Template:Interlanguage link

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For guidance, see Help:Interlanguage links § Inline links.

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This template may be used to add links to foreign-language Wikipedias for articles where English Wikipedia does not yet have one. It provides readers options to research further into topics not yet as comprehensively covered by English Wikipedia, while simultaneously signaling the topic should have an article on English Wikipedia.

The template is intended to add a red link to a topic that would be useful to have at English Wikipedia, and at the same time provide blue links to one or more foreign-language Wikipedias that already have an article about it. It can also be used to "upgrade" an existing red link so it additionally provides blue links to foreign-language articles.

Introduction

This template links to pages on non-English Wikipedias. If the specified article does not exist on the 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 square brackets. Hovering over a link displays the name of the article on the other Wikipedia, as normal. Links to sister project articles are always blue; it is up to the editor placing the template to make sure they link to the intended article on the other Wikipedia.

If param 1 specifies an existing article on English Wikipedia, this template suppresses the foreign Wikipedia links and displays only a blue link to the article; that is, it looks identical to a wikilink. (Or to a piped link, if param |lt= is in use.) If param 1 specifies a redirect, both the blue link and language links are shown.

Usage

Basic syntax

{{interlanguage link|English article title|foreign language code}}

Please find a list of language codes at List of Wikipedias § Active editions.

An example of the basic syntax in action:
{{interlanguage link|Estikay|de}}
results in:
Estikay

This is intended to tell the reader that the topic of "Estikay" (a German rapper) would make for a valuable article on English Wikipedia, that this article does not yet exist, and that the reader can learn more about the topic by clicking the small "de" link within square brackets to learn more (assuming the reader either knows German or can translate the article).

It does presume readers understand the language codes are clickable, and lead to articles written in languages indicated by those language codes.

There are several ways to use this template. Here are some common extended examples

The full template name is {{interlanguage link}}; usage below shows the {{ill}} shortcut.

{{ill|English title|lang-code1|Title in lang-1}}(when title in lang-1 is different from English title)
{{ill|English title|lang-code1|Title in lang-1|lang-code2|Title in lang-2}}(to link to two foreign languages, both using different titles than the English one)
{{ill|English title|lang-code1||lang-code2|Title in lang-2}} (when title in lang-1 is identical to English title)
{{ill|English title|qid=1234567890}}(when using WikiData)

When to use

This template may be used when foreign Wikipedias have an article on a topic that English Wikipedia does not. In these cases, inserting a simple wikilink would cause a red link to appear, and while inserting an interlanguage link template also creates the same red link, it will also adds one or more blue links to foreign Wikipedia articles that may have useful information for readers. Secondarily, editors skilled in the other language may decide to create an article here by translating portions or all of the foreign article. There is no general consensus when this template should be used, or what languages should be linked when an article missing in English is present in several other language Wikipedias.

Because {{ill}} normally produces a working link along with a redlink, it is appropriate for use in hatnotes, in spite of the general advice to avoid redlinks in hatnotes.

When not to use

In general, do not use this template to link an English article that already exists; just use a wikilink instead. If you do it anyway, this template will gracefully degrade and appear as a regular (blue) wikilink, without displaying any of the language code links; that is, it will be indistinguishable in appearance from a simple wikilink. (This is also what happens when red links turn blue because someone creates the article later.)

Also please see § Limitations and known issues below for more circumstances when not to use.

When to remove

You can remove the template when a red link turns blue, and it is no longer needed. However, there is no need to remember to do so, because Cewbot does this automatically for you, replacing the template with a plaink wikilink.

A possible downside of removing the template is loss of linkage to foreign articles in case the English Wikipedia article is later deleted. In that case, the blue wikilink will become a red link, where an {{ill}} template would re-emerge with visually apparent blue link(s) to foreign article(s). Use |preserve= or |display= to prevent automatic removal of a specific link; see § Forcing links below.

Please be aware Cewbot removes this template when it detects the target article has been created on English Wikipedia, converting {{ill}} links to regular (blue) links.

See also: Wikipedia:Database reports/Interlanguage link templates need to fix

Alternatives

Please see Help:Interlanguage links#Inline links for several ways you can add interlanguage links, of which this template is only one method, albeit the recommended one.

For use at the top of a section in the role where a {{Further}} link might normally be used, the template {{Further ill}} is available with similar functionality to this template for linking foreign Wikipedia articles.

Parameters

Parameters for this template come in three groups:

• A: one parameter (always required) to specify the page title of the (as yet) non-existent article in English; this normally appears as a red link, which is one of the main goals of this template
• B: params specifying the foreign Wikipedia page(s), either by Wikipedia language code and pagename (these come in pairs), or by a wikidata id (a single id may link many foreign Wikipedia pages)
• C: seven stylistic params, for modifying how the link (or links) appear on the page

group A – a page title of a proposed new article for English Wikipedia; should comply with WP:Article title policy.

• |1= – the proposed page title. This must be a red link, or a redirect with possibilities. (If it isn't, do not use this template.) Required.

group B – specification of corresponding foreign Wikipedia page(s); one to twelve pairs of lang-code + page-title, or else a single wikidata id (see § qid below):

• Paired positional params |2= and |3=, through |24= and |25=; the second item of each pair may be empty if the foreign pagename is the same as the param 1 (e.g., in biographies; see § details):
  • 2 and 3 – the language code and page to link to article(s) on foreign Wikipedia(s). Usually required—but see '§ qid' below. Note: The page link may contain an optional section. Links to sections are automatically formatted as pagename § section, rather than the MediaWiki default of page#section.
  • 4 and 5 – a second lang-code and page to link to on a foreign wikipedia. Optional. If 5 is missing, it takes the value of param 1.
  • 6 and 7 – a third lang-code/page pair, to link a foreign Wikipedia article. Optional. If 7 is missing, it takes the value of param 1.

and so on, up through:

• 24 and 25 – a twelfth lang-code + page pair, to link one foreign Wikipedia article. Optional. If 25 is missing, it takes the value of param 1

• or Wikidata id – one or more of the above paired positional params, or else just this one param:
  • |qid= – the Wikidata item identifier corresponding to existing article(s) on other Wikipedias; renders as [wikidata] (but see param 'short' below). The qid param replaces all of the paired parameters listed above in this group. Either qid *or* positional param |2= must be specified.

group C – stylistic params for formatting the output (all named params, and all optional):

• |italics=yes – italicizes the display text (but not the language links) (Alias: italic; see § Italicize the link text)
• |lt=... – turns the red English link into a piped link using the given text; ('lt' stands for "link text").) See § details
• |nobold=yes – force language links to be normal weight, even if the template is embedded in a line of bolded text (see § details)
• |preserve=yes – force language links to display even if param 1 points to an existing article (Alias: display; default: suppress language links for blue-linked articles; see § below)
• |quote=yes – embed the linked param 1 article name in double quotes (language links remain outside) (Alias: quotes; see § details)
• |short=yes – when |qid= is in use, shorten the link from '[wikidata]' to just '[wd]'. (Alias: s; see § details)
• |valign=... – values: sub (below the baseline), sup (above the baseline), or ib (none). (Default: baseline; alias: vertical-align, v; see § details)

How to

Here are some tips on how to achieve various results:

Add an info banner explaining ill use to readers

Where there are multiple interlanguage links at an article, readers may be confused about their appearance or 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, the parameters are:

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

• {{ill|Hooglede town hall|nl|Gemeentehuis van Hooglede}} produces: Hooglede town hall

To link to a foreign language article with the same title as the English Wikipedia, a shortcut is available where the title of the foreign article may be omitted:

{{ill|Article title|language code}}

• {{ill|Estikay|de}} produces: Estikay (as of January 2026, no English article exists)

Please find a list of language codes at List of Wikipedias § Active editions.

If the English article does exist, the ill link will be invisible (and indeed, will later be removed by a bot):

• {{ill|Hanning Schröder|de}} produces: Hanning Schröder (the English article exists),

Link to multiple languages

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|...}}

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

Link to foreign articles with the same pagename as in English

A shortcut is available to link to articles in other Wikipedias that have the same title as in English Wikipedia, such as biographies. In this case, the page title param is not necessary, only the language code is needed.

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

• for example {{ill|casa|es||it||ro}} produces: casa

Note: As of 2025, casa above is a redirect. Redirects appear as blue links even while foreign-language links are still shown.

Caution: Such redirects are likely to relate to a different topic, so {{ill}} will link to the incorrect English-language article. For example, if your intent is to provide a link to the Argentine town of Grünbein (which as of 2025 does not have an English-language article) and add {{ill|Grünbein|es}}, this will display as Grünbein (with a blue "es" linking to the Spanish article), but the main English link will bring up an unrelated English-language article (Durs Grünbein) because Grünbein redirects there. Similarly to circular redirects (see § Limitations and known issues below), there exists no perfect solution. You need to invent a red link to make it clear to the reader there's no point clicking the main link, and if and when an English article is created manually fix this. For example: add {{ill|Grünbein (Argentine town)|es|Grünbein|lt=Grünbein}} to provide Grünbein.

If some of your languages use the same title, and others use different titles, you can combine these by adding the foreign title where needed:

• for example {{ill|casa|es||de|haus|it||ro}} produces: casa

Here we inserted German between Spanish and Italian in the casa example. Note the German article is the only one having a different title.

Display different link text for the red link

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 (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=Charles Darwin|fr|Charles Darwin|de|Charles Darwin|es|Charles Darwin}} produces: Charles Darwin

Do not use {{!}} to create piped links, as doing so will prevent the foreign language links from disappearing if an English article is created:

{{ill|Maze (band){{!}}Mazy|...}} is not equivalent to {{ill|Maze (band)|lt=Mazy|...}}.

Force language links to display even if the English Wikipedia article exists

To display the interlanguage links even if the English Wikipedia article exists, add any value to the parameter |display= or its alias, |preserve=.

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.

Note: As of 2025, redirects appear as blue links even while foreign-language links are still shown (i.e. you do not necessarily need to force-show them; obviously you should still feel free to do so if you want to signal to other editors your intent is to force-show them).

Remove bold formatting from links

Do not display the interlanguage links in bold

Usually the template displays the red link and the bracketed language links in normal-weight font (i.e., not bold), but if the template is embedded in a line of bold text (for example, in wikitable column headers) then it will inherit the style and also be bold. In such circumstances you can unbold the bracketed link(s) with parameter |nobold=. This parameter does not affect the style of the red link, only the language links.

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)

Italicize the link text

Do not display the interlanguage link in italics

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

Embed link text in double quotes

If the linked material should have quotation marks around it (e.g., it is a minor work such as a song title), add any value to the |quote= parameter to generate them around the link, but not around the 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}} produces: "Maman ne le sait pas"

If params |italic= and |quote= are both used, quotation marks will appear around an italicized title, without italicizing the quotation marks.

Add punctuation between link text and language links

Punctuation can be controlled using the |lt= parameter. This is useful where punctuation such as a comma or period/full stop follows the expression. In this case you may wish to display the punctuation before the interlanguage link(s), especially if combining it with superscript display.

So, rather than have:

...the French concept of freedom of instruction.

which awkwardly displays the sentence-final punctuation after the French link, you can display it before:

...the French concept of freedom of instruction.

The second example above is achieved simply by borrowing the |lt= parameter, and including the punctuation in it, like this:

{{ill|freedom of instruction|fr|Liberté d'enseignement|lt=freedom of instruction.|v=sup}}

Be sure to move the punctuation from its usual position into the |lt= parameter.

Set language links vertical alignment

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

• |valign=sup to emit the links in superscript
• |valign=sub to emit the links in subscript

The parameter aliases |vertical-align= or |v= may be used instead.

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

Ensure proper language link font size in Infoboxes

When this template is placed within elements that already use a smaller font size, such as infoboxes, the interlanguage link drops below 85% of the page's default font size. To prevent this and adhere to MOS:SMALLTEXT the value ib can be used with the vertical alignment parameter: |valign=ib (or |v=ib, etc.)

Input	Output
{{ill|Charles Darwin (botanist)|fr|Charles Darwin|de|Charles Darwin|v=ib}}	Charles Darwin (botanist)

To be clear, what |valign=ib does, it prevents the font size reduction, so that when the font size is later reduced by the info box placement, the interlanguage link(s) remain at or above 85% of the default font size.

This feature should only be used when the template is placed within infoboxes or other elements that use a smaller font size.

Link to Wikidata instead of specific Wikipedias

This template links articles in foreign Wikipedias. There are two ways to do this:

1. with § one or § more pairs of § paired positional parameters, each pair specifying one foreign article via language-code + pagename;
2. by a single wikidata id (known as a 'qid'). The wikidata id may link one, or many foreign Wikipedia pages, depending how many Wikipedias have an article on the same topic.

In order to understand how to use a wikidata item id with this template, some very basic info about Wikidata is needed:

Very brief intro to Wikidata qid, and linked Wikipedia articles

When you view an article on Wikipedia like France, you can find the list of other Wikipedia languages that also have an article about France (e.g., Spanish: Francia, German: Frankreich, and so on). The list of Wikipedia languages linked to our France article is stored on Wikidata, not in the France article itself. Wikidata is international in scope and uses a numeric item identifier called a 'qid' as its main id, instead of an article title like Wikipedia uses. The qid for 'France' is 'Q142'; you can view the Wikidata item for France at wikidata:Q142 (or, just plain d:Q142 for short). Over 300 Wikipedias have an article about France; scroll to the bottom of Wikidata page Q142 to see the complete list, or go to d:Q142#sitelinks-wikipedia.

Examples

As an example, Basil of Luni is a Wikidata topic that has no article on English Wikipedia (as of February 2026), so the link here is red. But it does exist on two other Wikipedias: Italian Wikipedia and Russian Wikipedia. The qid for this topic is "Q3635819". The link d:Q3635819 takes you to the wikidata page for 'Basil of Luni', and if you scroll down to the Wikipedia links section, you will see the two entries for Italian and Russian Wikipedia links.

The topic Nobby Islet (qid Q17017563) exists on English Wikipedia (so the link here is blue), and also on three other Wikipedias. You can find the links to all four Wikipedia languages at d:Q17017563#sitelinks-wikipedia.

Finding a qid

Main page: Wikipedia:Finding a Wikidata ID

See here for help in locating a qid from an existing Wikipedia article that is linked from Wikidata. Alternatively, you can search for a qid directly at Wikidata by using the search box at the top of any Wikidata page and searching for a likely label, like this Basil of Luni search. The qid should appear in the search results.

You can link to Wikidata instead of listing specific Wikipedia language links in the template, by using param |qid= with the wikidata item identifier. This will link the Wikidata table of languages showing all the languages in which the article named in param 1 is available.

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

• {{ill|Jokery|qid=Q131138}} produces: Jokery

Note: Links to other Wikipedias are ignored if |qid= is present. In other words, you cannot combine links to Wikidata and foreign languages within the same instance of this template.

To link Basil of Luni using this template, you can code this:

{{ill|Basil of Luni|it|Basilio di Luni|ru|Василий Лунийский}}

which generates this:

Basil of Luni

Or, you can use the qid style of linkage, and code this: {{ill|Basil of Luni|qid=Q3635819}} which generates this:

Basil of Luni

which gets you to the two language articles via the Wikidata page.

Both examples will get you to the Italian and Russian Wikipedia articles; the style is up to you. Probably the wikidata style is less familiar than language codes for many users, but it is more economical in space, especially if you use the short form, and show the wikidata link as 'wd' instead.

Show the wikidata link as 'wd'

To display the Wikidata link as "wd" instead of "Wikidata", add any value for the parameter |short= or its alias, |s=:

• {{ill|Jokery|qid=Q131138|s=1}} produces: Jokery

Limitations and known issues

Non-existent foreign article

On Wikipedia, links to nonexistent pages normally show as red links. However, this functionality only works within the Wikipedia site you're viewing. There is no way for this template, or any code on Wikipedia, to check whether an article on another language's Wikipedia exists. Links to all foreign-language articles, including nonexistent foreign-language articles, show as blue links when constructed. For example, both [[:fr:Maman ne le sait pas|Maman ne le sait pas]] → Maman ne le sait pas (exists) and [[:fr:no such article|no such article]] → no such article (does not exist) display in the same blue color.

Circular redirects

If the topic you are trying to provide interlanguage links for already exists on English Wikipedia, is a redirect, and this redirect points back to the article you are trying to edit, your template might astonish readers - they expect a blue link to lead to an English-language article, but all they get, is the same page reloaded.

Attempts have been made for the {{Interlanguage link}} template to automatically detect this, but currently none are functional. Please consider alternatives to using this template in this specific case; see #Alternatives above for a link to Help:Interlanguage links#Inline links, which provides comprehensive coverage.

Two specific recommendations:

1. You can replace an {{ill}} template with plain text followed by something like {{small|([[:en:Wikipedia:Example|en]])}} to provide the crucial small-font link to the other Wiki, in this (en) case, the Wikipedia:Example page at the en (English) wiki. Use this when retaining a link isn't deemed necessary.
2. If you wish to keep using the {{Interlanguage link}} template it is better to intentionally create a red link in order to signal to the reader the link isn't worth clicking on: {{ill|Example (a circular redirect)|lt=Example|fr|Example}} gives Example. Note how "Example" in this case is intentionally made into a red link while still providing a relevant interlanguage link to French Wikipedia.

There is no perfect solution - in both these cases manual editing will be necessary if and when the redirect is expanded into a proper article.

Interactions with other templates

In the main namespace, when using this template with the {{lang}} template, use |cat=no or |nocat=yes to remove the hidden category that {{lang}} creates.

N {{ill|Machsor Lipsiae|de|lt={{lang|he-LA|Machsor Lipsiae}}}}

Y {{ill|Machsor Lipsiae|de|lt={{lang|he-LA|Machsor Lipsiae|cat=no}}}}

Y {{ill|Machsor Lipsiae|de|lt={{lang|he-LA|Machsor Lipsiae|nocat=yes}}}}

In other Wikipedias

The Manual of Style in Spanish Wikipedia, and perhaps others, deprecates interlanguage links in live articles, and therefore the local version of this template (es:Plantilla:ill) is disabled for main (article) space. It still works for discussion pages, for example.

Examples

• Basic usage – one interwiki link

  {{ill|Ocean swell fairies|fr|Fée des houles}} → Ocean swell fairies

• Multiple interwiki links, different page titles in other languages:

  {{ill|Geiseltal fossil bed|de|Fossillagerstätte Geiseltal|fr|Gisement de fossiles du Geiseltal|es|Yacimiento de Geiseltal}} → Geiseltal fossil bed

• Same page title in English and other languages:

  {{ill|Margarita Cueto|ca||es||pt|valign=sup}} → Margarita Cueto

• Others:
  • {{ill|TC Matic|af|TC Matic|nl|TC Matic|fr|TC Matic|es|TC Matic}} produces: TC Matic, because TC Matic exists here
  • {{ill|TC Matic (band)|af|TC Matic|nl|TC Matic|fr|TC Matic|es|TC Matic}} produces: TC Matic (band), because TC Matic (band) does not exist here
  • {{ill|TC Matic (band)|af||nl||fr||es|}} produces: 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}} produces: 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}} produces: TC Matic (band) – the text "TC Matic (band)" now links to "TC Matic" which exists

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Interlanguage link in articles based on its TemplateData.

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. NOTE: this parameter begins with an lowercase "L", not an uppercase "i". Default English Wikipedia article title	Line	suggested
1st language code	2	Language code for the 1st page in another language (Note: the 1st language code is required, unless param 'qid' is present)	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	qid	Wikidata item of the article. Replaces links to pages in other languages. (Note: either the 'qid', or the 1st language code is required; pick one, but not both.)	Line	optional
Short Wikidata link text	short s	If anything is set for this, Wikidata item link is displayed as 'd'	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	Entering any value will force links to other-language pages, Wikidata and the interlanguage links to force non-bold and non-italic text. Example yes	Line	optional
Italicize	italic italics	If anything is set for this, puts italicization markup around the text to be linked, without including the inter-language links within the italics	String	optional
Vertical alignment	vertical-align valign v	Alters the position of language links from baseline, to superscript ('sup') or subscript ('sub') position. It can also prevent the font size of the language links from being reduced when used in infoboxes, by entering 'ib'. Suggested values sup sub ib Default baseline	Line	optional
Quote	quote quotes	If anything is set for this, puts double quotation marks around the text to be linked. The quotation marks won't be linked, and the inter-language links will be outside the quotation marks. Suggested values yes	String	optional

Tracking categories

• Category:Interlanguage link template existing link (6,109)
• Category:Interlanguage link template forcing interwiki links (1,545)
• Category:Pages using interlanguage link with the wikidata parameter (145)
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Merged here

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

• Help:Interlanguage links § Inline links for general inline linking to other language Wikipedias
• {{Wikidata fallback link}} which provides some functionality similar to |qid= in this template
• {{Further ill}}, a mashup of {{Further}} and {{ill}} for section header links
• {{Interwiki link}}, for use in discussions and documentation
• User:Cobaltcigs/IllWill – a tool that assists in finding interlanguage links

Notes

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Interlanguage link/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.