Templates for linking to sister projects
Content projects specialized by linguistic edition
The free encyclopedia
Free dictionary and thesaurus
Free-content news
Free travel guide
Collection of quotations
Free learning resources
Free-content library
Free textbooks and manuals
Multilingual content projects
Free media repository
Free knowledge base
Free directory of species
For language versions in development
"Outreach and administration" projects
Foundation public relations
Wikimedia outreach wiki
The International Conference
Wikimedia mailing lists
Wikimedia statistics
"Technical and development" projects
MediaWiki software documentation
Wikimedia technical documentation
A bug tracker for MediaWiki
For testing software changes
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 considerationsEdit
Par is used generally in the template name to point to a concrete page name in a sister project (i.e.wikiquotepar).
WikipediaEdit
Pages needing to be moved:
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}})
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{{Move to Wikipedia}} |
Top of article. | |||
{{Wikipedia}} |
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{{Wikipediapar}} |
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WikispeciesEdit
Template | What it makes | Where it goes |
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{{Wikispecies}} |
Wikispecies has information related to:
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WikiquoteEdit
Pages needing to be moved:
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 | ||
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{{Move to Wikiquote}} |
Top of article. | |||
{{Wikiquote}} |
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Bottom of article (typically in External links). | ||
{{Wikiquotepar}} |
Bottom of article (typically in External links). |
WiktionaryEdit
Pages needing to be moved:
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]].
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{{Move to Wiktionary}} |
Top of article. | |||
{{Wiktionary}} |
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{{Wiktionarypar}} |
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{{Wiktionarypar2}} |
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{{Wiktionarypar3}} |
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{{Wi}} Edit Talk Links |
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WikibooksEdit
Pages needing to be moved:
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 | ||
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{{Move to Wikibooks}} |
Top of article. | |||
{{Wikibooks}} |
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{{Wikibookspar}} |
{{Wikibookspar||Astronomy}} {{Wikibookspar|Cookbook|Soups}} {{Wikibookspar|Wikiversity|School of Education}} |
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{{Wikibookschapter}} |
{{wikibookschapter|book=Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter|chapter=Books/Half-Blood Prince|name=Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}} |
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WikisourceEdit
Pages needing to be moved:
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 | ||
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{{Move to Wikisource}} |
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{{Wikisource}} |
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{{Wikisourcepar}} |
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{{Wikisourcepar2}} |
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{{Wikisourcelang}} |
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{{Wikisource author}} |
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{{Wikisource1911Enc}} |
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Wikimedia CommonsEdit
Template | What it makes | Usage | ||
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{{Move to Wikimedia Commons}} |
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Top of article. | ||
{{NowCommons}} |
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{{Commons}} |
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{{Commonspar}} |
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{{Commonscat}} |
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WikinewsEdit
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]].
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{{Wikinews}} |
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{{Wikinewspar}} |
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{{Wikinewscat}} |
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All Wikimedia Sister projects only in boxEdit
Links to pages on all Wikimedia Sister projects using a single box:
- Box format
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{{Wikimedia}} |
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{{Sisterlinks}} |
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Metapages in Wikimedia Sister projectsEdit
Links to pages on all Wikimedia Sister projects metapages using a single box:
- Box format
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{{Wikimediameta}} |
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