Wikipedia:Sister projects

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To link sister projects using traditional inline text links see Wikipedia:Interwikimedia link.

This page lists templates that are designed to provide article-to-article linking between Wikipedia and its Wikimedia sister projects. It also provides links to pages concerning moving articles between projects.

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Guidelines

Wikipedia encourages links to sister projects and interlanguage links when possible. However, links to sister projects should not be used excessively.

Link to sister projects are best placed in the actual section of the article that they relate to. (Such as, for examples: next to any discussion of quotations for a link to Wikiquote, or next to the event that they source for a link to Wikinews.) In some cases, such as disambiguation articles, they are best placed in the article's introduction.

If sister project name is Foo:

  • {{Move to Foo}} - move to foo
  • {{Foo}} - article in Foo with same title is about the same topic.
  • {{Foopar|Pagename}} - Pagename in Foo is about the same topic.
    • par is used generally in the template name to point to a concrete page name in a sister project (i.e. {{wikiquotepar|somepage}}). If a number is used, it indicates the numbers of links (i.e. <nowiki>{{wikiquotepar2|somepage1|somepage2}} , to link to two pages).
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Sister Projects template

{{wikipediasister}} shows nice selection of sister projects.


Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that operates several other multilingual and free-content projects:

wikt:Main Page
 Wiktionary
Dictionary and thesaurus
b:Main Page
 Wikibooks
Free textbooks and manuals
q:Main Page
 Wikiquote
Collection of quotations
s:Main Page
 Wikisource
The free library
Wikispecies:Main Page
 Wikispecies
Directory of species
n:Main Page
 Wikinews
Free content news source
commons:Main Page
 Commons
Shared media repository
m:Main Page
 Meta-Wiki
Wikimedia project coordination
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Specific Projects

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Wikiquote

Pages nominated for copying to Wikiquote:

Links to pages to the Wikiquote site:

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This page is a candidate to be copied to Wikiquote.
If the page can be expanded into an encyclopedic article, rather than a list of quotes, please do so and remove this message. Otherwise, you can help by formatting it per the Wikiquote guidelines in preparation for the move.

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Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to:
Next to any discussion of quotations, if there is one.
{{Wikiquotepar}}

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Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about:
Next to any discussion of quotations, if there is one.
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Wiktionary

Pages nominated for copying to Wiktionary:

Links to pages on the Wiktionary site:

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This page is a candidate to be copied to Wiktionary.
The information in this article appears to be more suited for a dictionary rather than an encyclopedia. Wikipedia is not a dictionary, but Wiktionary is. Please verify that this article meets the Wiktionary criteria for inclusion. If this article can be modified to be more than a dictionary entry, please do so and remove this message.

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Look up Sister projects in Wiktionary, the free dictionary
  • {{wiktionary}}
  • Placed next to any cross-reference to Wiktionary, if there is one.
  • Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic search.
  • Does not link directly to pages and invokes a search whenever the link is followed. Use {{Wiktionarypar}}, {{Wiktionarypar2}}, and {{Wiktionarypar3}} to link directly to specific articles without burdening the servers.
{{Wiktionarypar}}

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Look up insert word here in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
  • {{wiktionarypar|insert word here}}
  • Placed next to any cross-reference to Wiktionary, if there is one. Placed at the top of the article for disambiguation articles.
  • Uses parameter for a manual link direct to specific articles.
{{Wiktionarypar2}}

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Look up insert 1st word here and insert 2nd word here in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
  • {{wiktionarypar2|insert 1st word here|insert 2nd word here}}
  • Uses parameters for manual links direct to specific articles.
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  • {{wiktionarypar3|insert 1st word here|insert 2nd word here|insert 3rd word here}}
  • Uses parameters for manual links direct to specific articles.
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There is currently no encyclopedia article for Sister projects on Wikipedia.
For a dictionary definition of the term, please try searching for Sister projects on Wiktionary.
To begin an article here, feel free to edit this page, but please do not create merely a dictionary definition.

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Wikibooks

Pages nominated for copying to Wikibooks:

Links to pages to the Wikibooks site:

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This page is a candidate to be copied to Wikibooks.
If the page can be re-written into an encyclopedic article, please do so and remove this message. Otherwise, please move the article into one of the following books, as appropriate:

All bookshelves - How-tos - Cookbook - Computer programming - School science - Microsoft Windows
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Wikibooks has more about this subject:
  • {{wikibooks}}
  • Placed next to an appropriate section, if there is one. Links to annotated works next to the Plot or Synopsis section, for example.
  • Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic link.
{{Wikibookspage}}

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Wikibooks
Wikibooks has more about this subject:




{{Wikibookspage|How to make biodiesel}}
  • The parameter is the Wikibooks page.
  • Placed next to an appropriate section, if there is one. Links to annotated works next to the Plot or Synopsis section, for example.
  • Uses parameter for a manual link.
{{Wikibookspar}}

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Wikibooks
Wikibooks has more about this subject:

{{Wikibookspar||Astronomy}}
(note missing first parameter, for a book not part of a specific collection)

Wikibooks
Wikibooks Cookbook has more about this subject:

{{Wikibookspar|Cookbook|Soups}}

Wikibooks
Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject:

{{Wikibookspar|Wikiversity|School of Education}}
  • First parameter is the Section, second is the title. See examples.
  • Placed next to an appropriate section, if there is one. Links to recipes next to a section discussing the creation of a dish, for example.
  • Uses parameter for a manual link.
{{Wikibookschapter}}

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Wikibooks

{{wikibookschapter|book=Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter|chapter=Books/Half-Blood Prince|name=Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
  • Parameters are the main book name, the sub-page for the specific chapter, and the name to display for the link
  • Placed next to an appropriate section, if there is one.
  • Uses parameter for a manual link.
{{Wikibooksarticle}}

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Wikibooks
Wikipedia does not have an article on this topic, but Wikibooks does Transwiki:Packages in Java
  • For articles which have been deleted, but where the article has been transwikied to Wikibooks
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Wikisource

Pages nominated for copying to Wikisource:

Links to pages to the Wikisource site:

Template What it makes Usage
{{Move to Wikisource}}

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This page is a candidate to be copied to Wikisource.
If the page can be edited into an encyclopedic article, rather than merely a copy of the source text, please do so and remove this message. Otherwise, you can help by formatting it per the Wikisource guidelines in preparation for the move.
  • {{Move to Wikisource}}
  • Placed at top of article
  • Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic link.
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Wikisource
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
  • {{Wikisource}}
  • Placed next to the appropriate section, if there is one. For examples: For historical documents, next to the section that mentions the actual document text. For songs, next to the section that mentions the lyrics.
  • Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic link.
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Wikisource
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
  • {{Wikisourcepar|Insert title here}}
  • Placed next to the appropriate section, if there is one.
  • Supply the name of the Wikisource article for manual link.
{{Wikisourcepar2}}

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Wikisource
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
  • {{Wikisourcepar2|link|Insert title here}}
  • Placed next to the appropriate section, if there is one.
  • Supply the name of the Wikisource article for manual link and the title of the link.
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Wikisource
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
  • {{Wikisourcelang|Insert lang|link|Insert title here}}
  • Placed next to the appropriate section, if there is one.
  • Supply the language domain, the name of the Wikisource article for manual link, and the title of the link.
{{Wikisource author}}

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Wikisource
Wikisource has original works written by or about:
  • {{Wikisource author}}
  • Placed next to the appropriate section, if there is one.
  • Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic link.
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Wikisource
Wikisource, as part of the 1911 Encyclopedia Wikiproject, has original text related to this article:
  • {{Wikisource1911Enc|Insert title here}}
  • Placed next to the appropriate section, if there is one.
  • Supply the name of the 1911 Encyclopedia article for manual link.
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Wikimedia Commons

Template What it makes Usage
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This page is a candidate to be moved to the Wikimedia Commons.
Wikipedia is not a collection of photographs or media files with no text to go with the articles. If you are interested in presenting a picture, please provide an encyclopedic context. You may also want to consider changing this page's title to better suit an encyclopedia entry.

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 This picture/multimedia file is now available on Wikimedia Commons as Image:ImageName.jpg.
Note: if the file on the Commons has the same name use {{NowCommonsThis}} or {{NCT}}
  • {{NowCommons|Image:ImageName.jpg}}
  • Placed at bottom of image description
  • Allows identification of moved files
  • Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic categorizing ([[Category:NowCommons|Pagename]]).
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Commons
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
  • {{Commons|insert media page title here}}
  • Placed next to the appropriate section, if there is one.
  • Uses parameter {{{1}}}} for linking to a specific Commons page and {{PAGENAME}}for displayed link.
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  • {{Commonscat|Insert category name here}}
  • Bottom of article (typically in External links).
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Wikinews

Moving pages to Wikinews is not possible, for legal reasons. (Copying material to Wikinews would put it under the CC-BY license, which violates the GFDL.)

Links to pages on the Wikinews site:

  • Box format
  • To link in-line with other text, create an interwiki link in the format: [[Wikinews:SomeArticleTitle|reference to the Wikinews article]].
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Wikinews
Wikinews has news related to this article:
  • {{wikinews|insert article name here}}
  • Placed next to the discussion of the event.
  • Uses parameter (i.e. insert article name here) for a manual link.
  • For multiple news articles, use {{Wikinewshas}} to save repetition.
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Wikinews
Wikinews has news related to:
  • {{Wikinewscat|Insert category name here}}
  • Placed next to the discussion of the event.
{{Wikinewspar2}}

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  • {{Wikinewspar2|Insert page name 1 here|Insert page name 2 here}}
  • Placed next to the discussion of the event.
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Wikinews has insert description here:
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  • Insert interwiki link to article 4 here
  • {{wikinewshas|insert description here| *Insert interwiki link to article 1 here *Insert interwiki link to article 2 here *Insert interwiki link to article 3 here *Insert interwiki link to article 4 here }}
  • Placed next to the discussion of the event.
  • Allows multiple articles to be condensed into a list.
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Wikispecies

Links to pages on the Wikispecies site:

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Wikispecies
Wikispecies has information on:
  • {{Wikispecies|insert word here}}
  • Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
  • Uses parameter for a manual link.
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Meta-Wiki

Links to pages on the Meta site:

  • Box format
    • Template:Meta (uses parameter as in {{Template:Meta|SomePage}})
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Meta has a page about this at:
  • {{Meta|insert word here}}
  • Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
  • Parameter is optional, defaults to PAGENAME
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All Wikimedia Sister projects in box

Links to pages on all Wikimedia Sister projects using a single box:

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{{Wikimedia}}

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Look up Sister projects in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up Sister projects in Wikinews, the free news. Look up Sister projects in Wikiquote, the free quotations. Look up Sister projects in Wikibooks, the free books. Look up Sister projects in Wikisource, the free source. Look up Sister projects in Commons, the free repository. Look up Sister projects in Wikispecies, directory of species.
  • {{Wikimedia}}.
  • Placed at bottom of article (typically in Internal or External links).
  • Cannot use parameters for a manual link, because the link is automatic.
  • Coordinated and coherent (used in all the wikimedia sisterprojects and in the same way).
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Find more information on Page name here by searching one of Wikipedia's sister projects:

Dictionary definitions from Wiktionary
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Quotations from Wikiquote
Source texts from Wikisource
Images and media from Commons
News stories from Wikinews
  • {{Sisterlinks|Page name here}}
  • Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
  • Needs manual parameter
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All wikimedia projects
Articles on this topic in other Wikimedia projects can be found at: Wikimedia Commons Wikipedia Sister projects
  • {{Sisterlinkswp|Page name here}}
  • Placed at the top of a category, or at bottom of article (typically in External links)
  • Needs manual parameter
  • Part of the Sisterlink project
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Metapages in Wikimedia Sister projects

Links to pages on all Wikimedia Sister projects metapages using a single box:

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{{Wikimediameta}}

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Look up Sister projects in the metapage of Wiktionary. Look up Sister projects in the metapage of Wikinews. Look up Sister projects in the metapage of Wikiquote. Look up Sister projects in the metapage of Wikibooks. Look up Sister projects in the metapage ofWikisource. Look up Sister projects in the metapage of Commons. Look up Sister projects in the metapage of Wikispecies.
  • {{Wikimedia}}.
  • Placed at bottom of article (typically in Internal or External links).
  • Cannot use parameters for a manual link, because the links are automatic.
  • Coordinated and coherent (used in all the wikimedia sisterprojects and in the same way).
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Text Shortcut links

See Wikipedia:Interwikimedia link

The following should be used sparingly since they are not guaranteed to remain in use and they make the wikitext harder to read than the full versions:

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See also

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sister_projects"
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