Template:Sister project links
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The {{Sister project links}} template provides one box with links to corresponding pages on various Wikimedia sister projects. The following pages are sought, in order:
- An explicit page chosen by an editor (if provided)
- A sitelink in Wikidata (if exists)
- A search page on the sister project
Sending a reader to a search page can be an unpleasant experience, if there is no corresponding page for that subject. Editors have a choice between two methods to prevent this negative experience:
- Manually check each project for a relevant page, if missing, then set argument to "no" (e.g.,
|wikt=n
) - Use "automatic mode", which only displays a sister project by default if sitelink exists (e.g.,
|auto=yes
)
Note that {{Sister project auto}} is equivalent to {{Sister project links|auto=yes}}
.
Usage
{{Sister project links
<!-- Configuration parameters. -->
|1= |display= |auto= |collapsible= |position= |style=
<!-- Note: The order of the projects is as they appear in the navbox. -->
<!-- First part: Projects that default to "yes" when auto=no -->
|wikt= |c= |n= |q= |s= |b= |v=
<!-- Second part: Projects that default to "no" when auto=no -->
|voy= |species= |species_author= |iw= |d= |m= |mw= |f=
<!-- The following parameters specifying search options for pages above. -->
|commonscat= <!-- (relevant for c) force link to commons category -->
|author= <!-- (relevant for s) force search for author name in wikisource -->
|cookbook= <!-- (relevant for b) force link to cookbook at wikibooks -->
}}
Example with all parameters and all projects displayed (see right):
{{Sister project links
|1= |display= |auto= |collapsible= |position= |style=
|wikt= |c= |n= |q= |s= |b= |v=
|voy=yes |species=yes |species_author=John |iw=en |d=yes |m=yes |mw=yes |f=yes
|commonscat= |author= |cookbook=
}}
Default display
For any project parameter, there are four acceptable values:
- "yes" means find a reasonable link for the sister project (Wikidata, or default back to search)
- "no" means exclude this sister project: no link
- a string means link to the page with whose title is that string
- blank or missing means use the default
- If
|auto=yes
, default is either use Wikidata (if present), or drop the link - If
|auto=no
, if project is in the "yes" list above, either use Wikidata or search. Otherwise drop the link.
- If
Location
Generally:
Do not place this template in a section all by itself.
Do not place this template in a section containing columns.
Specifically:
- In articles, this template should normally be placed at the top of the External links section, if it exists. Otherwise, place this template at the top of the last section in the article.
- See Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects#Where to place links for more information and alternatives.
- In disambiguation pages, this template should be listed above other text, but below any cleanup templates, images, infoboxes or navboxes.
Interwiki link
The |iw=
parameter is for use in articles about languages themselves. It is designed to be used instead of the {{InterWiki}} template: it links to the Main Page of Wikipedia that corresponds to the language code. See Template:InterWiki/doc for more information. Up to three sister Wikipedias can be linked, using |iw=
, |iw1=
, and |iw2=
.
TemplateData
TemplateData for Sister project links
Displays a terminal window with a set of commands. If the titles in the individual sister projects differ, use the following parameters, which are taken from [[Help:Interwiki linking]]. The value "Yes" means that the page will be found automatically.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Search term | 1 | Use if the ''search term'' differs from the pagename. E.g. to change the capitalization for Wiktionary links
| String | optional |
Display name | display | Use if the ''display name'' is different from the search term. For example, the bear article would be 'Bears'.
| String | optional |
Use wikidata to fill defaults | auto | If auto="yes", then sister projects with wikidata sitelinks are filled-in, others are off by default. Each project can be overridden with its own parameter.
| String | optional |
Collapsible? | collapsible | Set to "yes" to make the template collapsible. Set to "collapsed" to make the template collapsible and initially collapsed.
| String | optional |
Position | position | Specifies whether the box floats to the left or right. The only acceptable value is "left" which causes the box to float to the left. Any other value (not specifying this parameter) activates the default. (Float to the right.)
| String | optional |
CSS style | style | Optional CSS style specifications. Use with caution. (And don't use for evil!) | String | optional |
Wiktionary link | wikt | Wiktionary link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes", and "no".
| String | optional |
Commons link | c commons | Commons link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no".
| String | optional |
Commons category? | commonscat | Specifies whether a link to a category on Wikimedia Commons is shown. Can be "yes" or "no".
| String | optional |
Wikinews link | n | Wikinews link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no".
| String | optional |
Wikiquote link | q | Wikiquote link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no".
| String | optional |
Wikisource link | s | Wikisource link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no".
| String | optional |
Wikisource author? | author | Use for articles about authors to force the Wikisource links to include the "Author:" prefix. Can be set to "yes" or "no".
| String | optional |
Wikibooks link | b | Wikibooks link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no".
| String | optional |
Cookbook | cookbook | If yes, link to Cookbook at wikibooks. If string, use that string as article title in Cookbooks.
| String | optional |
Wikiversity link | v | Wikiversity link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes", and "no".
| String | optional |
Wikivoyage link | voy | Wikivoyage link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no".
| String | optional |
Wikispecies taxon link | species | Wikispecies link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no".
| String | optional |
Wikispecies author link | species_author | Wikispecies author link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no". Even if "yes" it will be only displayed when species ≠ "yes"
| String | optional |
Interwiki link | iw | Link to other language edition. Acceptable values are a Wikipedia language code (e.g., "de"), "yes" and "no".
| String | optional |
Wikidata link | d | Wikidata link to show. Acceptable values are a QID, "yes" and "no".
| String | optional |
Meta link | m | Meta link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no".
| String | optional |
MediaWiki link | mw | MediaWiki link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no".
| String | optional |
Wikifunctions link | f | Wikifunctions link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no".
| String | optional |
Images used
This template potentially displays the following images:
Wiktionary logo
wikt
Wikimedia Commons logo
c
orcommons
Wikinews logo
n
Wikiquote logo
q
Wikisource logo
s
Wikibooks logo
b
Wikivoyage logo
voy
Wikiversity logo
v
Wikispecies logo
species
orspecies_author
Wikipedia logo
iw
Wikidata logo
d
Meta-Wiki logo
m
MediaWiki logo
mw
Wikifunctions logo
f
Tracking categories
- Category:Pages using Sister project links with unknown parameters (2)
- Category:Pages using Sister project links with default search (4,247)
- Category:Pages using Sister project links with hidden wikidata (6,320)
- Category:Pages using Sister project links with wikidata namespace mismatch (1,033)
- Category:Pages using Sister project links with wikidata mismatch (545)
- Category:Pages with empty sister project links (55)
See also
- Template:Sister project – used on more than one million pages
- Template:Sister bar – a horizontal version
- Template:Subject bar – a horizontal version that includes optional portals
- Template:Commons
- Wikipedia:Template index/Sister projects
- Help:Interwiki linking