ފަންވަތް:Disambig/cat/doc

This is a documentation subpage for ފަންވަތް:Disambig/cat.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original ފަންވަތް page.

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To avoid large-scale disruption and unnecessary server load, any changes to this template should first be tested in its /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user space. The tested changes can then be added to this page in one single edit. Please consider discussing any changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This is the

{{disambig/cat}} sub-template.

Do not use this template directly, use

{{disambig}} or

{{disambig-cleanup}} instead.

This template is called from

{{disambig}} and

{{disambig-cleanup}}. It handles some of the categorization logic for those templates.

For more documentation see

{{disambig}} and

{{disambig-cleanup}}.

{{dabcat}} redirects here, and is used by

{{disambig-cleanup}}.

Parameters

This template takes one parameter and produces a category assignment dependent on that parameter.

The main parameter value for some of the categories in this template are as follows (some other variants will also work):

hn: for Category:Human name disambiguation pages
surname: for Category:Surnames
given name: Category:Given names
geo: for Category:Place name disambiguation pages
airport: for Category:Airport disambiguation
hospital: for Category:Hospital disambiguation pages
road: for Category:Lists of roads sharing the same title
school: for Category:Educational institution disambiguation
math: for Category:Mathematical disambiguation
number: for Category:Lists of ambiguous numbers
plant: for Category:Plant common names
callsign: for Category:Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages

This list is usually not complete, since we add new categories to this template every now and then.

Error reporting

If/when an invalid parameter is fed to this template it prints an error message and categorizes the page into Category:Wikipedia disambig or set index box parameter needs fixing. Thus editors can see when they use an invalid parameter, and if they don't notice it we can easily find and fix such cases by taking a look in that category.