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Template:Sister project
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This is a meta-template used for creating interwiki links to other sister projects of Wikipedia. Note that links to other language Wikipedias should not use links in this form, instead use interwiki links to add them to the sidebar.
Usage
|text=– text of the message|project=– the sister project to link to. Used to select which project logo is displayed.|below=– optional text to display in a full-width row below the main content. Use sparingly|position=– set to left for a left-floating box or, ideally, pass through with |position={{{position|}}} to let this be set on a per-page basis.
Example
{{Sister project
|project=commons
|text=[[Wikimedia Commons]] has media related to: '''''[[Commons:{{{1|Special:Search/{{PAGENAME}}}}}|{{{2|{{{1|{{PAGENAME}}}}}}}}]]'''''
}}
Location
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.
Template data
TemplateData for Sister project
Creates a small box with a links to an article on a sister project of wikipedia.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project | project | The project to link to e.g. commons, meta, wikibooks, wikidata, wikiquote, wikipedia, wikisource, wiktionary, wikinews, wikispecies, wikiversity, wikivoyage, mediawiki, outreachwiki, or incubator. The default displays the Wikimedia logo. | String | required |
| Text | text | Text of the message e.g. [[Wikimedia Commons]] has media related to: '''''[[Commons:Alcatraz]]''''' | String | required |
| Below | below | Optional text to display in a full-width row below the main content. Use sparingly. | String | optional |
| Position | position | Position to display the box: 'left' floats the box to the left rather than the default, which is on the right. | String | optional |
Images used
This template potentially displays the following images.
Wikimedia Commons logo commons
Meta-Wiki logo meta,metawiki, orm
Wikibooks logo wikibooks,wbk,wb, orb
Wikidata logo wikidataordata
Wikiquote logo wikiquote,quote,wqt, orq
Wikipedia logo wikipedia,wp, orw
Wikisource logo wikisource,source,ws, ors
Wiktionary logo wiktionary,wkt,wdy, ord
Wikinews logo wikinews,news,wnw, orn
Wikispecies logo wikispeciesorspecies
Wikiversity logo wikiversity,wvy, orv
Wikivoyage logo wikivoyage,voyage, orvoy
MediaWiki logo mediawikiormw
Wikimedia Outreach logo outreachwikioroutreach
Wikimedia Incubator logo incubator
Wikimedia logo default
See also
- {{Sister-inline}}, compatible template for inline use with preceding bullets or indentation
- {{Sister project links}}
- {{Side box}}, the meta-template used for floated side boxes like {{sister project}}
- {{Subject bar}}, a comprehensive horizontal template