Vorlage:Redirect3/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Vorlage:Redirect3.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original vorlage page.

Using this template does not create a redirect.

Usage

{{Redirect3|REDIRECT|TEXT}} →
Since the template will produce a period at the end, TEXT generally does not need to end with a period. Doing so will produce a double period.

Since TEXT will appear in italics, if TEXT or part of it is marked up for italic, what is so marked up will appear as plain, or nonitalic.

To suppress the quotemarks around REDIRECT, use {{redirect3|noquotes|REDIRECT|TEXT}}.

Hatnote templates

For the full editing guideline on hatnotes, see Wikipedia:Hatnote.

Generic

{{Hatnote|CUSTOM TEXT}} →

{{Hatnote|For other senses of this term, see [[SITENAME]]}} →

If a hatnote link leads to a disambiguation page without providing the "(disambiguation)" parameter, this parameter must be added manually. This indicates that the disambiguation link is intentional, and not an error (see WP:INTDABLINK for details):

{{Hatnote|For other senses of this term, see [[Page (disambiguation){{!}}Page]]}} →

Other uses of the same title

"This page is about … For other uses …"

{{About}} is the main template for noting other uses.

Note. When used in main namespace, the word "page" in the following hatnotes is replaced by "article".

{{About|WLAN}} →
{{About|Mail||WLAN}} (When the disambiguation page has a different name – Note the empty second parameter) →
{{About|USE1|USE2|WLAN}} (When there is only one other use) →
{{About|USE1|USE2|WLAN|and|Mail}} (Two pages for USE2) →
{{About|USE1|USE2|WLAN#SUBSECTION{{!}}eduroam}} (Using the {{!}} magic word to give the link a different title) →
{{About|USE1|USE2|WLAN|USE3|Mail|USE4|Netzwerkspeicher|USE5|MSOPB}} (When there are up to four other uses – You should generally create a disambiguation page at this point) →
{{About|USE1|USE2|WLAN|USE3|Mail|other uses}} (When there are several standard other uses and also a disambiguation page with default name – Note that the last page name is not specified) →
{{About|USE1|USE2|WLAN|USE3|Mail|other uses|Netzwerkspeicher}} (When there are several standard other uses and also a disambiguation page with non-default name) →
{{About|USE1|USE2|WLAN|USE3|Mail|other uses|Netzwerkspeicher|and}} →
{{About||USE2|WLAN|USE3|Mail|other uses}} (When you don't need to state the focus of this article/page – Note the empty first parameter) →
{{About|||WLAN|and|Mail}} →

Note: {{for||WLAN|Mail}} produces the same result.

{{About|USE1|section=yes}} →

Note: this hatnote says "section", instead of "article" or "page".

"For …, see …"

{{For}} can be used instead of {{About}} so as not to display: This page is about USE1. but still specify a specific other use. This effect can also be achieved by using an empty first parameter in {{About}} as in:

For example: {{for|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1}} is the same as {{About||OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1}} (note the empty first parameter).

However, it is somewhat clearer when using the {{For}} template, since the word "about" does not appear in the statement.

{{For|OTHER TOPIC}} →
{{For|OTHER TOPIC|WLAN}} →
{{For|OTHER TOPIC|WLAN|Mail}} →
{{For|OTHER TOPIC|WLAN|Mail|Netzwerkspeicher}} →
{{For||WLAN|Mail}} →

"… redirects here. For other uses, see …"

{{Redirect|REDIRECT}} →
{{Redirect|REDIRECT||WLAN}} →
{{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|WLAN}} →
{{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|WLAN|USE2|Mail}} →
{{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|WLAN|USE2|Mail|USE3|Netzwerkspeicher}} →
{{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|WLAN|and|Mail}} →
{{Redirect|REDIRECT|USE1|WLAN|USE2|Mail|and|Netzwerkspeicher}} →

To specify the text following "redirects here.":
{{Redirect3|REDIRECT|TEXT}} →

Distinguish

"Not to be confused with …"

{{Distinguish|WLAN}} →
{{Distinguish|WLAN|Mail|Netzwerkspeicher|MSOPB}} →

Wikipedia self-reference

{{Selfref|ANYTEXT}} →

Notes

These templates are used in thousands of articles; therefore, changing the syntax could break thousands of articles. If you wish to create or edit a disambiguation or redirection template, first ask yourself the following questions:

Do I really need a new template for this? Will it likely be used on any other articles or should I just use {{Hatnote}} instead? Before creating a new template, see the template namespace guideline.
If I change the parameters around on an existing template, do I know what the result will be? Will it break existing uses of the template and if so, can I fix all of the errors? Before making any changes, see Template sandbox and test cases.