Template:Interlanguage link

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This template links conditionally to pages on non-Simple English Wikipedias. If the specified article does not exist on the Simple English Wikipedia, this template intentionally displays a red link to that anticipated but still-nonexistent article, followed by link(s) to the specified article(s) on the non-English Wikipedia(s), shown under the corresponding language code(s), in brackets. Hovering over a non-English link displays the name of the article on the non-English Wikipedia, as normal. Links to non-English Wikipedia articles are always blue; it is up to the editor to make sure they link to the intended article.

If the specified article exists (that is, after the anticipated article has been created) on the Simple English Wikipedia, this template will only show the blue link to that article, and no longer to the non-English link(s). It will also add the page to Category:Interlanguage link template existing link.

This template should not be used in hatnotes as red links should not be present in hatnotes.

Usage

There are several ways of using this template. It can produce links to one or more specific languages, Magnus Manske's Reasonator, or to the Wikidata table of languages.

The shortcut {{ill}} may be used.

A full list of language codes can be found at List of Wikipedias#Detailed list.

Where there are multiple interlanguage links readers may be confused about their purpose. The template {{interlanguage link info}} may be placed at the head of a page or section.

Link to one foreign language

To link to a foreign language article with the same title as the English Wikipedia, the parameters are:

{{ill|Article title|language code}}

• {{ill|Hanning Schröder|de}} gives Hanning Schröder

To link to a foreign language article with a different title, the parameters are:

{{ill|English article title|language code|Title in foreign language}}

• {{ill|Hooglede town hall|nl|Gemeentehuis van Hooglede}} gives Hooglede town hall

Link to multiple languages

To link to multiple languages with the same title as the English language page, the titles of the page are not necessary; the parameters are:

{{ill|English article title|language 1 code|language 2 code|...}}

• {{ill|casa|es||it||ro||de|haus}} gives casa

To link to multiple language articles, the parameters are:

{{ill|English article title|language 1 code|Title in language 1|language 2 code|Title in language 2|...}}

• {{ill|Olena Chaplynska|uk|Олена Чаплинська|ru|Чаплинская, Гелена|ja|モトローナ・チャプリーンシカ}} gives Olena Chaplynska

Link to Reasonator and Wikidata

To link to the Wikidata table of languages in which the article is available, the parameters are:

{{ill|Article title in English Wikipedia|WD=Wikidata item code}}

• {{ill|Jokery|WD=Q131138}} gives Jokery

All links to other Wikipedias are ignored if |WD= is present.

To link to Reasonator, add any value for the parameter |reasonator=. If a Wikidata item is linked, then the Reasonator link goes to the page for that item; if not, then a search is performed on Reasonator for that item.

Input	Output
{{ill|Jokery|WD=Q131138|reasonator=1}}	Jokery
{{ill|Jokery|reasonator=1}}	Jokery

Modifying the display

Displaying different text

To create a piped link (text displayed that is different from the title of the page to which the text links), use the |lt= parameter (which stands for "link text"). This is useful if disambiguation is necessary, for example to hide the (botanist) in Charles Darwin (botanist):

• {{ill|Charles Darwin (botanist)|lt=Charley Darwin|fr|Charles Darwin|de|Charles Darwin|es|Charles Darwin}} gives Charley Darwin

Do not use {{!}} to create piped links: {{ill|Maze (band){{!}}Mazy|...}} is not equivalent to {{ill|Maze (band)|lt=Mazy|...}}. The former will not cause the foreign language links to disappear when the English article exists.

Forcing links

To display the interlanguage links even if the English Wikipedia article exists, add any of the values 1, y, yes or force for the parameter |display=.

Input	Output
{{ill|Joke|fr|Blague|hu|Vicc|de|Witz}}	Joke
{{ill|Joke|fr|Blague|hu|Vicc|de|Witz|display=1}}	Joke

This feature should not be used in articles under most circumstances. However, in pages that are primarily lists of pages that link to the same language, it might be desirable all links on a page should link to other languages whether or not an English page exists. This feature can also be used as a work-around to eliminate expensive parser function calls.

Remove bold formatting from links

Usually the display of the Interlanguage or Wikidata or the Reasonator (the "appended link") are in normal font, but if the appended link is for example in a title line of table, then along with the rest of the line the appended link will be bold. In such circumstances the appended link can be set to display unbolded by adding any value for the parameter |nobold=.

Input	Output
'''{{ill|Charles Darwin (botanist)|fr|Charles Darwin|de|Charles Darwin}}'''	Charles Darwin (botanist)
'''{{ill|nobold=1|Charles Darwin (botanist)|fr|Charles Darwin|de|Charles Darwin}}'''	Charles Darwin (botanist)

Italics and quotation marks

If the linked material should be in italics (e.g., it is a major work such as a film title), use |italic=y (or |italic=yes, etc.) to generate italic markup around the link but not around the square-bracketed inter-language links.{{ill|Un papillon sur l'épaule|fr|italic=y}} gives: Un papillon sur l'épaule

If the linked material should have quotation marks around it (e.g., it is a minor work such as a song title), use |quote=y (or |quote=yes, etc.) to generate them around the link, but not around the square-bracketed inter-language links, and not themselves part of the link. This only does double quotation marks: {{ill|Maman ne le sait pas|fr|quote=y}} gives: Maman ne le sait pas

If both are used, quotation marks will appear around an italicized title, without italicizing the quotation marks.

Vertical alignment

The vertical alignment of the interlanguage/Wikidata/Reasonator links can be altered by adding:

• vertical-align=sup to place the links in superscript
• vertical-align=sub to place the links in subscript

Input	Output
{{ill|vertical-align=sup|Charles Darwin (botanist)|fr|Charles Darwin|de|Charles Darwin}}	Charles Darwin (botanist)
{{ill|vertical-align=sub|Charles Darwin (botanist)|fr|Charles Darwin|de|Charles Darwin}}	Charles Darwin (botanist)

Examples

• {{ill|TC Matic|af|TC Matic|nl|TC Matic|fr|TC Matic|es|TC Matic}} gives TC Matic, because TC Matic exists here
• {{ill|TC Matic (band)|af|TC Matic|nl|TC Matic|fr|TC Matic|es|TC Matic}} gives TC Matic (band), because TC Matic (band) does not exist here
• {{ill|TC Matic (band)|af||nl||fr||es|}} gives TC Matic (band) – although shown in blue the interwiki links won't work because they default to the title "TC Matic (band)" which is wrong
• {{ill|TC Matic (band)|lt=TC Matic|af|TC Matic|nl|TC Matic|fr|TC Matic|es|TC Matic}} gives TC Matic – the text "TC Matic" now redlinks to "TC Matic (band)"
• {{ill|TC Matic|lt=TC Matic (band)|af|TC Matic|nl|TC Matic|fr|TC Matic|es|TC Matic}} gives TC Matic (band) – the text "TC Matic (band)" now links to "TC Matic" which exists

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Interlanguage link

Link to other Wikipedias or Wikidata if an article in the English Wikipedia doesn't exist.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Article name	1	Name of the English Wikipedia page, or suggested name if the page does not exist	Page name	required
Link text	lt	Text displayed for the link to the English Wikipedia article, if not the same as the article title Default English Wikipedia article title	Line	suggested
1st language code	2	Language code for the 1st page in another language	Line	suggested
1st page	3	Title of the page in the 1st other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page Default English Wikipedia article title	Line	suggested
2nd language code	4	Language code for the 2nd page in another language	Line	optional
2nd page	5	Title of the page in the 2nd other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page Default English Wikipedia article title	Line	optional
3rd language code	6	Language code for the 3rd page in another language	Line	optional
3rd page	7	Title of the page in the 3rd other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page Default English Wikipedia article title	Line	optional
4th language code	8	Language code for the 4th page in another language	Line	optional
4th page	9	Title of the page in the 4th other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page Default English Wikipedia article title	Line	optional
5th language code	10	Language code for the 5th page in another language	Line	optional
5th page	11	Title of the page in the 5th other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page Default English Wikipedia article title	Line	optional
6th language code	12	Language code for the 6th page in another language	Line	optional
6th page	13	Title of the page in the 6th other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page Default English Wikipedia article title	Line	optional
7th language code	14	Language code for the 7th page in another language	Line	optional
7th page	15	Title of the page in the 7th other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page Default English Wikipedia article title	Line	optional
8th language code	16	Language code for the 8th page in another language	Line	optional
8th page	17	Title of the page in the 8th other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page Default English Wikipedia article title	Line	optional
9th language code	18	Language code for the 9th page in another language	Line	optional
9th page	19	Title of the page in the 9th other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page Default English Wikipedia article title	Line	optional
10th language code	20	Language code for the 10th page in another language	Line	optional
10th page	21	Title of the page in the 10th other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page Default English Wikipedia article title	Line	optional
11th language code	22	Language code for the 11th page in another language	Line	optional
11th page	23	Title of the page in the 11th other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page Default English Wikipedia article title	Line	optional
12th language code	24	Language code for the 12th page in another language	Line	optional
12th page	25	Title of the page in the 12th other language, if not the same as the English Wikipedia page Default English Wikipedia article title	Line	optional
Wikidata item	WD	Wikidata item of the article. Replaces links to pages in other languages	Line	suggested
Reasonator	reasonator	If anything is set for this, there is a link to the Reasonator page for the Wikidata item (if there is a link to an item) or to a Reasonator search for the English Wikipedia article title (if there is no item link)	String	optional
Preserve	preserve display	If anything is set for this, forces links to pages in other languages and projects to always display even if the English Wikipedia article exists	String	optional
No bold (or italic)	nobold	Forces links to other-language pages, Wikidata and Reasonator and the link brackets to have non-bold or -italic text	String	optional
Italicize	italic italics	If anything is set for this, puts italicization markup around the text to be linked, without including the bracketed inter-language links within the italics	String	optional
Quote	quote quotes	If anything is set for this, puts double quotation marks around the text to be linked, without linking those marks and without including the bracketed inter-language links within them	String	optional

Tracking categories

Category:Interlanguage link template existing link (292)

Redirects

After a merge discussion, five other templates were merged into this template, and thus this template contains all of their features.

• {{Interlanguage link}}
• {{Interlanguage link forced}}
• {{Interlanguage link multi}}
• {{Interlanguage link Wikidata}}
• {{Link-interwiki}}
• {{Red Wikidata link}}

See also

• {{Wikidata red link}} which provides some functionality similar to |WD= in this template

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