Template:Further interlanguage link/sandbox

Further information (in français and other languages): Ocean swell fairies

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This template is used to link to articles containing further information on a topic, where English Wikipedia does not yet have an article, but another language Wikipedia does. It looks like this:

Further information (in Deutsch): Geiseltal fossil bed

It is typically used at the top of a section, when the topic of that section is covered in more detail by a page on another Wikipedia. It combines the features of {{Further}} and {{Interlanguage link}}, and provides one of the chief advantages of red links by pointing out a topic where English Wikipedia doesn't yet have an article, while pointing out where such information is readily available. Once the article on English Wikipedia is created, the interwiki links are dropped, and the template renders like a regular "Further" link. If the main link is blue because the English page name is a redirect and not an article, the interwiki links are retained, and the blue link is tagged as a redirect.

Usage

Basic usage – one interwiki link

{{Further interlanguage link|Ocean swell fairies|fr|Fée des houles}} →

Further information (in français): Ocean swell fairies

More than one interwiki link

{{Further interlanguage link|Geiseltal fossil bed|de|Fossillagerstätte Geiseltal|fr|Gisement de fossiles du Geiseltal|es|Yacimiento de Geiseltal}} →

Further information (in Deutsch and other languages): Geiseltal fossil bed

Same name in English as in other languages

{{ill|Further interlanguage link|Margarita Cueto|ca||es||pt}} →

Further information (in català and other languages): Margarita Cueto

Parameters

This template accepts the following parameters:

Positional

• 1  – the page on English Wikipedia. This must be a red link, or a redirect with possibilities. (If it isn't, use {{Further}} instead.) Required.
• 2 and 3 - the language code and page to link to on a sister Wikipedia. Required. Links to sections are automatically formatted as page § section, rather than the MediaWiki default of page#section.
• 4 and 5 - another lang-code and page to link to on a foreign wikipedia. Optional. If 5 is missing, {{Interlanguage link}} supplies the same value as the English topic in param 1.
• 6 and 7 - a third code + page pair, to link a foreign Wikipedia article. Optional. If 7 is missing, it takes the value from param 1.

Named

• lt – as for {{Interlanguage link}}, the |lt= parameter (which stands for "link text") is used to create a piped link. Alias: |label=.
• topic - like {{Further}}, adds "...on Topic" to the output text.

Modifying the display

Displaying different text

To create a piped link (text displayed that is different from the title of the page to which the text links), use the |lt= parameter (which stands for "link text").

Vertical alignment

The default vertical alignment of the bracketed interlanguage links is superscript. This can be altered by adding:

• vertical-align=sub to place the links in subscript
• vertical-align=base to place the links on the baseline. Alias: vertical-align=none

Examples

Blue link for redirect

{{Further interlanguage link|Tropical Storm Zia|ja|平成11年台風第16号|zh|热带风暴思雅}}}} →

Further information (in 日本語 and other languages): Tropical Storm Zia^(redirect)

Excess links (beyond three) don't throw an error but are ignored

{{Further interlanguage link|Luigi Madonis|ca|de|fi|it|kk|Луиджи Мадонис|ru|Мадонис, Луиджи}} →

Further information (in català and other languages): Luigi Madonis

With a topic

{{Further interlanguage link|topic=storms in Japan|Tropical Storm Zia|ja|平成11年台風第16号}} →

Further information on Storms in Japan (in 日本語): Tropical Storm Zia^(redirect)

All parameters

{{Further interlanguage link|topic=Some Topic|ArticleName|es|Página1#Sección uno|de|Seite2|ru|страница3|lt=Anchor-link}} →

Further information on Some Topic (in español and other languages): Anchor-link

Display variation

Vertical alignment:

{{Further interlanguage link|Luigi Madonis|de|it|ru|Мадонис, Луиджи|vertical-align=baseline}} →

Further information (in Deutsch and other languages): Luigi Madonis

Article already exists in English – interwiki links suppressed

{{Further interlanguage link|The Hague|nl|Den Haag|fr|La Haie|es|La Haya}} →

Further information (in Nederlands and other languages): The Hague

Errors

If a required param is missing, the template will output a message. For example:

{{Further interlanguage link|Luigi Madonis}} → Error: no interlanguage code specified. (help).

Further information (in English): Luigi Madonis

Pages that contain this error message are tracked in Category:Pages with errors in Template:Further ill.

When not to use this template

Further information: Template:Further § Interwiki links

If you only wish to link to an article on a foreign language Wikipedia, without indicating a missing article on English Wikipedia, use {{Further}} instead, prefixing the page name in a foreign Wikipedia with the required interlanguage code:

{{Further|fr:Face nord de l'Eiger|ca:Cara nord de l'Eiger|de:Eiger-Nordwand}} →

Further information: fr:Face nord de l'Eiger, ca:Cara nord de l'Eiger, and de:Eiger-Nordwand

{{Further|de:Eero Heinonen|es:Eero Heinonen|fi:Eero Heinonen}} →

Further information: de:Eero Heinonen, es:Eero Heinonen, and fi:Eero Heinonen

See also

• {{Further}}
• {{Interlanguage link}}
• {{Further-text}}
• {{Excerpt}}, which allows transclusion of text (such as an intro section) from one article into another
• {{Broader}}
• {{Main}}

TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools

See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Further interlanguage link in articles based on its TemplateData. TemplateData for Further interlanguage link Template used to link to pages on another Wikipedia containing further information on a topic. Produces the output "Further information: page 1, page 2 and page 3". Template parameters Parameter Description Type Status Article name 1 Suggested name of the English Wikipedia page which does not yet exist. Page name required 1st language code 2 Language code of the first page in another language. Example es Page name required 1st page 3 The name of the first page that you want to link to. Example Museo del Prado Page name optional 2nd language code 4 Language code of the second page that you want to link to. Example fr Page name optional 2nd page 5 The name of the second page that you want to link to. Example Le Louvre Page name optional 3rd language code 6 Language code of the third page that you want to link to. Example de Page name optional 3rd page 7 The name of the third page that you want to link to. Page name optional Topic topic The topic to list in the link. String optional Link text link text label label1 l1 The displayed label of the page link, as in a piped link String optional

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