Template:About
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Usage
{{About}}
is a commonly used hatnote template on Wikipedia, and should be placed at the top of an article (but following {{Short description}}
, if present), linking the reader to other articles with similar titles or concepts that they may have been seeking instead. The template has several formats, including:
{{About}}
→For other uses, see About (disambiguation).{{About|Use1}}
→This template is about Use1. For other uses, see About (disambiguation).{{About||Use2|Article2}}
→For Use2, see Article2.{{About|||Article (disambiguation)}}
→For other uses, see Article (disambiguation).{{About|Use1||Article2}}
→This template is about Use1. For other uses, see Article2.{{About|Use1||Article2|and|Article3}}
→{{About|Use1|Use2|Article2}}
→This template is about Use1. For Use2, see Article2.{{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|and|Article3}}
→{{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|and|Article3|and|Article4|and|Article5}}
→{{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|Use3|Article3}}
→{{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|other uses}}
→This template is about Use1. For Use2, see Article2. For other uses, see About (disambiguation).
Parameters
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 About (disambiguation).{{About|Use1||Article2|section=yes}}
→This section is about Use1. For other uses, see Article2.{{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|section=yes}}
→This section is about Use1. For Use2, see Article2.{{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|and|Article3|section=yes}}
→{{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|other uses|section=yes}}
→This section is about Use1. For Use2, see Article2. For other uses, see About (disambiguation).
A |text=
option adds text to the end; this should only be used when truly necessary, when the other hatnote templates listed below don't suffice.
The |selfref=yes
option marks the entire hatnote as a Wikipedia self-reference, causing it to be omitted when the page content is reused outside of Wikipedia (see {{self reference}} and MOS:SELFREF for more details).
For more options, see section "TemplateData" below.
TemplateData
TemplateData for About
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Page description | 1 | What the page this template is placed on is about ("This page is about …") | String | suggested |
Other page 1 description | 2 | What the first other page is about. If unused or blank, defaults to "other uses". | String | suggested |
Other page 1 title | 3 | The title of the first other page. If unused, defaults to "[page title] (disambiguation)". | Page name | suggested |
Other page 2 description | 4 | What the second other page is about. | String | optional |
Other page 2 title | 5 | The title of the second other page. If unused or blank and parameter 4 exists, defaults to "[page title] (disambiguation)". | Page name | optional |
Other page 3 description | 6 | What the third other page is about. | String | optional |
Other page 3 title | 7 | The title of the third other page. If unused or blank and parameter 6 exists, defaults to "[page title] (disambiguation)". | Page name | optional |
Other page 4 description | 8 | What the fourth other page is about. | String | optional |
Other page 4 title | 9 | The title of the fourth other page. If unused or blank and parameter 8 exists, defaults to "[page title] (disambiguation)". | Page name | optional |
section | section | Pass "yes" in this parameter to get wording appropriate for use at the top of a section.
| String | optional |
Custom text | text | Text to be appended to the end. | String | optional |
See also
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.