This page lists templates that are designed to provide article-to-article linking between Wikipedia and its Wikimedia sister projects. It also provides links to pages concerning moving articles between projects.

Templates[edit]

MediaWiki

Links to pages on the MediaWiki site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
((media)) Places the page in the appropriate category.

((media|insert media type here))

  • Placed at bottom of article
((mediaWiki))
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MediaWiki has documentation related to: insert word here

((mediaWiki|insert word here))

  • Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
  • Parameter is optional, defaults to PAGENAME
((mlmw | target page| optional anchor name| optional label))
links talk edit 		mw:Target page#optional anchor namehttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Target_page#optional_anchor_name or optional labelhttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Target_page#optional_anchor_name

This template produces an interwiki link to mediawiki.org, and also a "hidden external link", to allow it to be found by Linksearch, e.g. [1].

Anywhere on page

Meta-Wiki

Links to pages on the Meta-Wiki site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
((meta))
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Meta has related information at: Insert page title here

((meta|Insert page title here))

  • Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
  • Parameter is optional, defaults to PAGENAME

Simple

Wikibooks

Links to pages on the Wikibooks site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
((cookbook))
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Wikibooks Cookbook has a recipe/module on

Placed next to an appropriate section, if there is one. Otherwise in "See also" section.

((copy to Wikibooks))
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This page is a candidate for copying over to Wikibooks using the Import process. If the page can be re-written into an encyclopedic article, please do so and remove this message. Before you move this content to Wikibooks, verify that it conforms to Wikibooks policies of acceptable content at What is Wikibooks? Often content unacceptable to Wikipedia may not be acceptable on Wikibooks either; facilitate the copying of this article by listing it on Wikibooks:Requests for Import.
 Top of article.
((wikibooks))
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Wikibooks has more on the topic of: Template index/Sister projects

Placed next to an appropriate section, if there is one (e.g. links to annotated works next to the "Plot" or "Synopsis" section). Otherwise in "See also" section.

Wikimedia Commons

For the embedding of Wikimedia Commons' resources in Wikipedia articles, see Wikipedia:Wikimedia Commons
Template What it makes Where it goes
((commons))
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to insert media page title here.

((commons|insert media page title here))

  • Placed next to the appropriate section, if there is one.
  • Uses parameter (({1))} for linking to a specific Commons page and ((PAGENAME))for displayed link.
((commons category))
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Insert category name here.

((commons category|Insert category name here))

  • Bottom of article (typically in External links).
((commons category-inline))
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Media related to Insert category name here at Wikimedia Commons

((commons category-inline|Insert category name here))

  • Bottom of article (typically in list at External links).
((copy to Wikimedia Commons))
links talk edit 		Top of article.
((now Commons))
links talk edit 		This template should only be used on file (image) pages.

((now Commons|File:FileName.jpg))

  • Placed at bottom of image description
  • Allows identification of moved files
  • Uses ((PAGENAME)) for automatic categorizing.

Wikinews

Moving pages to Wikinews is not possible, for legal reasons. Copying material to Wikinews would relicense it under the CC BY license, which is incompatible with CC BY-SA and GFDL. However, Wikinews articles can be moved to Wikipedia.

Template What it makes Where it goes
((wikinews))
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Wikinews has related news:

((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.
  • For multiple news articles, use ((wikinewshas)) to save repetition.
((wikinews category))
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Wikinews has news related to:

((Wikinews category|Insert category name here))

  • Placed next to the discussion of the event.

Wikiquote

Links to pages on the Wikiquote site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
((copy to Wikiquote))
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This page is a candidate for copying over to Wikiquote using the Transwiki process. If the page can be expanded into an encyclopedic article, rather than a list of quotations, please do so and remove this message.
 Top of article or section.
((copy section to Wikiquote))
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This section is a candidate for copying over to Wikiquote using the Transwiki process.
 Top of section which is long enough to be better suited at Wikiquote.
((wikiquote))
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((wikiquote)) - provides link that invokes a search of Wikiquote, using the current page's name (((PAGENAME)))

Wikiquote has quotations related to Template index/Sister projects.
 either the Quotes or External links section

((wikiquote|Duke Nukem)) - provides a link to a specific Wikiquote page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name.

Wikiquote has quotations related to Duke Nukem.

((wikiquote|The Simpsons#Bart Simpson|Bart Simpson)) - provides a link to a specific Wikiquote page (1st parameter) and an optional display name (2nd parameter)

Wikiquote has quotations related to Bart Simpson.

Wikisource

Links to pages on the Wikisource site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
((copy to Wikisource))
links talk edit
This page is a candidate for copying over to Wikisource. If the page can be edited into an encyclopedic article, rather than merely a copy of the source text, please do so and remove this message. Otherwise, you can help by formatting it per the Wikisource guidelines in preparation for being imported to Wikisource by a Wikisource admin. Note that if this source text is not in English, it will have to be copied using the transwiki process. Notes: Optional comment
Top of article
((copy section to Wikisource))
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This section is a candidate for copying over to Wikisource.If the section can be edited into encyclopedic content, rather than merely a copy of the source text, please do so and remove this message. Otherwise, you can help by formatting it per the Wikisource guidelines in preparation for the duplication.
no 		Top
of section which is long enough to be better suited at Wikisource.
((wikisource))
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((wikisource)) - provides link that invokes a search of Wikisource, using the current page's name (((PAGENAME)))

Wikisource has original text related to this article:
adjoining a body reference to the source or in the External links section with other sister project links

((wikisource|William Wilson)) - provides a link to a specific Wikisource page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name.

Wikisource has original text related to this article:

((wikisource|The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf|The Boy Who Cried Wolf)) - provides a link to a specific Wikisource page (1st parameter) and an optional display name (2nd parameter)

Wikisource has original text related to this article:
((wikisource author))
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((wikisource author)) - Links to Author: page, using the current page's name (((PAGENAME)))

Wikisource has original works by or about:
Wikipedia:Template messages/Sister projects
 External links section of author biographies

((wikisource author|James Joyce)) - provides a link to a specific Wikisource page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name.

Wikisource has original works by or about:
James Joyce

((wikisource author|George Herbert Walker Bush|George H. W. Bush)) - provides a link to a specific Wikisource page (1st parameter) and an optional display name (2nd parameter)

Wikisource has original works by or about:
George H. W. Bush
((wikisource index))
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((wikisource index)) - Links to Wikisource: page (i.e. where Wikisource topic index pages reside), using the current page's name (((PAGENAME)))

Wikisource has original works on the topic: Template index/Sister projects
 External links section of topic article

((wikisource index|Australia)) - provides a link to a specific Wikisource topic index page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name.

Wikisource has original works on the topic: Australia

((wikisource index|Banksia marginata|B. marginata)) - provides a link to a specific Wikisource topic index page (1st parameter) and an optional display name (2nd parameter)

Wikisource has original works on the topic: B. marginata
((wikisourcecat))
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((wikisourcecat|Hymns))

Wikisource has several original texts related to Hymns.
 External links section
((wikisourcelang))
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((wikisourcelang|fr|Voltaire|Voltaire))

French Wikisource has original text related to this article:

Parameters

  1. language code
  2. destination page name
  3. displayed text
 adjoining a body reference to the source or in the External links section with other sister project links
((wikisource|old=y))
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((wikisource|Universala Deklaracio de Homaj Rajtoj|Universala Deklaracio de Homaj Rajtoj|old=y))

Wikisource has original text related to this article:
Links to languages without own domain.

Parameters

  1. destination page name
  2. displayed text
 adjoining a body reference to the source or in the External links section with other sister project links
((AmCyc poster))
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((AmCyc poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text of the 1879 American Cyclopædia article Insert title here.
 External links section
((Americana poster))
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((Americana poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text of the 1920 Encyclopedia Americana article Insert title here.
 External links section
((Appletons' poster))
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((Appletons' poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text of the 1900 Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography article Insert title here.
 External links section
((CE1913 poster))
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((CE1913 poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Insert title here.
 External links section
((Collier's poster))
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((Collier's poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text of the 1921 Collier's Encyclopedia article Insert title here.
 External links section
((DARRD poster))
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((DARRD poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text of A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations article Insert title here.
 External links section
((DCBL poster))
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((DCBL poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text from the 1911 Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century's article about Insert title here.
 External links section
((DGRA poster))
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((DGRA poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text of A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations article Insert title here.
 External links section
((DGRBM poster))
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((DGRBM poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text of the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology's article about Insert title here.
 External links section
((DGRC poster))
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((DGRC poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text of the Diccionario Geográfico de la República de Chile article Insert title here.
 External links section
((DGRG poster))
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((DGRG poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text of the 1854–57 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography's article about Insert title here.
 External links section
((DNB poster))
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((DNB poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text of the 1885–1900 Dictionary of National Biography's article about Insert title here.
 External links section
((Eastons poster))
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((Eastons poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text of the 1897 Easton's Bible Dictionary article Insert title here.
 External links section
((EB1911 poster))
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((EB1911 poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Insert title here".
 External links section
((EB1922 poster))
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((EB1922 poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text of the 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Insert title here".
 External links section
((EB9 poster))
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((EB9 poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text of the Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed.) article Insert title here.
 External links section
((EBD poster))
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((EBD poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text of the 1897 Easton's Bible Dictionary article Insert title here.
 External links section
((Jewish Encyclopedia poster))
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((Jewish Encyclopedia poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text of the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia's article about Insert title here.
 External links section
((NIE poster))
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((NIE poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text of the 1905 New International Encyclopedia article "Insert title here".
 External links section
((NSRW poster))
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((NSRW poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text of The New Student's Reference Work article "Insert title here".
 External links section
((Nuttall poster))
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((Nuttall poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text of the Nuttall Encyclopædia article Insert title here.
 External links section
((SBDEL poster))
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((SBDEL poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text of A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature's article about Insert title here.
 External links section
((Schaff-Herzog poster))
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((Schaff-Herzog poster|Insert title here))

Wikisource has the text from the New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (1914, third ed.) article about Insert title here.
 External links section

Wikispecies

Links to pages on the Wikispecies site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
((wikispecies))
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Wikispecies has information related to Insert page title here.

((wikispecies|insert word here))

  • Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
  • Uses parameter for a manual link.

Wikiversity

Links to pages on the Wikiversity site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
((wikiversity))
links talk edit
Wikiversity has learning resources about Insert page title here

((wikiversity|insert word here))

  • Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
  • Uses parameter for a manual link.

Wikivoyage

Links to pages on the Wikivoyage site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
((wikivoyage))
links talk edit
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Insert page title here.

((wikivoyage|insert page title here))

  • Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
  • Uses parameter for a manual link.
((wikivoyage-inline))
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Insert page title here travel guide from Wikivoyage

((wikivoyage-inline|insert page title here))

  • External links section

Wiktionary

See also: Template:Wiktionary templates common doc

Links to pages on the Wiktionary site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
[[wikt:SomeWord|definition of SomeWord]] sophisticated (adj.) Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan.

A word inline with text.

((wiktionary))
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Look up sister projects in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

((wiktionary)) - provides link that invokes a search of Wiktionary, using the current page's name (((PAGENAME))); uses a search rather than linking directly to a page — because Wiktionary article titles are fully case sensitive, this may not yield the desired result

  • At the top of the page for disambiguation pages.
  • In the External Links section for articles.
  • Next to any cross-reference to Wiktionary, if there is one.
Look up sophisticated in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

((wiktionary|sophisticated)) - provides a link to a specific Wiktionary page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name.

Look up sophisticated or Sophistic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

((wiktionary|sophisticated|Sophistic)) - provides a link to a specific Wiktionary page (1st parameter) and an optional display name (2nd parameter)

((wiktionary-inline)) ((wiktionary-inline))

The dictionary definition of template index/sister projects at Wiktionary

((wiktionary-inline|Wiktionary Page))

The dictionary definition of wiktionary Page at Wiktionary

((wiktionary-inline|Wiktionary Page|Link Text))

The dictionary definition of Link Text at Wiktionary

  • Inline with disambiguation pages
  • External links section
((wiktionary redirect))
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Wikipedia does not have an article on "Template index/Sister projects", but its sister project Wiktionary does:

Read the Wiktionary entry "template index/sister projects"

You can also:

((wiktionary redirect|sophisticated))

Wikipedia does not have an article on "Template index/Sister projects", but its sister project Wiktionary does:

Read the Wiktionary entry "sophisticated"

You can also:

Top of the article.

Several/all Wikimedia sister projects in box

Template What it makes Where it goes
((sister project links))
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((sister project links|Page name here))

  • Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
  • Needs manual parameter
((wikimedia for portals))

The following Wikimedia Foundation sister projects provide more on this subject:

  • Placed at the bottom of portal pages, usually on a subpage

Metapages in Wikimedia sister projects

Template What it makes Where it goes
((wikimediameta))
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Wikimedia Foundation
Wikimedia Foundation
 Look up Template index/Sister projects in the metapage of Wiktionary. Look up Template index/Sister projects in the metapage of Wikinews. Look up Template index/Sister projects in the metapage of Wikiquote. Look up Template index/Sister projects in the metapage of Wikibooks. Look up Template index/Sister projects in the metapage of Wikisource. Look up Template index/Sister projects in the metapage of Commons. Look up Template index/Sister projects in the metapage of Wikispecies.

((wikimediameta))

  • Placed at bottom of article (typically in Internal or External links).
  • Cannot use parameters for a manual link, because the links are automatic.
  • Coordinated and coherent (used in all the wikimedia sisterprojects and in the same way).
Category