Template:W/doc

This subpage contains documentation, categories, or other content that is not part of the template.
To view the template page itself, see Template:W.

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This template is used to help create interwiki links without displaying the prefix, and without the need for repetition if the page name is to display; in this case understroke characters in the page name are replaced by space characters.

The default prefix is simply w: which creates a link to the English Wikipedia. However the language can be specified in the third parameter.

Usage

Template parameters

Parameter	Description	Default	Status
`1`	page name; also specific [sub]pages (e.g: user, category, talk, ...)	main page of the wiki	required
`2`	display text	parameter #1	optional
`3`	language code (ISO 639-1), or sisterproject prefix	en	optional

Template data

Parameter text is empty

TemplateData

TemplateData is a way to store information about template parameters (the description of those and of the whole template) for both humans and machines. It is used by VisualEditor and possibly other tools like Upload Wizard.

Existing template documentation
At Wikimedia Commons, it is recommended to use {{TemplateBox}} with either ‎useTemplateData=1 or ‎useTemplateData=only on the ‎/doc subpage and transcluding it with {{Documentation}} into the template. ‎<nowiki>-tags can be wrapped around the arguments, if required, to avoid templates being expanded.

Newly created template documentation and imports
Another option, especially for imported templates, or for users with JSON experience, is placing raw ‎<templatedata>-tags into the Wikitext of the template, as described in various Wikipediae.

Wikipedia's help about TemplateData • Commons-specific information

This template is used to help create interwiki links without displaying the prefix, and without the need for repetition if the page name is to display; in this case understroke characters in the page name are replaced by space characters.

The default prefix is simply <tt>w:</tt> which creates a link to the English Wikipedia. However the language can be specified in the third parameter.

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
	Description	Type	Status
`1`	page name; also specific [sub]pages (e.g: user, category, talk, ...) Default main page of the wiki	Unknown	required
`2`	display text Default parameter #1	Unknown	optional
`3`	language code (ISO 639), or sisterproject prefix Default en	Unknown	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: all namespaces

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Localization

This template is not intended to be localized.

Recommendation

Instead of an external link to sister projects e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia] use better an internal one like {{W||en.wikipedia}}.

Examples

All parameter combinations

000 {{W}} → Wikipedia ^[1]

003 {{W|3=es}} → Wikipedia ^[1] {{We}}
003 {{W|3=pt}} → Wikipedia ^[1]

020 {{W||Main Page}} → Main Page
020 {{W||en:Main Page}} → en:Main Page

023 {{W||Ĉefpaĝo|eo}} → Ĉefpaĝo
023 {{W||pt:Wikipedia|pt}} → pt:Wikipedia
023 {{W||pt:Wp|pt}} → pt:Wp (preferred style of a link to a national mainpage)
023 {{W||de:Wp|de}} → de:Wp {{Wd}}: {{ Wd | | de:Wp }}

100 {{W|Page name}} → Page name

103 {{W|Page name||it}} → Page name {{Wi}}
103 {{W|Page name||fr}} → Page name {{Wf}}
103 {{W|{{FULLPAGENAME}}|3=pl}} → Template:W/doc

120 {{W|Page name|Display name}} → Display name

123 {{W|Page name|Display name|nl}} → Display name {{Wn}}
123 {{W|Page name|Display name|hu}} → Display name {{Wh}}

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 It is recommended to use parameter #2 giving an explaining text, as shown in the “023” Main Page examples.

Complex page name examples

3=de	de:Wikipedia	Benutzer Diskussion:Andreas_06/Spielwiese/Stadien_der_Fußball-Bundesliga
3=fr	fr:Wikipédia	Discussion aide:Catégorie/Archive3#Appels à volontaires pour Aide à la conception de l'arborescence
3=yi	yi:Wikipedia	ענדערן הילף:אינהאלט
3=pt	pt:Wikipedia	Categoria:Cidades fantasmas da Califórnia • Predefinição Discussão:!Info pessoal
3=	en:Wikipedia	Template talk:Welcome/fr#Pas assez informatif

3=nl:b	nl:Wikibooks	Scalable Vector Graphics/Stijl
3=en:d	en:Wikidata	Project chat
3=en:n	en:Wikinews	Egyptian MP calls for web porn ban
3=fi:q	fi:Wikiquote	Elizabeth II
3=es:s	es:Wikisource	Archivo:Las Maravillas Del Cielo pg 7.jpg
3=sv:v	sv:Wikiversity	Surdegsbakning för hemmabagaren
3=pl:voy	pl:Wikivoyage	San Francisco
3=lt:wikt	lt:Wiktionary	Sąrašas:Kinų hieroglifų raktai

3=m	00 Metawiki	VisualEditor/Newsletter/2014/November/ka
3=mw	00 Mediawiki	Extension:ParserFunctions/it
3=species	0Wikispecies	Verrucaria halizoa
3=en:commons	en:Commons	Template:W

[r-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 It is recommended to use parameter #2 giving an explaining text, as shown in the “023” Main Page examples.

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