Wikipedia:Sister projects
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- To link sister projects using traditional inline text links see Wikipedia:Interwikimedia link.
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.
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[edit] Guidelines
Wikipedia encourages links to sister projects and interlanguage links when possible. However, links to sister projects should not be inserted excessively.
Convention is to include each reference, link, or definition only once within an article, at the first appropriate point. Links to sister projects are best placed in the section of the article to which they relate, if possible; otherwise, they are usually placed in the External links section (not the "See also" section). For example, a link to Wikiquote might be placed next to any discussion of quotations, and a link to Wikinews next to the event that is sourced. In some cases, such as disambiguation articles, they are best placed in the article's introduction. See below for a complete rundown.
If sister project name is Foo:
- {{Copy to Foo}} - move/copy to Foo
- {{Foo}} - article in Foo with same title is about the same topic.
- {{Foopar|Pagename}} - Pagename in Foo is about the same topic.
- par is used generally in the template name to point to a concrete page name in a sister project (i.e. {{wikiquotepar|somepage}}). If a number is used, it indicates the numbers of links (i.e. <nowiki>{{wikiquotepar2|somepage1|somepage2}} , to link to two pages).
[edit] Sister Projects template
{{WikipediaSister}} shows the selection of sister projects. The result:
Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other projects:
| Wiktionary Dictionary and thesaurus |
Wikinews Free-content news |
Wikiquote Collection of quotations |
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| Wikibooks Free textbooks and manuals |
Wikispecies Directory of species |
Wikisource Free-content library |
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| Wikiversity Free learning materials and activities |
Commons Shared media repository |
Meta-Wiki Wikimedia project coordination |
[edit] Specific Projects
[edit] Wikiquote
Pages nominated for copying to Wikiquote:
Links to pages to the Wikiquote site:
| Template | What it makes | Where it goes |
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| {{Copy to Wikiquote}} |
Top of article or section. | |
| {{ Copy section to Wikiquote }} |
Top of section which is long enough to be better suited at Wikiquote. |
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| {{Wikiquote}} |
 Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to:
{{wikiquote}} - provides link that invokes a search of Wiktionary, using the current page's name ({{PAGENAME}}) |
either the Quotes or External links section |
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Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to:
{{wikiquote|Duke Nukem}} - provides a link to a specific Wikiquote page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name. |
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{{wikiquote|The Simpsons#Bart Simpson|Bart Simpson}} - provides a link to a specific Wiktionary page (1st parameter) and an optional display name (2nd parameter) Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to:
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[edit] Wiktionary
Pages nominated for copying to Wiktionary:
Links to pages on the Wiktionary site:
- Box format
- Template:Wiktionary (uses PAGENAME and generates a search rather than linking directly to a page — because Wiktionary article titles are fully case sensitive, this may not yield the desired result)
- Template:Wiktionarypar (uses parameter as in {{Wiktionarypar|SomePage}})
- Template:Wiktionarypar2 (uses 2 parameters as in {{Wiktionarypar2|Page1|Page2}})
- Now redirected to {{Wiktionarypar|Page1|Page2}}, supporting up to five pages.
- Template:Wi (uses PAGENAME), used for dictionary definitions
- Template:Widirect (uses parameter as in {{Widirect|word}}), used as {{Wi}} but for where the Wiktionary page name is known.
- Template:Wiktionaryleft (identical to Template:Wiktionarypar, but on the LHS of the page)
- To define a word in-line with other text, create an interwiki link in the format: [[wiktionary:SomeWord|definition of SomeWord]].
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| {{Copy to Wiktionary}} |
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| {{Wiktionary}} |
 {{wiktionary}} - provides link that invokes a search of Wiktionary, using the current page's name ({{PAGENAME}}) |
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{{wiktionary|sophisticated}} - provides a link to a specific Wiktionary page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name. |
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{{wiktionary|sophisticated|Sophistic}} - provides a link to a specific Wiktionary page (1st parameter) and an optional display name (2nd parameter) |
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| {{Wiktionarypar}} |
{{wiktionarypar|first-word}} Look up first-word in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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| {{Wi}} Edit Talk Links |
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| {{Widirect}} Edit Talk Links |
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[edit] Wikibooks
Pages nominated for copying to Wikibooks:
Links to pages to the Wikibooks site:
- Template:Wikibooks
- Template:Wikibookspar (requires two or more parameters as in {{Wikibookspar|SomePage}})
- Template:Cookbook
| Template | What it makes | Where it goes |
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| {{Copy to Wikibooks}} |
Top of article. | |
| {{Wikibooks}} |
 Wikibooks has more on the topic of
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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. |
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Placed next to an appropriate section, if there is one. Otherwise in "See also" section. |
| {{Wikibookspar}} |
{{Wikibookspar||Astronomy}} Wikibooks Cookbook has more about this subject:
{{Wikibookspar|Cookbook|Soups}} Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject:
{{Wikibookspar|Wikiversity|School of Education}} |
Placed next to an appropriate section, if there is one. Links to recipes next to a section discussing the creation of a dish, for example. |
[edit] Wikisource
Pages nominated for copying to Wikisource:
Links to pages to the Wikisource site:
- Template:Wikisource
- Template:Wikisourcecat (points to Category:)
- Template:Wikisourcelang (requires three parameters as in {{wikisourcelang|lang|SomePage|Title}})
- Template:Wikisource author (points to Author:)
- Template:Wikisource1911Enc (requires parameter as in {{Wikisource1911Enc|1911 Encyclopedia Article}})
- Template:Wikisource1913CatholicEnc (requires parameter as in {{Wikisource1913CatholicEnc|1911 Encyclopedia Article}})
- Template:WikisourceEBD1897 (requires parameter as in {{WikisourceEBD1897|Easton's Bible Dictionary entry}})
| Template | What it makes | Where it goes |
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| {{Copy to Wikisource}} |
Top of article | |
| {{Wikisource}} |
{{wikisource}} - provides link that invokes a search of Wikisource, using the current page's name ({{PAGENAME}})  Wikisource has original text related to this article:
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adjoining a body reference to the source or in the External links section with other sister project links |
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{{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:
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{{wikisource|Aesop's Fables-2#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:
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| {{Wikisourcelang}} |
{{Wikisourcelang|fr|Voltaire|Voltaire}}  Wikisource has original text related to this article:
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adjoining a body reference to the source or in the External links section with other sister project links |
| {{Wikisourceold}} |
{{Wikisourceold|Universala Deklaracio de Homaj Rajtoj|Universala Deklaracio de Homaj Rajtoj}} Wikisource has original text related to this article:
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adjoining a body reference to the source or in the External links section with other sister project links |
| {{Wikisource author}} |
{{wikisource author}} - Links to Author: page, using the current page's name ({{PAGENAME}}) Wikisource has original works written by or about:
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External links section of author biographies |
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{{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 written by or about:
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{{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 written by or about:
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| {{Wikisourcecat}} |
{{Wikisourcecat|Hymns}} Wikisource has several original texts related to:
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External links section |
| {{Wikisource1911Enc}} |
{{Wikisource1911Enc|Insert title here}} |
External links section |
| {{Wikisource1913CatholicEnc}} |
{{Wikisource1913CatholicEnc|Insert title here}} |
External links section |
| {{WikisourceEBD1897}} |
{{WikisourceEBD1897|Insert title here}} |
External links section |
[edit] Wikimedia Commons
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| {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}} |
Top of article. | |||
| {{NowCommons}} |
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| {{Commons}} |
 Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
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| {{Commonscat}} |
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[edit] Wikinews
Moving pages to Wikinews is not possible, for legal reasons. (Copying material to Wikinews would put it under the CC-BY license, which violates the GFDL.) However Wikinews articles can be moved to wikipedia.
Links to pages on the Wikinews site:
- Box format
- Template:Wikinews (uses a parameter as in {{Wikinews|SomeArticleTitle}})
- Template:Wikinewscat (uses parameter as in {{Wikinewscat|SomeCategoryTitle}})
- Template:Wikinewspar2 (uses 2 parameter as in {{Wikinewspar2|SomeArticleTitle1|SomeArticleTitle2}})
- To link in-line with other text, create an interwiki link in the format: [[Wikinews:SomeArticleTitle|reference to the Wikinews article]].
| Template | What it makes | Where it goes |
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| {{Wikinews}} |
 Wikinews has news related to:
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| {{Wikinewscat}} |
 Wikinews has news related to:
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| {{Wikinewsportal}} |
Wikinews has an entire section of news on:
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| {{Wikinewspar2}} |
Wikinews has news related to:
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| {{Wikinewshas}} |
Wikinews has insert description here:
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[edit] Wikiversity
Links to pages on the Wikiversity site:
| Template | What it makes | Where it goes |
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| {{Wikiversity}} |
 At Wikiversity you can learn about:
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| {{Wikiversity2}} |
At Wikiversity you can learn about SUBJECT at:
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[edit] Wikispecies
Links to pages on the Wikispecies site:
| Template | What it makes | Where it goes |
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| {{Wikispecies}} |
 Wikispecies has information related to:
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[edit] Mediawiki
Links to pages on the MediaWiki site:
- Box format
- Template:Media (uses parameter as in {{Template:Media|SomePage}})
| Template | What it makes | Where it goes |
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| {{MediaWiki}} |
 MediaWiki has a page about this at:
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[edit] Meta-Wiki
Links to pages on the Meta site:
- Box format
- Template:Meta (uses parameter as in {{Template:Meta|SomePage}})
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| {{Meta}} |
 Meta has a page about this at:
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[edit] All Wikimedia Sister projects in box
Links to pages on all Wikimedia Sister projects using a single box:
- Box format
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| {{Wikimedia}} |
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| {{Sisterlinks}} |
Find more information on Page name here by searching Wikipedia's sister projects:
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 Articles and media on this topic in other Wikimedia projects can be found at: Commons Wikipedia Sister projects
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[edit] Metapages in Wikimedia Sister projects
Links to pages on all Wikimedia Sister projects metapages using a single box:
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| {{Wikimediameta}} |
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[edit] Text Shortcut links
The following should be used sparingly since they are not guaranteed to remain in use and they make the wikitext harder to read than the full versions:
- w:Example links to Wikipedia (i.e. from Wiktionary)
- b:Example links to Wikibooks
- m:Example links to Meta-Wiki
- n:Example links to Wikinews
- q:Example links to Wikiquote
- s:Example links to Wikisource
- v:Example links to Wikiversity
- wikt:Example links to Wiktionary
