Template:About-distinguish

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This template uses Lua:

Module:About-distinguish

This template uses the Wikidata properties:

sex or gender (P21) (see uses)

instance of (P31) (see uses)

"This page is about … It is not to be confused with …"

{{About-distinguish}} is a template for noting other uses when there could be confusion with another topic.

{{about-distinguish|USE1|PAGE1}} →
This page is about USE1. It is not to be confused with PAGE1.
{{about-distinguish|USE1|PAGE1|PAGE2}} →
This page is about USE1. It is not to be confused with PAGE1 or PAGE2.
{{about-distinguish|USE1|PAGE1{{!}}DISPLAY-TEXT|PAGE2#SECTION|PAGE3}} →
This page is about USE1. It is not to be confused with DISPLAY-TEXT, PAGE2 § SECTION, or PAGE3.

For cases requiring custom text, use {{about-distinguish2}} instead:

{{about-distinguish2|USE1|TEXT}} →
This page is about USE1. It is not to be confused with TEXT.

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Wikipedia:Hatnote Wikipedia:Disambiguation Wikipedia:Redirect
Main articles	{{Main}} {{Cat main}} (for categories)
Generic	{{Hatnote}} {{Selfref}} (for self-references)
Other uses	{{About}} Variations: {{Other uses}} {{Other uses2}} (automatically supplies disambiguation suffix) {{Other uses of}} (provides context for disambiguation) {{Distinguish-otheruses}} {{Distinguish-otheruses2}} (automatically supplies disambiguation suffix)
For (other topic)	{{For}} {{For2}} (for custom text)
Further information	{{Further}} {{Further2}} (for custom text) {{For outline}} {{Broader}}
See	{{See also}} {{Category see also}} {{See also if exists}} {{Category see also if exists}} {{Category see also if exists 2}} {{Cat more}} (for categories) {{See introduction}} {{See Wiktionary}}
Other people	{{Other people}} {{About other people}} (adds "about" description) {{Similar names}}
Other topics	{{Other hurricanes}} {{Other places}} {{Other ships}}
Redirect	{{Redirect}} {{Redirect2}} (for two redirects) {{Redirect-multi}} (for multiple redirects) {{Redirect-several}} (for several redirects, without listing each) {{Redirect-synonym}} {{Redirect for}} {{Redirect-distinguish}} {{technical reasons}}
Distinguish	{{Distinguish}} (supports custom text too) {{Redirect-distinguish}} {{Redirect-distinguish2}} (for custom text) {{Redirect-distinguish6}} {{About-distinguish}} {{About-distinguish2}} (for custom text)
Transclusion	{{Transcluding article}} {{Transcluded section}}
Subject specific	{{Year dab}} {{Highway detail hatnote}} {{Pope Stephen ToP Dab}} {{For LMST}} {{WikiIPA}} {{Other MeSH codes}} {{Other Pennsylvania townships}}
Hatnote categories	Hatnote templates Hatnote modules for category pages for [family] names for lists for user pages
Hatnote templates documentation Category:Hatnote templates

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Template:About-distinguish

"This page is about … It is not to be confused with …"

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