Template:About-distinguish

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Module:About-distinguish

"This page is about … Not to be confused with …"[edit source]

{{About-distinguish}} is a template for noting other uses when there could be confusion with another topic.

{{about-distinguish|USE1|PAGE1}} →
{{about-distinguish|USE1|PAGE1|PAGE2}} →
{{about-distinguish|USE1|PAGE1{{!}}DISPLAY-TEXT|PAGE2#SECTION|PAGE3}} →

For cases requiring custom text, use {{about-distinguish2}} instead:

{{about-distinguish-text|USE1|TEXT}} →

If the page's Wikidata item has the property of being an instance of "human", then the template will try to replace "It" in "It is not to be confused with" with a more appropriate pronoun, based on the value of the "sex or gender" property of the item.

template for noting other uses when there could be confusion with another topic. For a version with custom text instead of links to other pages, see Template:about-distinguish-text

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
USE (what this page is about)	`1`	This is shown for the thing saying 'This page is about ...'	String	required
PAGE1	`2`	First page to be shown in the 'Not to be confused with [[wikipedia:PAGE1]]' text. Enter the page name (and section) Example PAGE1	Page name	required
PAGE2	`3`	Another thing that the subject of this page is not to be confused with	Page name	optional
PAGE3	`4`	Yet another thing that the subject of this page is not to be confused with	Page name	optional

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