Template:Confused/doc

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This page is a template. It contains some standardized, often used text, which can be transcluded inside other pages.

As this template is widely used in our wiki, it may be protected in which case only staff members can change it. Use the discussion page to propose enhancements or fixes, or to voice your opinion.

This template can be used at the top of an article to distinguish it from superficially similar but unrelated article topics, such as (perhaps): LVM vs. LLVM, LXD vs. LXDE, and so forth. If the topics are closely related, then it is preferable to explicitly address their relationship early in the text of both articles (as seen at udev and eudev, for example) rather than using this template.

Parameters

Parameter name	Required?	Default value	Description
Anonymous parameter 1	Yes	(n/a)	link target

The link target should exactly match a single article title and not be [[wikilinked]], since the linking is provided automatically by the template itself.

(Note: Eventually this template will allow for multiple link targets, but it doesn't yet.)

Usage

{{Confused|Page title}}

See the template's testcases:

Correct

One anonymous parameter: title of exisiting article

Wiki code

{{Confused|LVM}}

Main version

Not to be confused with LVM.

Sandbox version

One anonymous parameter: title of nonexistent article

Wiki code

{{Confused|Missing page}}

Main version

Not to be confused with Missing page.

Sandbox version

Creating a piped link

Wiki code

{{Confused|LXDE{{!}}the LXDE desktop environment}}

Main version

Not to be confused with the LXDE desktop environment.

Sandbox version

↑ This how you could "explain" the link without needing to provide an explicit wikilink (which fails, as seen below).

Incorrect

No parameter (error message)

Wiki code

{{Confused}}

Main version

{{Confused template error}}

Parameter 1 not defined. For correct usage see Confused template's documentation on the 1 parameter.

Sandbox version

One anonymous parameter: wikilinked article title (reveals raw wikicode)

Wiki code

{{Confused|[[LXD]]}}

Main version

Not to be confused with [[LXD]].

Sandbox version

Trying to explain the link you're making (exposes raw wikicode)

Wiki code

{{Confused|the [[LXDE]] desktop environment}}

Main version

Not to be confused with [[the LXDE desktop environment]].

Sandbox version

↑ See the "Creating a piped link" example above for how to do this properly.

Two anonymous parameters (not supported yet)

Wiki code

{{Confused|LXD|LXC}}

Main version

Not to be confused with LXD.

Sandbox version