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Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects:
Split section It has been suggested that some sections of this page be split into a new page entitled Wikipedia:Template messages/Sister projects. (Discuss) (May 2008)
This page documents an English Wikipedia style guideline. It is a generally accepted standard that editors should attempt to follow, though it is best treated with common sense and the occasional exception. Any substantive edit to this page should reflect consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on the talk page.
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To link sister projects using traditional inline text links see Wikipedia:InterWikimedia links.

Wikimedia sister projects are all the publicly available wikis operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, including the Wikipedia. This guideline covers Wikipedia's relations to the sister projects, including linking and copying content between Wikipedia article and a sister project.

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Sister projects

Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other projects:

 Commons
Free media repository
Wikinews
Free-content news
Wiktionary
Dictionary and thesaurus
Wikiquote
Collection of quotations
Wikibooks
Free textbooks and manuals
Wikisource
Free-content library
Wikispecies
Directory of species
Wikiversity
Free learning materials and activities
Meta-Wiki
Wikimedia project coordination

The above list of the current English language sister projects can be easily duplicated in any article using {{WikipediaSister}} template.

Guidelines

This page's designation as a policy or guideline is disputed or under discussion.
Please see the relevant talk page discussion for further information.

Wikipedia encourages links from Wikipedia articles to high-quality pages on sister projects where useful, and interlingual crosslinking to articles on foreign-language editions of Wikipedia wherever possible.

Links to Wikimedia sister projects are best placed in the section of the article to which they relate, including the lead section, if necessary. As with standard article links, convention is to include each sister project link only once within an article, at the first appropriate point. If there is no directly relevant section in the page, then they are placed as described in Wikipedia:Layout. To avoid confusion, common interproject link targets have standardized templates which allow them to be easily distinguished from normal external links, and these templates should generally be used.

Examples of helpful sister project links would be a link to Wikiquote placed in a biography article alongside any discussion of famous quotations by the individual, or a link to Wikinews placed at the head of an article about an ongoing news event. Links to WikiMedia Commons image categories are commonly found at the end of articles on buildings, monuments, and locations. Wiktionary links are often used in Wikipedia articles, either as in-line links to define obscure terms which do not have Wikipedia pages, or in template form in the lead section of disambiguation pages.

Soft redirects from Wikipedia to a sister project

Sometimes an entry is more appropriate on Wiktionary than Wikipedia and can never be expanded beyond simple dictionary definition. Normally, such articles are copied to Wiktionary using transwiki process, and deleted from Wikipedia afterwards.

However, if the word or phrase is commonly wikified, it is quite likely that the deleted entry will be quickly re-created again by well-meaning users. The re-created article is likely to be another simple dictionary definition, just as inappropriate for Wikipedia as the original.

To avoid this, do not delete after transwiki'ing. One solution, as suggested by Wikipedia deletion policy, is to instead normally redirect the word to a relevant article within Wikipedia. For instance, Organize could redirect it to a well-developed Organization article via #REDIRECT [[Organization]].

If this is not possible, turn a Wikipedia page into a soft redirect to a sister project. This is done by replacing the page with either the {{softredirect}} template, or one of specialized templates (template {{wi}} is recommended in case of Wiktionary). These templates inform reader to look for information on the sister project, in case of this example provide link to wikt:Organize article. This has multiple benefits:

  1. it brings the sister projects closer together,
  2. it prevents future clean up issues.
Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Wikimedia sister projects. You may want to search Wiktionary for "Organize" instead for a dictionary entry.

This applies to other sister projects as well, not only to Wiktionary. Please keep in mind that only commonly wikified words should become soft redirects. We don't need a soft redirect for every possible word or phrase to be included in Wikipedia.

Specific projects

This section 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.

Mediawiki

Links to pages on the MediaWiki site:

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  • {{Mediawiki|insert word here}}
  • Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
  • Parameter is optional, defaults to PAGENAME
{{ mlmw | target_page| optional anchor_name| optional_label }}
links talk view		 mw:Target_page#optional_anchor_namehttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Target_page#optional_anchor_name or optional_labelhttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Target_page#optional_anchor_name

This template produces an interwiki link to mediawiki.org, and also a "hidden external link", to allow it to be found by Linksearchhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Linksearch, e.g. [1].

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{{Media}} Places the page in the appropriate category.
  • {{Media|insert media type here}}
  • Placed at bottom of article


Meta-Wiki

Links to pages on the Meta-Wiki site:

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Meta has related information at:
  • {{Meta|insert word here}}
  • Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
  • Parameter is optional, defaults to PAGENAME
{{Copy to Meta}}

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Copy icon This page is a candidate to be copied to Meta.
This article is neither an encyclopedic article, nor a meta article which only applies to the English Wikipedia, and is therefore better located in Insert page title here at the Wikimedia Meta wiki.
If this article can be modified to be a proper encyclopedia entry, please do so and remove this message.
  • {{Copy to Meta|insert word here}}
  • Parameter is optional, defaults to PAGENAME
{{ mlm | target_page| optional anchor_name| optional_label }}
links talk view		 m:Target_page#optional_anchor_namehttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Target_page#optional_anchor_name or optional_labelhttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Target_page#optional_anchor_name

This template produces an interwiki link to Meta, and also a "hidden external link", to allow it to be found by Linksearchhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Linksearch, e.g. [2].

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Wikibooks

Links to pages on the Wikibooks site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
{{Copy to Wikibooks}}

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This page is a candidate to be copied to Wikibooks using the Import process.
If the page can be re-written into an encyclopedic article, please do so and remove this message.
Before you move this content to Wikibooks, verify that it conforms to Wikibooks policies of acceptable content at What is Wikibooks? Often content unacceptable to Wikipedia may not be acceptable on Wikibooks either; facilitate the copying of this article by listing it on Wikibooks:Requests for Import.
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Wikibooks
Wikibooks has more on the topic of

Placed next to an appropriate section, if there is one (e.g links to annotated works next to the "Plot" or "Synopsis" section). Otherwise in "See also" section.
{{Cookbook}}

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Wikibooks

Placed next to an appropriate section, if there is one. Otherwise in "See also" section.
{{Wikibookspar}}

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This template uses an outdated naming convention. The Cookbook has it's own template and Wikiversity has been moved to it's own project site. Please use {{Wikibooks}} or {{Cookbook}} instead.
Wikibooks
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}}

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.

Wikimedia Commons

For the embedding of Wikimedia Commons' resources in Wikipedia articles, see Wikipedia:Wikimedia Commons
Template What it makes Where it goes
{{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}}

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Copy to Commons This is a candidate to be copied to the Wikimedia Commons. Appropriately licensed media are more accessible to other Wikimedia projects if placed on Commons. Any user may perform this move—please see Moving images to the Commons for more information.

Please remove this tag after this image has been copied to Commons.

Copy to Commons via CommonsHelper
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Commons
 This picture/multimedia file is now available on Wikimedia Commons as Image:ImageName.jpg.

Images which have been tagged with this template may be deleted immediately after satisfying these conditions (CSD I8).
  • {{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|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.
{{Commons cat}}

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  • {{Commons cat|Insert category name here}}
  • Bottom of article (typically in External links).
{{Commonsimages}}

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Wikimedia Commons has more pictures of: Commons page name
  • {{Commonsimages|related Commons page (optional)|Wikipedia name (optional)}}
  • Bottom of article (typically in See also).
{{Commonsimages cat}}

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Wikimedia Commons has more pictures of: Insert category name here
  • {{Commonsimages cat|related Commons category (optional)|Wikipedia name (optional)}}
  • Bottom of article (typically in See also).

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. However Wikinews articles can be moved to Wikipedia.

Template What it makes Where it goes
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  • {{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.
{{Wikinewscat}}

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Wikinews
  • {{Wikinewscat|Insert category name here}}
  • Placed next to the discussion of the event.
{{Wikinewsportal}}

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Wikinews
Wikinews has a related section:
  • {{Wikinewsportal|Insert portal name here}}
  • Placed on relevant article about place or topic near external links.
{{Wikinewspar2}}

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Wikinews
  • {{Wikinewspar2|Insert page name 1 here|Insert page name 2 here}}
  • Placed next to the discussion of the event.
{{Wikinewshas}}

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Wikinews has 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
  • {{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.

Wikiquote

Links to pages on the Wikiquote site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
{{Copy to Wikiquote}}

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This page is a candidate to be copied to Wikiquote using the Transwiki process.
If the page can be expanded into an encyclopedic article, rather than a list of quotes, please do so and remove this message.
Top of article or section.
{{ Copy section to Wikiquote }}
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 This section is a candidate to be copied to Wikiquote using the Transwiki process.
If the content can be changed to be more encyclopedic rather than just 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 duplication.
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Wikiquote
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to:

{{wikiquote}} - provides link that invokes a search of Wikiquote, using the current page's name ({{PAGENAME}})

 either the Quotes or External links section
Wikiquote
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to:

{{wikiquote|Duke Nukem}} - provides a link to a specific Wikiquote page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name.

{{wikiquote|The Simpsons#Bart Simpson|Bart Simpson}} - provides a link to a specific Wikiquote page (1st parameter) and an optional display name (2nd parameter)

Wikiquote
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to:

Wikisource

Links to pages on the Wikisource site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
{{Copy to Wikisource|Optional comment}}

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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 being imported to Wikisource by a Wikisource admin. Note that if this source text is not in English, it will have to be copied using the transwiki process.
Notes: Optional comment.
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This section 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 duplication.
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{{wikisource}} - provides link that invokes a search of Wikisource, using the current page's name ({{PAGENAME}})

Wikisource
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
adjoining a body reference to the source or in the External links section with other sister project links

{{wikisource|William Wilson}} - provides a link to a specific Wikisource page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name.

Wikisource
Wikisource has original text related to this article:

{{wikisource|Aesop's Fables-2#The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf|The Boy Who Cried Wolf}} - provides a link to a specific Wikisource page (1st parameter) and an optional display name (2nd parameter)

Wikisource
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
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{{Wikisourcelang|fr|Voltaire|Voltaire}}

Wikisource
French Wikisource has original text related to this article:

Parameters

  1. language code
  2. destination page name
  3. displayed text
 adjoining a body reference to the source or in the External links section with other sister project links
{{Wikisourceold}}

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{{Wikisourceold|Universala Deklaracio de Homaj Rajtoj|Universala Deklaracio de Homaj Rajtoj}}

Wikisource has original text related to this article:
Links to languages without own domain.

Parameters

  1. destination page name
  2. displayed text
 adjoining a body reference to the source or in the External links section with other sister project links
{{Wikisource author}}

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{{wikisource author}} - Links to Author: page, using the current page's name ({{PAGENAME}})

Wikisource has original works written by or about:
External links section of author biographies

{{wikisource author|James Joyce}} - provides a link to a specific Wikisource page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name.

Wikisource has original works written by or about:

{{Wikisource author|George Herbert Walker Bush|George H. W. Bush}} - provides a link to a specific Wikisource page (1st parameter) and an optional display name (2nd parameter)

Wikisource has original works written by or about:
{{Wikisource index}}

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{{wikisource index}} - Links to Wikisource: page (i.e. where Wikisource topic index pages reside), using the current page's name ({{PAGENAME}})

Wikisource
Wikisource has original works on the topic:
External links section of topic article

{{wikisource index|Australia}} - provides a link to a specific Wikisource topic index page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name.

Wikisource
Wikisource has original works on the topic:

{{Wikisource index|Banksia marginata|B. marginata}} - provides a link to a specific Wikisource topic index page (1st parameter) and an optional display name (2nd parameter)

Wikisource
Wikisource has original works on the topic:
{{Wikisourcecat}}

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{{Wikisourcecat|Hymns}}

Hymns
Wikisource has several original texts related to:
External links section
{{Wikisource1911Enc}}

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{{Wikisource1911Enc|Insert title here}}

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{{Wikisource1913CatholicEnc}}

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{{Wikisource1913CatholicEnc|Insert title here}}

Wikisource has an original article from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia about:
External links section
{{WikisourceEBD1897}}

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{{WikisourceEBD1897|Insert title here}}

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{{Wikisource1914NSRW}}

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{{Wikisource1914NSRW|Insert title here}}

Wikisource has an original article from the The New Student's Reference Work about:
External links section

Wikispecies

Links to pages on the Wikispecies site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
{{Wikispecies}}

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

Wikiversity

Links to pages on the Wikiversity site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
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At Wikiversity, you can learn about: Insert page title here
  • {{Wikiversity|insert word here}}
  • Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)
  • Uses parameter for a manual link.
{{Wikiversity2}}

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Wikiversity
At Wikiversity you can learn about SUBJECT at:
  • {{Wikiversity2|WIKIVERSITYPAGE (=the relevant page on Wikiversity|SUBJECT (= the subject you can learn about))}}; further explanation at the template page.
  • Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links)

Wiktionary

Links to pages on the Wiktionary site:

Template What it makes Where it goes
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Look up Wikimedia sister projects in
Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

{{wiktionary}} - provides link that invokes a search of Wiktionary, using the current page's name ({{PAGENAME}}); uses a search rather than linking directly to a page — because Wiktionary article titles are fully case sensitive, this may not yield the desired result
  • At the top of the page for disambiguation pages.
  • In the External Links section for articles.
  • Next to any cross-reference to Wiktionary, if there is one.
Look up sophisticated in
Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

{{wiktionary|sophisticated}} - provides a link to a specific Wiktionary page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name.

{{wiktionary|sophisticated|Sophistic}} - provides a link to a specific Wiktionary page (1st parameter) and an optional display name (2nd parameter)

Look up Sophistic in
Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
{{Wiktionarypar}}

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Template:Wiktionaryleft (version aligned to the left)

{{wiktionarypar|first-word|second-word|third-word}}

Look up first-word, second-word, third-word in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
 As above. Up to five parameters for manual links direct to specific articles.
{{Wti}}

{{Wiktionary-inline}}

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{{Wti|Wiktionary Page}}

{{Wti|Wiktionary Page|Link Text}}
  • Inline with disambiguation pages
  • External links section
[[wikt:SomeWord|definition of SomeWord]] wikt:Sophisticated

A word inline with text.
{{Copy to Wiktionary}}

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This page will be copied to Wiktionary using the automated transwiki process.

The information in this article appears to be better suited to a dictionary than to an encyclopedia. Wikipedia is not a dictionary and this article meets the Wiktionary's criteria for inclusion.

Wiktionary does not have an article on this word or phrase, as verified using the search page.

If this page does not meet the criteria, please remove this notice. Otherwise, the notice will be automatically removed after transwiki completes.
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This page has been copied to Wiktionary. Is it still needed in Wikipedia?

Because this article has content useful to Wikipedia's sister project Wiktionary, it has been transwikied there, and its dictionary counterpart can be found at either Wiktionary:Transwiki:Wikimedia sister projects or Wiktionary:Wikimedia sister projects.
Wikipedia is not a dictionary, so please either:

  • Expand it beyond a dictionary article and remove this notice. Note that {{vocab-stub}} is deprecated.
  • Tag it for deletion. Use {{subst:prod}}
  • Replace it by a soft redirect. Use {{wi}} {{subst:longcomment}}
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Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Wikimedia sister projects