Template:Wikipedia

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This template is useful to simply create link to Wikipedia.

First parameter (mandatory): the Wikipedia linguistic edition code;
it is the xx in URL "//xx.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagename", or any other interwiki code recognized by English Wikipedia);

When this required parameter is empty, it implies the English Wikipedia edition (so the empty value is equivalent to the en value).
Second parameter: the actual pagename on Wikipedia (or in the target wiki of the interwiki code specified in the first parameter)
it is the Pagename in URL "//xx.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagename");

note however that this parameter should not be URL-encoded (with overlong %NN%NN sequences) but should readable (in native UTF-8), also preferably with spaces rather than underscores between words.
Third parameter: the text to display with the link. If unset, the template displays the title of the page (second parameter).

There are also three named parameters which define whether some parts of the link are shown:

icon: if set to no, the template doesn't display the Wikipedia icon;
any other value (or if the parameter is not specified) will display this icon: File:Tango style Wikipedia Icon no shadow.svg
link: if set to no, the template doesn't display an active link to the Wikipedia article (the link may still be visible when hovering the icon, if there's one);
any other value (or if the parameter is not specified) will display the active link.
text: if set to no, the template doesn't display the sentence "on Wikipedia" (which is translated according to the language of the current page on this wiki, but not the language of the target Wikipedia);
any other value (or if the parameter is not specified) will display the extra text.

The other, similar Template:WikiIcon does not add extra text ("on Wikipedia"). Also by default it does exactly what it says in the title: draws an icon.
Template:Wiki
Instead, you could also just use a direct wiki link: [[wikipedia:xx:pagename|display text]] (xx being the language code; "|display text" is optional).

Include link to Wikipedia article.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Wikipedia linguistic edition code	`1`	It is the xx in URL "//xx.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagename", or any other interwiki code recognized by Wikipedia. Default en Example pl	Line	required
The actual pagename on Wikipedia	`2`	It is the Pagename in URL "//xx.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagename"). Note however that this parameter should not be URL-encoded (with overlong %NN%NN sequences) but should readable (in native UTF-8), also preferably with spaces rather than underscores between words. Example Universe	Line	required
Link label	`3`	Text to display with the link. If unset, the template displays the title of the page (second parameter).	Line	optional
Language	`lang`	Language of displayed text added to Wikipedia article title. Example pl	Line	optional
Link	`link`	If set to no, the template doesn't display an active link to the Wikipedia article. Suggested values `no`	Line	optional
Icon	`icon`	if set to no, the template doesn't display the Wikipedia icon Suggested values `no`	Line	optional
Text	`text`	If set to no, the template doesn't display the sentence "on Wikipedia" (which is translated according to the language of the current page on OSM wiki). Suggested values `no`	Line	optional

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

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