Template:Main list/doc

This template is used to make summary style explicit. It looks like this:

It is used in sections for which there is also a separate more comprehensive list article on the subject.

Usage

 * Basic usage:


 * With a topic:


 * All parameters:

Parameters
This template accepts the following parameters:
 * - the page to link to (required). Categories and files are automatically escaped with the colon trick, and links to sections are automatically formatted as page § section, rather than the MediaWiki default of page#section.
 * - a second page (optional). Same implications as the first parameter apply.
 * - if set to "no", "n", "false", or "0", suppresses the error tracking category (Category:Hatnote templates with errors). This only has an effect if the first positional parameter (the page to link to) is omitted.

Errors
If no page name is supplied, the template will output the following message:

If you see this error message, it is for one of three reasons:
 * 1) No parameters were specified (the template code was ). Please use  instead.
 * 2) The page name was specified, but it contains an equals sign ("="). The equals sign has a special meaning in template code, and because of this it cannot be used in template parameters that do not specify a parameter name. For example, the template code  will produce this error. To work around this, you can specify the parameter name explicitly by using   before the page name, like this:.
 * 3) You tried to access Module:Main list directly by using . Use of #invoke in this way has been disabled for performance reasons. Please use  instead.

If you see this error message and are unsure of what to do, please post a message on the help desk, and someone should be able to help you.

Pages that contain this error message are tracked in Category:Hatnote templates with errors.

Alternative
For cases where the present context provides no short list to which this template "a more comprehensive list" wording could refer, see the template Main listing, which is just a pointer to the list article.