Template:User/doc

For the template that only gives a link to a user's user page, see Template:User link.

For the template that gives links related to a user's page, see Template:lu.

Sandbox

Template:User/sandbox can be used for testing. Additional edit history for this template is contained there.

TemplateData

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

User

This template is used to create a link to a user's user page (unless using {{Useranon}}), talk page, and contributions, and generates a special notification (aka 'ping').

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
User name	1 user	The user name that you want to create links to and notify.	User	required
Sister project	project	Used to link to a sister project instead of the English Wikipedia. Use the standard interwiki prefix. Suggested values wiktionary wikinews wikibooks wikiquote wikisource wikispecies wikiversity wikivoyage foundation commons meta mediawikiwiki wikidata	String	optional
Other language project	lang	Used to link to another language project. If used with the "sister project" parameter, links to another language of a sister project. Otherwise links to another language Wikipedia. Use the standard language code.	String	optional
Separator	separator	Used to change the separator between the links. If unused, defaults to a dot.	Unknown	optional