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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Hatnote.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on approximately 354,000 pages, or roughly 5202% of all pages.
To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template uses Lua:

Module:Hatnote

This template produces formatted text, following the guideline for a Wikipedia hatnote.

{{hatnote|Example hatnote text.}} →

Broadly speaking, a hatnote should answer a reader's question (maybe preemptively): Am I on the right page?

Function

This template is primarily used to add a correctly formatted hatnote to a page. Often, but not always, this is a disambiguation link at the top of article pages. It places an HTML div- / div block around the text entered as its only argument, which provides standardized formatting (contents are indented and italicized in most displays); it also isolates the contained code to make sure that it is interpreted correctly.

This template is also used as the "meta-template" for additional specialized disambiguation link templates; see Category:Hatnote templates for a list.

The template does not automatically create links of any kind. Links and other desired formatting must be explicitly added, using normal Wikipedia markup.

Usage

Basic usage

{{hatnote|text}}

All parameters

{{hatnote|text|extraclasses=extra classes|selfref=yes|category=no}}

Parameters

This template accepts the following parameters:

1 – the hatnote text (required)
extraclasses – any extra CSS classes to be added, for example, the {{see also}} template adds the classes "|extraclasses=boilerplate seealso".
selfref – If set to "yes", "y", "true" or "1", adds the CSS class "selfref". This is used to denote self-references to Wikipedia. See Template:Selfref for more information.
category – If set to "no", "n", "false", or "0", suppresses the error tracking category (Category:Hatnote templates with errors). This has an effect only if the leftmost parameter (the hatnote text) is omitted.

Example

{{hatnote|Example hatnote text}} →

Errors

If no hatnote text is supplied, the template will output the following message:

If you see this error message, it is for one of four reasons:

No parameters were specified (the template code was {{hatnote}}). Please use {{hatnote|text}} instead.
Some parameters were specified, but the hatnote text wasn't included. For example, the template text {{hatnote|extraclasses=seealso}} will produce this error. Please use (for example) {{hatnote|text|extraclasses=seealso}} instead.
The hatnote text was specified, but that text contains an equals sign ("="). The equals sign has a special meaning in template code, and because of this it cannot be used in template parameters that do not specify a parameter name. For example, the template code {{hatnote|2+2=4}} will produce this error. To work around this, you can specify the parameter name explicitly by using 1= before the hatnote text, like this: {{hatnote|1=2+2=4}}.
You tried to access Module:Hatnote directly by using {{#invoke:hatnote|hatnote|text}}. Use of #invoke in this way has been disabled for performance reasons. Please use {{hatnote|text}} instead.

If you see this error message and are unsure of what to do, please post a message on Template talk:Hatnote, and someone should be able to help you.

Pages that contain this error message are tracked in Category:Hatnote templates with errors.

Technical details

The HTML code produced by this template looks like this:

<div role="note" class="hatnote">hatnote text</div>

The code is produced by Module:Hatnote.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Text	`1`	This field should contain the text that will be displayed in the hatnote.	String	required
Extra classes	`extraclasses`	Extra CSS classes to be added to the <div> tags surrounding the hatnote text.	Line	optional
Self reference	`selfref`	Set to "yes" if the hatnote text is a self-reference to Wikipedia that would not make sense on mirrors or forks of the Wikipedia site. (E.g. "For the Wikipedia Sandbox, see [[WP:SAND]]".)	Line	optional
Category	`category`	Set to "no", "n", "false", or "0" to suppresses the error tracking category (Category:Hatnote templates with errors). This only has an effect if the hatnote text is omitted.	Unknown	optional

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-{{documentation subpage}}
+{{Documentation subpage}}
+{{High-use| 369726 }}
+{{lua|Module:Hatnote}}
-{{tlx|dablink|''text''}} formats text into the standard style for a [[Wikipedia:Hatnote|Wikipedia hatnote]], a short note placed at the top of an article to provide disambiguation of closely related terms or summarise a topic, explaining its boundaries.
+This template produces formatted text, following the guideline for a '''[[WP:HATNOTE|Wikipedia hatnote]]'''.
+:<code><nowiki>{{hatnote|Example hatnote text.}}</nowiki></code> &rarr;<br><!-- a construct to show hatnote as expected (using newline) -->
+{{hatnote|Example hatnote text.}}
-== Other disambiguation templates ==
+Broadly speaking, a hatnote should answer a reader's question (maybe preemptively): ''Am I on the right page?''
-This template might not be the desired template for your applications. See [[Wikipedia:Otheruses templates (example usage)]] for a comparison and index of the alternatives.
+{{TOC limit}}
-==Usage and purpose==
+== Function ==
-This template is primarily used to add ''disambiguation links'' (''dab'' is Wikipedia shorthand for "disambiguation") to the top of article pages. It places an HTML <code>div-</code> / <code>div</code> block around the material given as its only argument, which provides standardized formatting (contents are indented and italicized in most displays); it also isolates the contained code to make sure that it is interpreted correctly.
+This template is primarily used to add a correctly formatted ''hatnote'' to a page. Often, but not always, this is a ''disambiguation link'' at the top of article pages. It places an HTML <code>div-</code> / <code>div</code> block around the text entered as its only argument, which provides standardized formatting (contents are indented and italicized in most displays); it also isolates the contained code to make sure that it is interpreted correctly.
-This template is also used as the "meta-template" for additional specialized disambiguation link templates; see [[Wikipedia:Otheruses templates (example usage)]] for a list.
+This template is also used as the "meta-template" for additional specialized disambiguation link templates; see [[:Category:Hatnote templates]] for a list.
-Contrary to what its name may imply, the template does not automatically create links of any kind. Links and other desired formatting must be explicitly added, using normal [[Wikipedia:Cheatsheet|Wikipedia markup]].
+The template does not automatically create links of any kind. Links and other desired formatting must be explicitly added, using normal [[Wikipedia:Cheatsheet|Wikipedia markup]].
-==Template contents==
+== Usage ==
+; Basic usage:
+ &#123;{hatnote|''text''}}
-{{Fs|3|<nowiki><div class="dablink">{{{1}}}</div></nowiki>}}
+; All parameters:
+ &#123;{hatnote|''text''|extraclasses=''extra classes''|selfref=''yes''|category=''no''}}
-== Examples ==
+== Parameters ==
-These five examples demonstrate use of the {{tlx|indent}} family of templates to provide different forcing wrap effects. The last shows the effect of an embedded HTML <nowiki>'<br />'</nowiki> line break.
+This template accepts the following parameters:
+* <code>1</code> – the hatnote text (required)
+* <code>extraclasses</code> – any extra CSS classes to be added, for example, the {{tl|see also}} template adds the classes "{{para|extraclasses|boilerplate seealso}}".
+* <code>selfref</code> – If set to "yes", "y", "true" or "1", adds the CSS class "selfref". This is used to denote self-references to Wikipedia. See [[Template:Selfref]] for more information.
+* <code>category</code> – If set to "no", "n", "false", or "0", suppresses the error tracking category ([[:Category:Hatnote templates with errors]]). This has an effect only if the <!--"first-positional parameter", not "first positional parameter", if you value the readers' time ... but better yet --> leftmost parameter (the hatnote text) is omitted.
-===No break===
+== Example ==
-:<code><nowiki>{{dablink|See also [[Murphy's Law]], [[Finagle's Law]] and [[Murphy's laws of combat]]. For the album by British rock band [[Spear of Destiny (band)|Spear of Destiny]], see [[Sod's Law (Spear of Destiny album)]]}}</nowiki></code>
+* <code><nowiki>{{hatnote|Example hatnote text}}</nowiki></code> → {{hatnote|Example hatnote text}}
-gives
-{{dablink|See also [[Murphy's Law]], [[Finagle's Law]] and [[Murphy's laws of combat]]. For the album by British rock band [[Spear of Destiny (band)|Spear of Destiny]], see [[Sod's Law (Spear of Destiny album)]]}}
-===Indent===
+== Errors ==
-:<code><nowiki>{{dablink|See also [[Murphy's Law]], [[Finagle's Law]] and [[Murphy's laws of combat]]. {{I}}For the album by British rock band [[Spear of Destiny (band)|Spear of Destiny]], see [[Sod's Law (Spear of Destiny album)]]}}</nowiki></code>
+If no hatnote text is supplied, the template will output the following message:
-gives
+* {{hatnote|category=no}}
-{{dablink|See also [[Murphy's Law]], [[Finagle's Law]] and [[Murphy's laws of combat]]. {{I}}For the album by British rock band [[Spear of Destiny (band)|Spear of Destiny]], see [[Sod's Law (Spear of Destiny album)]]}}
-===Bigger indent (nine spaces)===
+If you see this error message, it is for one of four reasons:
-:<code><nowiki>{{dablink|See also [[Murphy's Law]], [[Finagle's Law]] and [[Murphy's laws of combat]]. {{I|9}}For the album by British rock band [[Spear of Destiny (band)|Spear of Destiny]], see [[Sod's Law (Spear of Destiny album)]]}}</nowiki></code>
+# No parameters were specified (the template code was <code><nowiki>{{hatnote}}</nowiki></code>). Please use <code><nowiki>{{hatnote|</nowiki>''text''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> instead.
-gives
+# Some parameters were specified, but the hatnote text wasn't included. For example, the template text <code><nowiki>{{hatnote|extraclasses=seealso}}</nowiki></code> will produce this error. Please use (for example) <code><nowiki>{{hatnote|</nowiki>''text''<nowiki>|extraclasses=seealso}}</nowiki></code> instead.
-{{dablink|See also [[Murphy's Law]], [[Finagle's Law]] and [[Murphy's laws of combat]]. {{I|9}}For the album by British rock band [[Spear of Destiny (band)|Spear of Destiny]], see [[Sod's Law (Spear of Destiny album)]]}}
+# The hatnote text was specified, but that text contains an equals sign ("="). The equals sign has a special meaning in template code, and because of this it cannot be used in template parameters that do not specify a parameter name. For example, the template code <code><nowiki>{{hatnote|2+2=4}}</nowiki></code> will produce this error. To work around this, you can specify the parameter name explicitly by using <code>1=</code> before the hatnote text, like this: <code><nowiki>{{hatnote|1=2+2=4}}</nowiki></code>.
+# You tried to access [[Module:Hatnote]] directly by using <code><nowiki>{{#invoke:hatnote|hatnote|</nowiki>''text''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>. Use of #invoke in this way has been disabled for performance reasons. Please use <code><nowiki>{{hatnote|</nowiki>''text''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> instead.
-===Break with no indent===
+If you see this error message and are unsure of what to do, please post a message on [[Template talk:Hatnote]], and someone should be able to help you.
-:<code><nowiki>{{dablink|See also [[Murphy's Law]], [[Finagle's Law]] and [[Murphy's laws of combat]]. {{I0}}For the album by British rock band [[Spear of Destiny (band)|Spear of Destiny]], see [[Sod's Law (Spear of Destiny album)]]}}</nowiki></code>
-gives
-{{dablink|See also [[Murphy's Law]], [[Finagle's Law]] and [[Murphy's laws of combat]]. {{I0}}For the album by British rock band [[Spear of Destiny (band)|Spear of Destiny]], see [[Sod's Law (Spear of Destiny album)]]}}
-===Break using <nowiki><br/></nowiki>===
+Pages that contain this error message are tracked in [[:Category:Hatnote templates with errors]].
-:<code><nowiki>{{dablink|See also [[Murphy's Law]], [[Finagle's Law]] and [[Murphy's laws of combat]]. <br />For the album by British rock band [[Spear of Destiny (band)|Spear of Destiny]], see [[Sod's Law (Spear of Destiny album)]]}}</nowiki></code>
-gives
-{{dablink|See also [[Murphy's Law]], [[Finagle's Law]] and [[Murphy's laws of combat]]. <br />For the album by British rock band [[Spear of Destiny (band)|Spear of Destiny]], see [[Sod's Law (Spear of Destiny album)]]}}
-<includeonly>
+== Technical details ==
-<!-- ADD CATEGORIES BELOW THIS LINE -->
+The HTML code produced by this template looks like this:
-[[Category:Disambiguation and redirection templates|Dablink]]
-<!-- ADD INTERWIKIS BELOW THIS LINE -->
+* {{tag|div|attribs=role="note" class="hatnote"|link=yes|content= hatnote text}}
-[[ca:Plantilla:Vegeu lliure]]
-[[es:Plantilla:Dablink]]
+The code is produced by [[Module:Hatnote]].
-[[fa:الگو:پیونداز]]
-[[ja:Template:Dablink]]
+==See also==
-[[no:Mal:Dablink]]
+* {{tl|For}}
-[[pt:Predefinição:Dablink]]
-[[ru:Шаблон:Другое значение]]
+{{Hatnote templates}}
-[[sl:Predloga:Razpov]]
+{{Collapse top|[[Wikipedia:TemplateData|TemplateData]] documentation used by [[Wikipedia:VisualEditor|VisualEditor]] and other tools}}
-[[th:Template:Dablink]]
+{{TemplateData header|noheader=1}}
-[[uk:Шаблон:Dablink]]
+<templatedata>
-[[zh:Template:Dablink]]
+{
-</includeonly>
+  "description": "Template for creating a standard Wikipedia hatnote. A hatnote is a short note placed at the top of an article to provide disambiguation of closely related terms or summarise a topic, explaining its boundaries.",
+  "params": {
+    "1": {
+      "label": "Text",
+      "description": "This field should contain the text that will be displayed in the hatnote.",
+      "type": "string",
+      "required": true
+    },
+    "extraclasses": {
+      "type": "string/line",
+      "label": "Extra classes",
+      "description": "Extra CSS classes to be added to the <div> tags surrounding the hatnote text."
+    },
+    "selfref": {
+      "type": "string/line",
+      "label": "Self reference",
+      "description": "Set to \"yes\" if the hatnote text is a self-reference to Wikipedia that would not make sense on mirrors or forks of the Wikipedia site. (E.g. \"For the Wikipedia Sandbox, see [[WP:SAND]]\".)"
+    },
+    "category": {
+      "label": "Category",
+      "description": "Set to \"no\", \"n\", \"false\", or \"0\" to suppresses the error tracking category (Category:Hatnote templates with errors). This only has an effect if the hatnote text is omitted."
+    }
+  }
+}
+</templatedata>
+{{Collapse bottom}}<includeonly>{{Sandbox other||
+[[Category:Hatnote templates| ]]
+[[Category:Cross-reference templates]]
+}}</includeonly>

v t e Hatnote templates
Wikipedia:Hatnote Wikipedia:Disambiguation Wikipedia:Redirect
Generic	{{Hatnote}} {{Selfref}} (for self-references)
For and about	{{For}} {{For2}} (for custom text) {{About}} Variations: {{Other uses}} {{Other uses of}}
Other topics	{{Other people}} {{About other people}} (adds "about" description) {{Similar names}} {{Other places}} {{Other ships}} {{Other hurricanes}}
Redirect	{{Redirect}} {{Redirect2}} (for two redirects) {{Redirect-multi}} (for multiple redirects) {{Redirect-several}} (for several redirects, without listing each) {{Redirect-synonym}} {{Redirect-distinguish}} {{Technical reasons}}
Distinguish	{{Distinguish}} (supports custom text too) {{Redirect-distinguish}} {{Redirect-distinguish2}} (for custom text) {{Redirect-distinguish6}} {{About-distinguish}} {{About-distinguish2}} (for custom text)
For use in sections	{{Main}} {{Further}} {{Further2}} (for custom text) {{See also}} {{See also if exists}} {{For outline}}
Special	{{Broader}} {{See introduction}} {{See Wiktionary}} {{Transcluding article}} {{Transcluded section}}
Subject specific	{{Year dab}} {{Highway detail hatnote}} {{For LMST}} {{WikiIPA}} {{Other MeSH codes}}
Category:Hatnote templates modules for [family] names for lists hatnote templates for category pages

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