Template:About/doc

This is a subpage documenting Template:About. To change the template, edit that page; to change the template's documentation (seen below), edit this one.

Documentation

This template is to be used at the top of articles about topics that are closely related to other articles that they may be confused with. It requires at least three pieces of information: the topic of the article, a related topic that people might have been looking for, and the title of the article about that related topic. A second article or topic–article pair can be specified, if necessary (see examples below). The template complains about missing input, as seen above.

Usage

• {{about|topic|related topic|title of related article}}
• {{about|topic|related topic|title of related article 1|title of related article 2}}
• {{about|topic|related topic|title of related article 1|title of related article 2|or=}}
• {{about|topic|related topic 1|title of related article 1|related topic 2|title of related article 2}}

The or parameter in the third form can be used to override the use of the word "or" between the two articles (it can be changed, for example, to "and").

Example

If used in the article It's Magic:

• {{about|the song|the album of the same name|It's Magic (album)}}
  ⇓

This article is about the song. For information about the album of the same name, please see It's Magic (album).

If used in the article Singing:

• {{about|her singing voice per se|the songs she has sung and where she has sung them|Songs|Timeline|or=and}}
  ⇓

This article is about her singing voice per se. For information about the songs she has sung and where she has sung them, see Songs and Timeline.