 | This is a documentation subpage for Template:Disambiguation page short description. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original page. |
 | This template is used on many pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
 | This template adds an automatically generated short description. If the automatic short description is not optimal, replace it by adding {{Short description}} at the top of the article. |
This template sets the string Topics referred to by the same term (Template:Oldid2) as the short description for disambiguation pages via the individual disambiguation message box templates. The use of includeonly here and in the transclusions prevents the templates from receiving that short description.