Template:Further interlanguage link/doc

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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:

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[edit]

Basic usage – one interwiki link

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

More than one interwiki link

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

→

Same name in English as in other languages

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

Parameters[edit]

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[edit]

Displaying different text[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 Japanese and other languages): Tropical Storm Zia^(redirect)^{[ja; zh]}

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 Catalan and other languages): Luigi Madonis^{[ca; de; fi]}

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 Japanese): Tropical Storm Zia^(redirect)^[ja]

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 Spanish and other languages): Anchor-link^{[es; de; ru]}

Display variation: Vertical alignment:; {{Further interlanguage link|Luigi Madonis|de|it|ru|Мадонис, Луиджи|vertical-align=baseline}} →
Further information (in German and other languages): Luigi Madonis [de; it; ru]

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 Dutch and other languages): The Hague

Errors[edit]

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).

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

When not to use this template[edit]

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

See also[edit]

{{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

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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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