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This template creates a note directing the reader to the disambiguation page related to the page it is included in. The page to which is directed, can be a page whose name is the name of the current page with "(disambiguation)" appended to it. Or you can direct the user to a disambiguation page with a different title, by supplying it as an argument to the template.

Usage

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Placed on the page Target itself, {{Other uses}} results in

{{Other uses|A}} results in

{{Other uses|A|B}} results in

For the same result on any other page, use {{Other uses|Target (disambiguation)}}

When to use this template

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This template can be used on pages with an ambiguous title to direct readers that intended to read a similarly named article, to a disambiguation page. Please link to a page that includes the word "(disambiguation)" in the title (if one exists), as illustrated in the example above and suggested here.

When not to use this template

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Do not use this template on an article with an unambiguous title; for example, a reader who searches specifically for "Paris, Virginia" is not likely to have been looking for an article about a city in France (or anywhere else), so it would not be appropriate to add {{other uses|Paris}} to the top of the Paris, Virginia article. Also, do not use this template to link to an article that is not a disambiguation page; instead, one of the other hatnote templates listed below may be more appropriate for that purpose.

TemplateData

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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Other uses in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Other uses

This template creates a note directing the reader to the disambiguation page related to the page it is included in.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Target page1

Use this parameter to direct the user to a disambiguation page with a different title.

Page nameoptional

See also

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