Template:About other people

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This template acts like {{Other people}}, but includes an extra parameter that describes the subject of the article.

Usage

The first parameter is mandatory; omitting it produces an error message, and a maintenance category that can be suppressed by supplying a category parameter with a falsy value. For example:

{{About other people|category=false}} → Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Yesno' not found.

The second parameter defines the ambiguous name, changing the "other people" text to include it and improving the default disambiguation page:

{{About other people|an example person}} → Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Yesno' not found.
{{About other people|an example person|Jane Doe}} → Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Yesno' not found.

As with {{Other people}}, the message produced when the second parameter is defined can be customized using the named parameter. For example, named=titled can be useful:

{{About other people|some "Lord Byron" or other|Lord Byron|Baron Byron|named=titled}} → Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Yesno' not found.

The third and any further parameters define custom targets for the hatnote:

{{About other people|ABOUT|NAME|PAGE1}} → Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Yesno' not found.
{{About other people|ABOUT||PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3} → Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Yesno' not found.

TemplateData

{ "params": { "1": { "label": "Page subject", "description": "A descriptor for the page subject", "type": "string", "required": true }, "2": { "label": "Name", "description": "Sets the name to be disambiguated", "type": "string", "suggested": true }, "3": { "label": "Target page 1", "description": "The name of a page to which the disambiguation message should point", "type": "wiki-page-name", "suggested": true }, "4": { "label": "Target page 2", "description": "The name of an additional target page", "type": "wiki-page-name" }, "5": { "label": "Target page 3", "description": "The name of an additional target page", "type": "wiki-page-name" } }, "description": "Produces a disambiguation message to aid readers distinguish between articles on people with the same or similar name, prefixed with a message clarifying the subject of the article.", "format": "inline" }

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The above documentation is transcluded from Template:About other people/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.

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Generic	{{Hatnote}} {{Hatnote group}} {{Self-reference}}
For and about	{{For}} {{For-text}} (for custom text) {{For-multi}} (for multiple uses) {{About}} Variations: {{Other uses}} {{Other uses of}} {{Redirect-distinguish-for}} {{About-distinguish}} {{About-distinguish-text}}
Other topics	{{Other people}} {{About other people}} (adds "about" description) {{Similar names}} {{Other storms}} {{Other places}} {{Other ships}}
Redirect	{{Redirect}} {{Redirect2}} (for two redirects) {{Redirect-multi}} (for multiple redirects) {{Redirect-several}} (for several redirects, without listing each) {{Redirect-synonym}} {{Redirect-distinguish}} {{Redirect-distinguish-text}} {{Redirect-distinguish-for}} {{Technical reasons}}
Distinguish	{{Distinguish}} (supports custom text) {{About-distinguish}} {{About-distinguish-text}} (for custom text) {{Redirect-distinguish}} {{Redirect-distinguish-text}} (for custom text) {{Redirect-distinguish-for}}
For use in sections	{{Main}} {{Main if exists}} {{Main list}} {{Further}} {{Further-text}} (for custom text) {{Further interlanguage link}} {{See also}} {{See also-text}} (for custom text) {{For outline}} {{For timeline}}
Special	{{Broader}} {{For introduction}} {{See Wiktionary}} {{Transcluding article}} {{Transcluded section}}
Subject specific	{{About year}} {{Highway detail hatnote}} {{For LMST}} {{WikiIPA}}
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