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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>''' .

====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:Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists]]
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|surname}}: for [[:Category:Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists]]
* {{tlx|Disambiguation|latin}}: for [[:Category:Latin name disambiguation pages]]
* {{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}}.

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

=== See also ===
* [[Template: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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