Template:Human name disambiguation/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Human name disambiguation.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on approximately 69,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

Usage

This template is designed for use only on disambiguation pages that contain only links to articles for people having the same name. It displays a notice on the page and includes it in the Category:Human name disambiguation pages, a subcategory of Category:Disambiguation pages. It is similar in function to the {{Disambiguation}} template, which is used on general purpose disambiguation pages. Please refer to the following examples:

For a disambiguation page containing only human names (e.g. full given name and surname such as "Max Weber"), add (at bottom of page):

{{Hndis}}

For a disambiguation page containing both human names and other entries, do not use the {{hndis}} template. Instead, use:

{{Disambiguation|human name}}

The above methods sort the category entries by the page name, so Max Weber (disambiguation) would appear under "M" in Category:Human name disambiguation pages. To list the category entries by surname, add a sort key:

{{Hndis|Weber, Max}}

or:

{{Hndis|name=Weber, Max}}

generates:

[[Category:Human name disambiguation pages|Weber, Max]]

For human name disambiguation pages requiring cleanup, use {{hndis-cleanup}}.

Choosing the proper template

A page that lists "Ethan Allen (baseball player)" and "Ethan Allen (furniture company)" should use {{disambiguation|hn}}.
A page that lists "Jayson L. Smeltsdorf" and "Jayson Q. Smeltsdorf" should use {{hndis}}.
A page that lists all people with the given name "Jayson" should use {{given name}}.
A page that lists all people with the surname "Smeltsdorf" should use {{Disambiguation|surname}}.

Templatedata

Displays notice that the page is a disambiguation page for a name

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
nocat	`nocat`	Stops the template from categorizing the page Default false Example true	Boolean	optional
Name	`name`	Name to be shown in the template Example John Doe	Content	suggested

Template:Human name disambiguation/doc

Contents

Usage

Choosing the proper template

See also

Templatedata