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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]]
; Buildings and structures disambiguation pages‎
; Non-religious buildings and structures 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]]
* 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.

== 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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