Template:About/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:About (see that page for the template itself). It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

{{about}} is a commonly used hatnote on the Last Outlaws Wiki, and so should be placed at the top of an article, linking the reader to articles with similar titles or concepts that they may have been seeking instead.

Usage

Note:

When used in the main namespace, the word "template" in the following example notes is replaced by "article".

• {{about|USE1}}

This template is about USE1. For other uses, see About/doc (disambiguation).

• {{about|USE1||PAGE2}} (When the disambiguation page has a different name — Note the empty second parameter)

This template is about USE1. For other uses, see PAGE2.

• {{about|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}} (When there is only one other use)

This template is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2.

• {{about|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|and|PAGE3}} (Two pages for USE2)

This template is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2 and PAGE3.

• {{about|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|USE4|PAGE4|USE5|PAGE5}} (When there are up to five other uses — You should generally create a disambiguation page at this point)

This template is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For USE4, see PAGE4. For USE5, see PAGE5.

• {{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 template is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For other uses, see About/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)

This template is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For other uses, see PAGE4.

• {{about|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3|other uses|PAGE4|and}}

This template is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For other uses, see PAGE4 and About/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)

For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For other uses, see About/doc (disambiguation).

Notes

Do not use subst: with these templates, as that will prevent:

1. propagating changes as the template is modified; and the
2. What links here listing.

If the page is commonly confused with another but does not need a description, use {{confused}} instead.

Please do not edit these templates, unless you have been given permission by administrators after proposing an idea for changes on this template on a community discussion.

See Also

• Template:Redirect
• Template:Confused