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This is the {{tl|disambig}} template.

'''<big>Important: Please do not [[WP:SUBST|SUBST:]] this template.</big>'''

This is a general-purpose template, to be placed at the bottom of any article that exists to help readers find other articles with the same or similar names. This concept is called disambiguation and is used with many common words, such as ''[[w:Cross (disambiguation)|cross]]'', ''[[w:Life (disambiguation)|life]]'' and ''[[work]]''. This template automatically adds articles to the [[:Category:Disambiguation pages]]. 

=== Page title fix ===

In the event that the page title is causing an error, such as <span class="plainlinks">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%2A%2A%2A&oldid=171348746 what happened]</span> at ''[[***]]'', add the parameter: '''<code>{{para|page-title |<var> page title</var>}}</code>''' . Thus, the [[***]] page would use the syntax: '''<code><nowiki>{{disambig |page-title = ***}}</nowiki></code>''' .


=== Alternative names ===

For those who can't remember how this template's name is abbreviated, the {{tl|disambiguation}}, {{tl|disamb}} and {{tl|dab}} templates all redirect to {{tl|disambig}}.

=== Technical details ===

Internally this template uses {{tl|dmbox}}. That template categorises pages into [[:Category:All disambiguation pages]] and [[:Category:All article disambiguation pages]].

This template uses {{tl|disambig/cat}} to handle the categorisation parameters such as "hospital" and "school".

=== See also ===
* {{tl|dablink}} â Basic article hatnote, see templates (example usage) for the full hatnote index.
* {{tl|dn}} â Adds an inline "disambiguation needed" tag to an ambiguous link within an article.

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