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'''{{NAMESPACE}}:{{BASEPAGENAME}}''' displays an external link to a page at [[Mastodon (social network)|Mastodon]], a [[social media]] website. It is intended for use in the [[Wikipedia:External links|external links]] section of an article.

== Usage ==
* If the Wikidata entry for a subject for the [[:d:Property:P4033|property P4033]] exists, then typing <nowiki>{{Mastodon user}}</nowiki> should automatically provide the subject's Mastodon user URL; this is typically usable in a [[WP:EXTERNALLINK]]; discuss on the talk page if there is controversy about whether the external link is notable enough for that subject (person or organisation).
* If the Wikidata entry for a subject does ''not'' exist,  typing <nowiki>{{Mastodon user|subject@instance}}</nowiki> should provide the URL https://instance/@subject . The result of this example is: {{Mastodon user|subject@instance}}
* Do '''not''' use two '@' symbols: {{s|<nowiki>{{Mastodon user|@subject@instance}}</nowiki>}} will give the wrong result.
* You may also use <nowiki>{{Mastodon user|subject@instance|alternative name of this subject}}</nowiki> to override the name of the article in the displayed text; this will give: {{Mastodon user|subject@instance|alternative name of this subject}}
* Using {{para|noon|(any value)}} disables the "on [[Mastodon (social network)|Mastodon]]" portion of the template.

== Tracking categories ==
* {{clc|Mastodon username different from Wikidata}}
* {{clc|Mastodon username not in Wikidata}}
* {{clc|Mastodon user template missing ID and not in Wikidata}}

== See also ==
* {{tl|Twitter}}
* {{tl|Threads}}

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