Template:Wikibooks/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Wikibooks.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on approximately 2,600 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template may be used in articles to provide links to items on Wikibooks that are likely to be useful and/or of interest to the reader, subject to guidelines at Wikipedia:External links.

Usage

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> Wikibooks has more on the topic of: Wikibooks/doc </syntaxhighlight>	Wikibooks has more on the topic of: Wikibooks/doc
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: Fundamentals of Transportation </syntaxhighlight>	Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: Fundamentals of Transportation
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> The Wikibook Fundamentals of Transportation has a page on the topic of: Trip Generation </syntaxhighlight>	The Wikibook Fundamentals of Transportation has a page on the topic of: Trip Generation
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> The Wikibook Fundamentals of Transportation has a page on the topic of: Estimating Models </syntaxhighlight>	The Wikibook Fundamentals of Transportation has a page on the topic of: Estimating Models
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> The Wikibook Fundamentals of Transportation has a page on the topic of: step one in four-step transportation forecasting </syntaxhighlight>	The Wikibook Fundamentals of Transportation has a page on the topic of: step one in four-step transportation forecasting
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> The Wikibook Mathematical Proof has a page on the topic of: Proof by contradiction </syntaxhighlight>	The Wikibook Mathematical Proof has a page on the topic of: Proof by contradiction

Location

N Do not place this template in a section all by itself.

N Do not place this template in a section containing columns.

This template is usually placed at the start of the "External links" section near the end of an article. If this section is absent, place it at the start of the last section (e.g. "References", "See also").

On disambiguation pages, this template should be listed above other text, but, per WP:ACCESS, below any cleanup templates, images, infoboxes or navboxes.

See Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects#Where to place links for more information and alternatives.

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Wikibooks

Creates a small box with a links to a book at Wikibooks.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Book name	`1`	The name of the Wikibook, e.g. Fundamentals of Transportation	String	optional
Page name	`2`	The page name within the book, e.g. Trip Generation#Estimating Models	String	optional
Display name	`3`	Optional displayed link text, e.g. Estimating Models	String	optional

Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout § External links
{{Commons}}—shows Commons box
{{Commons-inline}}—shows Commons gallery inline
{{Commons category}}—shows Commons category box
{{Commons category-inline}}—shows Commons category inline
{{Commons category multi}}—to list up to six categories
{{Commons and category}}—shows Commons box with both gallery and category
{{Commons and category inline}}—shows Commons gallery and category inline
{{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}}
{{Wikimedia Commons redirect}}—specialized soft redirect template for Commons
{{Wiki category}}—to link to a gallery hosted on Wikipedia
mw:Manual:Pywikibot/commonscat.py

{{Sister project links}}—to link all Wikinews, Wikisource, etc.
{{Wikibooks}} / {{Wikibooks inline}}
{{Wikinews}} / {{Wikinews inline}}
{{Wikiquote}} / {{Wikiquote-inline}}
{{Wikisource}} / {{Wikisource-inline}}
{{Wikispecies}} / {{Wikispecies-inline}}
{{Wikiversity}} / {{Wikiversity inline}}
{{Wikivoyage}} / {{Wikivoyage inline}}
{{Wiktionary}} / {{Wiktionary-inline}}