | * {{tl|Species Latin name disambiguation}} – [[:Category:Latin name disambiguation pages]] | ||
* {{tl|Station disambiguation}} for railway and public transport stations – [[:Category:Station disambiguation pages]] | * {{tl|Station disambiguation}} for railway and public transport stations – [[:Category:Station disambiguation pages]] | ||
* {{tl|Synagogue disambiguation}} for synagogues – [[:Category:Synagogue disambiguation pages]] | |||
* {{tl|Wikipedia disambiguation}} for ambiguous titles and shortcuts in the Wikipedia namespace – [[:Category:Wikipedia disambiguation pages]] | * {{tl|Wikipedia disambiguation}} for ambiguous titles and shortcuts in the Wikipedia namespace – [[:Category:Wikipedia disambiguation pages]] | ||
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Only add a parameter from this list if the disambiguation page has several items of that type: | Only add a parameter from this list if the disambiguation page has several items of that type: | ||
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|human name}}: for [[:Category:Human name disambiguation pages]] | * {{tlx|Disambiguation|human name}}: for [[:Category:Human name disambiguation pages]] | ||
** {{tlx|Disambiguation|hn{{=}}sortkey}} for [[:Category:Human name disambiguation pages]] with a specified [[WP:SORTKEY|sort key]] (e.g. {{tlx|Disambiguation|hn{{=}}Doe, John}}) | |||
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|bird}}: for [[:Category:Bird common name disambiguation pages]] | * {{tlx|Disambiguation|bird}}: for [[:Category:Bird common name disambiguation pages]] | ||
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|church}}: for [[:Category:Church building disambiguation pages]] | * {{tlx|Disambiguation|church}}: for [[:Category:Church building disambiguation pages]] | ||
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* {{tlx|Disambiguation|surname}}: for [[:Category:Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists]] | * {{tlx|Disambiguation|surname}}: for [[:Category:Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists]] | ||
This parameter reflects the title, not the contents: | This parameter reflects the title, not the contents: | ||
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|chinese}}: for [[:Category:Disambiguation pages with Chinese character titles]] | * {{tlx|Disambiguation|chinese}}: for [[:Category:Disambiguation pages with Chinese character titles]] | ||
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* {{tl|Template other}} | * {{tl|Template other}} | ||
* {{tl|Title disambig text}} | * {{tl|Title disambig text}} | ||
* {{tl| | * {{tl|PAGENAMEBASE}} | ||
* {{tl|Trim}} | * {{tl|Trim}} | ||
* {{tl|Str rep}} | * {{tl|Str rep}} | ||
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==TemplateData== | ==TemplateData== | ||
{{ | {{TemplateData header}} | ||
<templatedata> | <templatedata> | ||
{ | { | ||
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"1": { | "1": { | ||
"label": "1", | "label": "1", | ||
"description": "Used to put the page in a category. Can be one of 'split' (dab pages in need of being split); 'clean up','clean-up','cleanup' (dabs in need of cleanup); 'airports','airport' (airport dabs); 'call sign','call signs','broadcast call sign','broadcast call signs','callsign' (broadcast call sign dabs); 'chinese char','chinese-char','chinesechar','chinese character','chinese' (chinese character dabs); 'churches','church building','church buildings','church' (church building dabs), 'fish' (fish dabs); 'geodis','geography','geographical','place name','place names','place','places','geo' (Place names); 'county'; | "description": "Used to put the page in a category. Can be one of 'split' (dab pages in need of being split); 'clean up','clean-up','cleanup' (dabs in need of cleanup); 'airports','airport' (airport dabs); 'call sign','call signs','broadcast call sign','broadcast call signs','callsign' (broadcast call sign dabs); 'chinese char','chinese-char','chinesechar','chinese character','chinese' (chinese character dabs); 'churches','church building','church buildings','church' (church building dabs), 'fish' (fish dabs); 'geodis','geography','geographical','place name','place names','place','places','geo' (Place names); 'county'; 'uscounty' (United States county dabs); 'township' (Township name dabs); 'name','names','human name','human names','hn','hndis' (Human name dabs); 'surnames','surname' (surname dabs); 'given names','given name' (given-name dabs), 'hospital name','hospital names','hospitals','hospital' (hospital dabs); 'latin name','latin names','latin' (Latin name dabs); 'letter-number','letter number' (Letter-number combination dabs); 'mathdab','maths','mathematics','mathematical','math' (mathematical dabs); 'numberdis','numbers','ambiguous number','ambiguous numbers','number' (Lists of ambiguous numbers), 'plants','plant' (Plant common name dabs); 'roaddis','roads','road' (road dabs), 'schooldis','schools','educational institution','educational institutions','college','colleges','university','universities','school' (Educational institution dabs); 'political','party' (political party dabs), 'genus' (Genus dabs)", | ||
"type": "string", | "type": "string", | ||
"required": false | "required": false | ||
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"label": "10", | "label": "10", | ||
"description": "Further category keys, as parameter 1.", | "description": "Further category keys, as parameter 1.", | ||
"type": "string", | |||
"required": false | |||
}, | |||
"hn": { | |||
"label": "hn", | |||
"description": "Human name disambiguation page with its own sort key.", | |||
"type": "string", | "type": "string", | ||
"required": false | "required": false | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Wikipedia:Hatnote]] | * [[Wikipedia:Hatnote]] | ||
* {{tl|Dablinks}}{{snd}}lists wikilinks on the page that link to disambiguation pages | |||
* {{tl|Disambiguation needed}} – Adds an inline "disambiguation needed" tag to an ambiguous link within an article, see [[Wikipedia:OTHERUSES]] for more. | * {{tl|Disambiguation needed}} – Adds an inline "disambiguation needed" tag to an ambiguous link within an article, see [[Wikipedia:OTHERUSES]] for more. | ||
* {{tl|WikiProject Disambiguation}} – for disambig talkpages | * {{tl|WikiProject Disambiguation}} – for disambig talkpages | ||
* {{tl|Other uses}} – for linking to disambiguation pages in articles | * {{tl|Other uses}} – for linking to disambiguation pages in articles | ||
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[[Category:Disambiguation message boxes| ]] | [[Category:Disambiguation message boxes| ]] | ||
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This is the {{Disambiguation}} template.
This is a general-purpose template, to be placed at the bottom of any article that exists to help readers find other articles with the same or similar names. This concept is called disambiguation and is used with many common words, such as cross, life and work. This template automatically adds articles to the Category:Disambiguation pages.
Page title fixes
This template will automatically detect incomplete disambiguation present in page titles. If the title includes anything other than (disambiguation) in parentheses, it is assumed to be the article type. For example, this template on the page 1st Division (France) would produce the text "This disambiguation page lists France articles associated with the title 1st Division". If the page title contains parentheses that are not used for disambiguation (such as Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)), set |ignore_parentheses=yes. If you wish to manually specify the article type, use the |type= parameter.
Variant templates
Disambiguation
For disambiguation pages requiring cleanup, use {{Disambiguation cleanup}}.
More specific and alternative templates exist for disambiguation pages whose entries are limited exclusively to items of a particular type:
- {{Airport disambiguation}} for airports – Category:Airport disambiguation
- {{Biology disambiguation}} – Category:Biology disambiguation pages
- {{Call sign disambiguation}} – Category:Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages
- {{Caselaw disambiguation}} – Category:Case law disambiguation pages
- {{Chinese title disambiguation}} – Category:Disambiguation pages with Chinese character titles
- {{Genus disambiguation}} – Category:Genus disambiguation pages
- {{Human name disambiguation}} – Category:Human name disambiguation pages
- {{Hospital disambiguation}} for hospitals or medical centers – Category:Hospital disambiguation pages
- {{Letter disambiguation}} – adds a Latin letter , does not auto-categorize
- {{Letter-number combination disambiguation}} – Category:Letter-number combination disambiguation pages
- {{Mathematical disambiguation}} for mathematics titles – Category:Mathematics disambiguation pages
- {{Military unit disambiguation}} – Category:Military units and formations disambiguation pages
- {{Number disambiguation}} – Category:Lists of ambiguous numbers
- {{Phonetics disambiguation}} – Category:Linguistics disambiguation pages
- {{Place name disambiguation}} – Category:Place name disambiguation pages
- {{Road disambiguation}} – Category:Road disambiguation pages
- {{School disambiguation}} for educational institutions – Category:Educational institution disambiguation pages
- {{Species Latin name disambiguation}} – Category:Latin name disambiguation pages
- {{Station disambiguation}} for railway and public transport stations – Category:Station disambiguation pages
- {{Synagogue disambiguation}} for synagogues – Category:Synagogue disambiguation pages
- {{Wikipedia disambiguation}} for ambiguous titles and shortcuts in the Wikipedia namespace – Category:Wikipedia disambiguation pages
Note: A set index article (SIA) is not a disambiguation page; it is a list article about a set of items of a specific type that also share the same (or similar) name. Wikipedia:Set index articles includes templates for SIAs.
Parameters
Sometimes there isn't a specific disambiguation template (see list above) that fits for a page, or the page has items in more than one of the above classes. Then use {{Disambiguation}} but with one or more parameters telling which categories to use. Up to ten parameters can be fed, and in any order, for example:
{{Disambiguation|school|hospital}}
Only add a parameter from this list if the disambiguation page has several items of that type:
{{Disambiguation|human name}}: for Category:Human name disambiguation pages{{Disambiguation|hn=sortkey}}for Category:Human name disambiguation pages with a specified sort key (e.g.{{Disambiguation|hn=Doe, John}})
{{Disambiguation|bird}}: for Category:Bird common name disambiguation pages{{Disambiguation|church}}: for Category:Church building disambiguation pages{{Disambiguation|county}}: for Category:County name disambiguation pages{{Disambiguation|uscounty}}: for Category:United States county name disambiguation pages
{{Disambiguation|fish}}: for Category:Fish common name disambiguation pages{{Disambiguation|genus}}: for Category:Genus disambiguation pages{{Disambiguation|geo}}: for Category:Place name disambiguation pages{{Disambiguation|hospital}}: for Category:Hospital disambiguation pages{{Disambiguation|latin}}: for Category:Latin name disambiguation pages{{Disambiguation|letter number}}: for Category:Letter-number combination disambiguation pages{{Disambiguation|math}}: for Category:Mathematical disambiguation{{Disambiguation|number}}: for Category:Lists of ambiguous numbers{{Disambiguation|plant}}: for Category:Plant common name disambiguation pages{{Disambiguation|political}}: for Category:Political party disambiguation pages{{Disambiguation|road}}: for Category:Road disambiguation pages{{Disambiguation|school}}: for Category:Educational institution disambiguation pages{{Disambiguation|ship}}: for Category:Ship disambiguation pages{{Disambiguation|station}}: for Category:Station disambiguation pages{{Disambiguation|tndis}}: for Category:Title and name disambiguation pages{{Disambiguation|township}}: for Category:Township name disambiguation pages
These can be added if there are one or more elements in the list (per their category descriptions):
{{Disambiguation|airport}}: for Category:Airport disambiguation{{Disambiguation|callsign}}: for Category:Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages
These can be added even if there's only one element in the list, since these types are not actually ambiguous:
{{Disambiguation|given name}}: Category:Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists{{Disambiguation|surname}}: for Category:Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists
This parameter reflects the title, not the contents:
And this parameter reflects a maintenance need, not the contents:
Note that {{Disambiguation}} might not have parameters for all subcategories of Category:Disambiguation pages, then you have to manually add the category to the disambig page.
Nocat
If categorization is not needed on pages that are not in mainspace, then the "nocat" parameter may be set equal to "true" or "yes" as follows:
{{Disambiguation|nocat=true}}{{Disambiguation|nocat=yes}}
Redirects
The following redirect to this template:
Technical details
Internally, this template uses {{Dmbox}}. That template categorises pages into Category:All disambiguation pages and Category:All article disambiguation pages.
This template also uses {{Disambiguation/cat}} to handle the categorisation parameters, such as "hospital" and "school".
Other templates and modules used:
- {{Disambiguation page short description}}
- {{Template other}}
- {{Title disambig text}}
- {{PAGENAMEBASE}}
- {{Trim}}
- {{Str rep}}
- {{#invoke:Redirect|isRedirect}}
Template use
Place template at the foot of the disambiguation page after all of the disambiguation content but before any categories (see below) (interlanguage links to Wikidata), as per the WP:DCAT guideline.
TemplateData
TemplateData for Disambiguation
Place at the bottom of Disambiguation pages.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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| 1 | 1 | Used to put the page in a category. Can be one of 'split' (dab pages in need of being split); 'clean up','clean-up','cleanup' (dabs in need of cleanup); 'airports','airport' (airport dabs); 'call sign','call signs','broadcast call sign','broadcast call signs','callsign' (broadcast call sign dabs); 'chinese char','chinese-char','chinesechar','chinese character','chinese' (chinese character dabs); 'churches','church building','church buildings','church' (church building dabs), 'fish' (fish dabs); 'geodis','geography','geographical','place name','place names','place','places','geo' (Place names); 'county'; 'uscounty' (United States county dabs); 'township' (Township name dabs); 'name','names','human name','human names','hn','hndis' (Human name dabs); 'surnames','surname' (surname dabs); 'given names','given name' (given-name dabs), 'hospital name','hospital names','hospitals','hospital' (hospital dabs); 'latin name','latin names','latin' (Latin name dabs); 'letter-number','letter number' (Letter-number combination dabs); 'mathdab','maths','mathematics','mathematical','math' (mathematical dabs); 'numberdis','numbers','ambiguous number','ambiguous numbers','number' (Lists of ambiguous numbers), 'plants','plant' (Plant common name dabs); 'roaddis','roads','road' (road dabs), 'schooldis','schools','educational institution','educational institutions','college','colleges','university','universities','school' (Educational institution dabs); 'political','party' (political party dabs), 'genus' (Genus dabs) | String | optional |
| 2 | 2 | Further category keys, as parameter 1. | String | optional |
| 3 | 3 | Further category keys, as parameter 1. | String | optional |
| 4 | 4 | Further category keys, as parameter 1. | String | optional |
| 5 | 5 | Further category keys, as parameter 1. | String | optional |
| 6 | 6 | Further category keys, as parameter 1. | String | optional |
| 7 | 7 | Further category keys, as parameter 1. | String | optional |
| 8 | 8 | Further category keys, as parameter 1. | String | optional |
| 9 | 9 | Further category keys, as parameter 1. | String | optional |
| 10 | 10 | Further category keys, as parameter 1. | String | optional |
| hn | hn | Human name disambiguation page with its own sort key. | String | optional |
| page-title | page-title | Page title to use, only useful for special cases when default does not work.
| String | optional |
| nocat | nocat | Set to 'yes' to prevent categorisation. | String | optional |
| demospace | demospace | Used for testing. | String | optional |
| ignore_parentheses | ignore_parentheses | Set to 'yes' to prevent parentheses in the article title from being parsed as incomplete disambiguation. | String | optional |
| type | type | Manually specify the article type in the descriptive text ('This disambiguation page lists {{{type}}} articles...') | String | optional |
See also
- Wikipedia:Hatnote
- {{Dablinks}} – lists wikilinks on the page that link to disambiguation pages
- {{Disambiguation needed}} – Adds an inline "disambiguation needed" tag to an ambiguous link within an article, see Wikipedia:OTHERUSES for more.
- {{WikiProject Disambiguation}} – for disambig talkpages
- {{Other uses}} – for linking to disambiguation pages in articles