Template:Sister bar

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The {{Sister bar}} template provides links corresponding pages on various Wikimedia sister projects, similar to {{Sister project links}}. Unlike that other template, {{Sister bar}} creates a horizontal bar for the sister projects links. This template is designed for use when there is not enough space in the External links section for a Sister project links box. It is designed to go after other navboxes and {{Portal bar}}.

The following pages are sought by the template, in order:

• An explicit page chosen by an editor (if provided)
• A sitelink in Wikidata (if exists)
• A search page on the sister project

Sending a reader to a search page can be an unpleasant experience, if there is no corresponding page for that subject. Editors have a choice between two methods to prevent this negative experience:

• Manually check each project for a relevant page, if missing, then set argument to "no" (e.g., |wikt=n)
• Use "automatic mode", which only displays a sister project by default if sitelink exists (e.g., |auto=yes)

Parameters

{{Sister bar
<!-- Configuration parameters. Do not leave empty; populate, or remove -->
 |1= |auto= |display=

<!-- Projects that default to "yes" when auto=no -->
 |b= |c= |n= |q= |s= |v= |wikt= 

<!-- Projects that default to "no" when auto=no -->
 |d= |m= |mw= |species= |species_author= |voy= |iw=

 |author= <!-- force search for author name in wikisource -->
 |commonscat= <!-- force link to commons category -->
 |cookbook= <!-- force link to cookbook at wikibooks -->
}}

All parameters:
{{Sister project links |1= |author= |auto= |b= |c= |commonscat= |cookbook= |d= |display= |iw= |m= |mw= |n= |q= |qid= |s= |species= |species_author= |v= |voy= |wikt= }}

Default display

For any project parameter, there are four acceptable values:

• "yes" means find a reasonable link for the sister project (wikidata, or default back to search)
• "no" means exclude this sister project: no link
• a string means link to the page with whose name is that string
• blank or missing means use the default
  • If |auto=yes, default is either use wikidata (if present), or drop the link
  • If |auto=no, if project is in the "yes" list above, either use wikidata or search. Otherwise drop the link.

Tracking categories

• Category:Pages using Sister project links with unknown parameters (0)
• Category:Pages with single-entry sister bar (0)

Interwiki link

The |iw= parameter is for use in articles about languages themselves. It is designed to be used instead of the {{InterWiki}} template: it links to the Main Page of Wikipedia that corresponds to the language code. See Template:InterWiki/doc for more information. Up to three sister Wikipedias can be linked, using |iw=, |iw1=, and |iw2=.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for the template used by the new VisualEditor.

Sister bar

Displays a terminal window with a set of commands. If the titles in the individual sister projects differ, use the following parameters, which are taken from [[Help:Interwiki linking]].

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Search Parameter	1	Use if the ''search parameter'' differs from the pagename.	String	optional
Use wikidata to fill defaults	auto	If auto="yes", then sister projects with wikidata sitelinks are filled-in, others are off by default. Each project can be overridden with its own parameter.	String	optional
Display name	display	Use if the ''display name'' is different from the search term. For example, the bear article would be 'Bears'.	String	optional
Wiktionary link	wikt	Wiktionary link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes", and "no". The default is "Yes" (find page automatically). Default Yes	String	optional
Commons link	c commons	Commons link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes" (find page automatically). Default Yes	String	optional
Commons category?	commonscat	Specifies whether a link to a category on Wikimedia Commons is shown. Can be "yes" or "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
Wikinews link	n	Wikinews link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes" (find page automatically). Default Yes	String	optional
Wikiquote link	q	Wikiquote link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes" (find page automatically). Default Yes	String	optional
Wikisource link	s	Wikisource link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes" (find page automatically). Default Yes	String	optional
Wikisource author?	author	Use for articles about authors to force the Wikisource links to include the "Author:" prefix. Can be set to "yes" or "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
Wikibooks link	b	Wikibooks link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes" (find page automatically). Default Yes	String	optional
Cookbook	cookbook	If yes, link to Cookbook at wikibooks. If string, use that string as article title in Cookbooks. Default Yes	String	optional
Wikivoyage link	voy	Wikivoyage link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically), and "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
Wikiversity link	v	Wikiversity link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes", and "no". The default is "Yes" (find page automatically). Default Yes	String	optional
Wikidata link	d	Wikidata link to show. Acceptable values are a QID, "yes" (find page automatically), and "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
Wikispecies taxon link	species	Wikispecies link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically), and "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
Wikispecies author link	species_author	Wikispecies author link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes"(find page automatically), and "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
Meta link	m	Meta link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically), and "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
MediaWiki link	mw	MediaWiki link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically) and "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional

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