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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 value for some of the categories in this template are as follows (some other variants will also work):

*airport: for [[:Category:Airport disambiguation]]
*callsign: for [[:Category:Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages]]
*chinese: for [[:Category:Disambiguation pages with Chinese character titles]]
*church: for [[:Category:Church building disambiguation pages]]
*fish: for [[:Category:Fish common names]]
*genus: for [[:Category:Genus disambiguation pages]]
*geo: for [[:Category:Place name disambiguation pages]]
*given name: [[:Category:Given names]]
*hn: for [[:Category:Human name disambiguation pages]]
*hospital: for [[:Category:Hospital disambiguation pages]]
*latin: for [[:Category:Latin name disambiguation pages]]
*letter number: for [[:Category:Letter-number combination disambiguation pages]]
*math: for [[:Category:Mathematical disambiguation]]
*molform: for [[:Category:Molecular formula disambiguation pages]]
*number: for [[:Category:Lists of ambiguous numbers]]
*plant: for [[:Category:Plant common names]]
*political: for [[:Category:Political party disambiguation pages]]
*road: for [[:Category:Lists of roads sharing the same title]]
*school: for [[:Category:Educational institution disambiguation]]
*surname: for [[:Category:Surnames]]

*cleanup: for [[:Category:Disambiguation pages in need of cleanup]]
*split: for [[:Category:Disambiguation pages in need of being split]]

This list is usually not complete, since we 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:LIMSwiki 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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