ފަންވަތް:Disambiguation/cat/doc

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This is the

{{Disambiguation/cat}} sub-template.

Do not use this template directly, use

{{Disambiguation}} or

{{Disambiguation cleanup}} instead.

This template is called from

{{Disambiguation}} and

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

For more documentation see

{{Disambiguation}} and

{{Disambiguation cleanup}}.

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

{{Disambiguation 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):

airport: for Category:Airport disambiguation
callsign: for Category:Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages
chinese: for Category:Disambiguation pages with Chinese character titles
church: for Category:Church building disambiguation pages
fish: for Category:Fish common name disambiguation pages
genus: for Category:Genus disambiguation pages
geo: for Category:Place name disambiguation pages
given name: Category:Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists
hn: for Category:Human name disambiguation pages
hospital: for Category:Hospital disambiguation pages
latin: for Category:Latin name disambiguation pages
letter number: for Category:Letter-number combination disambiguation pages
math: for Category:Mathematical disambiguation
number: for Category:Lists of ambiguous numbers
plant: for Category:Plant common name disambiguation pages
political: for Category:Political party disambiguation pages
road: for Category:Road disambiguation pages
school: for Category:Educational institution disambiguation pages
ship: for Category:Ship disambiguation pages
surname: for Category:Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists

cleanup: for Category:Disambiguation pages in need of cleanup
split: for Category:Disambiguation pages in need of being split

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

Error reporting

If an invalid parameter is fed to this template it displays 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.