Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects

Wikipedia is written by volunteer editors and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other volunteer projects:

• 
  Commons
  Free media repository
• 
  MediaWiki
  Wiki software development
• 
  Meta-Wiki
  Wikimedia project coordination
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  Wikibooks
  Free textbooks and manuals
• 
  Wikidata
  Free knowledge base
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  Wikinews
  Free-content news
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  Wikiquote
  Collection of quotations
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  Wikisource
  Free-content library
• 
  Wikispecies
  Directory of species
• 
  Wikiversity
  Free learning tools
• 
  Wikivoyage
  Free travel guide
• 
  Wiktionary
  Dictionary and thesaurus

These templates are designed to provide article-to-article linking between Wikipedia and its sister projects.

Meta-wikipedia

Links to pages on the Wiktionary site:

• Box format
  • Template:Meta (uses PAGENAME)
  • Template:Metapar (uses parameter as in {{Template:Metapar|SomePage}})

Template	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Meta}} Edit Talk Links		{{meta}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic link.
{{Metapar}} Edit Talk Links		{{Metapar|insert word here}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses parameter for a manual link.

Wikiquote

Pages needing to be moved:

• Template:Move to Wikiquote

Links to pages to the Wikiquote site:

• Template:Wikiquote (uses PAGENAME)
• Template:Wikiquotepar (uses parameter as in {{Template:Wikiquotepar|SomePage}})

Template	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Move to Wikiquote}} Edit Talk Links		Top of article.
{{Wikiquote}} Edit Talk Links		Bottom of article (typically in External links).
{{Wikiquotepar}} Edit Talk Links		Bottom of article (typically in External links).

Wiktionary

Pages needing to be moved:

• Template:Move to Wiktionary

Links to pages on the Wiktionary site:

• Box format
  • Template:Wiktionary (uses PAGENAME)
  • Template:Wiktionarypar (uses parameter as in {{Template:Wiktionarypar|SomePage}})
  • Template:Wi (uses PAGENAME), used for dictionary definitions
• To define a word in-line with other text, create an interwiki link in the format: [[wiktionary:SomeWord|definition of SomeWord]].

Template	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Move to Wiktionary}} Edit Talk Links		Top of article.
{{Wiktionary}} Edit Talk Links		{{wiktionary}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic link.
{{Wiktionarypar}} Edit Talk Links		{{wiktionarypar|insert word here}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses parameter for a manual link.
{{Wi}} Edit Talk Links		{{wi}} Wikipedia is not a dictionary; an article consisting of this soft redirect template helps prevents creation of dicdefs Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic link.

Wikibooks

Pages needing to be moved:

• Template:Move to Wikibooks

Links to pages to the Wikibooks site:

• Template:Wikibooks
• Template:Wikibookspar (requires parameter as in {{Wikibookspar|SomePage}})
• Template:Book — For a subject with a single book. (i.e. Algebra)
• Template:Cookbook
• Template:Cookbookpar (requires parameter as in {{Cookbookpar|SomePage}})

Template	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Move to Wikibooks}} Edit Talk Links		Top of article.
{{Wikibooks}} Edit Talk Links		{{wikibooks}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic link.
{{Wikibookspar}} Edit Talk Links	{{Wikibookspar||Astronomy}} (note missing first parameter, for a book not part of a specific collection) {{Wikibookspar|Cookbook|Soups}} {{Wikibookspar|Wikiversity|School of Education}}	First parameter is the Section, second is the title. See examples. Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses parameter for a manual link.

Wikisource

Pages needing to be moved:

• Template:Move to Wikisource

Links to pages to the Wikisource site:

• Template:Wikisource (uses PAGENAME)
• Template:Wikisourcepar (requires parameter as in {{wikisourcepar|SomePage}})
• Template:Wikisource author (uses PAGENAME to point to Author:PAGENAME)

Template	What it makes	Usage
{{Move to Wikisource}} Edit Talk Links		{{Move to Wikisource}} Placed at top of article Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic link.
{{Wikisource}} Edit Talk Links		{{Wikisource}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic link.
{{Wikisourcepar}} Edit Talk Links		{{Wikisourcepar|Insert title here}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Supply the name of the Wikisource article for manual link.
{{Wikisource author}} Edit Talk Links		{{Wikisource author}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic link.

Wikimedia Commons

Template	What it makes	Usage
{{Move to Wikimedia Commons}} Edit Talk Links		Top of article.
{{NowCommons}} Edit Talk Links	[[WP:CSD#F8|F8]]: File available on Wikimedia Commons as [[c:File:ImageName.jpg]] This file is now available on Wikimedia Commons as File:ImageName.jpg. Files that have been tagged with this template may be deleted after satisfying conditions of CSD F8. Administrators: If the file has been properly moved, delete it. If not, change the {{Now Commons}} tag to: {{Incomplete move to Commons|Image:ImageName.jpg|reason=reason why the image could not be moved}} File upload log • Move old versions to Commons	{{NowCommons|Image:ImageName.jpg}} Placed at bottom of image description Allows identification of moved files Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic categorizing ([[Category:NowCommons|Pagename]]).
{{Commons}} Edit Talk Links		{{Commons|Insert title here}} Bottom of article (typically in External links).
{{Commonspar}} Edit Talk Links		{{Commonspar|insert word here}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses parameter (i.e. insert word here) for a manual link.
{{Commonscat}} Edit Talk Links		{{Commonscat|Insert category name here}} Bottom of article (typically in External links).

Wikinews

Moving pages to Wikinews is not possible, for legal reasons. (Copying material to Wikinews would put it into the public domain, which violates the GFDL.)

Links to pages on the Wiktionary site:

• Box format
  • Template:Wikinews (uses PAGENAME)
  • Template:Wikinewspar (uses parameter as in {{Template:Wikinewspar|SomePage}})
• To link in-line with other text, create an interwiki link in the format: [[Wikinews:SomeArticleTitle|reference to the Wikinews article]].

Template	What it makes	Where it goes
{{Wikinews}} Edit Talk Links		{{wikinews}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses {{PAGENAME}} for automatic link.
{{Wikinewspar}} Edit Talk Links		{{wikinewspar|insert word here}} Placed at bottom of article (typically in External links) Uses parameter (i.e. insert word here) for a manual link.