Templates for linking to sister projects

Content projects specialized by linguistic edition

Wikipedia
The free encyclopedia

Wiktionary
Free dictionary and thesaurus

Wikinews
Free-content news

Wikivoyage
Free travel guide

Wikiquote
Collection of quotations

Wikiversity
Free learning resources

Wikisource
Free-content library

Wikibooks
Free textbooks and manuals

Multilingual content projects

Wikimedia Commons
Free media repository

Wikidata
Free knowledge base

Wikispecies
Free directory of species

Wikimedia 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
Issue tracker and planning tool for software projects

Test Wikipedia
For testing software changes

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

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:

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; can use a parameter as in {{Wikipedia|SomePage}})

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{{wikipedia}}
Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
Uses {{PAGENAME}} as default.

WikispeciesEdit

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{{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.

WikiquoteEdit

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}})

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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.

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Bottom of article (typically in External links).

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Bottom of article (typically in External links).

WiktionaryEdit

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]].

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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.

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{{wiktionary}}
Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic search.
Does not link directly to pages.

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{{wiktionarypar|insert word here}}
Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
Uses parameter for a manual link direct to specific articles.

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Look up insert 1st word here and insert 2nd word here in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

{{wiktionarypar2|insert 1st word here|insert 2nd word here}}
Uses parameters for manual links direct to specific articles.

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Look up insert 1st word here, insert 2nd word here, and insert 3rd word here in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

{{wiktionarypar3|insert 1st word here|insert 2nd word here|insert 3rd word here}}
Uses parameters for manual links direct to specific articles.

{{Wi}}
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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.

WikibooksEdit

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}})

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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.

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{{wikibooks}}
Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic link.

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{{Wikibookspar||Astronomy}}
(note missing first parameter, for a book not part of a specific collection)

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.

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Wikibooks Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter has more about this subject:

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

{{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.

WikisourceEdit

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

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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.

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{{Wikisource}}
Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic link.

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{{Wikisourcepar|Insert title here}}
Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
Supply the name of the Wikisource article for manual link.

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Wikisource has original text related to this article:

Insert title here

{{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.

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Wikisource has original text related to this article:

Insert title here

{{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.

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Wikisource has original works written by or about:

Templates for linking to sister projects

{{Wikisource author}}
Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic link.

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Wikisource, as part of the 1911 Encyclopedia Wikiproject, has original text related to this article:

Insert title here

{{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 CommonsEdit

Template What it makes Usage

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This is a candidate to Wikimedia Commons.
Meta-Wiki is not a collection of photographs or media files.

Please note

Wikimedia Commons only accepts free images. Please check Wikimedia Commons Licensing Policy before moving a file over there.
To import files over there please follow the process as described in Commons:Moving to Commons
Only, if the description, source and author is good you can copy the file to Commons via CommonsHelper. If you want to copy an old version to Commons click this link.

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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]]).

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{{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.

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{{Commonspar|Page name here}}
Placed at bottom of image description
Supply the name of the Commons page for manual link.

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Wikimedia Commons has more media related to:

Insert category name here

{{Commonscat|Insert category name here}}
Bottom of article (typically in External links).

WikinewsEdit

Links to pages on the Wikinews site:

Box format: Template:Wikinews (can use a parameter as in {{Wikinews|SomePageTitle}})
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)

All Wikimedia Sister projects only in boxEdit

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

Template	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Sisterlinks}} Edit Talk Links	Find more information on Page name here by searching one of Wikipedia's sibling projects: Wiktionary (a free dictionary) Wikibooks (free textbooks) Wikiquote (quotations) Wikisource (a free library) Wikispecies (species directory) Commons (images and media) Wikinews (news stories)	`{{Sisterlinks\|Page name here}}` Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Needs manual parameter

Metapages in Wikimedia Sister projectsEdit

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

Box format
- Template:Wikimediameta

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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).

Templates for linking to sister projects

Contents

General considerationsEdit

WikipediaEdit

WikispeciesEdit

WikiquoteEdit

WiktionaryEdit

WikibooksEdit

WikisourceEdit

Wikimedia CommonsEdit

WikinewsEdit

All Wikimedia Sister projects only in boxEdit

Metapages in Wikimedia Sister projectsEdit

See alsoEdit