Wikipedia:Template index/Sister projects

{{see also|Help:Interwikimedia links|Wikipedia:Soft redirect|m:Help:Transwiki}}

This page lists templates that are designed to provide article-to-article linking between Wikipedia and its Wikimedia sister projects. It also provides links to pages concerning moving articles between projects.

Templates

=MediaWiki=

Links to pages on the MediaWiki site:

class="wikitable"
TemplateWhat it makesWhere it goes
{{tl|media}}

| Places the page in the appropriate category.

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{{tlx|media|insert media type here}}

  • Placed at bottom of article
{{tlrow|mediaWiki|insert word here}}

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{{tlx|mediaWiki|insert word here}}

  • Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
  • Parameter is optional, defaults to PAGENAME
{{tetl|mlmw | target page | optional anchor name | optional label }}

|{{mlmw|target page|optional anchor name}} or {{mlmw|target page|optional anchor name|optional label}}

This template produces an interwiki link to mediawiki.org, and also a "hidden external link", to allow it to be found by Linksearch, e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALinksearch&target=www.mediawiki.org%2Fwiki%2FTarget_page%23optional_anchor_name].

|Anywhere on page

=Meta-Wiki=

Links to pages on the Meta-Wiki site:

class="wikitable"
TemplateWhat it makesWhere it goes
{{tlrow|meta|Insert page title here}}

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{{tlx|meta|Insert page title here}}

  • Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
  • Parameter is optional, defaults to PAGENAME

=Simple=

  • :wikt:simple:Main Page simple English dictionary
  • =Wikibooks=

    Links to pages on the Wikibooks site:

    class="wikitable"
    TemplateWhat it makesWhere it goes
    {{tlrow|cookbook}}

    |

    Placed next to an appropriate section, if there is one. Otherwise in "See also" section.

    {{tlrow|copy to Wikibooks|category=no}}

    | Top of article.

    {{tlrow|wikibooks}}

    |

    Placed next to an appropriate section, if there is one (e.g. links to annotated works next to the "Plot" or "Synopsis" section). Otherwise in "See also" section.

    =Wikifunctions=

    Links to pages on the Wikifunctions site:

    class="wikitable"
    TemplateWhat it makesWhere it goes
    {{tlrow|wikifunctions|Insert Z id here}}

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    {{tlx|wikifunctions|Insert Z id here}}

    • Placed next to an appropriate section, if there is one. Otherwise in "See also" section.

    =Wikimedia Commons=

    {{Selfref|For the embedding of Wikimedia Commons' resources in Wikipedia articles, see Wikipedia:Wikimedia Commons}}

    class="wikitable"
    TemplateWhat it makesWhere it goes
    {{tetl|commons}}

    |

    {{commons|insert media page title here}}

    |

    {{tlx|commons|insert media page title here}}

    • Placed next to the appropriate section, if there is one.
    • Uses parameter {{{1}}} for linking to a specific Commons page and {{PAGENAME}}for displayed link.
    {{tetl|commons category}}

    |

    {{commons category|Insert category name here}}

    |

    {{tlx|commons category|Insert category name here}}

    • Bottom of article (typically in External links).
    {{tetl|commons category-inline}}

    |

    {{commons category-inline|Insert category name here}}

    |

    {{tlx|commons category-inline|Insert category name here}}

    • Bottom of article (typically in list at External links).
    {{tetl|copy to Wikimedia Commons}}

    |

    {{copy to Wikimedia Commons|category=no}}

    | Top of article.

    {{tetl|now Commons}}

    | {{now Commons|File:FileName.jpg}}

    |

    {{tlx|now Commons|File:FileName.jpg}}

    • Placed at bottom of image description
    • Allows identification of moved files
    • Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic categorizing.

    =Wikinews=

    Moving pages to Wikinews is not possible, for legal reasons. Copying material to Wikinews would relicense it under the CC BY license, which is incompatible with CC BY-SA and GFDL. However, Wikinews articles can be moved to Wikipedia.

    class="wikitable"
    TemplateWhat it makesWhere it goes
    {{tetl|wikinews}}

    |

    {{wikinews|insert article name here}}

    |

    {{tlx|wikinews|insert article name here}}

    • Placed next to the discussion of the event.
    • Uses parameter (i.e. insert article name here) for a manual link.
    • For multiple news articles, use {{tl|wikinewshas}} to save repetition.
    {{tetl|wikinews category}}

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    {{wikinews category|Insert category name here}}

    |

    {{tlx|Wikinews category|Insert category name here}}

    • Placed next to the discussion of the event.

    =Wikiquote=

    Links to pages on the Wikiquote site:

    class="wikitable"
    TemplateWhat it makesWhere it goes
    {{tetl|copy to Wikiquote}}

    |

    {{copy to Wikiquote|category=no}}

    | Top of article or section.

    {{tetl|copy section to Wikiquote}}

    |{{copy to Wikiquote|section=yes|category=no}}

    | Top of section which is long enough to be better suited at Wikiquote.

    rowspan="3" | {{tetl|wikiquote}}

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    {{tl|wikiquote}} - provides link that invokes a search of Wikiquote, using the current page's name ({{PAGENAME}})

    {{wikiquote}}

    | rowspan="3" | either the Quotes or External links section

    {{tlx|wikiquote|Duke Nukem}} - provides a link to a specific Wikiquote page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name.

    {{wikiquote|Duke Nukem}}

    {{tlx|wikiquote|The Simpsons#Bart Simpson|Bart Simpson}} - provides a link to a specific Wikiquote page (1st parameter) and an optional display name (2nd parameter)

    {{wikiquote|The Simpsons#Bart Simpson|Bart Simpson}}

    =Wikisource=

    Links to pages on the Wikisource site:

    class="wikitable"
    TemplateWhat it makesWhere it goes
    {{tetl|copy to Wikisource}}

    |

    {{copy to Wikisource|Optional comment|category=no}}

    | Top of article

    {{tetl|copy section to Wikisource}}

    |{{copy section to Wikisource|category=no}}

    | Top
    of section which is long enough to be better suited at Wikisource.

    rowspan="3" | {{tetl|wikisource}}

    |

    {{tl|wikisource}} - provides link that invokes a search of Wikisource, using the current page's name ({{PAGENAME}})

    {{wikisource}}

    | rowspan="3" | adjoining a body reference to the source or in the External links section with other sister project links

    {{tlx|wikisource|William Wilson}} - provides a link to a specific Wikisource page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name.

    {{wikisource|William Wilson}}

    {{tlx|wikisource|The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf|The Boy Who Cried Wolf}} - provides a link to a specific Wikisource page (1st parameter) and an optional display name (2nd parameter)

    {{wikisource|The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf|The Boy Who Cried Wolf}}

    rowspan="3" | {{tetl|wikisource author}}

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    {{tl|wikisource author}} - Links to Author: page, using the current page's name ({{PAGENAME}})

    {{wikisource author}}

    | rowspan="3" | External links section of author biographies

    {{tlx|wikisource author|James Joyce}} - provides a link to a specific Wikisource page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name.

    {{wikisource author|James Joyce}}

    {{tlx|wikisource author|George Herbert Walker Bush|George H. W. Bush}} - provides a link to a specific Wikisource page (1st parameter) and an optional display name (2nd parameter)

    {{wikisource author|George Herbert Walker Bush|George H. W. Bush}}

    rowspan="3" | {{tetl|wikisource index}}

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    {{tl|wikisource index}} - Links to Wikisource: page (i.e. where Wikisource topic index pages reside), using the current page's name ({{PAGENAME}})

    {{wikisource index}}

    | rowspan="3" | External links section of topic article

    {{tlx|wikisource index|Australia}} - provides a link to a specific Wikisource topic index page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name.

    {{wikisource index|Australia}}

    {{tlx|wikisource index|Banksia marginata|B. marginata}} - provides a link to a specific Wikisource topic index page (1st parameter) and an optional display name (2nd parameter)

    {{wikisource index|Banksia marginata|B. marginata}}

    {{tetl|wikisourcecat}}

    |

    {{tlx|wikisourcecat|Hymns}}

    {{wikisourcecat|Hymns}}

    | External links section

    {{tetl|wikisourcelang}}

    |

    {{tlx|wikisourcelang|fr|Voltaire|Voltaire}}

    {{wikisourcelang|fr|Voltaire|Voltaire}}

    Parameters

    1. language code
    2. destination page name
    3. displayed text

    | adjoining a body reference to the source or in the External links section with other sister project links

    {{tetl|wikisource|old{{=}}y}}

    |

    {{tlx|wikisource|Universala Deklaracio de Homaj Rajtoj|Universala Deklaracio de Homaj Rajtoj|old{{=}}y}}

    {{wikisource|Universala Deklaracio de Homaj Rajtoj|Universala Deklaracio de Homaj Rajtoj|old=y}}

    :Links to languages without own domain.

    Parameters

    1. destination page name
    2. displayed text

    | adjoining a body reference to the source or in the External links section with other sister project links

    {{tetl|AmCyc poster}}

    |

    {{tlx|AmCyc poster|Insert title here}}

    {{AmCyc poster|Insert title here}}

    | External links section

    {{tetl|Americana poster}}

    |

    {{tlx|Americana poster|Insert title here}}

    {{Americana poster|Insert title here}}

    | External links section

    {{tetl|Appletons' poster}}

    |

    {{tlx|Appletons' poster|Insert title here}}

    {{Appletons' poster|Insert title here}}

    | External links section

    {{tetl|CE1913 poster}}

    |

    {{tlx|CE1913 poster|Insert title here}}

    {{CE1913 poster|Insert title here}}

    | External links section

    {{tetl|Collier's poster}}

    |

    {{tlx|Collier's poster|Insert title here}}

    {{Collier's poster|Insert title here}}

    | External links section

    {{tetl|DGRBM poster}}

    |

    {{tlx|DGRBM poster|Insert title here}}

    {{DGRBM poster|Insert title here}}

    | External links section

    DGRG

    | {{tetl|DNB poster}}

    |

    {{tlx|DNB poster|Insert title here}}

    {{DNB poster|Insert title here}}

    | External links section

    {{tetl|Eastons poster}}

    |

    {{tlx|Eastons poster|Insert title here}}

    {{Eastons poster|Insert title here}}

    | External links section

    {{tetl|EB1911 poster}}

    |

    {{tlx|EB1911 poster|Insert title here}}

    {{EB1911 poster|Insert title here}}

    | External links section

    {{tetl|EB1922 poster}}

    |

    {{tlx|EB1922 poster|Insert title here}}

    {{EB1922 poster|Insert title here}}

    | External links section

    {{tetl|EB9 poster}}

    |

    {{tlx|EB9 poster|Insert title here}}

    {{EB9 poster|Insert title here}}

    | External links section

    {{tetl|EBD poster}}

    |

    {{tlx|EBD poster|Insert title here}}

    {{EBD poster|Insert title here}}

    | External links section

    {{tetl|NIE poster}}

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    {{tlx|NIE poster|Insert title here}}

    {{NIE poster|Insert title here}}

    | External links section

    {{tetl|NSRW poster}}

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    {{tlx|NSRW poster|Insert title here}}

    {{NSRW poster|Insert title here}}

    | External links section

    {{tetl|Nuttall poster}}

    |

    {{tlx|Nuttall poster|Insert title here}}

    {{Nuttall poster|Insert title here}}

    | External links section

    {{tetl|SBDEL poster}}

    |

    {{tlx|SBDEL poster|Insert title here}}

    {{SBDEL poster|Insert title here}}

    | External links section

    =Wikispecies=

    Links to pages on the Wikispecies site:

    style="width: 100%;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
    TemplateWhat it makesWhere it goes
    {{tetl|wikispecies}}

    |

    {{wikispecies|Insert page title here}}

    |

    {{tlx|wikispecies|insert word here}}

    • Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
    • Uses parameter for a manual link.

    =Wikiversity=

    Links to pages on the Wikiversity site:

    class="wikitable"
    TemplateWhat it makesWhere it goes
    {{tetl|wikiversity}}

    |

    {{wikiversity|Insert page title here}}

    |

    {{tlx|wikiversity|insert word here}}

    • Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
    • Uses parameter for a manual link.

    =Wikivoyage=

    Links to pages on the Wikivoyage site:

    class="wikitable"
    TemplateWhat it makesWhere it goes
    {{tetl|wikivoyage}}

    |

    {{wikivoyage|Insert page title here}}

    |

    {{tlx|wikivoyage|insert page title here}}

    • Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
    • Uses parameter for a manual link.
    {{tetl|wikivoyage-inline}}

    |

    {{wikivoyage-inline|Insert page title here}}

    |

    {{tlx|wikivoyage-inline|insert page title here}}

    • External links section

    =Wiktionary=

    {{seealso|Template:Wiktionary templates common doc}}

    Links to pages on the Wiktionary site:

    class="wikitable"
    TemplateWhat it makesWhere it goes
    definition of SomeWord

    | sophisticated (adj.) Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan.

    |

    A word inline with text.

    rowspan="3" | {{tetl|wiktionary}}

    |

    {{wiktionary}}

    {{tl|wiktionary}} - provides link that invokes a search of Wiktionary, using the current page's name ({{PAGENAME}}); uses a search rather than linking directly to a page — because Wiktionary article titles are fully case sensitive, this may not yield the desired result

    | rowspan="3" |

    • At the top of the page for disambiguation pages.
    • In the External Links section for articles.
    • Next to any cross-reference to Wiktionary, if there is one.
    {{wiktionary|sophisticated}}

    {{tlx|wiktionary|sophisticated}} - provides a link to a specific Wiktionary page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name.

    {{wiktionary|sophisticated|Sophistic}}

    {{tlx|wiktionary|sophisticated|Sophistic}} - provides a link to a specific Wiktionary page (1st parameter) and an optional display name (2nd parameter)

    {{tl|wiktionary-inline}}

    | {{tl|wiktionary-inline}}

    {{wiktionary-inline}}

    {{tlx|wiktionary-inline|Wiktionary Page}}

    {{wiktionary-inline|wiktionary Page}}

    {{tlx|wiktionary-inline|Wiktionary Page|Link Text}}

    {{wiktionary-inline|Wiktionary Page|Link Text}}

    |

    • Inline with disambiguation pages
    • External links section
    {{tetl|wiktionary redirect}}

    |

    {{wiktionary redirect|nocat=1}}

    |

    {{tlx|wiktionary redirect|sophisticated}}

    |

    {{wiktionary redirect|sophisticated|nocat=1}}

    |

    Top of the article.

    =Several/all Wikimedia sister projects in box=

    class="wikitable"
    TemplateWhat it makesWhere it goes
    {{tetl|sister project links}}

    |

    {{sister project links|Page name here}}

    |

    {{tlx|sister project links|Page name here}}

    • Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
    • Needs manual parameter
    {{tl|wikimedia for portals}}

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    {{wikimedia for portals}}

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    • Placed at the bottom of portal pages, usually on a subpage

    =Metapages in Wikimedia sister projects=

    class="wikitable"
    TemplateWhat it makesWhere it goes
    {{tetl|wikimediameta}}

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    {{wikimediameta}}

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    {{tlx|wikimediameta}}

    • Placed at bottom of article (typically in Internal or External links).
    • Cannot use parameters for a manual link, because the links are automatic.
    • Coordinated and coherent (used in all the wikimedia sisterprojects and in the same way).

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