Template:Other uses/doc
 | This is a documentation subpage for Template:Other uses. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
 | This template is used on many pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
 | Uses Lua: |
This template creates a note directing the reader to the disambiguation page related to the page it is included in. The page to which is directed, can be a page whose name is the name of the current page with "(disambiguation)" appended to it. Or you can direct the user to a disambiguation page with a different title, by supplying it as an argument to the template.
Usage[edit source]
{{Other uses}} results in
{{Other uses|Target (disambiguation)}} results in
When to use this template[edit source]
This template can be used on pages with an ambiguous title, to direct readers that intended to read a similarly named article, to a disambiguation page. Please link to a page that includes the word "(disambiguation)" in the title (if one exists), as illustrated in the example above and suggested here.
When not to use this template[edit source]
Do not use this template on an article with an unambiguous title; for example, a reader who searches specifically for "Paris, Virginia" is not likely to have been looking for an article about a city in France (or anywhere else), so it would not be appropriate to add {{other uses|Paris}} to the top of the Paris, Virginia article. Also, do not use this template to link to an article that is not a disambiguation page; instead, one of the other hatnote templates listed below may be more appropriate for that purpose.
| Main articles | |
|---|---|
| Generic |
|
| Other uses |
|
| For (other topic) | |
| Further information |
|
| See |
|
| Other people |
|
| Other topics |
|
| Redirect |
|
| Distinguish |
|
| Transclusion | |
| Subject specific |
|
| Hatnote categories | |
TemplateData[edit source]
See the monthly error report for this template.
TemplateData for Other uses
This template creates a note directing the reader to the disambiguation page related to the page it is included in.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Target page | 1 | Use this parameter to direct the user to a disambiguation page with a different title. | Page name | optional |