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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Disambiguation/cat.
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Do not use this template directly, use {{Disambiguation}} or {{Disambiguation cleanup}} instead.

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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 12 January 2024^[update], 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: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.

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 * 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]]
-; Buildings and structures disambiguation pages‎
+; CAP functional area disambiguation pages
-; Non-religious buildings and structures disambiguation pages‎
+* functional area: for [[:Category:Functional area disambiguation pages]]
-* building and structure (or building, buildings, structure, structures, or buildings and structures): for [[:Category:Buildings and structures disambiguation pages]]
-* airport (or airports): for [[:Category:Airport disambiguation pages]]
-* architecture: for [[:Category:Architectural disambiguation pages‎]]
-* hospital (or hospital name, hospital names, or hospitals): for [[:Category:Hospital disambiguation pages]]
-* school (or schooldis, education, educational institution, educational institutions, college, colleges, university, universities, or schools): for [[:Category:Educational institution disambiguation pages]]
-* station (or stations): for [[:Category:Station disambiguation pages]]
-; Religion-specific
-* religion (or hindu, hindu temple, hindu temples, religious building, or religious buildings): for [[:Category:Religious buildings and structures disambiguation pages]]
-* church (or church building, church buildings, or churches): for [[:Category:Church building disambiguation pages]]
-* mosque (or mosques): for [[:Category:Mosque disambiguation pages]]
-* synagogue (synagogues): for [[:Category:Synagogue disambiguation pages]]
-* temple (or buddhist, buddhist temple, buddhist temples, or temples): for [[:Category:Buddhist temple disambiguation pages‎]]
-; Science disambiguation pages
-* science: for [[:Category:Science disambiguation pages]]
-; Biology
-* biology: for [[:Category:Biology disambiguation pages‎]]
-* animal: for [[:Category:Animal common name disambiguation pages‎]]
-* bird: for [[:Category:Bird common name disambiguation pages]]
-* fish: for [[:Category:Fish common name disambiguation pages]]
-* plant (or plants): for [[:Category:Plant common name disambiguation pages]]
-* taxonomy: for [[:Category:Taxonomy disambiguation pages]]
-* genus (or genera): for [[:Category:Genus disambiguation pages]]
-* latin (or latin name, or latin names): for [[:Category:Latin name disambiguation pages]]
-* species latin (or species latin name, or species latin names): for [[:Category:Species Latin name disambiguation pages]]
-* species latin name abbreviation (or species latin name abbr, species latin name abbrs, or species latin name abbreviations): for [[:Category:Species Latin name abbreviation disambiguation pages]]
-; Other science disambiguation pages
-* linguistics: for [[:Category:Linguistics disambiguation pages]]
-* math (or mathdab, mathematics, mathematical, or maths): for [[:Category:Mathematics disambiguation pages]]
-* social science (or social): for [[:Category:Social science disambiguation pages‎]]
-* economics: for [[:Category:Social science disambiguation pages‎]]
 ; Place name disambiguation pages‎
-* geo (or geodis, geography, geographical, place name, place names, place, or places): for [[:Category: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]]
-* uscounty (or uscounties): for [[:Category:United States county name disambiguation pages]]
-* department (or departments): for [[:Category:Department name disambiguation pages]]
-* district (or districts): for [[:Category:District name disambiguation pages]]
 * municipality (or municipalities): for [[:Category:Municipality name disambiguation pages‎]]
 * parish (or parishes): for [[:Category:Parish name disambiguation pages‎]]
-* province (or provinces): for [[:Category:Province name disambiguation pages]]
 * township (or townships): for [[:Category:Township name disambiguation pages]]
-* arkansas township (or arkansas townships): for [[:Category:Arkansas township disambiguation pages‎]]
-* illinois township (or illinois townships): for [[:Category:Illinois township disambiguation pages‎]]
-* indiana township (or indiana townships): for [[:Category:Indiana township disambiguation pages‎]]
-* iowa township (or iowa townships): for [[:Category:Iowa township disambiguation pages‎]]
-* kansas township (or kansas townships): for [[:Category:Kansas township disambiguation pages‎]]
-* michigan township (or michigan townships): for [[:Category:Michigan township disambiguation pages‎]]
-* minnesota township (or minnesota townships): for [[:Category:Minnesota township disambiguation pages‎]]
-* missouri township (or missouri townships): for [[:Category:Missouri township disambiguation pages‎]]
-* nebraska township (or nebraska townships): for [[:Category:Nebraska township disambiguation pages‎]]
-* new jersey township (or new jersey townships): for [[:Category:New Jersey township disambiguation pages‎]]
-* north carolina township (or north carolina townships): for [[:Category:North Carolina township disambiguation pages]]
-* north dakota township (north dakota townships): for [[:Category:North Dakota township disambiguation pages‎]]
-* ohio township (or ohio townships): for [[:Category:Ohio township disambiguation pages]]
-* oklahoma township (or oklahoma townships): for [[:Category:Oklahoma township disambiguation pages‎]]
-* pennsylvania township (or pennsylvania townships): for [[:Category:Pennsylvania township disambiguation pages‎]]
-* south dakota township (or south dakota townships): for [[:Category:South Dakota township 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]]
-* caselaw: for [[:Category:Case law disambiguation pages]]
-* chinese (or chinese char, chinese-char, chinesechar, or chinese character): for [[:Category:Disambiguation pages with Chinese character titles]]
-* culture (or language, languages, nationality, nationalities, language and nationality, languages and nationalities, or cultures): for [[:Category:Language and nationality disambiguation pages]]
 * date time (or date, or time): for [[:Category:Date and time disambiguation pages‎]]
-* flight number (or flight, or flight numbers): for [[:Category:Flight number disambiguation pages‎]]
-* opus number (or opus, or opus numbers): for [[:Category:Opus number disambiguation pages‎]]
-* hn (or name, names, human name, human names, or hndis): for [[:Category:Human name disambiguation pages]]
-* surname (or surnames): for [[:Category:Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists]]
-* given name (or given names): for [[:Category:Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists]]
-* hangul: for [[:Category:Disambiguation pages with Hangul titles]]
-* ih same title (or ihs same title): for [[:Category:Lists of Interstate Highways sharing the same title‎]]
 * 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]]
-* political party (or party, parties, political, or political parties): for [[:Category:Political party disambiguation pages]]
-* road (or roaddis, or roads): for [[:Category:Road disambiguation pages]]
-* road same title (or roads same title): for [[:Category:Lists of roads sharing the same title‎]]
-* ship (or ships): for [[:Category:Ship disambiguation pages]]
-* technology and engineering (or engineering, tech, tech and engineering, or technology): for [[:Category:Technology and engineering disambiguation pages]]
 * template (or templates): for [[:Category:Template disambiguation pages]]
-* temple name (or temple names): for [[:Category:Temple name disambiguation pages‎]]
 * tndis: for [[:Category:Title and name disambiguation pages]]
-* transport route (or transport routes): for [[:Category:Transport route disambiguation pages‎]]
-This list is currently complete {{as of|2023|10|28|lc=on}}, but we still add new categories to this template every now and then.
+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 ==