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Module:About

{{About}} is a commonly used hatnote template on Wikipedia, 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|Use3|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.

For reference, see Wikipedia:hatnote and documentation below.

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TemplateData for About

<templatedata> { "description": "This template is a hatnote in the format \"This page is about … For other uses …\".", "params": { "1": { "label": "Page description", "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "What the page this template is placed on is about (\"This page is about …\")" }, "2": { "label": "Other page 1 description", "type": "string", "description": "What the first other page is about. If unused or blank, defaults to \"For other uses\".", "suggested": true }, "3": { "label": "Other page 1 title", "type": "wiki-page-name", "description": "The title of the first other page. If unused, defaults to \"[page title] (disambiguation)\".", "suggested": true }, "4": { "label": "Other page 2 description", "type": "string", "description": "What the second other page is about." }, "5": { "label": "Other page 2 title", "type": "wiki-page-name", "description": "The title of the second other page. If unused or blank and parameter 4 exists, defaults to \"[page title] (disambiguation)\"." }, "6": { "label": "Other page 3 description", "type": "string", "description": "What the third other page is about." }, "7": { "label": "Other page 3 title", "type": "wiki-page-name", "description": "The title of the third other page. If unused or blank and parameter 6 exists, defaults to \"[page title] (disambiguation)\"." }, "8": { "label": "Other page 4 description", "type": "string", "description": "What the fourth other page is about." }, "9": { "label": "Other page 4 title", "type": "wiki-page-name", "description": "The title of the fourth other page. If unused or blank and parameter 8 exists, defaults to \"[page title] (disambiguation)\"." }, "section": { "type": "string", "description": "Pass \"yes\" in this parameter to get wording appropriate for use at the top of a section.", "autovalue": "yes" },

       "text": {

"label": "Custom text", "type": "string", "description": "Text to be appended to the end." } } } </templatedata>

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Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.

v t e Hatnote templates
Wikipedia:Hatnote Wikipedia:Disambiguation Wikipedia:Redirect
Main articles	{{Main}} {{Category main}}
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) {{Distinguish-otheruses3}} (custom use text)
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}} {{Category more}} {{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) {{Category distinguish}}
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}} {{Not WMF}}
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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