Template:Disambig

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This template creates a message box for disambiguation pages and adds those pages to categories, chiefly Category: Disambiguation pages. The formatting of the message box comes from Template:Dmbox.

Syntax

• {{disambig}}
• {{disambig|about=|same=|epo=|subcategory1|subcategory2|...}}
• {{disambig|articles=|epo=|subcategory1|subcategory2|...}}
• {{disambig|text=|epo=|subcategory1|subcategory2|...}}

Usage

{{disambig}} with no arguments creates the following message box and adds the page to Category: Disambiguation pages.

Message customization

The box's message can be customized, although the second line ("If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article") is always the same. For more fine-grained control, use Template:Dmbox.

The message should only be customized if the resulting message applies to every entry in the disambiguation page. For example, the message box on Great Desert currently reads "This disambiguation page lists articles about locations associated with the same title" because both of its entries are locations—but if even one non-location entry is added (e.g., a hypothetical new MTG novel titled Great Desert), then the message box should be changed back to its default. Jumpstart is an example of a page where having just one entry unrelated to the others (in this case Jump-start) means it uses the default message box.

Message options

about=THINGS adds the phrase "about THINGS" immediately after the word "articles". {{disambig|about=tournaments}} creates:

same=TITLETYPE replaces the word "title" with "TITLETYPE". {{disambig|same=nickname}} creates:

about and same can be combined. {{disambig|about=creatures|same=mythological title}} creates:

articles=PHRASE replaces everything after the word "articles" (except the period and the second line) with "PHRASE". {{disambig|articles=whose main purpose is to collect dust}} creates:

text=SENTENCE replaces the entire message (except the second line) with "SENTENCE". {{disambig|text=Help, I'm trapped in a disambiguation page message box!}} creates:

Category customization

By default, this template adds pages to Category: Disambiguation pages. The following changes can be made, either by themselves or in combination with message customization options above.

Criteria for adding subcategories can be found on each subcategory's page. For example, Category: Character and person disambiguation pages is for pages where "at least two entries are real people, fictional characters, and/or fictional creatures", while Category: Disambiguation pages eponymous to a setting is for pages where "most or all entries are named after one specific plane or setting". It's okay to add a page to multiple subcategories, as long as that page meets the criteria for each one. The high-level Category: Disambiguation pages is for all disambiguation pages, not just those which lack any subcategories.

Category options

Unnamed arguments ARG are added as categories in the form [[Category: ARG disambiguation page]]. For example, {{disambig|eponymous|Secret Lair}} adds the page to Category: Eponymous disambiguation pages and Category: Secret Lair disambiguation pages. Up to five categories can be added in this way (unnamed arguments 1 through 5).

epo=SOURCETYPE adds a category in the form [[Category: Disambiguation pages eponymous to SOURCETYPE]]. For example, {{disambig|epo=a setting}} adds the page to Category: Disambiguation pages eponymous to a setting.

nocat=1 (as in {{disambig|nocat=1}}) prevents the page from being added to Category: Disambiguation pages (it does not cancel any additional categories from the above options). This option should not be used in disambiguation pages, only in template documentation and other non-disambiguation pages; Category:Disambiguation pages is meant include all disambiguation pages.

Other templates

The following templates have custom disambiguation message boxes with built-in categorization. Such a template should be used only if its message applies to every entry and its subcategory is appropriate to the page. For example, a page listing two decks and one creature type should not use {{disambig deck}} (it meets the Deck disambiguation pages criteria, but doesn't match the message); instead, {{disambig|deck}} adds the appropriate subcategory while keeping the default message.

Template	This disambiguation page lists articles…	Subcategory added	Example page
{{disambig acronym}}	…associated with the same acronym.	Shorthand disambiguation pages	UB
{{disambig character}}	…about characters associated with the same name.	Character and person disambiguation pages	Silas
{{disambig deck}}	…about decks associated with the same title.	Deck disambiguation pages	Zoo
{{disambig drop}}	…about Secret Lair drops associated with the same name.	Secret Lair disambiguation pages	Summer Superdrop
{{disambig named after}}	…that share a title with an associated {{{1}}}.	Eponymous disambiguation pages	Godsend (disambiguation)
{{disambig named after format}}	…that share a title with an associated format.	Disambiguation pages eponymous to a format	Archenemy (disambiguation)
{{disambig named after plane}}	…that share a title with an associated plane.	Disambiguation pages eponymous to a setting	Innistrad (disambiguation)
{{disambig named after set}}	…that share a title with an associated set.	Disambiguation pages eponymous to a set	Ice Age (disambiguation)
{{disambig people}}	…about real and fictional people associated with the same name.	Character and person disambiguation pages	Tobias
{{disambig real people}}	…about real people associated with the same name.	Character and person disambiguation pages	Glenn
{{disambig set code}}	…about products associated with the same set code.	Set code and symbol disambiguation pages	Y22
{{disambig set symbol}}	…about products associated with the same expansion symbol.	Set code and symbol disambiguation pages	A22
{{disambig shorthand}}	…associated with the same shorthand title.	Shorthand disambiguation pages	B

Parameters

• 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 — Adds the page to an extra category in the form [[Category:{{{param}}} disambiguation pages]]
• about — Customizes the message by adding the phrase "about {{{about}}}" after the world "articles", with appropriate spacing
• articles — Customizes the message by replacing the words "associated with the same title" with {{{articles}}}; overrides about and same
• epo — Adds the page to an extra category in the form [[Category:Disambiguation pages eponymous with {{{epo}}}]]
• nocat — If true (e.g. nocat=1), the page is not automatically added to Category: Disambiguation pages
• same — Customizes the message by replacing the word "title" with {{{same}}}
• text — Customizes the message by replacing the first sentence (including punctuation) with {{{text}}}; overrides about, articles, and same

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