Template:About

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{{About}} is a commonly used hatnote template on Wikipedia, and should be placed at the top of an article, linking the reader to other articles with similar titles or concepts that they may have been seeking instead. The template has several formats, including:

• {{About}} →
  For other uses, see About (disambiguation).
• {{About|Use1}} →
  This template is about Use1. For other uses, see About (disambiguation).
• {{About||Use2|Article2}} →
  For Use2, see Article2.
• {{About|Use1||Article2}} →
  This template is about Use1. For other uses, see Article2.
• {{About|Use1||Article2|and|Article3}} →
  This template is about Use1. For other uses, see Article2 and Article3.
• {{About|Use1|Use2|Article2}} →
  This template is about Use1. For Use2, see Article2.
• {{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|and|Article3}} →
  This template is about Use1. For Use2, see Article2 and Article3.
• {{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|and|Article3|and|Article4|and|Article5}} →
  This template is about Use1. For Use2, see Article2, Article3, Article4, and Article5.
• {{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|Use3|Article3}} →
  This template is about Use1. For Use2, see Article2. For Use3, see Article3.
• {{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|other uses}} →
  This template is about Use1. For Use2, see Article2. For other uses, see About (disambiguation).

Alternately, a section=yes parameter can be added to the Template:Tlc template for use at the top of a section. When using this parameter, the wording in the template changes to specify that it is being used in a section:

• {{About|Use1|section=yes}} →
  This section is about Use1. For other uses, see About (disambiguation).
• {{About|Use1||Article2|section=yes}} →
  This section is about Use1. For other uses, see Article2.
• {{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|section=yes}} →
  This section is about Use1. For Use2, see Article2.
• {{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|and|Article3|section=yes}} →
  This section is about Use1. For Use2, see Article2 and Article3.
• {{About|Use1|Use2|Article2|other uses|section=yes}} →
  This section is about Use1. For Use2, see Article2. For other uses, see About (disambiguation).

A text option adds text to the end; this should only be used when truly necessary, when the other hatnote templates listed below don't suffice. This template supports selfref (see {{self reference}} and Wikipedia:MOS:SELFREF for details).

For reference, see Wikipedia:Hatnote.

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