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This is the {{tl|Disambiguation}} template.

'''<big>Important: Please do not [[Wikipedia:Substitution|subst:]] this template.</big>'''

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 ''[[Wikipedia:Disambiguation|disambiguation]]'' and is used with many common words, such as ''[[Cross (disambiguation)|cross]]'', ''[[Life (disambiguation)|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, such as <span class="plainlinks">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%2A%2A%2A&oldid=171348746 what happened]</span> at ''[[***]]'', add the parameter: '''<code>{{para|page-title |<var> page title</var>}}</code>''' . Thus, the [[***]] page would use the syntax: '''<code><nowiki>{{Disambiguation|page-title = ***}}</nowiki></code>''' .

===Variant templates===
====Disambiguation====
{{Category see also|Disambiguation message boxes}}

For disambiguation pages requiring cleanup, use {{tl|Disambiguation cleanup}}.

More specific and alternative templates do exist, for disambiguation pages or set index articles whose entries are limited exclusively to items of a particular type:
* {{tl|Airport disambiguation}} for airports – [[:Category:Airport disambiguation]]
* {{tl|Call sign disambiguation}} – [[:Category:Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages]]
* {{tl|Chinese title disambiguation}} – [[:Category:Disambiguation pages with Chinese character titles]]
* {{tl|Geodis}} for place names – [[:Category:Place name disambiguation pages]]
* {{tl|Hndis}} for people's names – [[:Category:Human name disambiguation pages]]
** {{tl|Hndis-cleanup}}
* {{tl|Hospital disambiguation}} for hospitals or medical centers – [[:Category:Hospital disambiguation pages]]
* {{tl|Letter disambiguation}} – adds a Latin letter navbox, does not auto-categorize
* {{tl|Letter-NumberCombDisambig}} – [[:Category:Letter-number combination disambiguation pages]]
* {{tl|Mathematical disambiguation}} for mathematics titles – [[:Category:Mathematical disambiguation]]
* {{tl|Molecular formula disambiguation}} – [[:Category:Molecular formula disambiguation pages]] and [[:Category:Molecular formulas]]
* {{tl|Numberdis}} for numbers – [[:Category:Lists of ambiguous numbers]]
* {{tl|School disambiguation}} for educational institutions – [[:Category:Educational institution disambiguation]]
* {{tl|Species Latin name disambiguation}} – [[:Category:Latin name disambiguation pages]]
* {{tl|Wikipedia disambiguation}} for ambiguous titles and shortcuts in the Wikipedia namespace – [[:Category:Wikipedia project disambiguation pages]]

====Set index====
{{Category see also|Set index article templates}}

For [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Set index articles|set index articles]]:

* {{tl|Set index article}} for any set index article – [[:Category:Set indices]]
* {{tl|Mountainindex}} for mountain names – [[:Category:Set indices on mountains]]
* {{tl|Roadindex}} for roads, streets, or highways – [[:Category:Lists of roads sharing the same title]]
* {{tl|Shipindex}} for ship names – [[:Category:Set indices on ships]]
* {{tl|Sportindex}} for sport names – [[:Category:Set indices on sports]]
* {{tl|Surname}} for people's surnames – [[:Category:Surnames]]
* {{tl|Given name}} for people's given names – [[:Category:Given names]]

=== Parameters ===
Sometimes there isn't a specific disambiguation template (see list above) that fits for a page, or the page has items in more than one of the above classes. Then use {{tl|Disambiguation}} but with one or more parameters telling which categories to use. Up to ten parameters can be fed, and in any order, for example:

:{{tlc|Disambiguation|school|hospital}}

Only add a parameter if the disambiguation page has several items of that type.

* {{tlx|Disambiguation|human name}}: for [[:Category:Human name disambiguation pages]] (note that you must instead add the category separately if it needs a different [[WP:SORTKEY|sort key]])
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|given name}}: [[:Category:Given names]]
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|surname}}: for [[:Category:Surnames]]
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|airport}}: for [[:Category:Airport disambiguation]]
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|callsign}}: for [[:Category:Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages]]
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|chinese}}: for [[:Category:Disambiguation pages with Chinese character titles]]
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|church}}: for [[:Category:Church building disambiguation pages]]
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|fish}}: for [[:Category:Fish common names]]
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|genus}}: for [[:Category:Genus disambiguation pages]]
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|geo}}: for [[:Category:Place name disambiguation pages]]
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|hospital}}: for [[:Category:Hospital disambiguation pages]]
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|latin}}: for [[:Category:Latin name disambiguation pages]]
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|letter number}}: for [[:Category:Letter-number combination disambiguation pages]]
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|math}}: for [[:Category:Mathematical disambiguation]]
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|molform}}: for [[:Category:Molecular formula disambiguation pages]] and [[:Category:Molecular formulas]]
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|number}}: for [[:Category:Lists of ambiguous numbers]]
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|plant}}: for [[:Category:Plant common names]]
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|political}}: for [[:Category:Political party disambiguation pages]]
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|road}}: for [[:Category:Lists of roads sharing the same title]]
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|school}}: for [[:Category:Educational institution disambiguation]]
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|split}}: for [[:Category:Disambiguation pages in need of being split]]

Note that {{tl|Disambiguation}} might not have parameters for all subcategories of [[:Category:Disambiguation pages]], then you have to manually add the category to the disambig page.

=== Redirects ===
The following redirect to this template:

* {{tl|Disambig}}
* {{tl|Dab}}
* {{tl|DAB}}
* {{tl|Disamb}}

=== Technical details ===
Internally, this template uses {{tl|Dmbox}}. That template categorises pages into [[:Category:All disambiguation pages]] and [[:Category:All article disambiguation pages]].

This template also uses {{tl|Disambiguation/cat}} to handle the categorisation parameters, such as "hospital" and "school".

=== See also ===
* [[Wikipedia:Hatnote]]
* {{tl|Disambiguation needed}} – Adds an inline "disambiguation needed" tag to an ambiguous link within an article, see [[Wikipedia:OTHERUSES]] for more.
* {{tl|WikiProject Disambiguation}} – for disambig talkpages

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