Template:Navigation page/doc

This is the {{Navigation page}} template.

It can be used to mark a page as a navigation page.

Usage

{{Navigation page}}

{{Navigation page|y/n|PAGENAME|noquote=y|nostart=y}}

Parameters

Two positional (unnamed) and four named params; all optional:

|1=yes – shows optional navigation links; default: no optional links

|2=PAGENAME of article – only needed if different than current pagename; default: {{PAGENAME}}

|nocat=yes – suppresses § Categorization; default: categorized

|noquote=yes – performs unquoted search (many more results); default: quoted (exact match search; few results, better precision)

|nostart=yes – suppresses the start link if |1=yes, so that only two links are emitted

|demospace= – set the value to any namespace name to test § Categorization; possible values: see the namespace table.

Categorization

This template automatically adds articles to Category:Navigation pages. Its behavior can be altered by two parameters:

• Use param |nocat= to suppress categorization.
• Use param |demospace= to test categorization by acting as if the page (param |2= or current PAGENAME) were in the given namespace.

Examples

1. {{Navigation page}}
{{Navigation page|nocat=true}} →

2. {{Navigation page|no|Glove and Boots}}
{{Navigation page|no|Glove and Boots|nocat=true}} →

3. {{Navigation page|yes|Glove and Boots}}
{{Navigation page|yes|Glove and Boots|nocat=true}} → You can also: Search Glove and Boots in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings. Start the Glove and Boots article, using the Article Wizard if you wish, or add a request for it. Look for pages within Wikipedia that link to this title.

4. {{Navigation page|yes|Glove and Boots|noquote=yes}}
{{Navigation page|yes|Glove and Boots|noquote=yes|nocat=true}} → You can also: Search Glove and Boots in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings. Start the Glove and Boots article, using the Article Wizard if you wish, or add a request for it. Look for pages within Wikipedia that link to this title.

5. {{Navigation page|yes|Amari McCoy|nostart=yes}}
{{Navigation page|yes|Amari McCoy|nostart=yes|nocat=true}} → You can also: Search Amari McCoy in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings. Look for pages within Wikipedia that link to this title.

Notes

If a navigation page contains a Notes or References section and/or a navbox and you wish to place navigation links above such content whilst still keeping the main notice on the bottom, you can insert {{navlinks}} at the desired location within the page. To hide the invite to start an article, you can insert {{navlinks|nostart}} instead.

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Navigation page

This templates provides a footer for navigation pages, and allows optional navigation links.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Navigation links	1	If set to true, shows optional navigation links. See also param "Nostart" to refine the list. Default false	String	optional
Page name	2	The title of the navigation page, if different from the current page title. Default {{FULLPAGENAME}}	String	optional
Nocat	3	If set to true, suppresses categorization. Default false	Boolean	optional
Noquote	4	If set to non-empty, enables unquoted search link.	Boolean	optional
Nostart	5	If set to true, suppresses the Start page link if Nav links are enabled. Default false	Boolean	optional
Demospace	6	Name of the desired namespace if testing template categorization behavior. Default {{NAMESPACE}}	String	optional

See also

• {{Navlinks}} for placing navlinks separately from message boxes in cases where such separation is needed
• {{Set index article}} – The generic set index article message box
• {{Disambiguation}} – The generic disambiguation message box
• Wikipedia:Navigation pages
• Wikipedia:Set index articles
• Wikipedia:Disambiguation