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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.

External links[edit source]

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Starfleet Logistics:Hatnote Starfleet Logistics:Disambiguation Starfleet Logistics: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
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