Template:About

For other uses, see About (disambiguation).

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{{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}} →
  This page is about USE1. For other uses, see About (disambiguation).
• {{About|USE1||PAGE2}} →
  This page is about USE1. For other uses, see PAGE2.
• {{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}} →
  This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2.
• {{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|and|PAGE3}} →
  This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2 and PAGE3.

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}} →
  This section is about USE1. For other uses, see About (disambiguation).
• {{About|USE1||PAGE2|section=yes}} →
  This section is about USE1. For other uses, see PAGE2.
• {{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|section=yes}} →
  This section is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2.
• {{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|and|PAGE3|section=yes}} →
  This section is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2 and PAGE3.

For more options, find "{{About}}" in the text below.

For reference, see w:Wikipedia:hatnote and documentation below.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

TemplateData for About

This template is a hatnote in the format "This page is about … For other uses …".

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Page description	1	What the page this template is placed on is about ("This page is about …")	String	required
Other page 1 description	2	What the first other page is about. If unused or blank, defaults to "For other uses".	String	optional
Other page 1 title	3	The title of the first other page. If unused, defaults to "[page title] (disambiguation)".	Page name	optional
Other page 2 description	4	What the second other page is about.	String	optional
Other page 2 title	5	The title of the second other page. If unused or blank and parameter 4 exists, defaults to "[page title] (disambiguation)".	Page name	optional
Other page 3 description	6	What the third other page is about.	String	optional
Other page 3 title	7	The title of the third other page. If unused or blank and parameter 6 exists, defaults to "[page title] (disambiguation)".	Page name	optional
Other page 4 description	8	What the fourth other page is about.	String	optional
Other page 4 title	9	The title of the fourth other page. If unused or blank and parameter 8 exists, defaults to "[page title] (disambiguation)".	Page name	optional
section	section	Pass "yes" in this parameter to get wording appropriate for use at the top of a section. Auto value yes	String	optional