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'''<big>Important: Please do not SUBST: this template.</big>'''
'''<big>Important: Please do not SUBST: this template.</big>'''


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 ''[[Wikipedia:Disambiguation|disambiguation]]'' and is used with many common words, such as ''[[Cross (disambiguation)|cross]]'', ''[[Life (disambiguation)|life]]'' and ''[[work]]''. This template automatically adds articles to the [[:Category:Disambiguation pages]].  
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''.
 
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=== Page title fix ===
=== Page title fix ===


In the event that the page title is causing an error, such as <span class="plainlinks">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%2A%2A%2A&oldid=171348746 what happened]</span> at ''[[***]]'', add the parameter: '''<code>{{para|page-title |<var> page title</var>}}</code>''' . Thus, the [[***]] page would use the syntax: '''<code><nowiki>{{disambig |page-title = ***}}</nowiki></code>''' .
In the event that the page title is causing an error, such as <span class="plainlinks">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%2A%2A%2A&oldid=171348746 what happened]</span> at ''[[***]]'', add the parameter: '''<code>{{para|page-title |<var> page title</var>}}</code>''' . Thus, the [[***]] page would use the syntax: '''<code><nowiki>{{disambig |page-title = ***}}</nowiki></code>''' .
 
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=== Alternative names ===
 
For those who can't remember how this template's name is abbreviated, the {{tl|disambiguation}}, {{tl|disamb}} and {{tl|dab}} templates all redirect to {{tl|disambig}}.


=== Technical details ===
=== Technical details ===
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=== See also ===
=== See also ===


* {{tl|dablink}} – Basic article hatnote, see [[Wikipedia:Otheruses templates (example usage)]] for the full hatnote index.
* {{tl|dablink}} – Basic article hatnote
* {{tl|dn}} – Adds an inline "disambiguation needed" tag to an ambiguous link within an article.
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Latest revision as of 17:34, 2 May 2009

This is the {{disambig}} 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.

Technical details

Internally this template uses {{dmbox}}. That template categorises pages into Category:All disambiguation pages and Category:All article disambiguation pages.

See also

  • {{dablink}} – Basic article hatnote