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[[Help:Disambiguation|Disambiguation]] and [[Wikipedia:Redirect|redirection]]

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If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

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{{tetl|disambiguation}}

| {{disambiguation|nocat=true}}

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of disambiguation pages.

{{tetl|disambiguation cleanup}}

| {{disambiguation cleanup|demo=DEMO|nocat=true}}

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of disambiguation pages that need cleanup.

{{tetl|place name disambiguation}}
Redirect: {{tl|geodis}}

| {{geodis|nocat=true}}

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of disambiguation pages consisting only of geographic locations.

{{tetl|human name disambiguation}}
Redirect: {{tl|hndis}}

| {{hndis|*|nocat=true}}

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of disambiguation pages whose title is a human name.

{{tetl|number disambiguation}}
Redirects: {{tl|numberdis}}, {{tl|numdab}}

| {{numberdis|nocat=true}}

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of number-oriented

{{tetl|set index article}}
Redirect: {{tl|SIA}}

| {{SIA|nocat=true}}

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of list articles about a set of items of a specific type that share the same (or similar) name.

{{tetl|surname}}

| {{surname|nocat=true}}

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of surname (last name) disambiguation pages.

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=In introductory lines=

{{shortcut|WP:TM/DABINT|WP:TMGDI}}

The following templates should be substituted because they merely provide convenient ways to produce standard common phrases in running text (not, e.g., hatnotes or message boxes).

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{{tsetl|refer|Topic}}
Redirects: {{tl|disamb1}}, {{tl|may refer to}}, ...

| Topic may refer to:

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{{tsetl|disamb2}}
Redirect: {{tl|itref}}

| {{disamb2}}

| In line

{{tsetl|disamb3}}
Redirect: {{tl|theyref}}

| {{disamb3}}

| In line

{{tsetl|disamb4|Topic|description}}
Redirects: {{tl|refers2}}, {{tl|mayrefer2}}

| {{disamb4|Topic|description}}

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{{tsetl|disambiguation name|Name}}
Redirect: {{tl|nameref}}

| {{disambiguation name|Name}}

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{{tsetl|disamb-name2|Topic|description}}
Redirect: {{tl|nameof}}

| {{disamb-name2|Topic|description}}

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{{tsetl|disamb-term|term}}
Redirect: {{tl|termref}}

| {{disamb-term|term}}

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{{tsetl|disamb-terms|term1|term2}}
Redirect: {{tl|termsref}}

| {{disamb-terms|term1|term2}}

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[[Help:Section|Section]]

{{see also|Wikipedia:Template index/Section}}

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{{tetl|details|location}}

| {{Details|location}}

| Sections
near top

{{tetl|further|location}}

| {{Further|location}}

| Sections
near top

{{tetl|main|location}}

| {{main|location}}

| Sections
near top

{{tetl|main list|location}}

| {{Main list|location}}

| Sections
near top

{{tetl|see also|location}}

| {{see also|location}}

| Sections
near top

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[[Wikipedia:Footnotes|Footnotes]] and [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|references]]

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{{tetl|citation}}

| Makes a formatted citation for use with Harvard style reference links.

| Articles
notes or references

{{tetl|Harvard citation|name|year}}
Redirect: {{tl|harv}}

| Makes a Harvard style reference link.

| Articles
notes or references

{{tetl|note|name}}

|

  1. {{Note|name}} The footnote also links back to the reference.
  • {{Note|numbering}} A # can be used at the beginning of the line to create a numbered list. Similarly, * creates a bullet.

| Articles
notes or references

{{tetl|note label|name|label|backlink}}

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  1. {{Note label|name|1|a}} The footnote also links back to the reference.
  • {{Note label|numbering|1|a}} A # can be used at the beginning of the line to create a numbered list.
  • {{Note label|Smith2005|Smith 2005, p. 1|a}} {{Note label|Smith2005|Smith 2005, p. 25|b}} Similarly, * creates a bullet.

| Articles
notes or references

{{tetl|ref|name}}

| Makes reference links and footnotes{{Ref|footnote_name}} that are numbered automatically.{{Ref|numbering}}

| Articles
notes or references

{{tetl|ref label|name|label|backlink}}

| Makes reference links and footnotes{{Ref label|name|1|a}} with specific labels.{{Ref label|numbering|2|a}}

| Articles
notes or references

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Timing-related messages

{{See also|Wikipedia:Current event templates|Category:Temporal templates}}

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{{tlrow|anachronism}}

  • Use {{tl|anachronism inline}} for use at exact examples.

| Top of articles or sections that have anachronisms

{{tlrow|current|notes=Use 'section' in 2nd parameter, if tagging a section.}}

| Top of articles or sections about current events

{{tlrow|current disaster}}

| Top of articles about current disasters

{{tlrow|current person|article|person}}

| Article top

{{tlrow|current related|topic}}

| Article top

{{tlrow|current spaceflight}}

| Article top

{{tlrow|current sport}}

| Article top

{{tlrow|current sports transaction}}

| Article top

{{tlrow|high traffic|category=Articles linked from high traffic sites}}

| Talk page top

{{tlrow|now}}

| Talk page top

{{tlrow|recent death}}

| Article top

{{tlrow|recentism}}

| Article top

{{tlrow|update}}

| Article or section top

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External issues

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{{tetl|False version}}

| {{False version}}

| Article top

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Title-related messages

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{{tetl|correct title|2=title=article}}

| {{correct title|title=article}}

| Article top

{{tetl|lowercase title|article}}

| Decapitalises first letter of page title; for use in articles whose title is incorrectly capitalized due to technical restrictions, such as iPod.

| Article top

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Character/symbol notes

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{{tetl|special characters}}

| {{Special characters}}

| Article top

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Expansion requests

See also: Expansion requests in the talk namespace

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{{tlrow2|expand section|text}}

| Section top

{{tlrowp|Missing information|text}}

| Article top

{{Wikipedia template messages}}

Category:Wikipedia template administration