Template:Section link/doc

Usage[edit]

This template is appropriate for use in hatnotes and See also sections, or to reference sections within the same article. When using in article body text, consider whether an overt link to a specific section in another article may be confusing to readers who cannot follow links, such as those viewing a printed version of the material, or a version republished without links (see WP:LINKSTYLE).

Syntax (overview)[edit]

{{section link|Article|Section}} or {{section link|Article#Section}}, link to section of other article. → Example: {{#invoke:Section link|main}}
{{section link|Article|Section|nopage=y}}, link to section of other article, only displaying the section's title → Example: {{#invoke:Section link|main}}
{{section link||Section}}, for usage within the same page, supply an empty first parameter → Example: {{#invoke:Section link|main}}

Single section[edit]

This template, {{section link}}, or its shortcut, {{slink}}, is used to generate a link to a certain section of a local wiki page and render an appropriate section mark (§).

Instead of:

[[Albert Einstein#Scientific career]]

Albert Einstein#Scientific career

...you can write:

{{section link|Albert Einstein|Scientific career}}

...or

{{section link|Albert Einstein#Scientific career}}

Multiple sections[edit]

This template may generate consecutive links to several sections of the same page. You can write: <syntaxhighlight lang=moin>{{#invoke:Section link|main}}</syntaxhighlight>

...or:

<syntaxhighlight lang=moin>{{#invoke:Section link|main}}</syntaxhighlight>

Suppressing page name[edit]

Sometimes the page name needs not to appear (e.g. to avoid redundancy and wordiness). For the page on which the template is used, not specifying a page name creates a section link only. The following:

{{Section link||Suppressing page name}}

...is the equivalent of:

[[#Suppressing page name|§&nbsp;Suppressing page name]]

...and renders as:

Use |{{SAFESUBST:#if:nopage|nopage=}}y for the same visual effect.

When discussing an article from its talk page, {{#Invoke:Template link general|main|code=on}}—or its alias, {{#Invoke:Template link general|main|code=on}}—is preferable to the longer {{#Invoke:Template link general|main|nolink=yes|code=yes|nowrap=yes}}.

Comparison of displayed results:

{{section link|WP:Manual of Style|Quotations}} → {{#invoke:Section link|main}}
{{section link|WP:Manual of Style|Quotations|nopage=y}} → {{#invoke:Section link|main}}
{{section link|WP:Manual of Style|Quotations|Quotation marks|Commas}} → {{#invoke:Section link|main}}
{{section link|WP:Manual of Style|Quotations|Quotation marks|Commas|nopage=y}} → {{#invoke:Section link|main}}

Styling page name[edit]

For titles of films and short stories, always present the core part of the page's name (without any parenthetic disambiguation) in italics, quotation marks, or some other markup (per MOS:TITLES). The |{{SAFESUBST:#if:display|display=}} parameter can be used for this purpose:

{{section link|The Last Temptation of Christ (film)|General controversy|display=''The Last Temptation of Christ'' (film)}} → {{#invoke:Section link|main}}

Underscores[edit]

It is common practice to copy article and section name from the browser's address bar. When doing that, the article and section names may contain underscores:

Albert_Einstein#Scientific_career

This template automatically replaces the underscores with space characters:

{{section link|Albert_Einstein#Scientific_career}} → {{#invoke:Section link|main}}

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Usage[edit]

Syntax (overview)[edit]

Single section[edit]

Multiple sections[edit]

Suppressing page name[edit]

Styling page name[edit]

Underscores[edit]

TemplateData[edit]

See also[edit]