Template:Dablink/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Dablink (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

{{Dablink|text}} formats text into the standard style for a Boobpedia hatnote, a short note placed at the top of an article to provide disambiguation of closely related terms or summarise a topic, explaining its boundaries.

Usage and purpose

This template is primarily used to add disambiguation links (dab is Boobpedia shorthand for "disambiguation") to the top of article pages. It places an HTML div- / div block around the material given 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 {{Otheruses4}}.

Contrary to what its name may imply, the template does not automatically create links of any kind. Links and other desired formatting must be explicitly added.

Examples

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See also Murphy's Law, Finagle's Law and Murphy's laws of combat. For the album by British rock band Spear of Destiny, see Sod's Law (Spear of Destiny album)

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See also Murphy's Law, Finagle's Law and Murphy's laws of combat.
For the album by British rock band Spear of Destiny, see Sod's Law (Spear of Destiny album)