Template:About/doc

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

Usage

{{About}} is hatnote template for linking the reader to other articles with similar titles or concepts that they may have been seeking instead.

Notes

This template invokes Module:About (which depends on Module:Hatnote, Module:Hatnote list, Module:Pagetype, and Module:Arguments).

Syntax

The template has several formats, including:

• {{About}} →
  For other uses, see About/doc (disambiguation).
• {{About|Use1}} →
  This template is about Use1. For other uses, see About/doc (disambiguation).
• {{About||Use2|Article2}} →
  For Use2, see Article2.
• {{About|||Article (disambiguation)}} →
  For other uses, see Article (disambiguation).
• {{About|Use1||Article2}} →
  This template is about Use1. For other uses, see Article2.
• {{About|Use1||Article2|and|Article3}} →
  This template is about Use1. For other uses, see Article2 and Article3.
• {{About|Use1|Use2|Article2}} →
  This template is about Use1. For Use2, see Article2.
• {{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|and|Article3}} →
  This template is about Use1. For Use2, see Article2 and Article3.
• {{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|and|Article3|and|Article4|and|Article5}} →
  This template is about Use1. For Use2, see Article2, Article3, Article4, and Article5.
• {{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|Use3|Article3}} →
  This template is about Use1. For Use2, see Article2. For Use3, see Article3.
• {{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|other uses}} →
  This template is about Use1. For Use2, see Article2. For other uses, see About/doc (disambiguation).

Parameters

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}} →
  This section is about Use1. For other uses, see About/doc (disambiguation).
• {{About|Use1||Article2|section=yes}} →
  This section is about Use1. For other uses, see Article2.
• {{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|section=yes}} →
  This section is about Use1. For Use2, see Article2.
• {{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|and|Article3|section=yes}} →
  This section is about Use1. For Use2, see Article2 and Article3.
• {{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|other uses|section=yes}} →
  This section is about Use1. For Use2, see Article2. For other uses, see About/doc (disambiguation).

A |text = option adds text to the end.

See also

• {{Main}}
• {{See also}}