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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Subject bar. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on approximately 18,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandboxor/testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This navigational template offers a variant to several floating box templates that link to books(?), portals, and Wikipedia's sister projects but also typically cause formatting issues because of their size and alignment.

It is intended be placed at the end of an article, after the references, external links, navboxes, authority control template, and before any categories.

This template uses Lua: Module:subject bar (sandbox)

This template uses TemplateStyles: Template:Subject bar/styles.css

Usage

No single parameter is required, however, at least one book, portal, or sister project should be utilized with the use of this template. Since Wikipedia articles typically are in the domain of one or more WikiProjects, and since WikiProjects often have a portal, almost every article should list at least one portal. None of the parameters should be capitalized.

Parameters

When copying all parameters in either the vertical or horizontal layouts, delete those which are not needed. If no links are needed for a particular type, such as the historical "books", that part of the template will not appear on the page.

All parameters, horizontal. Parameters in order they show up in subject bar.

{{subject bar|commons = y|commons-search = |species = y|species-search = |voy = y|voy-search = |n = y|n-search = |wikt = y|wikt-search = |b = y|b-search = |q = y|q-search = |s = y|s-search = |v = y|v-search = |d = y|d-search = |spoken = |portal = }}

All parameters, horizontal. In alphabetical order. Except for portal and spoken. Those 2 are often removed.

{{subject bar|b = |b-search = |commons = |commons-search = |d = |d-search = |n = |n-searc h =|q = |q-search = |s = |s-search = |species = |species-search = |v = |v-search = |voy = |voy-search = |wikt = |wikt-search = |portal = |spoken = }}

All parameters, vertical. In alphabetical order. Except for portal and spoken. Those 2 are often removed.

{{subject bar
 |b              = 
 |b-search       = 
 |commons        = 
 |commons-search = 
 |d              = 
 |d-search       = 
 |n              = 
 |n-search       = 
 |q              = 
 |q-search       = 
 |s              = 
 |s-search       = 
 |species        = 
 |species-search = 
 |v              = 
 |v-search       = 
 |voy            = 
 |voy-search     = 
 |wikt           = 
 |wikt-search    =  
 |portal         = 
 |spoken         = 
}}

Sister project parameters

Other parameters

book

Use book1 up to book10 to link to a book

portal

Use portal1 up to portal10 to link to a portal

spoken

To provide a link to the spoken Wikipedia, provide the name of the sound file, omitting the File: prefix

Examples

Example. Simplest.

All set to "y". Portal and spoken removed.

Markup

{{subject bar|b = y|b-search = |commons = y|commons-search = |d = y|d-search = |n = y|n-searc h =|q = y|q-search = |s = y|s-search = |species = y|species-search = |v = y|v-search = |voy = y|voy-search = |wikt = y|wikt-search = }}

Try this first. It will use the article name for all the sister links. Test them all, and adjust as necessary.

Example page: Lemur

Markup

{{Subject bar|commons = y|commons-search = Category:Lemuriformes|species = y|species-search = Lemuriformes|book = Lemurs|portal1 = Primates|portal2 = Madagascar}}

Result

Madagascar

• Media from Commons
• Taxa from Wikispecies

Example page: Ring-tailed lemur

Markup

{{Subject bar|portal1 = Primates|portal2 = Madagascar|commons = y|commons-search = Category:Lemur catta |species = y|species-search = Lemur catta|n = y|n-search = Ring-tailed lemur|wikt=y|wikt-search = Lemur|b = y|b-search = Ring-tailed lemur|q = y|q-search = Ring-tailed lemur|s = y|s-search = Ring-tailed lemur|v = y|v-search = Ring-tailed lemur|voy = y|voy-search = Madagascar}}

Result

Madagascar

• Definitions from Wiktionary
• Media from Commons
• News from Wikinews
• Quotations from Wikiquote
• Texts from Wikisource
• Textbooks from Wikibooks
• Resources from Wikiversity
• Travel guides from Wikivoyage
• Taxa from Wikispecies

Portals

{{Portal bar}} may be better since portals are internal links, and can go in the "See also" section if there is one. Portal bars are narrower too, and so they use less space. An example:

Medicine

Viruses

See also