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== Comma as well as "and" ==

This needs to support <code>||</code> or <code>|,|</code> as input to generate a comma, as well as presently-supported <code>|and|</code> to generate the word "and", so that this:
:{{tlx|About|humans as a species|other uses|Human (disambiguation)|<nowiki />|Humanity (virtue)|<nowiki />|Human nature|and|Human condition}}
works. <span style="white-space:nowrap;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'"> — [[User:SMcCandlish|'''SMcCandlish''' ☺]] [[User talk:SMcCandlish|☏]] [[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish|¢]] ≽<sup>ʌ</sup>ⱷ҅<sub>ᴥ</sub>ⱷ<sup>ʌ</sup>≼ </span>

== How does selfref= work? ==

This documentation says that {{tq|This template supports <nowiki>|selfref=</nowiki> (see {{tl|self reference}} and MOS:SELFREF for details).}} but none of these three pages give an example or instruction of how to apply this option.

What's the format for it? If I try <code>|selfref=WP:FALSEBALANCE</code> or <code>|selfref=FALSEBALANCE</code>, I get {{tq|For the Wikipedia policy, see False balance (disambiguation).}} at the end of the hatnote. [[User:Lord Belbury|Lord Belbury]] ([[User talk:Lord Belbury|talk]]) 08:16, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
:{{Re|Lord Belbury}} After poking around in the code a bit, I think the intended usage is <code>selfref=yes</code>, leaving all the other parameters unchanged:
:<code><nowiki>{{about|subject1|the Wikipedia policy on subject2|WP:FALSEBALANCE|selfref=yes}}</nowiki></code>
{{about|subject1|the Wikipedia policy on subject2|WP:FALSEBALANCE|selfref=yes}}
:...and poking about in the generated HTML code shows that the "selfref" class has been added. -- [[User:John of Reading|John of Reading]] ([[User talk:John of Reading|talk]]) 09:49, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

::Got it, I didn't realise it was for applying selfref status to the entire template, I assumed it was to allow a single unprintworthy "and for Wikipedia policy" link at the end of a long hatnote. I'll update the documentation to say what it's for. --[[User:Lord Belbury|Lord Belbury]] ([[User talk:Lord Belbury|talk]]) 09:57, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

== Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 12 March 2023 ==

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The 3rd example:
*{{Tlx|About|<nowiki/>|Use2|Article2}} → {{About||Use2|Article2}}

should have a generic, unqualified "other uses" / disambiguation example explicitly included just before (or after) it:

*{{Tlx|About|<nowiki/>|other uses|Category:Disambiguation pages}} → {{About||other uses| Category:Disambiguation pages}}


So "[[About (disambiguation)]]" would be the clean example here, but as this is the "[[About]]" page, this [[Template:About| About template]] already links to "[[About (disambiguation)]]" by default. However this syntactic, calling-convention privilege is shared by none of the other pages listed in [[About (disambiguation)]], even though it would be useful to link to the disambiguation page from any and every of the potentially ambiguated pages, see [[About (surname)]], [[About.com]], [[about.me]], [[abOUT]], [[About URI scheme]], [[About box]], or [[About equal sign]]. I mean to use this in related and adapted works of literature and art, since this example strikes me as a little silly.

I had trouble understanding that I needed to abstract this example to get what I wanted — the template parameter interpretation is fairly opaque. I think this usage, which should be common, should be show in way that's easy to understand, and easy to copy and use without deeper thought beyond the intent. 

I expect that a disambiguation link to something with a name that is a substring of the including page title is a common occurrence, and so appropriate syntax should be demonstrated on this documentation page.

I have in mind to use this in such a case (my recent edits are hint enough), and there are around 2 dozen pages I think I will use this example on immediately. [[User:Mcint|Mcint]] ([[User talk:Mcint|talk]]) 01:56, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

* Definitely a helpful example to have! I've updated the docs accordingly. [[User:ElanHR|ElanHR]] ([[User talk:ElanHR|talk]]) 05:55, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

== Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 12 March 2023 (2) ==

{{Edit extended-protected|Template:About/doc|answered=yes}}
Replace item 4, with shorter form.
*{{Tlx|About|<nowiki/>|other uses|Article (disambiguation)}} → {{About||other uses|Article (disambiguation)}}
should become
*{{Tlx|About|<nowiki/>|<nowiki/>|Article (disambiguation)}} → {{About|||Article (disambiguation)}} [[User:Mcint|Mcint]] ([[User talk:Mcint|talk]]) 06:05, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
:[[File:Pictogram voting wait.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Already done'''<!-- Template:EEp --> {{noping|ElanHR}} took care of this. [[User:Lizthegrey|Lizthegrey]] ([[User talk:Lizthegrey|talk]]) 16:51, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
:::'''Not actually fixed yet :)''' [[User:ElanHR|ElanHR]] and [[User:Lizthegrey|Lizthegrey]], this is still broken on the page - it's missing a 3rd vertical bar. Currently it looks like this:
:::*{{Tlx|About|<nowiki/>|Article (disambiguation)}}
:::but it should look like this, with the third vertical bar added:
:::*{{Tlx|About|<nowiki/>|<nowiki/>|Article (disambiguation)}}
:::Thank you!
:::[[Special:Contributions/136.25.161.245|136.25.161.245]] ([[User talk:136.25.161.245|talk]]) 20:36, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
::::Sorry about that! Fixed now. Looks like it was missing an extra nowiki. [[User:Lizthegrey|lizthegrey]] ([[User talk:Lizthegrey|talk]]) 21:15, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

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