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The {{Sister bar}} template provides links corresponding pages on various Wikimedia sister projects, similar to {{Sister project links}}. Unlike that other template, {{Sister bar}} creates a horizontal bar for the sister projects links. This template is designed for use when there is not enough space in the External links section for a Sister project links box. It is designed to go after other navboxes and {{Portal bar}}.
The following pages are sought by the template, in order:
- An explicit page chosen by an editor (if provided)
- A sitelink in Wikidata (if exists)
- A search page on the sister project
Sending a reader to a search page can be an unpleasant experience, if there is no corresponding page for that subject. Editors have a choice between two methods to prevent this negative experience:
- Manually check each project for a relevant page, if missing, then set argument to "no" (e.g.,
|wikt=n) - Use "automatic mode", which only displays a sister project by default if sitelink exists (e.g.,
|auto=yes)
Parameters
[edit]{{Sister bar
<!-- Configuration parameters. Do not leave empty; populate, or remove -->
|1= |auto= |display=
<!-- Projects that default to "yes" when auto=no -->
|b= |c= |n= |q= |s= |v= |wikt=
<!-- Projects that default to "no" when auto=no -->
|d= |m= |mw= |species= |species_author= |voy= |iw= |f=
|author= <!-- force search for author name in wikisource -->
|commonscat= <!-- force link to commons category -->
|cookbook= <!-- force link to cookbook at wikibooks -->
}}
All parameters:
{{Sister project links |1= |author= |auto= |b= |c= |commonscat= |cookbook= |d= |display= |f= |iw= |m= |mw= |n= |q= |qid= |s= |species= |species_author= |v= |voy= |wikt= }}
Default display
[edit]For any project parameter, there are four acceptable values:
- "yes" means find a reasonable link for the sister project (wikidata, or default back to search)
- "no" means exclude this sister project: no link
- a string means link to the page with whose name is that string
- blank or missing means use the default
- If
|auto=yes, default is either use wikidata (if present), or drop the link - If
|auto=no, if project is in the "yes" list above, either use wikidata or search. Otherwise drop the link.
- If
Tracking categories
[edit]- Category:Pages using Sister project links with unknown parameters (0)
- Category:Pages with single-entry sister bar (126)
Interwiki link
[edit]The |iw= parameter is for use in articles about languages themselves. It is designed to be used instead of the {{InterWiki}} template: it links to the Main Page of Wikipedia that corresponds to the language code. See Template:InterWiki/doc for more information. Up to three sister Wikipedias can be linked, using |iw=, |iw1=, and |iw2=.
TemplateData
[edit]TemplateData for Sister bar
Displays a terminal window with a set of commands. If the titles in the individual sister projects differ, use the following parameters, which are taken from [[Help:Interwiki linking]].
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Search Parameter | 1 | Use if the ''search parameter'' differs from the pagename. | String | optional |
| Use wikidata to fill defaults | auto | If auto="yes", then sister projects with wikidata sitelinks are filled-in, others are off by default. Each project can be overridden with its own parameter. | String | optional |
| Display name | display | Use if the ''display name'' is different from the search term. For example, the bear article would be 'Bears'. | String | optional |
| Wiktionary link | wikt | Wiktionary link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes", and "no". The default is "Yes" (find page automatically).
| String | optional |
| Commons link | c commons | Commons link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes" (find page automatically).
| String | optional |
| Commons category? | commonscat | Specifies whether a link to a category on Wikimedia Commons is shown. Can be "yes" or "no". The default is "No".
| String | optional |
| Wikinews link | n | Wikinews link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes" (find page automatically).
| String | optional |
| Wikiquote link | q | Wikiquote link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes" (find page automatically).
| String | optional |
| Wikisource link | s | Wikisource link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes" (find page automatically).
| String | optional |
| Wikisource author? | author | Use for articles about authors to force the Wikisource links to include the "Author:" prefix. Can be set to "yes" or "no". The default is "No".
| String | optional |
| Wikibooks link | b | Wikibooks link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes" (find page automatically).
| String | optional |
| Cookbook | cookbook | If yes, link to Cookbook at wikibooks. If string, use that string as article title in Cookbooks.
| String | optional |
| Wikivoyage link | voy | Wikivoyage link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically), and "no". The default is "No".
| String | optional |
| Wikiversity link | v | Wikiversity link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes", and "no". The default is "Yes" (find page automatically).
| String | optional |
| Wikidata link | d | Wikidata link to show. Acceptable values are a QID, "yes" (find page automatically), and "no". The default is "No".
| String | optional |
| Wikispecies taxon link | species | Wikispecies link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically), and "no". The default is "No".
| String | optional |
| Wikispecies author link | species_author | Wikispecies author link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes"(find page automatically), and "no". The default is "No".
| String | optional |
| Meta link | m | Meta link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically), and "no". The default is "No".
| String | optional |
| MediaWiki link | mw | MediaWiki link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically) and "no". The default is "No".
| String | optional |
| Wikifunctions link | f | Wikifunctions link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically) and "no". The default is "No".
| String | optional |