Wikipedia:Article series#Breaking up long articles

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Article series are useful for easing navigation for very broad subjects. For example, the article [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Israeli-Palestinian_conflict&oldid=213975692 Israeli–Palestinian conflict] contains a table that provides links to all the major issues surrounding that subject, such as Constitution of Palestine and Israel and the European Union.

An alternative to summary style

If a group of articles are interrelated tightly enough, a single overview article (a.k.a. summary article or main article) can be created in a manner described in Wikipedia:Summary style guideline. Such hierarchical style should be preferred over the one described here.

Article series boxes

Navigation between articles in a series is achieved with templates known as article series boxes. Use the same template for all articles in the series – there is no need to maintain separate boxes on each page.

=A vertical series box=

This example has been inserted here using the following syntax: {{tl|History of the United States}}

The contents can be edited by using the following link: Template:History of the United States

You can create similar boxes in a similar way.

==Source of the template==

The page Template:History of the United States might contain the following (or similar) wiki markup:

{{sidebar with collapsible lists

|name = History of the United States

|bodyclass = vcard hlist

|title = {{region history sidebar title

| country = the United States

| linkoverride = History of the
United States

| image = File:Greater coat of arms of the United States.svg

}}

|expanded = timeline

|headingstyle = background:#eee

|listtitlestyle = text-align:center; background:#eee

|list1title = Timeline

|list1name = timeline

|list1 =

|list2title = By ethnicity

|list2name = ethnicity

|list2 =

|list3title = By topic

|list3name = topic

|list3 =

| below = {{portal-inline|United States|size=tiny}}

}}

=Footer boxes=

Footer navigational boxes (called navboxes) may contain links about a broader topic. For example, the footer of The Netherlands shows all countries of the European Union – as The Netherlands is a member state. These boxes are created by inserting the template {{tl|Navbox}} and adding the relevant information.

=Blended series tables=

cellpadding="1" class="toccolours" style="float: right;"

style="border-bottom:1px solid; background:#ccf"|This article is part of the

History of France series.

Gaul

Franks

France in the Middle Ages

France during World War II

Fourth Republic

Fifth Republic

style="border-top:1px solid; border-bottom:1px solid; background: #ccf"|This article is part of the

History of Germany series.

It is also possible to place an article in two different series. For example, Franks is part of both the History of France and History of Germany series. But you should not join the two boxes as pictured. This syntax is deprecated, because it does not lend itself to using identical templates, and thus is highly fragile.