Template:W

Documentation

This template is used to create an inline link to the corresponding Wikipedia article for that subject.

Syntax

{{W|1=<Wikipedia article>|2=<displayed text>|lang=<2-digit language code>}}

or

{{w|<Wikipedia article>|<displayed text>|lang=<2-digit language code>}}

where

• |1= the Wikipedia article title. It is mandatory;
• |2= optional text to be displayed in the link. If not specified, the Wikipedia title will be used;
• |lang= language of the Wikipedia article. It's the first two digits of the link (for example, de in de.wikipedia.org); when not specified, the template defaults to English.

Note that hovering the mouse over the will display a tooltip box with information about the link and the article's language.

Examples

{{W|counterpoint}}

produces:

counterpoint

{{W|William Smith (composer)|William Smith}}

produces:

William Smith

{{W|Franz Xaver Engelhart|lang=de‎‎}}

produces:

Franz Xaver Engelhart

Categorization

The page is categorized according to the language of the Wikipedia article: English Wikipedia links, French Wikipedia links etc.

See also

• Template:WikipediaLink