Template:Main/doc
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When a Wikipedia article is large, it is often rewritten in summary style. This template is used after the heading of the summary, to link to the sub-article that has been (or will be) summarised. This template can also be used in the Category namespace, but the preferred template for categories is {{Cat main}}.
This template is not to be used as a substitute for inline links or as a "see also". Its usage should be restricted to the purpose described hereinbefore.
Usage
{{Main |Article 1 }}
You may also include additional links, up to ten in total:
{{Main |Article 1 |Article 2 |Article 3 |Article 4 |Article 5 |Article 6 |Article 7 |Article 8 |Article 9 |Article 10 }}
For each link, you may optionally specify a link appearance (this is for articles where a piped link would be used). Note that the extra parameters use a lower case 'L', eg. l1 not 11:
{{Main |Article 1 |Article 2 |Article 3 |Article 4 |Article 5 |Article 6 |Article 7 |Article 8 |Article 9 |Article 10 |l1=Article 1 link appearance |l2=Article 2 link appearance |l3=Article 3 link appearance |l4=Article 4 link appearance |l5=Article 5 link appearance |l6=Article 6 link appearance |l7=Article 7 link appearance |l8=Article 8 link appearance |l9=Article 9 link appearance |l10=Article 10 link appearance }}
Examples
Code | Result |
---|---|
{{Main|Article}} |
Main article: Article
|
{{Main|Article 1|Article 2|Article 3}} |
|
{{Main|Article 1|Article 2|Article 3|Article 4|Article 5}} |
|
{{Main|Article|l1=Alternative title}} |
Main article: Alternative title
|
{{Main|(15760) 1992 QB1|l1={{mp|(15760) 1992 QB|1}}}} |
Main article: (15760) 1992 QB1
|
{{main other}}
, to create main space only (article space only) content
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Hatnote templates
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.
Generic
{{Hatnote|CUSTOM TEXT}}
→CUSTOM TEXT
{{Rellink|CUSTOM TEXT}}
→CUSTOM TEXT
Other uses (of the title)
"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 {{#invoke:Namespace detect|main}} is about USE1. For other uses, see Main/doc (disambiguation).{{About|USE1||PAGE2}}
(When the disambiguation page has a different name – Note the empty second parameter) →This {{#invoke:Namespace detect|main}} is about USE1. For other uses, see PAGE2.{{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}}
(When there is only one other use) →This {{#invoke:Namespace detect|main}} 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 {{!}} template to give the link a different title) →This {{#invoke:Namespace detect|main}} 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 {{#invoke:Namespace detect|main}} is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For other uses, see Main/doc (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 {{#invoke:Namespace detect|main}} is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For other uses, see PAGE4 and Main/doc (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.
{{Other uses-section|USE}}
(disambiguous) →This section is about USE. For other uses, see Main/doc (disambiguation).
- Note: this hatnote says "section", instead of "article" or "page".
"See also …"
{{See also|OTHER TOPIC|OTHER TOPIC2}}
→See also: OTHER TOPIC and OTHER TOPIC2
- Note: use when OTHER TOPIC is related to that of the current article and already contains a self-explanatory parenthetical.
{{See also2|[[OTHER TOPIC]]|[[OTHER TOPIC2]]|[[OTHER TOPIC3]] and other 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}}
(disambiguous) → {{#invoke:For|For}}{{For|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1}}
→ {{#invoke:For|For}}{{For|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1|PAGE2}}
→ {{#invoke:For|For}}{{For|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3}}
→ {{#invoke:For|For}}{{For||PAGE1|PAGE2}}
→ {{#invoke:For|For}}
- Variations
As with {{Other uses}}, there are a whole family of "for" templates.
{{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}}
(disambiguous) →For other uses, see Main/doc (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}}
(disambiguous) →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}}
→This {{#invoke:Namespace detect|main}} is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For other uses, see Main/doc (disambiguation).
- 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}}
→{{Three other uses|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3}}
This article is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For other uses, see Main/doc (disambiguation).{{Three other uses||USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3}}
→{{Three other uses|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|USE4|PAGE4}}
→This article is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For USE4, see Main/doc (disambiguation).
"For other uses of …, see …"
{{Other uses of}}
(disambiguous) →For other uses of "Main/doc", see Main/doc (disambiguation).{{Other uses of|TOPIC}}
(disambiguous) →For other uses of "TOPIC", see TOPIC (disambiguation).{{Other uses of|TOPIC|PAGE1}}
→For other uses of "TOPIC", see PAGE1.
"For more details on …, see …"
{{Details}}
can supplement {{Main}}
in summary sections, or can indicate more details in nonsummary sections:
{{Details3}} allows any text to links:
{{Details3|[[article 1]], [[article 2]], and [[article 3]]|TOPIC}}
→
"… redirects here. For other uses, see …"
{{Redirect|REDIRECT}}
(disambiguous) →"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}}
→
- Variations
{{Redirect-synonym|TERM|OTHER TOPIC}}
→"TERM" redirects here. TERM may also refer to OTHER TOPIC.{{Redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2}}
(disambiguous) →"REDIRECT1" and "REDIRECT2" redirect here. For other uses, see REDIRECT1 (disambiguation).{{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}}
→{{Redirect3|REDIRECT|TEXT}}
→"REDIRECT" redirects here. TEXT.{{Redirect4|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2}}
(disambiguous) → Template:Redirect4{{Redirect6|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1}}
(disambiguous) →"REDIRECT" redirects here. For USE1, see PAGE1. For other uses, see REDIRECT (disambiguation).{{Redirect6|REDIRECT|USE1|PAGE1||PAGE2}}
→{{Redirect7|"REDIRECT1", "REDIRECT2", and "REDIRECT3"|USE1|PAGE1|USE2|PAGE2}}
→
- Note: If the number of pages redirecting to the target page is two,
{{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) →"REDIRECT1", "REDIRECT2", and "REDIRECT3" redirect here. For other uses, see REDIRECT1 (disambiguation), REDIRECT2 (disambiguation), and REDIRECT3 (disambiguation).
- ... 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.
"Further information: …"
{{Further|PAGE}}
→Further information: PAGE{{Further|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3}}
→{{Further2|[[Article 1]], [[Article 2]], and [[Article Something#3|Article 3]]}}
→
"… If you are seeking another topic, … consider adding it to …."
{{Consider disambiguation|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}}
(disambiguous) →This article is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. If you are seeking another topic, additional searches are listed at Main/doc (disambiguation).{{Consider disambiguation|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|PAGE3}}
→
- Note:USE1 can be omitted, resulting in language like {{For}} above.
Other people, places, etcetera
Other people
{{Other people}}
(disambiguous) →For other people named Main/doc, see Main/doc (disambiguation).{{Other people|NAME}}
(disambiguous) →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}}
(disambiguous) →For other people named Main/doc, see Main/doc (disambiguation).
- Note: same as {{About}} except uses "other people" instead of "other uses" if only 1 parameter is used
{{Other people3|PERSON1}}
(disambiguous) →This article is about PERSON1. For other people named Main/doc, see Main/doc (disambiguation).{{Other people3|PERSON1|PERSON2}}
(disambiguous) →This article is about PERSON1. For PERSON2, see Main/doc (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/doc, 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}} (disambiguous) →For other places with the same name, see Main/doc (disambiguation).{{Other places|PAGE}}
, analogous to {{Other uses2}}(disambiguous) →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 hurricanes
For articles on storms:
{{Other hurricanes}}
(disambiguous) →For other storms of the same name, see Main/doc (disambiguation).{{Other hurricanes|PAGE1}}
→For other storms of the same name, see PAGE1.{{Other hurricanes|PAGE1|THIS}}
→This {{#invoke:Namespace detect|main}} is about THIS. For other storms of the same name, see PAGE1.{{Other hurricanes||THIS}}
→This {{#invoke:Namespace detect|main}} is about THIS. For other storms of the same name, see Main/doc (disambiguation).
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.
"Main article: …" etc.
{{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.{{Cat main|MAIN ARTICLE}}
→The main article for this category is MAIN ARTICLE.
Wikipedia self-reference
{{Selfref|ANYTEXT}}
→ANYTEXT
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}}
→
Family names
Lists
User pages
{{This user talk|TOPIC|PAGE1}}
→
Notes
Do not use subst: with these templates, as that will prevent:
- propagating changes as the template is modified; and the
- What links here (WLH) listing.
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.
See also
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