Template:Main/doc: Difference between revisions

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When a Wikipedia article is large, it is often rewritten in summary style. This template is used below the heading of the summary, to link to the sub-article that has been (or will be) summarised. This template can also be used in the Category namespace, but the preferred template for categories is {{Cat main}}.

This template is not to be used as a substitute for inline links or as a "see also". Its usage should be restricted to the purpose described above.

Usage

{{Main
|Article 1
}}

You may also include additional links, up to ten in total:

{{Main
|Article 1
|Article 2
|Article 3
|Article 4
|Article 5
|Article 6
|Article 7
|Article 8
|Article 9
|Article 10
}}

For each link, you may optionally specify a link appearance (this is for articles where a piped link would be used). Note that the extra parameters use a lower case 'L', eg. l1 not 11:

{{Main
|Article 1
|Article 2
|Article 3
|Article 4
|Article 5
|Article 6
|Article 7
|Article 8
|Article 9
|Article 10
|l1=Article 1 link appearance
|l2=Article 2 link appearance
|l3=Article 3 link appearance
|l4=Article 4 link appearance
|l5=Article 5 link appearance
|l6=Article 6 link appearance
|l7=Article 7 link appearance
|l8=Article 8 link appearance
|l9=Article 9 link appearance
|l10=Article 10 link appearance
}}

Examples

Code	Result
{{Main\|Appropriate technology}}	Main article: Appropriate technology

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 {{Documentation subpage}}
-<includeonly>{{high-risk|118,000+}}</includeonly>
-When a [[Wikipedia:What is an article|Wikipedia article]] is large, it is often rewritten in [[Wikipedia:summary style|summary style]].  This [[Wikipedia:Template messages|template]] is used below the heading of the summary, to link to the sub-article that has been (or will be) summarised.  This template can also be used in the [[Help:Category|Category namespace]], but the preferred template for categories is '''{{tl|Cat main}}'''.
+When a [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:What is an article|Wikipedia article]] is large, it is often rewritten in [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:summary style|summary style]].  This [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Template messages|template]] is used below the heading of the summary, to link to the sub-article that has been (or will be) summarised.  This template can also be used in the [[wikipedia:Help:Category|Category namespace]], but the preferred template for categories is '''{{tl|Cat main}}'''.
 This template is '''not''' to be used as a substitute for inline links or as a "[[Template:See also|see also]]". Its usage should be restricted to the purpose described above.
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 ! Result
 |-
-| <pre>{{Main|Article}}</pre>
+| <pre>{{Main|Appropriate technology}}</pre>
-| {{Main|Article}}
+| {{Main|Appropriate technology}}
+<!-- To-do: replace the rest of the red linked examples from the Wikipedia documentation with examples that work on Appropedia.
 |-
 | <pre>{{Main|Article 1|Article 2|Article 3}}</pre>
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 | <pre>{{Main|(15760) 1992 QB1|l1={{mp|(15760) 1992 QB|1}}}}</pre>
 | {{Main|(15760) 1992 QB1|l1={{mp|(15760) 1992 QB|1}}}}
+-->
 |}
 ===See also===
-* [[Template:Hatnote templates documentation|Hatnote templates documentation]]
+* [[wikipedia:Template:Hatnote templates documentation|Hatnote templates documentation]]
-*{{Tl|Main category}} For related sections and categories
+*[[wikipedia:Template:Main category]] For related sections and categories
 *{{Tl|Cat main}}
 *{{Tl|See also}} for a hatnote linking to a related article about a given topic
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 *[[Wikipedia:Article series]]
 *[[Wikipedia:Summary style]]
-*[[m:Help:Template]]
+*[[meta:Help:Template]]