Template:InfoBox wikipedia

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Note
This page is a template. It contains some standardized, often used text, which can be transcluded inside other pages. As this template is widely used in our wiki, it may be protected in which case only staff members can change it. Use the discussion page to propose enhancements or fixes, or to voice your opinion.

Use this template inside an {{InfoBox stack}} to provide a link to a Wikipedia article in a right-floated box.

Parameters

Link to wikipedia

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
11 page

Alternative link on wikipedia compared to the page title

Stringoptional
Headerheader

Set this to yes or true to display a '''Resources''' heading, but only if the infobox is the '''first''' one in an InfoBox stack

Booleanoptional
Texttext

Alternate text for the link

Default
Wikipedia
Stringoptional
Parameter name Required? Default value Description
Anonymous parameter 1 No {{BASEPAGENAME}} Wikipedia article title.
header No (n/a) Set this to yes or true to display a Resources heading, but only if the infobox is the first one in an {{InfoBox stack}}.
text No Wikipedia Can be used to change the link text.

In cases where the Wikipedia article title differs from the Gentoo Wiki page title, use the anonymous parameter to specify the target title.

Usage

This template must be used inside of an {{InfoBox stack}}, as seen in the template's testcases:

Correct

No parameter (uses current page title)
Wiki code
{{InfoBox stack
| {{InfoBox wikipedia}}
}}
Main version
Sandbox version


↑ Editors using this template should make sure that the resulting link actually works. As seen by following the link(s) above, if the target Wikipedia article doesn't exist then readers will end up at a sort of "error page".


One anonymous parameter (a Wikipedia article title)
Wiki code
{{InfoBox stack
| {{InfoBox wikipedia|Gentoo Linux}}
}}
Main version
Sandbox version


Using header=true
Wiki code
{{InfoBox stack
| {{InfoBox wikipedia|Gentoo Linux|header=true}}
}}
Main version
Resources
Sandbox version
Resources


Specifying link text using text
Wiki code
{{InfoBox stack
| {{InfoBox wikipedia|Gentoo Linux|text=Other text}}
}}
Main version
Sandbox version


Incorrect

Used outside of an {{InfoBox stack}} (wide box, not right-floated)
Wiki code
{{InfoBox wikipedia}}
Main version
Sandbox version


See also[edit]

The templates below are implemented using {{InfoBox}}. They should also appear in Category:InfoBox templates, which may be more complete than this list.

These templates should be used within an {{InfoBox stack}}. Each should provide its own header parameter, but if necessary {{InfoBox header}} can be used.

Underlined text indicates the default heading provided by header=true for each type of template.

For use in articles
Resources
Article status
For use on talk pages
Talk status
(Note that the simpler {{Talk}} can be used in place of both of these.)
For use on user pages
User info
Babel (spoken-language indicators)
Note
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:InfoBox wikipedia/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit) and testcases (edit) pages.
Please add categories and interwikis to the /doc subpage. (See the subpages of this template.)