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It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on approximately 140,000 pages.
To avoid large-scale disruption and unnecessary server load, any changes to it should first be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can then be added to this page in a single edit. Please consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template uses Lua:

Module:For

(The above was produced by: {{For|the template to create a for loop|Template:For loop}}.)

This template yields a hatnote with links to up to four articles or disambiguation pages. It accepts zero to five parameters. If used without parameters on a page named Foo, the result is

The first parameter changes the hatnote itself and should be plain text, e.g. {{For|similar terms}} yields:

The second parameter is used to change the resultant link, e.g. {{For|similar terms|Foobar}} yields:

The third, fourth and fifth parameters are used to give one, two, or three supplementary links:

the last being produced by e.g. {{For|similar terms|Foobar|Bar|Baz|Quux}}.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for For

This template lists up to four articles on alternative meanings of a term. For further details and examples see the template documentation.

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Description	`1`	a phrase describing the major alternative, or a general term for all alternative meanings Default other uses Example other people with the surname Smith	String	optional
First link	`2`	A page to link to; usually a disambiguation page or the most likely other meaning. Default {{PAGENAME}} (disambiguation)	Page	optional
Second link	`3`	A page to link to for another meaning, if any.	Page	optional
Third link	`4`	A page to link to for another meaning, if any.	Page	optional
Fourth link	`5`	A page to link to for another meaning, if any.	Page	optional

v t e Hatnote templates
Wikipedia:Hatnote Wikipedia:Disambiguation Wikipedia:Redirect
Main articles	{{Main}} {{Cat main}} (for categories)
Generic	{{Hatnote}} {{Selfref}} (for self-references)
Other uses	{{About}} Variations: {{Other uses}} {{Other uses2}} (automatically supplies disambiguation suffix) {{Other uses of}} (provides context for disambiguation) {{Distinguish-otheruses}} {{Distinguish-otheruses2}} (automatically supplies disambiguation suffix)
For (other topic)	{{For}} {{For2}} (for custom text)
Further information	{{Further}} {{Further2}} (for custom text) {{For outline}} {{Broader}}
See	{{See also}} {{Category see also}} {{See also if exists}} {{Category see also if exists}} {{Category see also if exists 2}} {{See introduction}} {{See Wiktionary}}
Other people	{{Other people}} {{About-otherpeople}} (adds "about" description) {{Other people5}} (for "similar" names)
Other topics	{{Other hurricanes}} {{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-for}} {{technical reasons}}
Distinguish	{{Distinguish}} (supports custom text too) {{Redirect-distinguish}} {{Redirect-distinguish2}} (for custom text) {{Redirect-distinguish6}} {{About-distinguish}} {{About-distinguish2}} (for custom text)
Transclusion	{{Transcluding article}} {{Transcluded section}}
Subject specific	{{Year dab}} {{Highway detail hatnote}} {{Pope Stephen ToP Dab}} {{For LMST}} {{WikiIPA}} {{Other MeSH codes}} {{Other Pennsylvania townships}}
Hatnote categories	Hatnote templates Hatnote modules for category pages for [family] names for lists for user pages
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