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Latest revision as of 12:58, 17 July 2021

Template documentation[view] [edit] [history] [purge] For the template to create a for loop, see Template:For loop.

This template is used on approximately 193,000 pages.
To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template uses Lua:

Module:For (sandbox)

Usage

This template yields a hatnote similar to {{Other uses}}, but allowing more flexible text with links to multiple articles or disambiguation pages. It accepts one or more parameters (zero is not allowed).

With one parameter (rare)

The first parameter sets the hatnote itself and should be plain text. Without any further parameter, it will link to a default disambiguation page for the article title, e.g. {{For|other entities}} yields on page Foo:

For other entities, see Foo (disambiguation).

This kind of usage with exactly one parameter is rare, as in most instances {{Other uses}} (and in this case, {{About}} with the same result) can be used more easily, and without any parameter. But it makes sense in some cases for disambiguation pages with the same type of other meanings, e.g. in Treaty of Lisbon:

For earlier treaties known as Treaty of Lisbon, see Treaty of Lisbon (disambiguation).

However, for many such cases specific new templates have been implemented, like {{Other people}}, {{Other places}} etc. - see hatnote template overview box below.

With two parameters

The second parameter is used to change the resultant link, e.g. {{For|the acronym|FOO}} yields (wherever it is set, now independent of the article title):

For the acronym, see FOO.

With more parameters

The third, fourth and fifth parameters are used to give one, two, or three additional resultant links:

For similar terms, see Foobar and Bar. For similar terms, see Foobar, Bar, and Baz. For similar terms, see Foobar, Bar, Baz, and Quux.

the last being produced by e.g. {{For|similar terms|Foobar|Bar|Baz|Quux}}.

The |selfref=yes option marks the entire hatnote as a Misplaced Pages self-reference, causing it to be omitted when the page content is reused outside of Misplaced Pages (see {{self reference}} and MOS:SELFREF for more details).

Styling in italics

Please see Misplaced Pages:Hatnote § Hatnotes with italics in the links (WP:ITHAT) for details about how to use italics in hatnotes.

Tracking category

Pages with errors reported by this template are added to Category:Hatnote templates using unusual parameters.

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for For

This template lists up to four articles on alternative meanings of a term. For further details and examples see the template documentation.

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Description	`1`	a phrase describing the major alternative, or a general term for all alternative meanings Example other people with the surname Smith	String	required
First link	`2`	A page to link to; usually a disambiguation page or the most likely other meaning. Default {{PAGENAME}} (disambiguation)	Page name	optional
Second link	`3`	A page to link to for another meaning, if any.	Page name	optional
Third link	`4`	A page to link to for another meaning, if any.	Page name	optional
Fourth link	`5`	A page to link to for another meaning, if any.	Page name	optional
Is self-reference?	`selfref`	Set to yes to make this hatnote invisible on e.g. printed versions, for ]s Default no Auto value `yes`	Boolean	optional

v t e Hatnote templates
Misplaced Pages:Hatnote Misplaced Pages:Disambiguation Misplaced Pages:Redirect
Generic	{{Hatnote}} {{Hatnote group}} {{Self-reference}}
For and about	{{For}} {{For-text}} (for custom text) {{For-multi}} (for multiple uses) {{About}} Variations: {{Other uses}} {{Other uses of}} {{Redirect-distinguish-for}} {{About-distinguish}} {{About-distinguish-text}}
Other topics	{{Other people}} {{About other people}} (adds "about" description) {{Similar names}} {{Other storms}} {{Other places}} {{Other ships}}
Redirect	{{Redirect}} {{Redirect2}} (for two redirects) {{Redirect-multi}} (for multiple redirects) {{Redirect-several}} (for several redirects, without listing each) {{Redirect-synonym}} {{Redirect-distinguish}} {{Redirect-distinguish-text}} {{Redirect-distinguish-for}} {{Technical reasons}}
Distinguish	{{Distinguish}} (supports custom text) {{About-distinguish}} {{About-distinguish-text}} (for custom text) {{Redirect-distinguish}} {{Redirect-distinguish-text}} (for custom text) {{Redirect-distinguish-for}}
For use in sections	{{Main}} {{Main if exists}} {{Main list}} {{Further}} {{Further-text}} (for custom text) {{Further interlanguage link}} {{See also}} {{See also-text}} (for custom text) {{For outline}} {{For timeline}}
Special	{{Broader}} {{For introduction}} {{See Wiktionary}} {{Transcluding article}} {{Transcluded section}}
Subject specific	{{About year}} {{Highway detail hatnote}} {{For LMST}} {{WikiIPA}}
Category:Hatnote templates modules for names for lists hatnote templates for category pages

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