Template:Otheruses templates

Otheruses templates
To discuss these templates as a whole, please see Wikipedia talk:Disambiguation If you wish to discuss general wordings, rather than the wording or formatting of this specific template, don't post here, or else what you say will probably go unnoticed.

For a summary page on how to use these templates, see Otheruses templates (example usage).

Generic

 * For example, . This template is adaptable, but fails to standardize hatnotes.
 * For example, . This template is adaptable, but fails to standardize hatnotes.


 * (Similar to Dablink, but used for messages that wouldn't make sense on mirrors of Wikipedia, such as a link in the main article namespace that links to one in the Wikipedia namespace. See Avoid self-references for more details.)
 * (Similar to Dablink, but used for messages that wouldn't make sense on mirrors of Wikipedia, such as a link in the main article namespace that links to one in the Wikipedia namespace. See Avoid self-references for more details.)

Otheruses
About is the main template for giving other uses; it redirects to otheruses4.


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Variations
There are also variations of about. These serve the same purpose, and are marginally easier to use for each individual purpose, but overall, it is complicated to have so many different templates; it could be argued that the time saved using them is lost as other editors have to familiarise themselves with them.

All of these templates are special cases of about.

Note:  will produce the same result. Note:  will produce the same result. Note: this simply adds "(disambiguation)" to what you input as PAGE. Note:  will produce the same result - note the two empty parameters. Note: this is for when there is both a singular and plural disambiguation page; it only works when the plural is formed simply by adding "s" at the end. Note: this is for when there are two disambiguation pages, such as noun and adjective, or singular and irregular plural. There are only two parameters and at least one is required. Note: this cannot be recreated with - only with  or. Note: will produce the same result - note the empty parameter.

For (other topic)
for (and for2) can be used instead of about to not include the first part - "This article is about USE". However, this can also simply be achieved with an empty first parameter in about. For example,  becomes.


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Other people

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Other places

 * Otherplaces, analogous to Otheruses


 * Otherplaces2, analogous to Otheruses2


 * Otherplaces3, analogous to Otheruses3

Otherhurricaneuses

 * For articles on storms.


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Redirect

 * (To Document dependent link[s], Template also has a hidden mode, (Set "|hide=true") which enables it to document a section title is a redirect page target section, and so should not be changed.); Some examples:, &mdash; with a little care, bolding the titled redirects can substitute for awkward phrases involving multiple name forms of the main article title; particularly those of  the "also known as varieties"...
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