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This template uses Lua:

This navigational template offers a variant to several floating box templates that link to portals, and Wikipedia's sister projects but also typically cause formatting issues because of their size and alignment.

It is intended to be placed at the end of an article, after the references, external links, navboxes and before any authority control template or categories.

Usage[edit]

No single parameter is required, however, at least one portal or sister project should be utilized with the use of this template. Since Wikipedia articles typically are in the domain of one or more WikiProjects, and since WikiProjects often have a portal, almost every article should list at least one portal. None of the parameters should be capitalized.

Parameters[edit]

When copying all parameters in either the vertical or horizontal layouts, delete those which are not needed. If no links are needed for a particular type, such as the historical "books", that part of the template will not appear on the page.

Parameter meanings (quick list). Alphabetical order: b: Wikibooks. commons: WikiMedia Commons. d: Wikidata. n: Wikinews. q: Wikiquote. s: Wikisource. species: Wikispecies. v: Wikiversity. voy: Wikivoyage. wikt: Wiktionary.

All parameters, horizontal. Parameters in order they show up in subject bar.: {{Subject bar|commons = y|species = y|voy = y|n = y|wikt = y|b = y|q = y|s = y|v = y|d = y|portal = }}

All parameters, horizontal. In alphabetical order, except for portal which is often removed.: {{Subject bar|b = |commons = |d = |n = |q = |s = |species = |v = |voy = |wikt = |portal = }}

All parameters, vertical. In alphabetical order, except for portal which is often removed.

{{Subject bar
 |b              = 
 |commons        = 
 |d              = 
 |n              = 
 |q              = 
 |s              = 
 |species        = 
 |v              = 
 |voy            = 
 |wikt           =  
 |portal         = 
}}

Parameters explained[edit]

b: Wikibooks page to link to, "yes" means use wikidata to search for page
commons: WikiMedia Commons page (or Category:) to link to, "yes" means use wikidata to search for page
d: Wikidata page to link to, "yes" means use wikidata to search for page
n: Wikinews page to link to, "yes" means use wikidata to search for page
q: Wikiquote page to link to, "yes" means use wikidata to search for page
s: Wikisource page (or Author:) to link to, "yes" means use wikidata to search for page
species: Wikispecies page to link to, "yes" means use wikidata to search for page
v: Wikiversity page to link to, "yes" means use wikidata to search for page
voy: Wikivoyage page to link to, "yes" means use wikidata to search for page
wikt: Wiktionary page to link to, "yes" means use wikidata to search for page

Other parameters[edit]

portal: Use portal### where ### is any number to link to a portal
auto: set |auto=1 to use Wikidata to find sister links
search: override default search string (= title of page)
display: set the display string on the sister links bar
commonscat: link to Commons category instead of gallery
author: link to Species author instead of taxon

Note: positional arguments are interpreted as portals, will be appended after any named portal arguments.

Examples[edit]

Example: Simplest case.

auto=1: Try this first to look up sister project links in Wikidata.

Markup: {{Subject bar|auto=1}}
Result (if used on Lemur)

Example page: Lemur

Markup: {{Subject bar|commons= Category:Lemuriformes|species = Lemuriformes|portal1 = Primates|portal2 = Madagascar}}
Result

Example page: Ring-tailed lemur

Markup: {{Subject bar|portal1 = Primates|portal2 = Madagascar|commons = Category:Lemur catta |species = Lemur catta|n = Ring-tailed lemur|wikt = Lemur|b = Ring-tailed lemur|q = Ring-tailed lemur|s = Ring-tailed lemur|v = Ring-tailed lemur|voy = Madagascar}}
Result

Portal bar[edit]

{{Portal bar}} is a subset of {{Subject bar}}, where only positional arguments are allowed. For example:

Markup: {{Portal bar|COVID-19|Medicine|Viruses}}
Result

TemplateData[edit]

TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools

See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Subject bar in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Subject bar

This template adds a bar of portals and sister links. It is usually used just above an article's navboxes.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
portal1	`portal1` `1`	The first portal, without surrounding text. For example, use "Science" to display the science portal.	Line	optional
portal2	`portal2` `2`	The second portal.	Line	optional
portal3	`portal3` `3`	The third portal.	Line	optional
portal4	`portal4` `4`	The fourth portal	Line	optional
portal5	`portal5` `5`	The fifth portal.	Line	optional
Use wikidata to fill sister link defaults	`auto`	If auto="yes", then sister projects with wikidata sitelinks are filled-in, others are off by default. Each project can be overridden with its own parameter.	String	optional
Display name	`display`	Use if the ''display name'' is different from the search term. For example, the bear article would be 'Bears'.	String	optional
Search string	`search`	String to search in sister projects. Default Page title	String	optional
Commons category	`commonscat`	Use if link to Commons category is desired instead of gallery.	String	optional
Wikispecies author	`author`	Use if link to Wikispecies author is desired instead of taxon.	String	optional
Wiktionary link	`wikt` `wikt-search`	Wiktionary link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically) and "no". Default No	String	optional
Commons link	`commons` `c` `c-search` `commons-search`	Commons link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically) and "no". Default No	String	optional
Wikinews link	`n` `n-search`	Wikinews link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically) and "no". Default No	String	optional
Wikiquote link	`q` `q-search`	Wikiquote link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically) and "no". Default No	String	optional
Wikisource link	`s` `s-search`	Wikisource link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically) and "no". Default No	String	optional
Wikibooks link	`b` `b-search`	Wikibooks link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically) and "no". Default No	String	optional
Wikivoyage link	`voy` `voy-search`	Wikivoyage link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically), and "no". Default No	String	optional
Wikiversity link	`v` `v-search`	Wikiversity link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes", (find page automatically) and "no". Default No	String	optional
Wikidata link	`d` `d-search`	Wikidata link to show. Acceptable values are a QID, "yes" (find page automatically), and "no". Default No	String	optional
Wikispecies taxon link	`species` `species-search`	Wikispecies link to show. Acceptable values are a page name, "yes" (find page automatically), and "no". The default is "No". Default No	String	optional

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