Template:Disambig

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Usage

{{Disambig}} 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 and is used with many common words, such as cross, life and work. This template automatically adds articles to the Category:Disambiguation.

In the event that the page title is causing an error, such as what happened at ***, add the parameter: page-title=, followed by the page's title. Thus, the *** page would use the syntax: {{disambig|page-title=***}}.

Additional templates

• {{disambig-cleanup}}

More specific, alternative templates exist, including:

• {{airport disambig}} for airports – Category:Airport disambiguation
• {{Geodis}} for place names – Category:Ambiguous place names
• {{Hndis}} for people's names – Category:Human name disambiguation pages
  • {{Hndis-cleanup}}
• {{Hospitaldis}} for hospitals or medical centers – Category:Lists of ambiguous hospital names
• {{Mathdab}} for mathematics titles – Category:Mathematical disambiguation
• {{Mountainindex}} for mountain names – Category:Disambiguation lists of mountains
• {{Numberdis}} for numbers – Category:Lists of ambiguous numbers
• {{POWdis}} for places of worship – Category:Place of worship disambiguation
• {{Roaddis}} for roads, streets, or highways – Category:Lists of roads sharing the same title
• {{Schooldis}} for educational institutions – Category:Educational institution disambiguation
• {{Shipindex}} for ship names – Category:Set indices on ships
• {{SIA}} for set index articles

For those who can't remember the name

For those who can't remember how the name is abbreviated, the {{disambiguation}}, {{disamb}} and {{dab}} templates all redirect to {{disambig}}.

See also

• {{dablink}} - basic article hatnote, see Wikipedia:Otheruses templates (example usage) for the full hatnote index
• {{dn}} – adds an inline "disambiguation needed" tag to an ambiguous link within an article