Templates for linking to sister projects

Content projects

Wikipedia
The free encyclopedia

Wiktionary
Free dictionary and thesaurus

Wikimedia Commons
Free media repository

Wikinews
Free-content news

Wikiquote
Collection of quotations

Wikidata
Free knowledge base

Wikivoyage
Free travel guide

Wikisource
Free-content library

Wikispecies
Free directory of species

Wikiversity
Free learning resources

Wikibooks
Free textbooks and manuals

Incubator
For language versions in development

"Outreach and administration" projects

Wikimedia Foundation
Foundation public relations

Wikimedia Outreach
Wikimedia outreach wiki

Wikimania
The International Conference

Wikimedia Mailservices
Wikimedia Mailing Lists

Wikistats
Wikimedia statistics

"Technical and development" projects

MediaWiki
MediaWiki software documentation

Wikitech
Wikimedia technical documentation

Phabricator
A bug tracker for MediaWiki

Test Wikipedia
For testing software changes

Wikimedia Cloud Services
Hosting environment for community managed software projects, tools, and data analysis

See also Wikimedia projects and the complete list of Wikimedia projects.

These templates are designed to provide article-to-article linking between Meta-Wiki and its Wikimedia sister projects.

This page is about coordination in the names and parameter uses in all of this kind of Wikimedia templates.

General considerations

Par is used generally in the template name to point to a concrete page name in a sister project (i.e.wikiquotepar).

Wikipedia

Pages needing to be moved:

• Template:Move to Wikipedia

Links to pages on the Wikipedia site:

• Box format
  • Template:Wikipedia (uses PAGENAME and generates a search rather than linking directly to a page — because Wiktionary article titles are fully case sensitive, this may not yield the desired result)
  • Template:Wikipediapar (uses parameter as in {{Wiktionarypar|SomePage}})

Template	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Move to Wikipedia}} Edit Talk Links	This page is a candidate to be moved to Wikipedia. This article appears to be a encyclopedia entry. Please verify that this article meets the Wikipedia criteria for inclusion.	Top of article.
{{Wikipedia}} Edit Talk Links	Wikipedia has more about this subject: Templates for linking to sister projects	{{wikipedia}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic search. Does not link directly to pages.
{{Wikipediapar}} Edit Talk Links		{{wikipediapar|insert word here}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses parameter for a manual link direct to specific articles.

Wikispecies

Template	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Wikispecies}} Edit Talk Links	Wikispecies has information related to: Templates for linking to sister projects	Bottom of article (typically in References or External links). Used on species pages. Page name must be the species' latin name.

Wikiquote

Pages needing to be moved:

• Template:Move to Wikiquote

Links to pages to the Wikiquote site:

• Template:Wikiquote (uses PAGENAME)
• Template:Wikiquotepar (uses parameter as in {{Template:Wikiquotepar|SomePage}})

Template	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Move to Wikiquote}} Edit Talk Links	This page is a candidate to be moved to Wikiquote. If the page can be expanded into an article suitable for Meta, rather than a list of quotes, please do so and remove this message. Otherwise, you can help by formatting it per the Wikiquote guidelines in preparation for the move.	Top of article.
{{Wikiquote}} Edit Talk Links	Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Templates for linking to sister projects	Bottom of article (typically in External links).
{{Wikiquotepar}} Edit Talk Links		Bottom of article (typically in External links).

Wiktionary

Pages needing to be moved:

• Template:Move to Wiktionary

Links to pages on the Wiktionary site:

• Box format
  • Template:Wiktionary (uses PAGENAME and generates a search rather than linking directly to a page — because Wiktionary article titles are fully case sensitive, this may not yield the desired result)
  • Template:Wiktionarypar (uses parameter as in {{Wiktionarypar|SomePage}})
  • Template:Wiktionarypar2 (uses 2 parameters as in {{Wiktionarypar2|Page1|Page2}})
  • Template:Wiktionarypar3 (uses 3 parameters as in {{Wiktionarypar3|Page1|Page2|Page3}})
  • Template:Wi (uses PAGENAME), used for dictionary definitions
• To define a word in-line with other text, create an interwiki link in the format: [[wiktionary:SomeWord|definition of SomeWord]].

Template	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Move to Wiktionary}} Edit Talk Links	This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. This article appears to be a dictionary entry, not an encyclopedia article. Meta-wiki is not a dictionary, but Wiktionary is. Please verify that this article meets the Wiktionary criteria for inclusion. If this article can be modified to be more than a dictionary entry, please do so and remove this message.	Top of article.
{{Wiktionary}} Edit Talk Links	Wiktionary has relevant definitions: Templates for linking to sister projects	{{wiktionary}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic search. Does not link directly to pages.
{{Wiktionarypar}} Edit Talk Links		{{wiktionarypar|insert word here}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses parameter for a manual link direct to specific articles.
{{Wiktionarypar2}} Edit Talk Links		{{wiktionarypar2|insert 1st word here|insert 2nd word here}} Uses parameters for manual links direct to specific articles.
{{Wiktionarypar3}} Edit Talk Links		{{wiktionarypar3|insert 1st word here|insert 2nd word here|insert 3rd word here}} Uses parameters for manual links direct to specific articles.
{{Wi}} Edit Talk Links	There is currently no encyclopedia article for Templates for linking to sister projects on Wikipedia. For a dictionary definition of the term, please try searching for Templates for linking to sister projects on Wiktionary. To begin an article here, feel free to edit this page, but please do not create merely a dictionary definition.	{{wi}} Wikipedia is not a dictionary; an article consisting of this soft redirect template helps prevents creation of dicdefs Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic link.

Wikibooks

Pages needing to be moved:

• Template:Move to Wikibooks

Links to pages to the Wikibooks site:

• Template:Wikibooks
• Template:Wikibookspar (requires parameter as in {{Wikibookspar|SomePage}})
• Template:Wikibookschapter (for new-style books; requires parameters for the book, chapter, and name)
• Template:Book — For a subject with a single book. (i.e. Algebra)
• Template:Cookbook
• Template:Cookbookpar (requires parameter as in {{Cookbookpar|SomePage}})

Template	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Move to Wikibooks}} Edit Talk Links	This page is a candidate to be copied to Wikibooks. If the page can be re-written into something generally considered accepted on Meta, please do so and remove this message, or move it to some other project besides Wikibooks. Before you move this content to Wikibooks, verify that it conforms to Wikibooks policies of acceptable content at What is Wikibooks?. Often content unacceptable to the Meta Wiki may not be acceptable on Wikibooks as well. You should also follow Transwiki guidelines when transferring content and move the article into the transwiki namespace on Wikibooks, entering a log entry at wikibooks:Wikibooks:Transwiki log to let the people at Wikibooks know that you have new content on Wikibooks. Failure to follow these guidelines may result in the content transferred to Wikibooks to simply be deleted as vandalism and spam.	Top of article.
{{Wikibooks}} Edit Talk Links	Wikibooks has more about this subject: Templates for linking to sister projects	{{wikibooks}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic link.
{{Wikibookspar}} Edit Talk Links	{{Wikibookspar||Astronomy}} (note missing first parameter, for a book not part of a specific collection) {{Wikibookspar|Cookbook|Soups}} {{Wikibookspar|Wikiversity|School of Education}}	First parameter is the Section, second is the title. See examples. Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses parameter for a manual link.
{{Wikibookschapter}} Edit Talk Links	{{wikibookschapter|book=Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter|chapter=Books/Half-Blood Prince|name=Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}	Parameters are the main book name, the sub-page for the specific chapter, and the name to display for the link Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses parameter for a manual link.

Wikisource

Pages needing to be moved:

• Template:Move to Wikisource

Links to pages to the Wikisource site:

• Template:Wikisource (uses PAGENAME)
• Template:Wikisourcecat (uses PAGENAME or first numbered parameter)
• Template:Wikisourcepar (requires parameter as in {{wikisourcepar|SomePage}})
• Template:Wikisourcepar2 (requires two parameters as in {{wikisourcepar2|SomePage|Title}})
• Template:Wikisourcelang (requires three parameters as in {{wikisourcelang|lang|SomePage|Title}})
• Template:Wikisource author (uses PAGENAME to point to Author:PAGENAME)
• Template:Wikisource1911Enc (requires parameter as in {{Wikisource1911Enc|1911 Encyclopedia Article}})

Template	What it makes	Usage
{{Move to Wikisource}} Edit Talk Links	This page is a candidate to be moved to Wikisource. If the page can be edited into an article suitable for Meta, rather than merely a copy of the source text, please do so and remove this message. Otherwise, you can help by formatting it per the Wikisource guidelines in preparation for the move.	{{Move to Wikisource}} Placed at top of article Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic link.
{{Wikisource}} Edit Talk Links	There is source content on Wikisource: [[s:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]].	{{Wikisource}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic link.
{{Wikisourcepar}} Edit Talk Links		{{Wikisourcepar|Insert title here}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Supply the name of the Wikisource article for manual link.
{{Wikisourcepar2}} Edit Talk Links		{{Wikisourcepar2|link|Insert title here}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Supply the name of the Wikisource article for manual link and the title of the link.
{{Wikisourcelang}} Edit Talk Links		{{Wikisourcelang|Insert lang|link|Insert title here}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Supply the language domain, the name of the Wikisource article for manual link, and the title of the link.
{{Wikisource author}} Edit Talk Links		{{Wikisource author}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic link.
{{Wikisource1911Enc}} Edit Talk Links		{{Wikisource1911Enc|Insert title here}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Supply the name of the 1911 Encyclopedia article for manual link.

Wikimedia Commons

Template	What it makes	Usage
{{Move to Wikimedia Commons}} Edit Talk Links		Top of article.
{{NowCommons}} Edit Talk Links	This picture/multimedia file is now available on Wikimedia Commons as Image:ImageName.jpg.	{{NowCommons|Image:ImageName.jpg}} Placed at bottom of image description Allows identification of moved files Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic categorizing ([[Category:NowCommons|Pagename]]).
{{Commons}} Edit Talk Links	Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Templates for linking to sister projects	{{Commons|insert media page title here}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses parameter {{PAGENAME}} for linking to the same name Commons page.
{{Commonspar}} Edit Talk Links		{{Commonspar|Page name here}} Placed at bottom of image description Supply the name of the Commons page for manual link.
{{Commonscat}} Edit Talk Links		{{Commonscat|Insert category name here}} Bottom of article (typically in External links).

Wikinews

Moving pages to Wikinews is not possible, for legal reasons. (Copying material to Wikinews would put it under Creative Commons License, which violates the GFDL.)

Links to pages on the Wikinews site:

• Box format
  • Template:Wikinews (uses a parameter as in {{Wikinews|SomeArticleTitle}})
  • Template:Wikinewscat (uses parameter as in {{Wikinewscat|SomeCategoryTitle}})
• To link in-line with other text, create an interwiki link in the format: [[Wikinews:SomeArticleTitle|reference to the Wikinews article]].

Template	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Wikinews}} Edit Talk Links	Wikinews has news related to this article: Templates for linking to sister projects	Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses {{PAGENAME}} for linking to the same name Wikinews page.
{{Wikinewspar}} Edit Talk Links		{{wikinewspar|insert article name here}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses parameter (i.e. insert news page name here) for a manual link.
{{Wikinewscat}} Edit Talk Links		{{Wikinewscat|Insert category name here}} Bottom of article (typically in External links).

All Wikimedia Sister projects only in box

Links to pages on all Wikimedia Sister projects using a single box:

• Box format
  • Template:Wikimedia

Template	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Wikimedia}} Edit Talk Links	Official website Foundation website feedback Governance Wiki Make a donation Board of Trustees Board meetings (on Meta-Wiki) Noticeboard Board handbook Resolutions · Elections  · Affiliate selections Wikimedia affiliates Local chapters (39) Thematic organizations (2) User groups (136) Resources Projects · Servers Visual guidelines Logos · Slogans	{{WMF-navigation}}. Placed at top of article. Used in Meta
{{Sisterlinks}} Edit Talk Links		{{Sisterlinks|Page name here}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Needs manual parameter

Metapages in Wikimedia Sister projects

Links to pages on all Wikimedia Sister projects metapages using a single box:

• Box format
  • Template:Wikimediameta

Template	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Wikimediameta}} Edit Talk Links	Look up Templates for linking to sister projects in the metapage of Wiktionary. Look up Templates for linking to sister projects in the metapage of Wikinews. Look up Templates for linking to sister projects in the metapage of Wikiquote. Look up Templates for linking to sister projects in the metapage of Wikibooks. Look up Templates for linking to sister projects in the metapage of Wikisource. Look up Templates for linking to sister projects in the metapage of Commons. Look up Templates for linking to sister projects in the metapage of Wikispecies.	{{WMF-navigation}}. Placed at bottom of article (typically in Internal or External links). Cannot use parameters for a manual link, because the links are automatic. Coordinated and coherent (used in all the wikimedia sisterprojects and in the same way).

See also

• Category:Interwiki link templates.