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Template:Helpbox This is the {{disambig}} template.
Important: Please do not SUBST: this template.
This 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 pages.
Page title fix
In the event that the page title is causing an error, add the parameter: |page-title = page title{{disambig |page-title = ***}} .
Alternative names
For those who can't remember how this template's name is abbreviated, the {{disambiguation}}, {{disamb}} and {{dab}} templates all redirect to {{disambig}}.
Technical details
Internally this template uses {{dmbox}}. That template categorises pages into Category:All disambiguation pages and Category:All article disambiguation pages.
This template uses {{disambig/cat}} to handle the categorisation parameters such as "hospital" and "school".
See also
- {{dablink}} â Basic article hatnote, see templates (example usage) for the full hatnote index.
- {{dn}} â Adds an inline "disambiguation needed" tag to an ambiguous link within an article.
