Wikipedia:Template index/Sister projects

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

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MediaWiki

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Links to pages on the MediaWiki site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
{{media}} Places the page in the appropriate category.

{{media|insert media type here}}

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

  • Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
  • Parameter is optional, defaults to PAGENAME
{{mlmw | target page| optional anchor name| optional label}}
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mw:Target page#optional anchor namehttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Target_page#optional_anchor_name or optional labelhttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Target_page#optional_anchor_name

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. [1].

Anywhere on page

Meta-Wiki

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Links to pages on the Meta-Wiki site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
{{meta}}
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{{meta|Insert page title here}}

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

Simple

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Wikibooks

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Links to pages on the Wikibooks site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
{{cookbook}}
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Placed next to an appropriate section, if there is one. Otherwise in "See also" section.

{{copy to Wikibooks}}
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Top of article.
{{wikibooks}}
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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

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Links to pages on the Wikifunctions site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
{{wikifunctions}}
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{{wikifunctions|Insert Z id here}}

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


Wikimedia Commons

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Template What it makes Where it goes
{{commons}}
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{{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.
{{commons category}}
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{{commons category|Insert category name here}}

  • Bottom of article (typically in External links).
{{commons category-inline}}
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  Media related to Insert category name here at Wikimedia Commons

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

  • Bottom of article (typically in list at External links).
{{copy to Wikimedia Commons}}
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Top of article.
{{now Commons}}
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This template should only be used on file (image) pages.

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

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

Wikinews

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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.

Template What it makes Where it goes
{{wikinews}}
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{{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 {{wikinewshas}} to save repetition.
{{wikinews category}}
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{{Wikinews category|Insert category name here}}

  • Placed next to the discussion of the event.

Wikiquote

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Links to pages on the Wikiquote site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
{{copy to Wikiquote}}
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Top of article or section.
{{copy section to Wikiquote}}
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Top of section which is long enough to be better suited at Wikiquote.
{{wikiquote}}
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{{wikiquote}} - provides link that invokes a search of Wikiquote, using the current page's name ({{PAGENAME}})

either the Quotes or External links section

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

Wikisource

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Links to pages on the Wikisource site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
{{copy to Wikisource}}
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Top of article
{{copy section to Wikisource}}
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no Top
of section which is long enough to be better suited at Wikisource.
{{wikisource}}
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{{wikisource}} - provides link that invokes a search of Wikisource, using the current page's name ({{PAGENAME}})

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

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

External links section of author biographies

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

External links section of topic article

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

{{wikisourcecat}}
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{{wikisourcecat|Hymns}}

External links section
{{wikisourcelang}}
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{{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
{{wikisource|old=y}}
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{{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
{{AmCyc poster}}
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{{AmCyc poster|Insert title here}}

External links section
{{Americana poster}}
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{{Americana poster|Insert title here}}

External links section
{{Appletons' poster}}
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{{Appletons' poster|Insert title here}}

External links section
{{CE1913 poster}}
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{{CE1913 poster|Insert title here}}

External links section
{{Collier's poster}}
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{{Collier's poster|Insert title here}}

External links section
{{DGRBM poster}}
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{{DGRBM poster|Insert title here}}

External links section
{{DNB poster}}
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{{DNB poster|Insert title here}}

External links section
{{Eastons poster}}
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{{Eastons poster|Insert title here}}

External links section
{{EB1911 poster}}
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{{EB1911 poster|Insert title here}}

External links section
{{EB1922 poster}}
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{{EB1922 poster|Insert title here}}

External links section
{{EB9 poster}}
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{{EB9 poster|Insert title here}}

External links section
{{EBD poster}}
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{{EBD poster|Insert title here}}

External links section
{{NIE poster}}
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{{NIE poster|Insert title here}}

External links section
{{NSRW poster}}
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{{NSRW poster|Insert title here}}

External links section
{{Nuttall poster}}
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{{Nuttall poster|Insert title here}}

External links section
{{SBDEL poster}}
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{{SBDEL poster|Insert title here}}

External links section

Wikispecies

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Links to pages on the Wikispecies site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
{{wikispecies}}
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{{wikispecies|insert word here}}

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

Wikiversity

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Links to pages on the Wikiversity site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
{{wikiversity}}
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{{wikiversity|insert word here}}

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

Wikivoyage

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Links to pages on the Wikivoyage site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
{{wikivoyage}}
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{{wikivoyage|insert page title here}}

  • Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
  • Uses parameter for a manual link.
{{wikivoyage-inline}}
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  Insert page title here travel guide from Wikivoyage

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

  • External links section

Wiktionary

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Links to pages on the Wiktionary site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
[[wikt:SomeWord|definition of SomeWord]] sophisticated (adj.) Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan.

A word inline with text.

{{wiktionary}}
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{{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

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

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

{{wiktionary-inline}} {{wiktionary-inline}}

  The dictionary definition of template index/sister projects at Wiktionary

{{wiktionary-inline|Wiktionary Page}}

  The dictionary definition of wiktionary Page at Wiktionary

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

  The dictionary definition of Link Text at Wiktionary

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

Top of the article.

Several/all Wikimedia sister projects in box

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Template What it makes Where it goes
{{sister project links}}
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{{sister project links|Page name here}}

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

The following Wikimedia Foundation sister projects provide more on this subject:

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

Metapages in Wikimedia sister projects

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Template What it makes Where it goes
{{wikimediameta}}
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Wikimedia Foundation
Look up Template index/Sister projects in the metapage of Wiktionary. Look up Template index/Sister projects in the metapage of Wikinews. Look up Template index/Sister projects in the metapage of Wikiquote. Look up Template index/Sister projects in the metapage of Wikibooks. Look up Template index/Sister projects in the metapage of Wikisource. Look up Template index/Sister projects in the metapage of Commons. Look up Template index/Sister projects in the metapage of Wikispecies.

{{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).