Template talk:Distinguish

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For some reason, this template does not appear at all in mobile view. I do not know any technical details, but I do know the following circumstances:

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— CrafterNova ^[ TALK ] [ CONT ] 08:38, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Works fine with me. I use the same Chrome version as you, with Android 13. - Manifestation (talk) 12:33, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Have you checked that it correctly makes it red when there was a mistake in editing it in? Orisphera2 (talk) 19:32, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification needed: parameter text

• You can't use the parameter text with another argument.
•• In that case use the template about.
Though I'd say many cases would benefit from the text Not to be confused with + an explanation.
– Ponken (talk) 18:25, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You can put whatever explanation you like in the text= parameter. Only you will also need to include the links within that text as the template is unable do automatic linking when text= parameter is used. older ≠ wiser 18:32, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest addition of Template:Distinguish to Template:Distinguish

I was editing Vickers Vulcan as I'd mistakenly ended up there: three V-bombers were manufactured, each by a different manufacturer, one of the three bombers was the Vulcan, and one of the three manufacturers was Vickers, but the V-bomber they made was the Vickers Valiant... The Vickers Vulcan was a very funny-looking early commercial double-decker biplane thing. I used the "insert template" tool since I'm still a noob, tried to search for the template which adds the "not to be confused with..." text to an article by typing the word "confused", and got several results - the second was for Template:Confused? and for whatever reason that's the one I clicked.

As it turns out, Template:Confused? is a distinct template, regularly used, and discretely useful, so it can't become a redirect to this template - adding to the confusion, unfortunately, *this* template makes use of several redirects and shortcuts: {{Misspelling}}, {{Nottobeconfusedwith}}, {{Ntbcw}}, {{dist}}, {{ntbcw}}, {{Confused}}, {{Confuse}}, {{confuse}}, and {{confused}} all get you Template:Distinguish, but {{Confused?}} gets you something else.

Template:Confused? was unprotected, I was able to edit it to add <noinclude>{{Template:Distinguish|Template:Distinguish}}</noinclude> to the top of the source - this feels like farcical high-concept meta-humour, but if I fell into this minor trap, others will have too. And it definitely is funny, but also it did result in time clicking things and googling "wikipedia not to be confused with" for me to find definitive clarity.

As such, I suggest an edit putting <noinclude>{{Template:Distinguish|Template:Confused?}}</noinclude> above this template's article's source.

(Also - I see here, and in the archives for this talk page, that the "not to be confused with" text is contested - I'd be on the disagreeing side of this, I understand why it might grate on editors but think it's perfect for what Wikipedia actually is for 99.99...% of users)

One cookie (talk) 14:32, 5 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}Not to be confused with version control.

.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}Not to be confused with version control. 65.18.127.86 (talk) 18:23, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]