This page is a translated version of the page Template:Main/doc and the translation is 100% complete.

Usage

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

{{Main|Example}}

which renders as

Hauptartikel: Example

You can add up to 5 article names in parameters:

{{Main|MediaWiki/de|MediaWiki/en|MediaWiki/es|MediaWiki/fr|MediaWiki/zh}}

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

Internationalisation

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

{{ Main |Special:MyLanguage/Example{{!}}Beispiel}}

which renders as

Hauptartikel: Beispiel

Translations

This template uses these translations from translatewiki.net:

Help translate Translation Englisch
Translate Hauptartikel: $1 Main articles: $1

See also