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Template:Subject bar

This template uses Lua: Module:Subject bar (sandbox) Module:Portal (sandbox)

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

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

Usage

No single parameter is required, however, at least one 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.

Parameter meanings (quick list). Alphabetical order: b: Wikibooks. commons: WikiMedia Commons. d: Wikidata. n: Wikinews. q: Wikiquote. s: Wikisource. species: Wikispecies. v: Wikiversity. voy: Wikivoyage. wikt: Wiktionary.

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

{{Subject bar|commons = y|species = y|voy = y|n = y|wikt = y|b = y|q = y|s = y|v = y|d = y|portal = }}

All parameters, horizontal. In alphabetical order, except for portal which is often removed.

{{Subject bar|b = |commons = |d = |n = |q = |s = |species = |v = |voy = |wikt = |portal = }}

All parameters, vertical. In alphabetical order, except for portal which is often removed.

{{Subject bar
 |b= 
 |commons        = 
 |d= 
 |n= 
 |q= 
 |s= 
 |species        = 
 |v= 
 |voy            = 
 |wikt           =  
 |portal         = 
}}

Parameters explained

Other parameters

portal

Use portal### where ### is any number to link to a portal

auto

set |auto=1 to use Wikidata to find sister links

search

override default search string (= title of page)

display

set the display string on the sister links bar

commonscat

link to Commons category instead of gallery

author

link to Species author instead of taxon

Note: positional arguments are interpreted as portals, will be appended after any named portal arguments.

Examples

Example: Simplest case.

auto=1: Try this first to look up sister project links in Wikidata.

Markup

{{Subject bar|auto=1}}

Result (if used on Lemur)

• Media from Commons
• Taxa from Wikispecies

Example page: Lemur

Markup

{{Subject bar|commons= Category:Lemuriformes|species = Lemuriformes|portal1 = Primates|portal2 = Madagascar}}

Result

Madagascar

• Media from Commons
• Resources from Wikiversity
• Taxa from Wikispecies

Example page: Ring-tailed lemur

Markup

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

Portal bar

{{Portal bar}} is a subset of {{Subject bar}}, where only positional arguments are allowed. For example:

Markup

{{Portal bar|COVID-19|Medicine|Viruses}}

Result

Medicine

Viruses

See also

TemplateData