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This template, Template:Tnull, or its shortcut, Template:Tnull, is used to generate a link to a certain section(s) of a local wiki page and render an appropriate section mark (§ or §§).
For example, instead of:
...you can write:
...or
Usage
This template is appropriate for use in hatnotes and See also sections, or to reference sections within the same article. When using in article body text, consider whether an overt link to a specific section in another article may be confusing to readers who cannot follow links, such as those viewing a printed version of the material (see WP:PRINTWORTHY), or a version republished without links (see WP:LINKSTYLE).
Syntax (overview)
- Template:Tnull or Template:Tnull, link to section of other article.
- Example: Albert Einstein § Scientific career
- Template:Tnull or Template:Tnull, link to section of other article, only displaying the section's title
- Example: § Scientific career
- Template:Tnull or Template:Tnull, for usage within the same page, supply an empty first parameter
- Example: § Scientific career
Multiple sections
This template can generate consecutive links to several sections of the same page and mark them with §§ (as is convention). You can write:
- History of IBM §§ 1880s–1924: The origin of IBM, 1969: Antitrust, the unbundling of software and services, and 1993–present: IBM's near disaster and rebirth
{{section link|History of IBM|1880s–1924: The origin of IBM|1969: Antitrust, the unbundling of software and services|1993–present: IBM's near disaster and rebirth}}
...or:
- History of IBM §§ 1880s–1924: The origin of IBM, 1969: Antitrust, the unbundling of software and services, and 1993–present: IBM's near disaster and rebirth
{{section link|History of IBM#1880s–1924: The origin of IBM|1969: Antitrust, the unbundling of software and services|1993–present: IBM's near disaster and rebirth}}
Suppressing page name
Sometimes the page name needs not to appear (e.g. to avoid redundancy and wordiness). For the page on which the template is used, not specifying a page name creates a section link only. The following:
{{Section link||Suppressing page name}}
...is the equivalent of:
[[#Suppressing page name|§ Suppressing page name]]
...and renders as:
Use |nopage=y for the same visual effect.
When discussing an article from its talk page, Template:Tlx—or its alias, Template:Tlx—is preferable to the longer Template:Tlc.
Comparison of displayed results:
Styling page name
For titles of films and short stories, present the core part of the page's name (without any parenthetic disambiguation) in italics, quotation marks, or some other markup (per ). The |display= parameter can be used for this purpose:
Title equivalence check
Unlike regular piped links, the display parameter is checked to see if it is equivalent of the actual link after formatting has been removed. That is, the following renders an error:
This is to prevent this template from being used to create misleading links.
Underscores
It is common practice to copy article and section name from the browser's address bar. When doing that, the article and section names may contain underscores:
Albert_Einstein#Scientific_career
This template automatically replaces the underscores with space characters:
There are articles that have underscores (see Template:Cl). To retain the underscores in the rendered output, use |keep-underscores=yes:
- article and section copied from browser address bar:
Dual_EC_DRBG#Timeline_of_Dual_EC_DRBG
- manual removal of extraneous underscores:
Dual_EC_DRBG#Timeline of Dual_EC_DRBG
- Template:Demo inline
TemplateData
TemplateData for Section link
This template is used to generate a link to a certain section of a local wiki page and render an appropriate section mark (§). This template may generate consecutive links to several sections of the same page.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page name | 1 | Name of the page to which the link must be created. Leave empty to link to the current page. Doing so causes no page name to appear. | Page name | suggested |
| Section name 1 | 2 | Name of the (first) section to which the link must be created. This parameter is optional if using the Page name parameter to specify both the page and the section. | String | suggested |
| Section name 2 | 3 | This template can link to additional sections within one page. You can supply another section name in this field. | String | optional |
| Section name 3 | 4 | This template can link to additional sections within one page. You can supply another section name in this field. | String | optional |
| Section name 4 | 5 | This template can link to additional sections within one page. You can supply another section name in this field. | String | optional |
| Hide page name | nopage | If set to "yes", "y" or "true", hides the page name (only section names are displayed).
| Boolean | optional |
| Keep underscores | keep-underscores | If set to "yes", "y" or "true", doesn't replace underscores with spaces in the page name and section names. | Boolean | optional |
| Displayed page name | display | If the page name must be displayed differently (e.g. in italics), enter it here. | String | optional |
| Permanent link | permalink | Revision ID, for a permanent link to the section (only works with one section link) | Number | optional |
See also
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- Template:Tl
- Template:Tl – for linking to a mainspace section from its talk page
- Template:Tl – for linking to a section listing nested section names
- Template:Tl – for linking to a section without displaying the section sign (§)
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