Template talk:Otheruse

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[edit] Documentation

{{otheruse}} creates a disambigution link, meant to be at the top of the page.

[edit] Usage

{{otheruse
  |this  = current usage
  |use1  = first usage
  |page1 = first page
  |use2  = second usage
  |page2 = second page
  |use3  = third usage
  |page3 = third page
  |use4  = fourth usage
  |page4 = fourth page
}}

page can be changed to text if you don't want the text to be treated as a link.

[edit] Example

Code Result
{{otheruse}}
{{otheruse|this=foo}}
{{otheruse|this=foo|use1=bar}}
{{otheruse|this=foo|use1=bar|page1=barpage}}
{{otheruse|this=foo|use1=bar|page1=barpage|use2=baz}}
{{otheruse|this=foo|use1=bar|page1=barpage|use2=baz|page2=bazpage}}
{{otheruse|this=foo|use1=bar|page1=barpage|use2=baz|page2=bazpage|use3=42}}
{{otheruse|this=foo|use1=bar|page1=barpage|use2=baz|page2=bazpage|use3=42|page3=42page}}
{{otheruse|use1=bar|page1=barpage|use2=baz|page2=bazpage|use3=42|page3=42page}}
{{otheruse|this=foo||page1=barpage|page2=bazpage|page3=42page}}
{{otheruse|this=foo||page1=barpage|page2=bazpage}}
{{otheruse|this=foo||page1=barpage}}

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[edit] Discussion

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[edit] Suggestion

My suggestion would be to allow omission of the "usex" arguments and still be able to use the "pagex" argument: {{otheruse|this=foo|page1=barpage}} would result in "This article is about foo. For other uses, see barpage." Powers T 13:40, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Done. AzaToth 14:42, 15 September 2006 (UTC)