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

This template is used on a very large number of pages.
To avoid large-scale disruption and unnecessary server load, any changes to this template should first be tested in its /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user space. The tested changes can then be added to this page in one single edit. Please consider discussing any changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template should be used on articles only if other topics and articles exist with very similar names. For most articles, this is not true, so do not use this template on them.

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Module:About

{{About}} is a commonly used hatnote template on PBC, and should be placed at the top of an article, 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|Use1}} →
{{About|Use1||Article2}} →
{{About|Use1||Article2|and|Article3}} →
{{About|Use1|Use2|Article2}} →
{{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|and|Article3}} →
{{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|other uses}} →

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}} →
{{About|Use1||Article2|section=yes}} →
{{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|section=yes}} →
{{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|and|Article3|section=yes}} →
{{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|other uses|section=yes}} →

A |text= option adds text to the end; note that this should be only used when truly necessary, and the other hatnote templates listed below don't suffice. This template also supports |selfref=.

For more options, find "{{About}}" in the text below.

v t e Hatnote templates
PBC:Hatnote PBC:Disambiguation PBC: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}} {{Category see also if exists}} {{See introduction}} {{See Wiktionary}}
Other people	{{Other people}} {{About-otherpeople}} (adds "about" description) {{Other people5}} (for "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}} {{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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