Template:Distinguish

Not to be confused with [[:{{{1}}}]].

Template documentation

Usage

{{Distinguish}} is used to create hatnotes to warn about possible confusion with a small number of other, related, titles at the top of article sections according to Wikipedia:Layout.

It is not for use in the "See also" section at the bottom of an article.

{{Distinguish|Article 1|...|Article 4|label 1=label1|...|label 4=label4}}

• One to four articles can be listed.
• The word "or" is always placed between the final two entries when displayed.
• If more than 4 entries are supplied, a message will be displayed pointing out the problem.
• You can use parameters label 1 to label 4 to specify alternative labels for the links.

Adding newline characters will break article links.

Examples

• {{Distinguish|article1}}

Not to be confused with article1.

• {{Distinguish|article1|article2}}

Not to be confused with article1 or article2.

• {{Distinguish|article1|article2|article3}}

Not to be confused with article1, article2,  or article3.

• {{Distinguish|article1|article2|article3|article4}}

Not to be confused with article1, article2, article3,  or article4.

• {{Distinguish|article1|label 1=label1}}

Not to be confused with label1.

• {{Distinguish|article1|article2|label 1=label1|label 2=label2}}

Not to be confused with label1 or label2.

TemplateData

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Distinguish

Adds warning "Not to be confused" on the reader's page, with a short list of related pages.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Page 1	1	Full name of related page	Page name	required
Label 1	l1 label 1	Custom label for the link, instead of the page name. Default Page name	Line	optional
Page 2	2	Full name of related page	Page name	optional
Label 2	l2 label 2	Custom label for the link, instead of the page name. Default Page name	Line	optional
Page 3	3	Full name of related page	Page name	optional
Label 3	l3 label 3	Custom label for the link, instead of the page name. Default Page name	Line	optional
Page 4	4	Full name of related page	Page name	optional
Label 4	l4 label 4	Custom label for the link, instead of the page name. Default Page name	Line	optional

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