Template:Section link/doc

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Usage

This template is intended primarily for use in hatnotes. It should not be used in running body text.

Syntax (overview)

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

Single section

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}}

Albert Einstein § Scientific career

...or

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

Albert Einstein § Scientific career

Multiple sections

This template may generate consecutive links to several sections of the same page. You can write:

{{section link|History of IBM|1880s–1924: The origin of IBM|1969: Antitrust, the Unbundling of software and services|1993–present: IBM's near disaster and rebirth}}

History of IBM §§ 1880s–1924: The origin of IBM, 1969: Antitrust, the Unbundling of software and services, and 1993–present: IBM's near disaster and rebirth

...or:

{{section link|History of IBM#1880s–1924: The origin of IBM|1969: Antitrust, the Unbundling of software and services|1993–present: IBM's near disaster and rebirth}}

History of IBM §§ 1880s–1924: The origin of IBM, 1969: Antitrust, the Unbundling of software and services, and 1993–present: IBM's near disaster and rebirth

Suppressing page name

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|§ Suppressing page name]]

...and renders as:

§ Suppressing page name

For other pages, |nopage=y can be used to suppress the page name. This can be used when the page name is clear from context, such as on talk pages referring to the article being discussed.

This common case can be entered using {{Section link|{{ARTICLEPAGENAME}}|Section|nopage=y}}. The template {{Article link}}, alias {{alink}}, exists for this purpose.

Comparison of displayed results:

• {{section link|WP:Manual of Style|Quotations}} → WP:Manual of Style § Quotations
• {{section link|WP:Manual of Style|Quotations|nopage=y}} → § Quotations
• {{section link|WP:Manual of Style|Quotations|Quotation marks|Commas}} → WP:Manual of Style §§ Quotations, Quotation marks, and Commas
• {{section link|WP:Manual of Style|Quotations|Quotation marks|Commas|nopage=y}} → §§ Quotations, Quotation marks, and Commas

Styling page name

For some page names (e.g., titles of films or short stories) we're always supposed to 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 |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)}} → The Last Temptation of Christ (film) § General controversy

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly error report for this template.

TemplateData for Section link

This template is used to generate a link to a certain section of a local wiki page and render an appropriate section mark (§). This template may generate consecutive links to several sections of the same page.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Page name	1	Name of the page to which the link must be created. Leave empty to link to the current page. Doing so causes no page name to appear.	Page	suggested
Section name 1	2	Name of the (first) section to which the link must be created. This parameter is mandatory.	String	required
Section name 2	3	This template can link to additional sections within one page. You can supply another section name in this field.	String	optional
Section name 3	4	This template can link to additional sections within one page. You can supply another section name in this field.	String	optional
Section name 4	5	This template can link to additional sections within one page. You can supply another section name in this field.	String	optional
Suppress page name?	nopage	If set to "yes", "y" or "true", suppresses the page name. Auto value y	Boolean	optional
Displayed title override	display	If the article title must be displayed specially (e.g. in italics), enter it here.	String	optional

See also

• {{Multi-section link}} – for linking to a section listing nested section names