Template:Hatnote

{{{text}}}

This template produces formatted text, following the guideline for a hatnote.

{{hatnote|Example hatnote text.}} →

Example hatnote text.

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 div- / div 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.

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

Usage

{{hatnote|text}}

Parameters

This template accepts the following parameters:

• 1 - the hatnote text (required)

Example

• {{hatnote|Example hatnote text}} →
  Example hatnote text

Attribution

Taken from MediaWiki.