Template:Main/doc

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To view the template page itself, see Template:Main.

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Usage

To link to a main article on a topic like Example, use

{{main|Example}}

which renders as

You can add up to 5 article names in parameters:

{{main|Example|Example|Example|Example|Example}}

which renders as

These parameters are used to generate links and may include namespace prefixes or interwiki prefixes. If you want to hide these prefixes (for example here for a link to English Wikipedia) and display an alternative text you can use

{{main|w:en:Example{{!}}Example (in English Wikipedia)}}.

which renders as {{main|w:en:Example|Example (in English Wikipedia)}}.

Internationalisation

Many articles on Meta should be translatable, in that case use

{{main|Special:MyLanguage/Example{{!}}<translate>Example</translate>}}

which renders as

See also

• {{Further}}
• {{Ll}} (shortcut for {{Localized link}})