Template:Distinguish

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{{distinguish|PAGE1}}

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Uses Lua:

Module:Distinguish

Usage

{{distinguish|PAGE1}} Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish

{{distinguish|PAGE1|PAGE2}} Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish

{{distinguish|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3}} Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish

This hatnote is generally used when there can be confusion with a similar term. This is typically used when readers have misspelled their desired title, and the error would be apparent by simply displaying the alternative term without further explanation. For example, consider a reader looking for the punctuation mark who instead ends up at coma:

Coma → Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish

Readers are presumed to recognize that they actually wanted comma by merely looking at the spelling, and this case generally requires no further explanation.

However, {{distinguish}} is not suitable when the difference is not readily apparent without additional details. Consider a reader looking for a game they believe is named Reversi:

File:Red x.svg Reversi → Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish

In the above hatnote, it is not generally apparent how the suggested Reversis is different from Reversi, which is also a game.

File:Green check.svg Reversi → Template:About

Using {{about}} instead of Template:Tlc, the differences in the suggested article is explained upfront without requiring the reader to click through and differentiate the terms on their own.

Template:Tlc should only be used when the ambiguity exists for a portion of the readership that is sufficient to warrant a hatnote. Care should be taken to avoid trivial uses.

Redirects

Usage

{{distinguish|PAGE1}} Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish

{{distinguish|PAGE1|PAGE2}} Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish

{{distinguish|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3}} Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish

This hatnote is generally used when there can be confusion with a similar term. This is typically used when readers have misspelled their desired title, and the error would be apparent by simply displaying the alternative term without further explanation. For example, consider a reader looking for the punctuation mark who instead ends up at coma:

Coma → Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish

Readers are presumed to recognize that they actually wanted comma by merely looking at the spelling, and this case generally requires no further explanation.

However, {{distinguish}} is not suitable when the difference is not readily apparent without additional details. Consider a reader looking for a game they believe is named Reversi:

File:Red x.svg Reversi → Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish

In the above hatnote, it is not generally apparent how the suggested Reversis is different from Reversi, which is also a game.

File:Green check.svg Reversi → Template:About

Using {{about}} instead of Template:Tlc, the differences in the suggested article is explained upfront without requiring the reader to click through and differentiate the terms on their own.

Template:Tlc should only be used when the ambiguity exists for a portion of the readership that is sufficient to warrant a hatnote. Care should be taken to avoid trivial uses.

Redirects

Usage

{{distinguish|PAGE1}} Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish

{{distinguish|PAGE1|PAGE2}} Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish

{{distinguish|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3}} Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish

This hatnote is generally used when there can be confusion with a similar term. This is typically used when readers have misspelled their desired title, and the error would be apparent by simply displaying the alternative term without further explanation. For example, consider a reader looking for the punctuation mark who instead ends up at coma:

Coma → Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish

Readers are presumed to recognize that they actually wanted comma by merely looking at the spelling, and this case generally requires no further explanation.

However, {{distinguish}} is not suitable when the difference is not readily apparent without additional details. Consider a reader looking for a game they believe is named Reversi:

File:Red x.svg Reversi → Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish

In the above hatnote, it is not generally apparent how the suggested Reversis is different from Reversi, which is also a game.

File:Green check.svg Reversi → Template:About

Using {{about}} instead of Template:Tlc, the differences in the suggested article is explained upfront without requiring the reader to click through and differentiate the terms on their own.

Template:Tlc should only be used when the ambiguity exists for a portion of the readership that is sufficient to warrant a hatnote. Care should be taken to avoid trivial uses.

Redirects

<templatedata> { "params": { "1": { "label": "Name of article", "description": "Name of article that you want to link to", "type": "wiki-page-name", "required": true }, "2": { "label": "Optional additional article to link", "description": "Optional additional article to link", "type": "wiki-page-name" }, "3": { "label": "Optional additional article to link", "description": "Optional additional article to link", "type": "wiki-page-name" }, "4": { "label": "Optional additional article to link", "description": "Optional additional article to link", "type": "wiki-page-name" } }, "description": "A hatnote used when there is an ambiguity in an article's title.", "paramOrder": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "format": "inline" } </templatedata>

This hatnote is generally used when there can be confusion with a similar term. This is typically used when readers have misspelled their desired title, and the error would be apparent by simply displaying the alternative term without further explanation. For example, consider a reader looking for the punctuation mark who instead ends up at coma:

Coma →
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Module:Distinguish

Usage

{{distinguish|PAGE1}} Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish
{{distinguish|PAGE1|PAGE2}} Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish
{{distinguish|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3}} Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish
This hatnote is generally used when there can be confusion with a similar term. This is typically used when readers have misspelled their desired title, and the error would be apparent by simply displaying the alternative term without further explanation. For example, consider a reader looking for the punctuation mark who instead ends up at coma:

Coma → Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish

Readers are presumed to recognize that they actually wanted comma by merely looking at the spelling, and this case generally requires no further explanation.
However, {{distinguish}} is not suitable when the difference is not readily apparent without additional details. Consider a reader looking for a game they believe is named Reversi:

File:Red x.svg Reversi → Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish

In the above hatnote, it is not generally apparent how the suggested Reversis is different from Reversi, which is also a game.

File:Green check.svg Reversi → Template:About

Using {{about}} instead of Template:Tlc, the differences in the suggested article is explained upfront without requiring the reader to click through and differentiate the terms on their own.
Template:Tlc should only be used when the ambiguity exists for a portion of the readership that is sufficient to warrant a hatnote. Care should be taken to avoid trivial uses.

Redirects

{{Not to be confused with}}

{{Confused}}

{{Confuse}}

{{Misspelling}}

See also

{{Distinguish2}}, for multiple disambiguation targets or prepending "the".

{{About}}, links the reader to other articles with similar titles or concepts that they may have been seeking instead.

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Hatnote templates

Wikipedia:Hatnote

Wikipedia:Disambiguation

Wikipedia:Redirect

Main articles

{{main article|ARTICLE1|ARTICLE2|ARTICLE3}}
{{main article|Article#Section|l1=Custom section label}}

{{cat main|ARTICLE1|ARTICLE2|ARTICLE3}}
{{cat main|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3|article=no}}

Generic

{{hatnote|TEXT}}

{{selfref|TEXT}}

Other uses

{{about|USE1}}

{{about2|USE1|TEXT}}

Variations: {{other uses}}

{{other uses2|PAGE}}

{{distinguish-otheruses}}

{{distinguish-otheruses2}}

For (other topic)

{{for|OTHER TOPIC}}

{{for2|OTHER TOPIC|CUSTOM TEXT}}

{{about||USE}}

Further information

{{further|OTHER PAGE}}

{{further2|CUSTOM TEXT}}

{{Details|OTHER PAGE}}

{{outline|OUTLINE PAGE}}

See also

{{see also|OTHER TOPIC}}

Other people

{{other people}}

{{other people2|PAGE}}

{{other people3|USE1|USE2}}

{{other people5|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3|PAGE4}}

Other topics

{{other hurricanes}}

{{other places}}

{{other ships}}

Other uses of (topic)

{{other uses of|TOPIC|PAGE}}

Redirect

{{redirect|REDIRECT}}

{{redirect|REDIRECT||PAGE}}

{{redirect|REDIRECT|USE|PAGE}}

{{redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2}}

{{redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|USE|PAGE}}

{{redirect3|REDIRECT|TEXT}}

{{redirect-multi|3|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|REDIRECT3}}

{{redirect-several|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|...}}

"Not to be confused with..."

{{distinguish|PAGE}}

{{distinguish2|TEXT}}

{{redirect-distinguish|TEXT}}

{{redirect-distinguish2|TEXT1|TEXT2}}

{{redirect-distinguish6|REDIRECT|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3}}

{{About-distinguish|USE1|PAGE1}}

{{About-distinguish2|USE1|TEXT}}

Hatnote categories

Hatnote templates

Hatnote modules

for category pages

for [family] names

for lists

for user pages

Hatnote templates documentation

Category Category:Hatnote templates

<templatedata> { "params": { "1": { "label": "Name of article", "description": "Name of article that you want to link to", "type": "wiki-page-name", "required": true }, "2": { "label": "Optional additional article to link", "description": "Optional additional article to link", "type": "wiki-page-name" }, "3": { "label": "Optional additional article to link", "description": "Optional additional article to link", "type": "wiki-page-name" }, "4": { "label": "Optional additional article to link", "description": "Optional additional article to link", "type": "wiki-page-name" } }, "description": "A hatnote used when there is an ambiguity in an article's title.", "paramOrder": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "format": "inline" } </templatedata>

Readers are presumed to recognize that they actually wanted comma by merely looking at the spelling, and this case generally requires no further explanation.

However, {{distinguish}} is not suitable when the difference is not readily apparent without additional details. Consider a reader looking for a game they believe is named Reversi:

File:Red x.svg Reversi →
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Module:Distinguish

Usage

{{distinguish|PAGE1}} Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish
{{distinguish|PAGE1|PAGE2}} Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish
{{distinguish|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3}} Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish
This hatnote is generally used when there can be confusion with a similar term. This is typically used when readers have misspelled their desired title, and the error would be apparent by simply displaying the alternative term without further explanation. For example, consider a reader looking for the punctuation mark who instead ends up at coma:

Coma → Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish

Readers are presumed to recognize that they actually wanted comma by merely looking at the spelling, and this case generally requires no further explanation.
However, {{distinguish}} is not suitable when the difference is not readily apparent without additional details. Consider a reader looking for a game they believe is named Reversi:

File:Red x.svg Reversi → Template loop detected: Template:Distinguish

In the above hatnote, it is not generally apparent how the suggested Reversis is different from Reversi, which is also a game.

File:Green check.svg Reversi → Template:About

Using {{about}} instead of Template:Tlc, the differences in the suggested article is explained upfront without requiring the reader to click through and differentiate the terms on their own.
Template:Tlc should only be used when the ambiguity exists for a portion of the readership that is sufficient to warrant a hatnote. Care should be taken to avoid trivial uses.

Redirects

{{Not to be confused with}}

{{Confused}}

{{Confuse}}

{{Misspelling}}

See also

{{Distinguish2}}, for multiple disambiguation targets or prepending "the".

{{About}}, links the reader to other articles with similar titles or concepts that they may have been seeking instead.

v
t
e
Hatnote templates

Wikipedia:Hatnote

Wikipedia:Disambiguation

Wikipedia:Redirect

Main articles

{{main article|ARTICLE1|ARTICLE2|ARTICLE3}}
{{main article|Article#Section|l1=Custom section label}}

{{cat main|ARTICLE1|ARTICLE2|ARTICLE3}}
{{cat main|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3|article=no}}

Generic

{{hatnote|TEXT}}

{{selfref|TEXT}}

Other uses

{{about|USE1}}

{{about2|USE1|TEXT}}

Variations: {{other uses}}

{{other uses2|PAGE}}

{{distinguish-otheruses}}

{{distinguish-otheruses2}}

For (other topic)

{{for|OTHER TOPIC}}

{{for2|OTHER TOPIC|CUSTOM TEXT}}

{{about||USE}}

Further information

{{further|OTHER PAGE}}

{{further2|CUSTOM TEXT}}

{{Details|OTHER PAGE}}

{{outline|OUTLINE PAGE}}

See also

{{see also|OTHER TOPIC}}

Other people

{{other people}}

{{other people2|PAGE}}

{{other people3|USE1|USE2}}

{{other people5|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3|PAGE4}}

Other topics

{{other hurricanes}}

{{other places}}

{{other ships}}

Other uses of (topic)

{{other uses of|TOPIC|PAGE}}

Redirect

{{redirect|REDIRECT}}

{{redirect|REDIRECT||PAGE}}

{{redirect|REDIRECT|USE|PAGE}}

{{redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2}}

{{redirect2|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|USE|PAGE}}

{{redirect3|REDIRECT|TEXT}}

{{redirect-multi|3|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|REDIRECT3}}

{{redirect-several|REDIRECT1|REDIRECT2|...}}

"Not to be confused with..."

{{distinguish|PAGE}}

{{distinguish2|TEXT}}

{{redirect-distinguish|TEXT}}

{{redirect-distinguish2|TEXT1|TEXT2}}

{{redirect-distinguish6|REDIRECT|PAGE2|USE3|PAGE3}}

{{About-distinguish|USE1|PAGE1}}

{{About-distinguish2|USE1|TEXT}}

Hatnote categories

Hatnote templates

Hatnote modules

for category pages

for [family] names

for lists

for user pages

Hatnote templates documentation

Category Category:Hatnote templates

<templatedata> { "params": { "1": { "label": "Name of article", "description": "Name of article that you want to link to", "type": "wiki-page-name", "required": true }, "2": { "label": "Optional additional article to link", "description": "Optional additional article to link", "type": "wiki-page-name" }, "3": { "label": "Optional additional article to link", "description": "Optional additional article to link", "type": "wiki-page-name" }, "4": { "label": "Optional additional article to link", "description": "Optional additional article to link", "type": "wiki-page-name" } }, "description": "A hatnote used when there is an ambiguity in an article's title.", "paramOrder": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "format": "inline" } </templatedata>

In the above hatnote, it is not generally apparent how the suggested Reversis is different from Reversi, which is also a game.

File:Green check.svg Reversi → Template:About

Using {{about}} instead of Template:Tlc, the differences in the suggested article is explained upfront without requiring the reader to click through and differentiate the terms on their own.

Template:Tlc should only be used when the ambiguity exists for a portion of the readership that is sufficient to warrant a hatnote. Care should be taken to avoid trivial uses.

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