Template:Subject bar
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This navigational template offers a variant to several floating box templates that link to
It is intended to be placed at the end of an article, after the references, external links, navboxes and before any authority control template or
Usage
No single parameter is required, however, at least one portal or sister project should be utilized with the use of this template. Since Wikipedia articles typically are in the domain of one or more WikiProjects, and since WikiProjects often have a portal, almost every article should list at least one portal. None of the parameters should be capitalized.
Parameters
When copying all parameters in either the vertical or horizontal layouts, delete those which are not needed. If no links are needed for a particular type, such as the historical "
Parameter meanings (quick list). Alphabetical order: b: Wikibooks. commons: WikiMedia Commons. d: Wikidata. n: Wikinews. q: Wikiquote. s: Wikisource. species: Wikispecies. v: Wikiversity. voy: Wikivoyage. wikt: Wiktionary.
- All parameters, horizontal. Parameters in order they show up in subject bar.
{{Subject bar|commons = y|species = y|voy = y|n = y|wikt = y|b = y|q = y|s = y|v = y|d = y|portal = }}
- All parameters, horizontal. In alphabetical order, except for
portalwhich is often removed. {{Subject bar|b = |commons = |d = |n = |q = |s = |species = |v = |voy = |wikt = |portal = }}
- All parameters, vertical. In alphabetical order, except for
portalwhich is often removed.
{{Subject bar
|b =
|commons =
|d =
|n =
|q =
|s =
|species =
|v =
|voy =
|wikt =
|portal =
}}
Parameters explained
- b
- Wikibooks page to link to, "yes" means use wikidata to search for page
- commons
- WikiMedia Commons page (or Category:) to link to, "yes" means use wikidata to search for page
- d
- Wikidata page to link to, "yes" means use wikidata to search for page
- n
- Wikinews page to link to, "yes" means use wikidata to search for page
- q
- Wikiquote page to link to, "yes" means use wikidata to search for page
- s
- Wikisource page (or Author:) to link to, "yes" means use wikidata to search for page
- species
- Wikispecies page to link to, "yes" means use wikidata to search for page
- v
- Wikiversity page to link to, "yes" means use wikidata to search for page
- voy
- Wikivoyage page to link to, "yes" means use wikidata to search for page
- wikt
- Wiktionary page to link to, "yes" means use wikidata to search for page
Other parameters
- portal
- Use
portal###where ### is any number to link to a portal - auto
- set
|auto=1to use Wikidata to find sister links - search
- override default search string (= title of page)
- display
- set the display string on the sister links bar
- commonscat
- link to Commons category instead of gallery
- author
- link to Species author instead of taxon
Note: positional arguments are interpreted as portals, will be appended after any named portal arguments.
Examples
Example: Simplest case.
auto=1: Try this first to look up sister project links in Wikidata.
- Markup
{{Subject bar|auto=1}}- Result (if used on Lemur)
Example page: Lemur
- Markup
{{Subject bar|commons= Category:Lemuriformes|species = Lemuriformes|portal1 = Primates|portal2 = Madagascar}}- Result
Example page: Ring-tailed lemur
- Markup
{{Subject bar|portal1 = Primates|portal2 = Madagascar|commons = Category:Lemur catta |species = Lemur catta|n = Ring-tailed lemur|wikt = Lemur|b = Ring-tailed lemur|q = Ring-tailed lemur|s = Ring-tailed lemur|v = Ring-tailed lemur|voy = Madagascar}}- Result
Portal bar
{{Portal bar}} is a subset of {{Subject bar}}, where only positional arguments are allowed. For example:
- Markup
{{Portal bar|COVID-19|Medicine|Viruses}}- Result
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See also
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Sister projects
- {{Commons}}
- {{Commons category}}
- {{Commons category multi}}
- {{Commons and category}}
- {{Commons-inline}}
- {{Commons category-inline}}
- {{Portal}}
- {{Portal bar}}
- {{Sister project links}}
- {{Sister bar}}
- {{Cross-wiki user}}
TemplateData
TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools
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TemplateData for Subject bar This template adds a bar of portals and sister links. It is usually used just above an article's navboxes.
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