Template:Section link
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Usage
[edit]This template is appropriate for use in hatnotes and See also sections, or to reference sections within the same article. When using in article body text, consider whether an overt link to a specific section in another article may be confusing to readers who cannot follow links, such as those viewing a printed version of the material (see WP:PRINTWORTHY), or a version republished without links (see WP:LINKSTYLE).
Syntax (overview)
[edit]{{section link|Article|Section}}or{{section link|Article#Section}}, link to section of other article. → Example: Author:Albert Einstein § Works about Einstein{{section link|Article|Section|nopage=y}}or{{section link|Article#Section|nopage=y}}, link to section of other article, only displaying the section's title → Example: § Works about Einstein{{section link||Section}}or{{section link|#Section}}, for usage within the same page, supply an empty first parameter → Example: § Scientific career
Single section
[edit]This template, {{section link}}, or its shortcut, {{slink}}, is used to generate a link to a certain section of a local wiki page and render an appropriate section mark (§).
Instead of:
[[Author:Albert Einstein#Works about Einstein]]
Author:Albert Einstein#Works about Einstein
...you can write:
{{section link|Author:Albert Einstein|Works about Einstein}}
Author:Albert Einstein § Works about Einstein
...or
{{section link|Author:Albert Einstein#Works about Einstein}}
Author:Albert Einstein § Works about Einstein
Multiple sections
[edit]This template may generate consecutive links to several sections of the same page. You can write:
{{section link|Author:William Shakespeare (1564-1616)|Comedies|Tragedies|Histories}}
...or:
{{section link|Author:William Shakespeare (1564-1616)#Comedies|Tragedies|Histories}}
- Author:William Shakespeare (1564-1616) §§ 1880s–1924: The origin of ComediesIBM, Tragedies, and Histories
Suppressing page name
[edit]Sometimes the page name needs not to appear (e.g. to avoid redundancy and wordiness). For the page on which the template is used, not specifying a page name creates a section link only. The following:
{{Section link||Suppressing page name}}
...is the equivalent of:
[[#Suppressing page name|§ Suppressing page name]]
...and renders as:
Use |nopage=y for the same visual effect.
Comparison of displayed results:
{{section link|w:WP:Manual of Style|Quotations}}→ w:WP:Manual of Style § Quotations{{section link|w:WP:Manual of Style|Quotations|nopage=y}}→ § Quotations{{section link|w:WP:Manual of Style|Quotations|Quotation marks|Commas}}→ w:WP:Manual of Style §§ Quotations, Quotation marks, and Commas{{section link|w:WP:Manual of Style|Quotations|Quotation marks|Commas|nopage=y}}→ §§ Quotations, Quotation marks, and Commas
Styling page name
[edit]For titles of films and short stories, always present the core part of the page's name (without any parenthetic disambiguation) in italics, quotation marks, or some other markup (per {{w:MOS:TITLES}}). The |display= parameter can be used for this purpose:
{{section link|Portal:United States Department of State|United States Treaties and Other International Agreements 1984-1950|display=Portal:United States '''Department of State'''}}→ Portal:United States Department of State § United States Treaties and Other International Agreements 1984-1950
Underscores
[edit]It is common practice to copy article and section name from the browser's address bar. When doing that, the article and section names may contain underscores:
Author:Albert_Einstein#Works_about_Einstein
This template automatically replaces the underscores with space characters:
{{section link|Author:Albert_Einstein#Works_about_Einstein}}→ Author:Albert Einstein § Works about Einstein
There are articles that have underscores (see Category:Articles with underscores in the title). To retain the underscores in the rendered output, use |keep-underscores=yes:
- article and section copied from browser address bar:
Dual_EC_DRBG#Timeline_of_Dual_EC_DRBG
- manual removal of extraneous underscores:
Dual_EC_DRBG#Timeline of Dual_EC_DRBG{{section link|w:Dual_EC_DRBG#Timeline of Dual_EC_DRBG|keep-underscores=yes}}→ w:Dual_EC_DRBG § Timeline of Dual_EC_DRBG
- article and section copied from browser address bar:
TemplateData
[edit]Section link
This template is used to generate a link to a certain section of a local wiki page and render an appropriate section mark (§). This template may generate consecutive links to several sections of the same page.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page name | 1 | Name of the page to which the link must be created. Leave empty to link to the current page. Doing so causes no page name to appear. | Page name | suggested |
| Section name 1 | 2 | Name of the (first) section to which the link must be created. This parameter is mandatory. | String | required |
| Section name 2 | 3 | This template can link to additional sections within one page. You can supply another section name in this field. | String | optional |
| Section name 3 | 4 | This template can link to additional sections within one page. You can supply another section name in this field. | String | optional |
| Section name 4 | 5 | This template can link to additional sections within one page. You can supply another section name in this field. | String | optional |
| Hide page name | nopage | If set to "yes", "y" or "true", hides the page name (only section names are displayed). | Boolean | optional |
| Keep underscores | keep-underscores | If set to "yes", "y" or "true", doesn't replace underscores with spaces in the page name and section names. | Boolean | optional |
| Displayed page name | display | If the page name must be displayed differently (e.g. in italics), enter it here. | String | optional |
| Permanent link | permalink | Revision ID, for a permanent link to the section (only works with one section link) | Number | optional |
See also
[edit]- section sign
- {{Anchor}}
- {{Article link}} for linking to a mainspace section from its talk page