Template:Sister bar/sandbox

This is the template sandbox page for Template:Sister bar (diff).
See also the companion subpage for test cases.

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This template uses Lua:

The {{Sister bar}} template provides links corresponding pages on various Wikimedia sister projects, similar to {{Sister project links}}. Unlike that other template, {{Sister bar}} creates a horizontal bar for the sister projects links. This template is designed for use when there is not enough space in the External links section for a Sister project links box. It is designed to go after other navboxes and {{Portal bar}}.

The following pages are sought by the template, in order:

An explicit page chosen by an editor (if provided)
A sitelink in Wikidata (if exists)
A search page on the sister project

Sending a reader to a search page can be an unpleasant experience, if there is no corresponding page for that subject. Editors have a choice between two methods to prevent this negative experience:

Manually check each project for a relevant page, if missing, then set argument to "no" (e.g., |wikt=n)
Use "automatic mode", which only displays a sister project by default if sitelink exists (e.g., |auto=yes)

Parameters[edit]

{{Sister bar
<!-- Configuration parameters. Do not leave empty; populate, or remove -->
 |1= |auto= |display=

<!-- Projects that default to "yes" when auto=no -->
 |b= |c= |n= |q= |s= |v= |wikt= 

<!-- Projects that default to "no" when auto=no -->
 |d= |m= |mw= |species= |species_author= |voy= |iw= |f=

 |author= <!-- force search for author name in wikisource -->
 |commonscat= <!-- force link to commons category -->
 |cookbook= <!-- force link to cookbook at wikibooks -->
}}

All parameters:
{{Sister project links |1= |author= |auto= |b= |c= |commonscat= |cookbook= |d= |display= |f= |iw= |m= |mw= |n= |q= |qid= |s= |species= |species_author= |v= |voy= |wikt= }}

Default display[edit]

For any project parameter, there are four acceptable values:

"yes" means find a reasonable link for the sister project (wikidata, or default back to search)
"no" means exclude this sister project: no link
a string means link to the page with whose name is that string
blank or missing means use the default
- If |auto=yes, default is either use wikidata (if present), or drop the link
- If |auto=no, if project is in the "yes" list above, either use wikidata or search. Otherwise drop the link.

Tracking categories[edit]

Interwiki link[edit]

The |iw= parameter is for use in articles about languages themselves. It is designed to be used instead of the {{InterWiki}} template: it links to the Main Page of Wikipedia that corresponds to the language code. See Template:InterWiki/doc for more information. Up to three sister Wikipedias can be linked, using |iw=, |iw1=, and |iw2=.

TemplateData[edit]

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

TemplateData for Sister bar

Displays a terminal window with a set of commands. If the titles in the individual sister projects differ, use the following parameters, which are taken from [[Help:Interwiki linking]].

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Search Parameter	`1`	Use if the ''search parameter'' differs from the pagename.	String	optional
Use wikidata to fill defaults	`auto`	If auto="yes", then sister projects with wikidata sitelinks are filled-in, others are off by default. Each project can be overridden with its own parameter.	String	optional
Display name	`display`	Use if the ''display name'' is different from the search term. For example, the bear article would be 'Bears'.	String	optional
Wiktionary link	`wikt`	Wiktionary link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes", and "no". The default is "Yes" (find page automatically). Default Yes	String	optional
Commons link	`c` `commons`	Commons link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes" (find page automatically). Default Yes	String	optional
Commons category?	`commonscat`	Specifies whether a link to a category on Wikimedia Commons is shown. Can be "yes" or "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
Wikinews link	`n`	Wikinews link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes" (find page automatically). Default Yes	String	optional
Wikiquote link	`q`	Wikiquote link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes" (find page automatically). Default Yes	String	optional
Wikisource link	`s`	Wikisource link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes" (find page automatically). Default Yes	String	optional
Wikisource author?	`author`	Use for articles about authors to force the Wikisource links to include the "Author:" prefix. Can be set to "yes" or "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
Wikibooks link	`b`	Wikibooks link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" and "no". The default is "Yes" (find page automatically). Default Yes	String	optional
Cookbook	`cookbook`	If yes, link to Cookbook at wikibooks. If string, use that string as article title in Cookbooks. Default Yes	String	optional
Wikivoyage link	`voy`	Wikivoyage link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically), and "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
Wikiversity link	`v`	Wikiversity link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes", and "no". The default is "Yes" (find page automatically). Default Yes	String	optional
Wikidata link	`d`	Wikidata link to show. Acceptable values are a QID, "yes" (find page automatically), and "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
Wikispecies taxon link	`species`	Wikispecies link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically), and "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
Wikispecies author link	`species_author`	Wikispecies author link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes"(find page automatically), and "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
Meta link	`m`	Meta link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically), and "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
MediaWiki link	`mw`	MediaWiki link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically) and "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional
Wikifunctions link	`f`	Wikifunctions link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically) and "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Sister bar/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.