Template:Distinguish/doc

Description

The "distinguish" template produces a hatnote to point out to our readers the existence of one or more articles whose title(s) is, or are, similar to the page in question. It is used in cases where the distinction between the titles is generally obvious and does not need further explanation (however a separate Disambiguation page can sometimes be a good complement).

For those cases where an explanation is required, please use the {{For}} template instead.

Usage

Here is an example of its standard usage (used, for purposes of this example, with the placeholder article "Foo"; the following could be placed on a theoretical article named "Foo (botanist)", or perhaps one named "Fou" or "Fu"):

{{distinguish|Foo}} →

Not to be confused with Foo.

This hatnote can be used to distinguish the topic from multiple other topics:

{{distinguish|Foo|Fu}} →

Not to be confused with Foo or Fu.

{{distinguish|John F. Lawrence|John M. Lawrence|Lawrencia}} →

Not to be confused with John F. Lawrence, John M. Lawrence, or Lawrencia.

It may also be appropriate to place a similar hatnote on the related articles, e.g. the "John F. Lawrence" and "John M. Lawrence" pages.

When the target is a disambiguation page, display of the parentheses may be avoided by escaping the vertical bar using the magic word {{!}}:

Y{{distinguish|Sweet (disambiguation)){{!}}Sweet}} →

Not to be confused with Sweet.

The escape is necessary, otherwise the template will read the next text as another topic:

N{{distinguish|Sweet (disambiguation)|Sweet}} →

Not to be confused with Sweet (disambiguation) or Sweet.

Redirects

The following templates are automaticlally redirected to {{Distinguish}}:

• {{Confuse}}
• {{Confused}}

See also

• {{For}}
• {{Hatnote}}
• {{Redirect}}