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1
Rules
2
Placement
3
Format
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3.1
Length and number
4
Summarize or not?
5
Examples of proper use
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5.1
Two articles with similar titles
5.2
Terms that can be confused with another topic
5.3
Linking to a disambiguation page
5.4
Ambiguous term that redirects to an unambiguously named article
5.5
Hatnotes above maintenance tags
5.6
Hatnotes with italics in the links
5.6.1
Why this matters
5.6.2
How to unitalicize
5.6.3
Hatnotes with label parameters
6
Examples of improper use
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6.1
Trivial information, dictionary definitions, and slang
6.2
Legitimate information about the topic
6.3
Linking to articles that are related to the topic
6.4
Disambiguating article names that are not ambiguous
6.5
Extraneous links
6.6
External links
6.7
Non-existent articles
6.8
Superfluous details
7
Hatnote templates
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7.1
Generic hatnote
7.2
Other uses of the same title ("
For ..., see ...
")
7.2.1
"
This article is about ... For other uses, see ...
"
7.2.2
"
This page is about ... It is not to be confused with ...
"
7.2.3
"
For ..., see ...
"
7.2.3.1
Variations
7.2.4
"
For other uses, see ...
"
7.2.4.1
Variations
7.2.4.2
"
For other uses of ..., see ...
"
7.3
Redirect
7.3.1
"
... redirects here. For other uses, see ...
"
7.3.2
"
For technical reasons, ... redirects here. ...
7.3.3
... redirects here. Not to be confused with ...
7.4
Similar proper names ("
For other people named ...
")
7.4.1
Other people
7.4.2
Other places/ships/hurricanes
7.5
Distinguish
7.5.1
"
Not to be confused with ...
"
7.5.2
"
... redirects here; not to be confused with ...
"
7.6
Family names
7.7
For use in sections
7.7.1
"
Main article: ...
"
7.7.2
"
Further information: ...
"
7.7.3
"
See also ...
"
7.7.4
Article or section transclusions
7.8
For category pages
7.9
Correct titles
7.10
Lists
8
What to do before editing or creating a template
9
See also
10
Notes
11
References
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