Template:About/Documentation

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Description

The About template is intended to place a small indicator on an article to let audience be aware of the nature of the page, especially in cases where the naming schemes are very similar.

Use

One link:

{{About
| about = 
| usage = 
| link = 
}}

Two link of similar usage:

{{About
| about = 
| and
| usage = 
| link-1 = 
| link-2 =
}}

Two links of separate usage:

{{About
| about = 
| other
| usage-1 = 
| link-1 = 
| usage-2 = 
| link-2 = 
}}

Parameters

• about — is for describing the current page type and page subject.
• and/other - is to describe nature of code. Default is only a single other usage.
• usage - is for describing the alternative usage of subject
• link(-#) - is to place links that relate to the alternative uses of subject.

Examples of use

This page is about the American heavy tank T34. For other uses, see T-34 (Family).

{{About
| about = American heavy tank '''T34'''
| usage = other uses
| link = T-34 (Family)
}}

This page is about the British medium tank Cromwell V. For other variants, see Cromwell I and Cromwell Mk.V (RP-3).

{{About
| about = British medium tank '''Cromwell V'''
| and
| usage = other variants
| link-1 = Cromwell I
| link-2 = Cromwell Mk.V (RP-3)
}}

This page is about the legendary British fighter Spitfire Mk Vb. For the tropical version, see Spitfire Mk Vb/trop. For other uses, see Spitfire (Family).

{{About
| about = legendary British fighter '''Spitfire Mk Vb'''
| other
| usage-1 = the tropical version
| link-1 = Spitfire Mk Vb/trop
| usage-2 = other uses
| link-2 = Spitfire (Family)
}}