Template:Hatnote/doc

This template produces formatted text, following the guideline for a Wikipedia hatnote.
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Broadly speaking, a hatnote should answer a readers' question (maybe preemptively): Am I on the right page?

Function
This template is primarily used to add a correctly formatted hatnote to a page. Often, but not always, this is a disambiguation link at the top of article pages. It places an HTML  /   block around the text entered as its only argument, which provides standardized formatting (contents are indented and italicized in most displays); it also isolates the contained code to make sure that it is interpreted correctly.

This template is also used as the "meta-template" for additional specialized disambiguation link templates; see Category:Hatnote templates for a list.

The template does not automatically create links of any kind. Links and other desired formatting must be explicitly added, using normal Wikipedia markup.

Usage
&#123;{hatnote|text}}
 * Basic usage:

&#123;{hatnote|text|extraclasses=extra classes|selfref=yes|category=no}}
 * All parameters:

Parameters
This template accepts the following parameters:
 * - the hatnote text. (required)
 * - any extra CSS classes to be added. For example, the see also template adds the classes boilerplate seealso.
 * - if set to "yes", "y", "true" or "1", adds the CSS class "selfref". This is used to denote self-references to Wikipedia. See Template:Selfref for more information.
 * - if set to "no", "n", "false", or "0", suppresses the error tracking category (Category:Hatnote templates with errors). This only has an effect if the first positional parameter (the hatnote text) is omitted.

Additional information
This template originates from Wikipedia, see Template:Hatnote for complete documentation.