Template:Otheruses/doc

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To view the template page itself, see Template:Otheruses.

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Template is used for linking the reader to articles with similar titles or concepts that they may have been seeking instead.

Usage

{{Otheruses |1= |2= |3= }}

You also add several other pairs (of description and link) for multiple other usages.

• Each provided description can be autotranslated using {{LangSwitch}}.
• If you do not give the description for the first link, it will display “other uses” by default – you may specify description (without leading “for” and ending “see”).
  • For descriptions of the 2nd (or firther) other usage, you must supply this distinctive description.
• If you do not give the name of the other page, it automatically targets a disambiguation page, i.e. the full name of the current page with an appended “ (disambiguation)” suffix. You should specify the explicit name of each other page except one of them.

Basic usage

{{Otheruses}}

Gives:

 For other uses, see Template:Otheruses/doc (disambiguation).

Translating the descriptions

{{Otheruses|the insect group|the automobile|Volkswagen Beetle}}

Gives:

 This template is about the insect group. For the automobile, see Volkswagen Beetle.

However the descriptions themselves will not be correct, even if the template translates fixed parts. You can autotranslate the provided descriptions for example with {{LangSwitch}}:

{{Otheruses
| {{LangSwitch |en=the insect group |fr=le groupe d’insectes }}
| {{LangSwitch |en=the automobile |fr=l’automobile }} | Volkswagen Beetle
}}

Gives:

 This template is about the insect group. For the automobile, see Volkswagen Beetle.

Linking to disambiguation categories or files

You also may direct to categories (a leading ":", normally needed for links to categories or files may be specified, but it is now detected and supplied automatically):

{{Otheruses
| {{LangSwitch |en=wells for water supply |fr=les puits fournissant de l’eau }}
| {{LangSwitch |en=the town in England |fr=la petite ville en Angleterre }} | Category:Wells
}}

Gives:

 This template is about wells for water supply. For the town in England, see Category:Wells.

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
1	Description of this page		empty	optional
2	Description of the other page		other uses	optional
3	Name (link) of the other page		{{PAGENAME}} (disambiguation)	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: all namespaces

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Placement: At the top of the page

Localization

To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please edit the template and add a row to the "{{LangSwitch|}}" construct. It takes the form "|xx= Your translation " (xx being the code of your language)