Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects
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- To link sister projects using traditional inline text links see Wikipedia:Interwikimedia links.
Wikimedia sister projects are all the publicly available wikis operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, including the Wikipedia. This guideline covers Wikipedia's relations to the sister projects, including linking and copying content between Wikipedia article and a sister project.
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[edit] Sister projects
Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other projects:
| Commons Free media repository |
Wikinews Free-content news |
Wiktionary Dictionary and thesaurus |
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| Wikiquote Collection of quotations |
Wikibooks Free textbooks and manuals |
Wikisource Free-content library |
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| Wikispecies Directory of species |
Wikiversity Free learning materials and activities |
Meta-Wiki Wikimedia project coordination |
The above list of the current English language sister projects can be easily duplicated in any article using {{WikipediaSister}} template.
[edit] Guidelines
Wikipedia encourages links to sister projects and interlanguage links when possible. However, links to sister projects should not be inserted excessively.
Convention is to include each reference, link, or definition only once within an article, at the first appropriate point. Links to Wikimedia sister projects are best placed in the section of the article to which they relate, including Lead section, if possible; otherwise, they are usually placed in either "See also" section or External links section (though InterWikimedia links cannot be External links).
For example, a link to Wikiquote might be placed before any discussion of quotations, and a link to Wikinews before the description of the event, so that those articles are obviously sourced in the composition.
In some cases, such as disambiguation articles, they are best placed in the article's introduction (Lead section).
See below for a complete rundown.
For example, if the name of the Wikimedia sister project (the article which you recommend to readers) is Wikisource:
- {{Copy to Wikisource}} - This copy of primary source in Wikipedia article should be copied to Wikisource. Even after copying, please don't remove the content from the Wikipedia article unless it is not encyclopedic.
- {{Wikisource}} - An article in Wikisource with the same title is about the same topic.
- {{Wikisource|Pagename}} - Pagename in Wikisource is about the same topic.
- {{Wikisource|Pagename1|Pagename2}}). Pagename1 and Pagename2 in Wikisource are about the same topic.
- It is the same when there are more than two related articles in Wikisource.
[edit] Soft redirects from Wikipedia to a sister project
Sometimes an entry is more appropriate on Wiktionary than Wikipedia and can never be expanded beyond simple dictionary definition. Normally, such articles are copied to Wiktionary using transwiki process, and deleted from Wikipedia afterwards.
However, if the word or phrase is commonly wikified, it is quite likely that the deleted entry will be quickly re-created again by well-meaning users. The re-created article is likely to be another simple dictionary definition, just as inappropriate for Wikipedia as the original.
To avoid this, do not delete after transwiki'ing. One solution, as suggested by Wikipedia deletion policy, is to instead normally redirect the word to a relevant article within Wikipedia. For instance, Organize could redirect it to a well-developed Organization article via #REDIRECT [[Organization]].
If this is not possible, turn a Wikipedia page into a soft redirect to a sister project. This is done by replacing the page with either the {{softredirect}} template, or one of specialized templates (template {{wi}} is recommended in case of Wiktionary). These templates inform reader to look for information on the sister project, in case of this example provide link to wikt:Organize article. This has multiple benefits:
- it brings the sister projects closer together,
- it prevents future clean up issues.
This applies to other sister projects as well, not only to Wiktionary. Please keep in mind that only commonly wikified words should become soft redirects. We don't need a soft redirect for every possible word or phrase to be included in Wikipedia.
[edit] Specific projects
This section lists templates that are designed to provide article-to-article linking between Wikipedia and its Wikimedia sister projects. It also provides links to pages concerning moving articles between projects.
[edit] Mediawiki
Links to pages on the MediaWiki site:
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| {{MediaWiki}} |
MediaWiki wiki has a page about this at:
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| {{ mlmw | target_page| optional anchor_name| optional_label }} |
mw:Target_page#optional_anchor_name or optional_label
This template produces an interwiki link to mediawiki.org, and also a "hidden external link", to allow it to be found by Linksearch, e.g. [1]. |
Anywhere on page |
| {{Media}} | Places the page in the appropriate category. |
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[edit] Meta-Wiki
Links to pages on the Meta-Wiki site:
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| {{Meta}} |
Meta has related information at:
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| {{Copy to Meta}} |
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| {{ mlm | target_page| optional anchor_name| optional_label }} |
m:Target_page#optional_anchor_name or optional_label
This template produces an interwiki link to Meta, and also a "hidden external link", to allow it to be found by Linksearch, e.g. [2]. |
Anywhere on page |
[edit] Simple
- simple:Main Page simple English
- wikibooks:simple:Main Page simple English books
- wikiquote:simple:Main Page simple English quotes
- wikt:simple:Main Page simple English dictionary
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[edit] Wikibooks
Links to pages on the Wikibooks site:
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| {{Copy to Wikibooks}} |
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Top of article. | ||
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Wikibooks has more on the topic of
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Placed next to an appropriate section, if there is one (e.g links to annotated works next to the "Plot" or "Synopsis" section). Otherwise in "See also" section. |
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Placed next to an appropriate section, if there is one. Otherwise in "See also" section. |
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| {{Wikibookspar}} |
Wikibooks' [[wikibooks:|]] has more about this subject:
{{Wikibookspar||Astronomy}} {{Wikibookspar|Cookbook|Soups}} Wikibooks' Wikiversity has more about this subject:
{{Wikibookspar|Wikiversity|School of Education}} |
Placed next to an appropriate section, if there is one. Links to recipes next to a section discussing the creation of a dish, for example. |
[edit] Wikimedia Commons
- For the embedding of Wikimedia Commons' resources in Wikipedia articles, see Wikipedia:Wikimedia Commons
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| {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}} |
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| {{NowCommons}} |
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| {{Commons}} |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
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| {{Commonscat}} |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
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| {{Commonsimages}} |
Wikimedia Commons has more pictures of: Commons page name
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[edit] Wikinews
Moving pages to Wikinews is not possible, for legal reasons. Copying material to Wikinews would put it under the CC-BY license, which violates the GFDL. However Wikinews articles can be moved to Wikipedia.
| Template | What it makes | Where it goes |
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| {{Wikinews}} |
Wikinews has related news:
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| {{Wikinewscat}} |
Wikinews has related news:
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| {{Wikinewsportal}} |
Wikinews has a related section:
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| {{Wikinewspar2}} |
Wikinews has related news:
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| {{Wikinewshas}} |
Wikinews has insert description here:
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[edit] Wikiquote
Links to pages on the Wikiquote site:
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| {{Copy to Wikiquote}} |
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Top of article or section. | ||
| {{ Copy section to Wikiquote }} |
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Top of section which is long enough to be better suited at Wikiquote. |
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| {{Wikiquote}} |
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to:
{{wikiquote}} - provides link that invokes a search of Wikiquote, using the current page's name ({{PAGENAME}}) |
either the Quotes or External links section | ||
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Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to:
{{wikiquote|Duke Nukem}} - provides a link to a specific Wikiquote page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name. |
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{{wikiquote|The Simpsons#Bart Simpson|Bart Simpson}} - provides a link to a specific Wikiquote page (1st parameter) and an optional display name (2nd parameter) Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to:
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[edit] Wikisource
Links to pages on the Wikisource site:
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| {{Copy to Wikisource|Optional comment}} |
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Top of article | ||
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Top of section which is long enough to be better suited at Wikisource. |
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| {{Wikisource}} |
{{wikisource}} - provides link that invokes a search of Wikisource, using the current page's name ({{PAGENAME}}) Wikisource has original text related to this article:
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adjoining a body reference to the source or in the External links section with other sister project links | ||
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{{wikisource|William Wilson}} - provides a link to a specific Wikisource page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name. Wikisource has original text related to this article:
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{{wikisource|Aesop's Fables-2#The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf|The Boy Who Cried Wolf}} - provides a link to a specific Wikisource page (1st parameter) and an optional display name (2nd parameter) Wikisource has original text related to this article:
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| {{Wikisourcelang}} |
{{Wikisourcelang|fr|Voltaire|Voltaire}} French Wikisource has original text related to this article:
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adjoining a body reference to the source or in the External links section with other sister project links | ||
| {{Wikisourceold}} |
{{Wikisourceold|Universala Deklaracio de Homaj Rajtoj|Universala Deklaracio de Homaj Rajtoj}} Wikisource has original text related to this article:
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adjoining a body reference to the source or in the External links section with other sister project links | ||
| {{Wikisource author}} |
{{wikisource author}} - Links to Author: page, using the current page's name ({{PAGENAME}}) Wikisource has original works written by or about:
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{{wikisource author|James Joyce}} - provides a link to a specific Wikisource page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name. Wikisource has original works written by or about:
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{{Wikisource author|George Herbert Walker Bush|George H. W. Bush}} - provides a link to a specific Wikisource page (1st parameter) and an optional display name (2nd parameter) Wikisource has original works written by or about:
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| {{Wikisourcecat}} |
{{Wikisourcecat|Hymns}} Wikisource has several original texts related to:
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| {{Wikisource1911Enc}} |
{{Wikisource1911Enc|Insert title here}} |
External links section | ||
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{{Wikisource1913CatholicEnc|Insert title here}} |
External links section | ||
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{{WikisourceEBD1897|Insert title here}} |
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| {{Wikisource1914NSRW}} |
{{Wikisource1914NSRW|Insert title here}} Wikisource has an original article from the The New Student's Reference Work about:
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[edit] Wikispecies
Links to pages on the Wikispecies site:
| Template | What it makes | Where it goes |
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| {{Wikispecies}} |
Wikispecies has information related to:
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[edit] Wikiversity
Links to pages on the Wikiversity site:
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| {{Wikiversity}} |
At Wikiversity, you can learn about:
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| {{Wikiversity2}} |
At Wikiversity you can learn about SUBJECT at:
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[edit] Wiktionary
Links to pages on the Wiktionary site:
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| {{Wiktionary}} |
{{wiktionary}} - provides link that invokes a search of Wiktionary, using the current page's name ({{PAGENAME}}); uses a search rather than linking directly to a page — because Wiktionary article titles are fully case sensitive, this may not yield the desired result |
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{{wiktionary|sophisticated}} - provides a link to a specific Wiktionary page for the given word (1st parameter). Uses that parameter as the display name. |
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{{wiktionary|sophisticated|Sophistic}} - provides a link to a specific Wiktionary page (1st parameter) and an optional display name (2nd parameter) |
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| {{Wiktionarypar}} Edit |
{{wiktionarypar|first-word|second-word|third-word}} |
As above. Up to five parameters for manual links direct to specific articles. | ||
| {{Wti}} | {{Wti}}
{{Wti|Wiktionary Page}}
{{Wti|Wiktionary Page|Link Text}}
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| [[wikt:SomeWord|definition of SomeWord]] | wikt:Sophisticated |
A word inline with text. |
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| {{TWCleanup}} |
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| {{Wi|sophisticated}} |
Top of the article. |
[edit] Several/All Wikimedia Sister projects in box
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Find more information on Page name here by searching Wikipedia's sister projects:
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Articles and media on this topic in other Wikimedia projects can be found at: Commons Wikipedia Wikimedia sister projects
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[edit] Metapages in Wikimedia Sister projects
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| {{Wikimediameta}} |
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[edit] Linking between projects
| Project | Long form | Shortcut |
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| Wikipedia | [[wikipedia:]] |
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| Wiktionary | [[wiktionary:]] |
[[wikt:]] |
| Wikinews | [[wikinews:]] |
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| Wikibooks | [[wikibooks:]] |
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| Wikiquote | [[wikiquote:]] |
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| Wikisource | [[wikisource:]] |
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| Wikispecies | [[wikispecies:]] |
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| Wikiversity | [[v:]] |
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| Wikimedia Foundation | [[wikimedia:]] |
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| Wikimedia Commons | [[commons:]] |
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| Wikimedia Meta-Wiki | [[meta:]] |
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| Wikimedia Incubator | [[incubator:]] |
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| MediaWiki | [[mw:]] |
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| MediaZilla | [[mediazilla:]] |
[edit] See also
- Wikipedia:Interwikimedia links
- Wikipedia:Interlanguage links
- Category:Interwiki link templates
- meta:Interwiki map
- Category:Transwiki templates
- Wikipedia:List of templates linking to other free content projects
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