Template:Disambiguation

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This is the {{Disambiguation}}

{{Disambiguation}} template.

Important: Please do not subst: this 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 stress, life and cross. This template automatically adds articles to the Category:Disambiguation pages.

Page title fixes[edit source]

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 titles contains parentheses that are not used for disambiguation, set |ignore_parentheses=yes.

Variant templates[edit source]

Disambiguation[edit source]

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.

Parameters[edit source]

And This parameter reflects a maintenance need, not the contents:

  • {{Disambiguation|split}}: for Disambiguation pages in need of being split

Note that {{Disambiguation}}

{{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[edit source]

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:

Redirects[edit source]

The following redirect to this template:

{{Disambig}}

Technical details[edit source]

Internally, this template uses {{Dmbox}}

{{Dmbox}}. That template categorises pages into Category:Disambiguation pages.

Template use[edit source]

Place template at the foot of the disambiguation page after all of the disambiguation content but before any categories (see below) or interlanguage links.

See also[edit source]

{{Other uses}} - for linking to disambiguation pages in articles

The "Disambiguation" template tag designates a page as a disambiguation page. You do not have to specify any additional information below.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
11

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)

Stringoptional
22

Further category keys, as parameter 1.

Stringoptional
33

Further category keys, as parameter 1.

Stringoptional
44

Further category keys, as parameter 1.

Stringoptional
55

Further category keys, as parameter 1.

Stringoptional
66

Further category keys, as parameter 1.

Stringoptional
77

Further category keys, as parameter 1.

Stringoptional
88

Further category keys, as parameter 1.

Stringoptional
99

Further category keys, as parameter 1.

Stringoptional
1010

Further category keys, as parameter 1.

Stringoptional
page-titlepage-title

Page title to use, only useful for special cases when default does not work.

Default
(FULLPAGENAME)
Stringoptional
nocatnocat

Set to 'yes' to prevent categorisation.

Stringoptional
demospacedemospace

Used for testing.

Stringoptional
ignore_parenthesesignore_parentheses

Set to 'yes' to prevent parentheses in the article title from being parsed as incomplete disambiguation.

Stringoptional
Specify the type of articles listedtype

Specify the type of articles listed. This may be used in the descriptive text. (e.g. "This disambiguation page lists biochemistry articles.")

Example
biochemistry
Stringsuggested