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This is the {{tl|Disambiguation/cat}} sub-template.

Do not use this template directly, use {{tl|Disambiguation}} or {{tl|Disambiguation cleanup}} instead.

This template is called from {{tlf|Disambiguation}} and {{tlf|Disambiguation cleanup}}. It handles some of the categorization logic for those templates.

For more documentation see {{tl|Disambiguation}} and {{tl|Disambiguation cleanup}}.

{{tl|Dabcat}} redirects here, and is used by {{tl|Disambiguation cleanup}}.

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

The main parameter values (along with their aliases, listed in round brackets) for the categories in this template are as follows:

; Maintenance disambiguation pages
* split: for [[:Category:Disambiguation pages in need of being split]]
* cleanup (or clean up, or clean-up): for [[:Category:Disambiguation pages in need of cleanup]]
* one non-primary topic (or non-primary, or non-primary topic): for [[:Category:Disambiguation pages containing one non-primary topic]]
; CAP functional area disambiguation pages
* functional area: for [[:Category:Functional area disambiguation pages]]
; Place name disambiguation pages‎
* geo (or place name, place names, place, or places): for [[:Category:Place name disambiguation pages]]
* county (or counties): for [[:Category:County name disambiguation pages]]
* municipality (or municipalities): for [[:Category:Municipality name disambiguation pages‎]]
* parish (or parishes): for [[:Category:Parish name disambiguation pages‎]]
* township (or townships): for [[:Category:Township name disambiguation pages]]
; Other disambiguation pages
* callsign (or call sign, call signs, broadcast call sign, broadcast call signs, or callsigns): for [[:Category:Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages]]
* date time (or date, or time): for [[:Category:Date and time disambiguation pages‎]]
* letter number (or letter-number): for [[:Category:Letter–number combination disambiguation pages]]
* military: for [[:Category:Military units and formations disambiguation pages‎]]
* number (or numberdis, ambiguous number, ambiguous numbers, or numbers): for [[:Category:Lists of ambiguous numbers]]
* template (or templates): for [[:Category:Template disambiguation pages]]
* tndis: for [[:Category:Title and name disambiguation pages]]

This list is currently complete {{as of|2024|01|12|lc=on}}, but we still 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:CAPipediadisambig 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.

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