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When a Wikipedia article is large, it is often written in summary style. This template is used after the heading of the summary, to link to the sub-article that has been summarized. For Category namespace, please use {{Cat main}} instead.
Use of this template should be restricted to the purposes described above. It is not to be used as a substitute for inline links or {{Further}} template. The latter is used when the section expounds a specific aspect of the topic instead of summarizing its article. For example, in phthalate, the template under the "Endocrine disruptor" section should not be {{Main|Endocrine disruptor}}, because the section specifically deals with phthalate as an endocrine disruptor and not endocrine disruptors in general.
Contents
- 1 Usage
- 2 Parameters
- 3 Examples
- 4 Hatnote templates
- 4.1 Generic hatnote
- 4.2 More pages on the same topic ("Further information ...")
- 4.3 Other uses of the same title ("For …, see …")
- 4.4 Similar proper names ("For other people named ...")
- 4.5 Distinguish
- 4.6 Family names
- 4.7 Miscellaneous (hurricanes, Pope Stephen, Wiki selfref)
- 4.8 Categories
- 4.9 Lists
- 4.10 User pages
- 5 Notes
Usage
- Basic usage
- {{main|page}}
- All parameters
- {{main | page1 | page2 | page3 | ... | l1 = label1 | l2 = label2 | l3 = label3 | ... | selfref = yes}}
Parameters
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, ...; 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, not11.selfref- if set to "yes", "y", "true" or "1", adds the CSS class "selfref". This is used to denote self-references to Wikipedia. See Template:Selfref for more information. This is only necessary in articles and other content (e.g. templates) that will appear in articles, and need not be added for uses of this template onWikipedia:namespace pages.
Examples
{{main|Article}}→Main article: Article{{main|Article#Section}}→Main article: Article § Section{{main|Article#Section|l1=Custom section label}}→Main article: Custom section label{{main|Article1|Article2|Article3}}→{{main|Article1|l1=Custom label 1|Article2|l2=Custom label 2}}→Main articles: Custom label 1 and Custom label 2
Hatnote templates
Hatnotes must be at the very top of the page or section.
Generic hatnote
{{Hatnote|CUSTOM TEXT}}→CUSTOM TEXT
More pages on the same topic ("Further information ...")
"Main article: …"
{{Main}} is used to make summary style explicit, when used in a summary section for which there is also a separate article on the subject:
{{Main|Main Article}}→Main article: Main Article{{Main|Main Article|Article2}}→Main articles: Main Article and Article2{{Main list|Article1}}→For a more comprehensive list, see Article1.
"For more details on …, see …"
{{Details}} can supplement {{Main}} in summary sections, or can indicate more details in nonsummary sections:
{{Details|PAGE1}}→For more details on this topic, see PAGE1.{{Details|PAGE1|TOPIC}}→For more details on TOPIC, see PAGE1.
{{Details3}} allows changing the displayed name for links. Unlike {{Details}}, it requires bracketed link notation:
{{Details3|[[NTSC#Color_encoding|NTSC Color encoding]]}}→For more details on this topic, see NTSC Color encoding.{{Details3|[[article1|Article 1]], [[article2|Article 2]], and [[article3|Article 3]]|TOPIC}}→
"See also …"
{{See also|TOPIC PAGE|OTHER TOPIC PAGE}}→See also: TOPIC PAGE and OTHER TOPIC PAGE
- Note: use only when OTHER TOPIC PAGE is related to current article and contains a self-explanatory parenthetical.
{{See also2|[[OTHER TOPIC]]|[[OTHER TOPIC2]]|[[OTHER TOPIC3]] and other text}}→
"Further information: …"
{{Further|PAGE}}→Further information: PAGE{{Further|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3}}→{{Further2|[[PAGE1]], [[PAGE2]], and [[PAGE#3|PAGE3]]}}→
Other uses of the same title ("For …, see …")
"This page is about … For other uses …"
{{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}}→This page is about USE1. For other uses, see Main (disambiguation).{{About|USE1||PAGE2}}(When the disambiguation page has a different name – Note the empty second parameter) →This page is about USE1. For other uses, see PAGE2.{{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}}(When there is only one other use) →This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2.{{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|and|PAGE3}}(Two pages for USE2) →{{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2#SUBSECTION{{!}}PAGE2TITLE}}(Using the {{!}} magic word to give the link a different title) →This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2TITLE.{{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|USE4|PAGE4|USE5|PAGE5}}(When there are up to four 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) →This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For other uses, see Main (disambiguation).{{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}}→This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For other uses, see PAGE4 and Main (disambiguation).{{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}}→
- Note:
{{for||PAGE1|PAGE2}}produces the same result.
{{About|USE1|section=yes}}→This section is about USE1. For other uses, see Main (disambiguation).
- Note: this hatnote says "section", instead of "article" or "page".
"This page is about … It is not to be confused with …"
{{About-distinguish}} is a template for noting other uses when there could be confusion with another topic.
{{About-distinguish|USE1|PAGE1}}→This page is about USE1. It is not to be confused with PAGE1.{{About-distinguish2|USE1|TEXT}}→This page is about USE1. It is not to be confused with TEXT.{{About-distinguish-custom|USE1|TEXT}}→This page is about USE1. TEXT.
"For …, see …"
{{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 example:
{{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}}→For OTHER TOPIC, see Main (disambiguation).{{For|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1}}→For OTHER TOPIC, see PAGE1.{{For|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1|PAGE2}}→{{For|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3}}→{{For||PAGE1|PAGE2}}→
- Variations
- As with {{Other uses}}, there is a whole family of "for" templates. {{For2}} allows custom text, such as quotation marks or a link from part of the "CUSTOM TEXT"
{{For2|OTHER TOPIC|CUSTOM TEXT}}→For OTHER TOPIC, see CUSTOM TEXT.
"For other uses, see …"
When such a wordy hatnote as {{About}} is not needed, {{Other uses}} is often useful.
{{Other uses}}→For other uses, see Main (disambiguation).{{Other uses|PAGE1}}→For other uses, see PAGE1.{{Other uses|PAGE1|PAGE2}}→
- Variations
- 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}}→For other uses, see PAGE1 (disambiguation).
- Note: adds "(disambiguation)" to whatever is input as the PAGE1.
- Note:
{{Other uses|PAGE1 (disambiguation)}}produces the same result.
{{Two other uses|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}}→ Template:Two other uses
- Note: same as {{about}}, except it forces a second use to be noted if unspecified by parameters.
{{Two other uses|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3}}→ Template:Two other uses{{Two other uses||USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3}}→ Template:Two other uses{{Three other uses|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3}}This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For other uses, see Main (disambiguation).{{Three other uses||USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3}}→{{Three other uses|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|USE4|PAGE4}}→
"For other uses of …, see …"
{{Other uses of}}→For other uses of "Main", see Main (disambiguation).{{Other uses of|TOPIC}}→For other uses of "TOPIC", see TOPIC (disambiguation).{{Other uses of|TOPIC|PAGE1}}→For other uses of "TOPIC", see PAGE1.
"… redirects here. For other uses, see …"
{{Redirect|REDIRECT}}→"REDIRECT" redirects here. For other uses, see REDIRECT (disambiguation).{{Redirect|REDIRECT||PAGE1}}→"REDIRECT" redirects here. For other uses, see PAGE1.{{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1}}→"REDIRECT" redirects here. For USE1, see 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}}→{{Redirect6|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1}}→"REDIRECT" redirects here. For USE1, see PAGE1. For other uses, see REDIRECT (disambiguation).{{Redirect6|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1||PAGE2}}→
- Variations
- For two sources:
{{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2}}→"REDIRECT1" and "REDIRECT2" redirect here. For other uses, see REDIRECT1 (disambiguation).{{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|USE}}→"REDIRECT1" and "REDIRECT2" redirect here. For USE, see REDIRECT1 (disambiguation).{{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2||PAGE1}}→"REDIRECT1" and "REDIRECT2" redirect here. For other uses, see PAGE1.{{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|USE|PAGE1}}→"REDIRECT1" and "REDIRECT2" redirect here. For USE, see PAGE1.{{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2}}→{{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3}}→{{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|USE4|PAGE4}}→{{Redirect4|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2}}→"REDIRECT1" and "REDIRECT2" redirect here. For other uses, see REDIRECT1 (disambiguation) and REDIRECT2 (disambiguation).{{Redirect4|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|USE|TEXT}}→"REDIRECT1" and "REDIRECT2" redirect here. For USE, see TEXT.
- For three sources:
{{Redirect7|"REDIRECT1", "REDIRECT2", and "REDIRECT3"|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2}}→{{Redirect10|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|REDIRECT3}}→"REDIRECT1", "REDIRECT2", and "REDIRECT3" redirect here. For other uses, see REDIRECT1 (disambiguation), REDIRECT2 (disambiguation), and REDIRECT3 (disambiguation).{{Redirect10|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|REDIRECT3|USE|TEXT}}→"REDIRECT1", "REDIRECT2", and "REDIRECT3" redirect here. For USE, see TEXT.
- To specify the text following "redirects here.":
{{Redirect3|REDIRECT|TEXT}}or{{Redirect text|REDIRECT|TEXT}}→"REDIRECT" redirects here. TEXT.{{Redirect-synonym|TERM|OTHER TOPIC}}→"TERM" redirects here. TERM may also refer to OTHER TOPIC.
- ... Not to be confused with ...
{{Redirect-distinguish|REDIRECT|PAGE1}}→"REDIRECT" redirects here. It is not to be confused with PAGE1.{{Redirect-distinguish|REDIRECT|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3|PAGE4}}→{{Redirect-distinguish2|REDIRECT|TEXT}}→"REDIRECT" redirects here. It is not to be confused with TEXT.
Similar proper names ("For other people named ...")
Other people
{{Other people}}→For other people named Main, see Main (disambiguation).{{Other people|NAME}}→For other people named NAME, see NAME (disambiguation).{{Other people|NAME|PAGE}}→For other people named NAME, see PAGE.{{Other people|NAME|PAGE|named=titled}}→For other people titled NAME, see PAGE.{{Other people2|PAGE}}→For other people of the same name, see PAGE.{{Other people3}}→For other people named Main, see Main (disambiguation).
- Note: same as {{About}} except uses "other people" instead of "other uses" if only 1 parameter is used
{{Other people3|PERSON1}}→This article is about PERSON1. For other people named Main, see Main (disambiguation).{{Other people3|PERSON1|PERSON2}}→This article is about PERSON1. For PERSON2, see Main (disambiguation).{{Other people3|PERSON1|PERSON2|PAGE2}}→This article is about PERSON1. For PERSON2, see PAGE2.{{Other people3|PERSON1||PAGE2}}→This article is about PERSON1. For other people named Main, see PAGE2.{{Other people5|NAME1|NAME2|NAME3|NAME4}}→
- Note: defaults to "named" as in {{Other people}}, exists for options like "nicknamed", "known as", etc.
Other places
{{Other places}}, analogous to {{Other uses}} →For other places with the same name, see Main (disambiguation).{{Other places|PAGE}}, analogous to {{Other uses2}} →For other places with the same name, see PAGE (disambiguation).{{Other places3|PAGE}}, analogous to {{Other uses}} →For other places with the same name, see PAGE.
Other ships
For articles on ships:
{{Other ships|SHIP1}}→For other ships of the same name, see SHIP1.
Distinguish
"Not to be confused with …"
{{Distinguish|PAGE1}}→Not to be confused with PAGE1.{{Distinguish|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3|PAGE4}}→{{Distinguish2|TEXT}}→Not to be confused with TEXT.
"… redirects here. It is not to be confused with …"
{{Redirect-distinguish|REDIRECT|PAGE1}}→"REDIRECT" redirects here. It is not to be confused with PAGE1.{{Redirect-distinguish|REDIRECT|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3|PAGE4}}→{{Redirect-distinguish2|REDIRECT|TEXT}}→"REDIRECT" redirects here. It is not to be confused with TEXT.- Also may be used as
{{Redirect-distinguish2|REDIRECT}}→"REDIRECT" redirects here.
- Also may be used as
"For technical reasons, … redirects here. For … , see … ."
{{Technical reasons|REDIRECT}}→For technical reasons, "REDIRECT" redirects here.{{Technical reasons|REDIRECT|PAGE}}→For technical reasons, "REDIRECT" redirects here. For REDIRECT, see PAGE.{{Technical reasons|REDIRECT|DESCRIPTION|PAGE}}→For technical reasons, "REDIRECT" redirects here. For DESCRIPTION, see PAGE.{{Technical reasons|REDIRECT|DESCRIPTION1|PAGE1|DESCRIPTION2|PAGE2}}→For technical reasons, "REDIRECT" redirects here. For DESCRIPTION1, see PAGE1. For DESCRIPTION2, see PAGE2.{{Technical reasons|REDIRECT|DESCRIPTION1|PAGE1|DESCRIPTION2|PAGE2|DESCRIPTION3|PAGE3}}→For technical reasons, "REDIRECT" redirects here. For DESCRIPTION1, see PAGE1. For DESCRIPTION2, see PAGE2. For DESCRIPTION3, see PAGE3.
Family names
Miscellaneous (hurricanes, Pope Stephen, Wiki selfref)
These hatnotes are topic-specific. They are documented at their template page.
{{Key people}}{{Other hurricanes}}{{Pope Stephen ToP Dab}}{{Selfref}}
Categories
Category-specific templates:
{{Category see also|THIS|THAT|THE OTHER}}→
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.
{{Cat main|MAIN ARTICLE}}→The main article for this category is MAIN ARTICLE.{{Category explanation|colourless green ideas}}→This category is for colourless green ideas.{{Category pair|TOPIC1|TOPIC2}}→See also the preceding Category:TOPIC1 and the succeeding Category:TOPIC2.{{CatPreceding|OTHER TOPIC}}→See also the preceding Category:OTHER TOPIC.{{CatSucceeding|OTHER TOPIC}}→See also the succeeding Category:OTHER TOPIC.{{Contrast|OTHERCAT|OTHERCAT2}}→{{Contrast|OTHERCAT|OTHERCAT2|plural=yes}}→
Lists
User pages
{{This user talk|TOPIC|PAGE1}}→
Notes
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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:
- Is there already a template that will do this job? Since many disambiguation and redirection templates have already been created, first check: Category:Disambiguation and redirection templates.
- Do I really need a new template for this? Will it likely be used on any other articles or should I just use {{Hatnote}} instead? Before creating a new template, see the template namespace guideline.
- If I change the parameters around on an existing template, do I know what the result will be? Will it break existing uses of the template and if so, can I fix all of the errors? Before making any changes, see Template sandbox and test cases.
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This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.
TemplateData for Main <templatedata> { "description": "This template is used after the heading of a section, to link to a sub-article (or sub-articles) that is entirely about the topic of the section. The template will display, in italics, \"Main article: Article 1, Article 2 and Article 3\"", "params": { "1": { "label": "Page 1", "description": "The name of the first page that you want to link to. If this is not specified, the current page name (with no namespace prefix) is used instead. ", "type": "string/line", "required": false }, "2": { "label": "Page 2", "description": "The name of the second page that you want to link to.", "type": "string/line", "required": false }, "3": { "label": "Page 3", "description": "The name of the third page that you want to link to. More pages can be added using the parameters \"4\", \"5\", \"6\", etc.", "type": "string/line", "required": false }, "l1": { "type": "string/line", "label": "Label 1", "description": "What the first linked page is to be displayed as." }, "l2": { "label": "Label 2", "description": "What the second linked page is to be displayed as.", "type": "string/line" }, "l3": { "label": "Label 3", "description": "What the third linked page is to be displayed as. Other labels can be added by using increasing numbers (starting with \"l4\" for page 4) as parameter names.", "type": "string/line" }, "selfref": { "type": "string/line", "label": "Self reference", "description": "Set to \"yes\" if the template is a self-reference to Wikipedia that would not make sense on mirrors or forks of the Wikipedia site." } } } </templatedata> |
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