Template:Uw/doc

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User page link, within Commons when user names are trailed with "~commonswiki"
in other wikipedias when user names are trailed with "~××wiki" (×× for the ISO 639 language code)

Usage

{{U |1= }}

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
1	user name, without the trailing "~commonswiki"		empty	required
2	display name (nick name): may be formatted		param #1	optional
3	ISO 639 language code; If absent: ~commonswiki		empty	optional
4	+ or - to precede the user name with the namespace User: + ("plus" sign) to make User: a part of the link, - ("minus" sign) to precede User: as plain text; (if both signs are specified, "+" is used and "-" is ignored) The +/- parameter can as well be specified with parameter 2 or 3.		empty	optional
link	specify link=no to suppress the link		empty	optional
0	more parameters to format the namespace (when "+" or "-" is specified) » not every possible combination of parameter values is useful «		0	optional
case	for formatting of the namespace:commonswiki case=l display "user" instead of "User" case=i display the national translation, in general a link case=n display the national translation without linking it		empty	optional
i18n	an ISO 639 language code, to follow another translation then yours when parameter setting is case=i or case=n		en	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: no namespace specified

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: no user group specified

Example

{{U|Example}}

renders as:

Example

Localization

This template is not intended to be localized.

More examples

{{ Uw | Example }} gives Example (User:Example~commonswiki)
{{ Uw | Example | w:en }} gives Example (w:en:User:Example~enwiki)
{{ Uw | Example | - }} gives User:Example
{{ Uw | Example | + }} gives User:Example
{{ Uw | Example | commons | - }} gives User:commons
{{ Uw | Example | Comm~user | - | link = no }} gives User:‍Comm~user
{{ Uw | Example | Comm~user | - | link = no | case = l }} gives user:‍Comm~user
{{ Uw | User | Spain~user | w:es | - | case = i | i18n = es }} gives :Spain~user

Table: different displays for {{Uw}} with the namespace option 0
{{ Uw | Example }} 0this is the standard	Example
{{ Uw | Example | - }}	User:Example
{{ Uw | Example | - | case = l }}	user:Example
{{ Uw | Example | - | case = i }}	:Example
{{ Uw | Example | - | case = n }}	user:Example
{{ Uw | Example | + }}	User:Example
{{ Uw | Example | + | case = l }}	user:Example
{{ Uw | Example | + | case = i }}	user:Example
{{ Uw | Example | + | case = n }}	user:Example
{{ Uw | Example | link = n }}	‍Example
{{ Uw | Example | - | link = n }}	User:‍Example
{{ Uw | Example | - | link = n | case = l }}	user:‍Example
{{ Uw | Example | - | link = n | case = i }}	:‍Example
{{ Uw | Example | - | link = n | case = n }}	user:‍Example
{{ Uw | Example | + | link = n }}	User:‍Example
{{ Uw | Example | + | link = n | case = l }}	user:‍Example
{{ Uw | Example | + | link = n | case = i }}	:‍Example
{{ Uw | Example | + | link = n | case = n }}	user:‍Example

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