Template:Wikinews

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This template is used on approximately 3,500 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

Usage

As supported by

InterWikimedia link

and is not intended to represent sources for Wikipedia articles.

Links to pages on the Wikinews site:

Box format
- {{Wikinews|SomeArticleTitle}}: Creates box with link to article SomeArticleTitle.
- {{Wikinews category|SomeCategoryTitle}}: Creates box with link to category SomeCategoryTitle.
Line format
- {{
  Wikinews-inline
  |SomeArticleTitle}}: Creates a line with link to article SomeArticleTitle.
To link in-line with other text, create an interwiki link in the format: | SomeArticleTitle.

Template	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Wikinews}} Edit Talk Links	Wikinews has related news: insert article name here	`{{Wikinews\|insert article name here}}` Placed next to the discussion of the event. Uses parameter (i.e. insert article name here) for a manual link. To make it appear on the left, use the parameter `position=left`.
	Wikinews has related news: Insert page name 1 here Insert page name 2 here Insert page name 3 here Insert page name 4 here Insert page name 5 here	`{{Wikinews\|Insert page name 1 here\|Insert page name 2 here\|Insert page name 3 here\|Insert page name 4 here\|Insert page name 5 here}}` Placed next to the discussion of the event.
	Wikinews has insert description here: Insert page name 1 here	`{{Wikinews\|has=insert description here\|Insert page name 1 here }}` Placed next to the discussion of the event. Allows for a custom "Wikinews has..." message.
{{Wikinews category}} Edit Talk Links	Wikinews has news related to: Insert category name here	`{{Wikinews category\|Insert category name here}}` Placed next to the discussion of the event.
{{ Wikinews-inline }} Edit Talk Links	insert article name here at Wikinews	`{{Wikinews-inline\|insert article name here}}` Produces a bulleted list item on a line by itself. Uses parameter (i.e. insert article name here) for a manual link.

Location

N Do not place this template in the main body of the article.

N Do not place this template in a section containing columns.

This template is normally placed at the top of the

citation-related section). See Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects

for further recommendations about the best choice of template for various situations.

On

disambiguation pages

, this template should be listed above other text, but below any cleanup templates, images, infoboxes or navboxes.

Usage

Location

See also