Template:W

Template code

Wikipedia: [[wikipedia:{{{1}}} |{{{1}}}]]

Usage

1. Target page at the English-language Wikipedia

|target=...

|article=...

|page=...

|...

2. Title to be used for wikilink (optional)

|title=..., |t=..., or |...

(Note: for best long-term reusability, this template should probably be only used to hard-code wikitext using subst)

Notes

• Importing templates directly from Wikipedia or other wikis (i.e. interwiki links) doesn't always (ever?) work
  • Templates using Lua #include statements don't work (but I don't remember why - this probably requires module installation)
  • There is a page at mw:Global templates/Transition that discusses some of the issues. (see also the crosswiki tag at Wikipedia: Phabricator, as well as the [https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Global_templates parent of the first page mentioned)
    • There has been an open MediaWiki issue to enable interwiki usage of templates; as of September 2025 there is little progress.
• See also:
  • MediaWiki manual: $wgEnableScaryTranscluding
  • Wikimedia-Meta:Global templates
    • Wikimedia-Meta:Which templates should be global?
    • Wikimedia-Meta:Template duplication
      • MediaZilla:4547 / MediaZilla:1126
        • Wikimedia-Meta:Requests for comment/Global bits and pieces, mw:Requests for comment/Shadow namespaces (phab:T91162)
  • Wikimedia-Meta:Abstract Wikipedia
    • Wikimedia-Meta:Wikifunctions
      • Wikifunctions:Wikifunctions:Introduction
      • Wikimedia-Meta:Abstract Wikipedia/Early function examples
      • Wikimedia-Meta:Abstract Wikipedia/Early mockups
  • Wikimedia-Meta:Global-Wiki
    • phab:T66475 / bugzilla:4547
  • mw:Manual:Interwiki
    • w:Template:InterWiki
  • mw:Transclusion, mw:Help:Transclusion, w:Help:Transclusion
  • mw:Module:Transcluder
  • mw:Extension:Semantic MediaWiki
    • Semantic MediaWiki (SMW)

Example

To invoke with…

No parameter names

{{w|Preboot Execution Environment}}

{{w|Preboot Execution Environment|Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)}}

Using parameter names

{{w |article=Preboot Execution Environment |title=Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)}}

Compare to:

Native wikilink equivalent

Wikipedia: Preboot Execution Environment (using “[[wikipedia:Preboot Execution Environment|Wikipedia: Preboot Execution Environment]]”)

Native hybrid wikilink equivalent

Wikipedia: Preboot Execution Environment (using “Wikipedia: [[wikipedia:Preboot Execution Environment|Preboot Execution Environment]]”)

Native hybrid wikilink equivalent, using ‘pipe trick’

Wikipedia: Preboot Execution Environment (using “Wikipedia: [[wikipedia:Preboot Execution Environment|]]”)

Results:

Template, default title

Wikipedia: Preboot Execution Environment (using “{{w|Preboot Execution Environment}}”)

Template, missing title

Wikipedia: Preboot Execution Environment (using “{{w|Preboot Execution Environment|}}”)

Template, null title

Wikipedia: Preboot Execution Environment (using “{{w|Preboot Execution Environment| }}”)

Template, custom title

Wikipedia: Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) (using “{{w|Preboot Execution Environment |Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)}}”)