Linking and page manipulation
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Categorization Category Categorization guideline Classification Container category FAQ for categorization FAQ for categories Categories, lists, and navigation templates Categorizing articles about people By year Redirect categories User categories Overcategorization User categories Template index for categories
Moving and redirecting How to move a page for beginners Redirects Moving a page Requested moves How to fix cut-and-paste moves Moving files to Commons Userfication Non-admin and admin-only moves Template index for moving Template index for redirects
Merging Merging Proposed article mergers Requests for history merge Merge and delete? Merge what? Delete or merge? Template index for merging WikiProject Merge
Splitting Splitting Template index for splitting
Importing and copying How to import articles Requests for page importation Import Export Copying within Wikipedia
Protecting Protection Protection policy High-risk templates Requests for page protection Rough guide to semi-protection
Additional How to create a page Article creation Editing Deletion process
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Note that templates with PAGENAME(E) give results here in the column "What it makes" which involve link labels and/or link targets, etc., containing "Template messages/Links".

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Article

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{ main|article}} links  talk	Main article: article	Top of article sections
{{ See also|article}} links  talk	See also: article	Top of article sections
{{ details|article}} links  talk	Further information: article	Top of article sections (use within article sections that summarize more detailed articles. See Wikipedia:Summary style.)
{{ la|article name}} links  talk	Article name (  | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)	Anywhere on page, not in article namespace
{{ lat|article name}} links  talk	Talk:Article name ( | article | history | links | watch | logs)	Anywhere on page, not in article namespace
{{ bl|article name}} links  talk	article name	Anywhere on page
{{ ql|article name|qs=querystring|text}} links  talk	text	Anywhere on page
{{ fti|Article (disambiguating term)}} links  talk	Article (disambiguating term)	Primarily on disambiguation pages
{{ ftq|Article (disambiguating term)}} links  talk	"Article" (disambiguating term)	Primarily on disambiguation pages

Category

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{ cat main}} links  talk	The main article for this category is Template index/Links.	Category near top, for when an article exists that has the same name as the category.
{{ cat main|articlename}} links  talk	The main article for this category is articlename.	Category near top, for when the main article about a category is not the same as the category name.
{{ cat more|articlename}} links  talk	For more information, see articlename.	Like cat main, but with alternate wording.

Namespace

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{ ln|namespace|page name}} links  talk	Namespace:Page name ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)	Anywhere on page, not in article namespace
{{ lnt|namespace|page name}} links  talk	Namespace talk:Page name ( | namespace | history | links | watch | logs)	Anywhere on page, not in article namespace

Templates

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{ tl|name of template}} links  talk	{{ name of template}}	Anywhere on page, not in article namespace
{{ lt|template name}} links  talk	Template:Template name ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs)	Anywhere on page, not in article namespace
{{ ttl|name of template}} links  talk	{{ name of template}} ( t/ l)	Anywhere on page, not in article namespace
{{ twlh|name of template}} links  talk	Template:name of template ( links, talk)	Anywhere on page, not in article namespace

Language-specific

German titles

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{ German title Freiherr}} links  talk	Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as Baron). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.	Article near bottom (use when Freiherr (von) appears in the name of a person)
{{ German title Fürst}} links  talk	Regarding personal names: Fürst is a title, translated as Prince, not a first or middle name. The feminine form is Fürstin.	Article near bottom (use when Fürst (von) appears in the name of a person)
{{ German title Graf}} links  talk	Regarding personal names: Until 1919, Graf was a title, translated as Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin. In Germany, it has formed part of family names since 1919.	Article near bottom (use when Graf (von) appears in the name of a person)
{{ German title Herzog}} links  talk	Regarding personal names: Herzog is a title, translated as Duke, not a first or middle name. The female form is Herzogin.	Article near bottom (use when Herzog (von) appears in the name of a person)
{{ German title Prinz}} links  talk	Regarding personal names: Prinz is a title, translated as Prince, not a first or middle name. The female form is Prinzessin.	Article near bottom (use when Prinz (von) appears in the name of a person)
{{ German title Reichsfreiherr}} links  talk	Reichsfreiherr is a German title of nobility, usually translated as Baron of the Empire. Freiherr is a title usually translated as Baron, and Reich is usually translated as Empire. The female forms are Reichsfreifrau and Reichsfreiin. Titles using the prefix Reichs- were not created after the fall of the Holy Roman Empire.	Article near bottom (use when Reichsfreiherr (von) appears in the name of a person)
{{ German title Ritter}} links  talk	Regarding personal names: Ritter is a title, translated approximately as Sir (denoting a Knight), not a first or middle name. There is no equivalent female form.	Article near bottom (use when Ritter (von) appears in the name of a person)
{{ German title von}} links  talk	In German personal names, von is a preposition which approximately means of or from and usually denotes some sort of nobility. While von (always lower case) is part of the family name or territorial designation, not a first or middle name, if the noble is referred to by his last name, use Schiller, Clausewitz or Goethe, not von Schiller, etc.	Article near bottom (use when von (without further title) appears in the name of a person)

Notes:

• ISBNs are autolinked by the Wikipedia software; see Wikipedia:ISBN.
• RFC references such as "RFC 2821" are also autolinked.
• PMIDs are also autolinked; see Wikipedia:PMID.
• For more complete citations, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles.
• See also Category:External link templates and Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup#Potentially unwanted content and Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup#Verifiability and sources.

Theater, film, and television

Wikitext	Appearance	Placement
{{ bcdb | 1=film=7257 & cartoon=Toy%20Story | title=Toy Story}} Talk		Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ bcdb2 | path=bcdb/page.cgi ? g=Walt_Disney_Studios%2F | title=The Walt Disney Company}} Talk		Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ IAFD name | id=JJameson | gender=f| name=Jenna Jameson}} Talk	Jenna Jameson at the Internet Adult Film Database	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ IBDB name | id=33099 | name=Matthew Broderick}} Talk	Matthew Broderick at the Internet Broadway Database	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ IBDB title | id=12826 | title=The Producers}} Talk	​The Producers​ at the Internet Broadway Database	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ IMDb name | id=0000111 | name=Matthew Broderick}} Talk	Matthew Broderick at IMDb	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ IMDb title | id=0091042 | title=Ferris Bueller's Day Off}} Talk	Ferris Bueller's Day Off at IMDb	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ Rotten Tomatoes | id=1003707-casablanca | title=Casablanca}} Talk	Casablanca at Rotten Tomatoes	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ Rotten Tomatoes TV | id=seinfeld/s09 | title=Seinfeld: Season 9}} Talk	Seinfeld: Season 9 at Rotten Tomatoes	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ tcmdb name | id=14558 | name=Ingrid Bergman}} Talk	* Ingrid Bergman] at the TCM Movie Database	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ tcmdb title | id=610 | title=Casablanca}} Talk	Casablanca at the TCM Movie Database	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ YouTube | id=eaADQTeZRCY | title=Professor Wikipedia}} Talk	Professor Wikipedia on YouTube	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom

Games

Wikitext	Appearance	Placement
{{ chessgames player | id=15940 }} Talk	Template index/Links player profile and games at Chessgames.com	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ moby game | id=/pong | name=Pong}} Talk	Pong at MobyGames	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ moby developer | id=817 | name=John Romero's profile}} Talk	John Romero's profile at MobyGames	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom

Geography

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{ gbmapping|SU616687}} Talk	grid reference SU616687	Article (own line, usually in "location" or infobox)
{{ gbmappingsmall|SU616687}} Talk	SU616687	Article (anywhere in context)
{{ gbmaprim|SU616687|Ufton Lock}} Talk	Ufton Lock	Article (anywhere in context)
{{ Coord|27.964006|-82.444239}} Talk	27°57′50″N 82°26′39″W / 27.964006°N 82.444239°W / 27.964006; -82.444239	An example showing the termination of Interstate 4 at its intersection with Interstate 95
{{ CIA World Factbook link|ca|Canada}} Talk	"Canada". The World Factbook (2024 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency.	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom

(15 templates linking to a page with links to maps of a given location)

Literature

Wikitext	Appearance	Placement
{{ isfdb name |id=17 |name=Arthur C. Clarke}} Talk	Arthur C. Clarke at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ isfdb series |id=576 |title=The Stainless Steel Rat}} Talk	The Stainless Steel Rat series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ isfdb title |id=2485 |title=2001: A Space Odyssey}} Talk	2001: A Space Odyssey title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ isfdb contents |id=56815 |title=Analog |issue=October 1967}} Talk	Analog October 1967 publication contents at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ iblist name | id=2 | name=Arthur C. Clarke}} Talk	Arthur C. Clarke at the Internet Book List	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ iblist series | id=69 | title=The Stainless Steel Rat}} Talk	The Stainless Steel Rat at the Internet Book List	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ iblist title | id=2 | title=2001: A Space Odyssey}} Talk	2001: A Space Odyssey at the Internet Book List	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ ibdof name | id=10| name=Arthur C. Clarke}} Talk	Arthur C. Clarke at the Internet Book Database of Fiction	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ ibdof series | id=46 | title=The Stainless Steel Rat}} Talk	The Stainless Steel Rat series listing at The Internet Book Database of Fiction	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ ibdof title | id=94 | title=2001: A Space Odyssey}} Talk	2001: A Space Odyssey publication history at The Internet Book Database of Fiction	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ gutenberg | no=5658 | name=Lord Jim}} Talk	Lord Jim at Project Gutenberg	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ gutenberg author | id=James_A._Harrison | name=James A. Harrison}} Talk	Works by James A. Harrison at Project Gutenberg	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom

Music

Wikitext	Appearance	Placement
{{ MusicBrainz artist |mbid=31e7b30b-f960-408f-908b-c8e277308eab |name=Susumu Hirasawa}} Talk	Susumu Hirasawa discography at MusicBrainz	Article (typ. in external links)
{{ MusicBrainz release |mbid=5e06ebf6-f5c2-42ef-8b52-2adfc304b2cc |name=Paranoia Agent}} Talk	Paranoia Agent at MusicBrainz	Article (typ. in external links)
{{ MusicBrainz track |mbid=5bcf21f3-41bb-49b0-a290-6b0eb468b20c |name=Encyclopedia}} Talk	Encyclopedia at MusicBrainz	Article (typ. in external links)
{{ Mooma artist |id=1162 |name=Eviatar Banai}} Talk	Eviatar Banai at MOOMA (in Hebrew)	Article (typ. in external links)

Religion

Wikitext	Appearance	Placement
{{ bibleverse|1|Samuel|3:16-4:18|31}} Talk	1 Samuel 3:16–4:18	See talk page for proper syntax and full details.

Wikis

For templates for linking to other Wikimedia projects, see Wikipedia:Sister projects.

Wikitext	Appearance	Placement
{{ meatball | NeutralPointOfView}} Talk	NeutralPointOfView at MeatballWiki	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ memoryalpha}} Talk	Template index/Links at Memory Alpha	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ marveldatabase}} Talk	Template index/Links on Marvel Database, a Marvel Comics wiki	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ wikia|Wikiname|Name of wiki|Article name/link|Article title}} Talk	Weapon from Doom - Shotgun on Doom Wiki	Usually used for External links near bottom
{{ wowpedia|World of Warcraft}} Talk	World of Warcraft on the Warcraft Wiki	Article (typ. in external links)

Miscellanea

Wikitext	Appearance	Placement
{{ CongBio|C000482}} Talk	United States Congress. "Template index/Links (id: C000482)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom, Template:CongLinks Talk preferred
{{ dmoz|Regional/United_States/New_Jersey/|New Jersey }} Talk	New Jersey at Curlie	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ doi|10.1000/1}} Talk	doi: 10.1000/1	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ eol|17049052|Pogonomyrmex anergismus Cole, 1954}} Talk	"Pogonomyrmex anergismus Cole, 1954" at the Encyclopedia of Life	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ fide | id=4100018 | name=Garry Kasparov}} Talk	Garry Kasparov rating card at FIDE	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ Flickr-inline | LondonBridge}} Talk	Photos tagged with "LondonBridge" at Flickr	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom.
{{ HDS|16654|Adrian von Bubenberg}} Talk	Adrian von Bubenberg in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ ITIS|ID=99237|taxon=springtail|year=2006|date=25 August}} Talk	"springtail". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.	An Integrated Taxonomic Information System report for a taxon by its Taxonomic Serial Number.
{{ ltmcollection|iz/i00008iz.jpg|tube train at Aldwych station in 1958}} Talk	tube train at Aldwych station in 1958	Link to an image at the London Transport Museum Photographic Collection
{{ LondonGazette|issue=34000 |date=1 December 1933 |startpage=7765 |endpage=7766 |accessdate=2007-01-01}} Talk	"No. 34000". The London Gazette. 1 December 1933. pp. 7765–7766.	Link to a page in the London Gazette, official Government newspaper in the UK.
{{ MacTutor Biography | id=Godel}} Talk	O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Template index/Links", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ MathGenealogy |id=19539}} Talk	Template index/Links at the Mathematics Genealogy Project	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom
{{ NASDAQ|GOOG}} Talk	Nasdaq:  GOOG	Articles near top
{{ wwdb name|id=7|name={{PAGENAME}}}} Talk	"Mongefossen". World Waterfall Database.	Waterfalls
{{ PDB|1A3N}} Talk	PDB: 1A3N​	Article
{{ EC|3.6.3.14}} Talk	EC 3.6.3.14	Article
{{ OMIM|191170}} Talk	Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM): 191170	Article Visit this site Template Kingdom
{{ sep entry|Nietzsche|Author|2000-01-01}} Talk	Zalta, Edward N., ed. (2000-01-01). "Friedrich Nietzsche". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom