Template:User

Example (talk · contribs)

Template documentation

This is a user link template for use internally on Wikipedia.

Usage

The username can be defined via a named or an unnamed parameter, i.e.

• {{User|User=USERNAME}} or
• {{User|USERNAME}}

Examples

• {{User|Jimbo Wales}} → Jimbo Wales (talk · contribs)

In cases of usernames which contain = sign, the former syntax should be used, e.g.

• {{User|User=Billbailey=legend}} → Billbailey=legend (talk · contribs)

Parameters

• User is a required parameter, e.g. |User=Jimbo Wales.
• Project defines a Wikimedia sister project to be used instead of the English Wikipedia, the correct code for the interwiki link should be used, e.g. |Project=b.
• Lang is the interlanguage code for a project to be used instead of the English Wikipedia, e.g. |Lang=es. This can be used in conjunction with the project parameter.
• separator defines the symbol used to separate different links, e.g. |separator=pipe. The default is a dot.

For the template that only gives a link to a user's user page, see Template:User link.

For the template that gives links related to a user's page, see Template:lu.

Sandbox

Template:User/sandbox can be used for testing. Additional edit history for this template is contained there.

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for User

This template is used to create a link to a user's user page (unless using {{Useranon}}), talk page, and contributions, and generates a special notification (aka 'ping').

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
User name	1 user	The user name that you want to create links to and notify.	User	required
Sister project	project	Used to link to a sister project instead of the English Wikipedia. Use the standard interwiki prefix. Suggested values wiktionary wikinews wikibooks wikiquote wikisource wikispecies wikiversity wikivoyage foundation commons meta mediawikiwiki wikidata	String	optional
Other language project	lang	Used to link to another language project. If used with the "sister project" parameter, links to another language of a sister project. Otherwise links to another language Wikipedia. Use the standard language code.	String	optional
Separator	separator	Used to change the separator between the links. If unused, defaults to a dot.	Unknown	optional

Userspace link templates

User information templates provide informational links for a user; they are similar to signatures, but often provide additional information, and may be used by other users. List:

• Standard
• For admin pages
• Bots/admin log
• Signature addition

Demo user used is User:Example

This documentation is automatically generated by Template:User-multi/template.
Any categories and documentation specific to this template should be added to the template's /doc subpage.