Template:Sister project links

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The {{Sister project links}} template provides links to the Search page on the various Wikimedia sister projects. If a matching article exists, the reader will be directed there. Otherwise, normal search results are shown.

Please do not use this template to include links to projects where no corresponding page for that subject exists. Such links are not useful for readers, may be confusing, and detract from links to sister projects where pages do exist. If pages exists on only a small number of sister projects, either customize the display of this template to show only valid links, or use individual sister project templates instead.

Parameters

{{Sister project links
<!-- Configuration parameters. Do not leave empty; populate, or remove -->
 |1= |collapsible= |display= |position= |style=

<!-- Specify "no" to exclude the corresponding project: -->
 |wikt= |c= |commonscat= |n= |q= |s= |author= |b= |v=

<!-- Specify "yes" to include the corresponding project: -->
 |voy= |d= |m= |mw= |species= |species_author=
}}

Default display

If you would like to exclude a link to a particular sister project, input no as the parameter for that sister project. For example, use:

{{Sister project links | q=no}}

to exclude the Wikiquote sister project. Only these parameters will display by default: wikt, commons, b, n, q, s and v. However, voy only displays by default if the entity type on Wikidata is "geographical feature".

Note: Links to MediaWiki, Meta-Wiki, Wikidata and Wikispecies are disabled by default. To show one or more of these sister projects, add the following:

{{Sister project links| m=Title | d=RelatedName | species=ScientificName |mw=DocumentationName}}

Alternatively, use species_author=PersonName for taxonomic authors on Wikispecies

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly error report for this template.

TemplateData for Sister project links

Displays a terminal window with a set of commands. If the titles in the individual sister projects differ, use the following parameters, which are taken from [[Help:Interwiki linking]].

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Search Parameter	`1`	Use if the ''search parameter'' differs from the pagename.	String	optional
Collapsible?	`collapsible`	Set to "yes" to make the template collapsible. Set to "collapsed" to make the template collapsible and initially collapsed.	String	optional
Display name	`display`	Use if the ''display name'' is different from the search term. For example, the bear article would be 'Bears'.	String	optional
Wiktionary link?	`wikt`	Must a Wiktionary link be shown? Acceptable values are "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes". Default Yes	String	optional
Commons link?	`c` `commons`	Must a Commons gallery link be shown? Acceptable values are "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes". Default Yes	String	optional
Commons category?	`commonscat`	Specifies whether a link to a category on Wikimedia Commons is shown. Can be "yes" or "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
Wikinews link?	`n`	Must a Wikinews link be shown? Acceptable values are "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes". Default Yes	String	optional
Wikiquote link?	`q`	Must a Wikiquote link be shown? Acceptable values are "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes". Default Yes	String	optional
Wikisource link?	`s`	Must a Wikisource link be shown? Acceptable values are "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes". Default Yes	String	optional
Wikisource author?	`author`	Use for articles about authors to force the Wikisource links to include the "Author:" prefix. Can be set to "yes" or "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
Wikibooks link?	`b`	Must a Wikibooks link be shown? Acceptable values are "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes". Default Yes	String	optional
Wikivoyage link?	`voy`	Must a Wikivoyage link be shown? Acceptable values are "yes" and "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
Wikiversity link?	`v`	Must a Wikiversity link be shown? Acceptable values are "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes". Default Yes	String	optional
Wikidata link?	`d`	Must a Wikidata link be shown? Acceptable values are "yes" and "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
Wikispecies taxon link?	`species`	Must a Wikispecies taxon link be shown? Acceptable values are "yes" and "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
Wikispecies author link	`species_author`	Must a Wikispecies author link be shown? Acceptable values are "yes" and "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
Meta link?	`m`	Must a Meta link be shown? Acceptable values are "yes" and "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
MediaWiki link?	`mw`	Must a MediaWiki link be shown? Acceptable values are "yes" and "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
Position	`position`	Specifies whether the box floats to the left or right. The only acceptable value is "left" which causes the box to float to the left. Any other value (not specifying this parameter) activates the default. (Float to the right.)	String	optional
CSS style	`style`	Optional CSS style specifications. Use with caution. (And don't use for evil!)	String	optional

Location

If using a large, graphical template produces odd layout problems, like the excessive white space shown on the right of this screenshot, then switch to a different sister template.

N Do not place this template in a section all by itself.

N Do not place this template in a section containing columns.

This template should normally be placed at the top of the External links section at the end of an article, if the article has a section for external links. If no such section exists, then please place it at the top of the last section in the article.

On disambiguation pages, this template should be listed above other text, but below any cleanup templates, images, infoboxes or navboxes.

See Where to place links for more information and alternatives.