Wikipedia:Template index/Links

Note that templates with PAGENAME(E) give results here in the column "What it makes" which involve link labels and/or link targets, etc., containing "Template messages/Links"

Internal links

Article

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{main\|article}} links talk edit	Main article: article	Top of article sections
{{See also\|article}} links talk edit	See also: article	Top of article sections
{{details\|article}} links talk edit	Further information: article	Top of article sections (use within article sections that summarize more detailed articles. See Wikipedia:Summary style.)
{{la\|article name}} links talk edit	Article name (edit \| talk \| history \| protect \| delete \| links \| watch \| logs \| views)	Anywhere on page, not in article namespace
{{lat\|article name}} links talk edit	Talk:Article name (edit \| article \| history \| links \| watch \| logs)	Anywhere on page, not in article namespace
{{bl\|article name}} links talk edit	article name	Anywhere on page
{{ql\|article name\|qs=querystring\|text}} links talk edit	text	Anywhere on page
{{fti\|Article (disambiguating term)}} links talk edit	Article (disambiguating term)	Primarily on disambiguation pages
{{ftq\|Article (disambiguating term)}} links talk edit	"Article" (disambiguating term)	Primarily on disambiguation pages

Namespace

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{ln\|namespace\|page name}} links talk edit	Namespace:Page name (edit \| talk \| history \| links \| watch \| logs)	Anywhere on page, not in article namespace
{{lnt\|namespace\|page name}} links talk edit	Namespace talk:Page name (edit \| namespace \| history \| links \| watch \| logs)	Anywhere on page, not in article namespace

Templates

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{tl\|name of template}} links talk edit	{{name of template}}	Anywhere on page, not in article namespace
{{lt\|template name}} links talk edit	Template:Template name (edit \| talk \| history \| links \| watch \| logs)	Anywhere on page, not in article namespace
{{ttl\|name of template}} links talk edit	Template:name of template (links, talk)	Anywhere on page, not in article namespace
{{twlh\|name of template}} links talk edit	Template:name of template (links, talk)	Anywhere on page, not in article namespace

Language-specific

German titles

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{German title Freiherr}} links talk edit	Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as 'Baron'). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.	Article near bottom (use when Freiherr (von) appears in the name of a person)
{{German title Fürst}} links talk edit	Regarding personal names: Fürst is a title, translated as 'Prince', not a first or middle name. The feminine form is Fürstin.	Article near bottom (use when Fürst (von) appears in the name of a person)
{{German title Graf}} links talk edit	Regarding personal names: Until 1919, Graf was a title, translated as 'Count', not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin. In Germany, it has formed part of family names since 1919.	Article near bottom (use when Graf (von) appears in the name of a person)
{{German title Herzog}} links talk edit	Regarding personal names: Herzog is a title, translated as 'Duke', not a first or middle name. The female form is Herzogin.	Article near bottom (use when Herzog (von) appears in the name of a person)
{{German title Prinz}} links talk edit	Regarding personal names: Prinz is a title, translated as 'Prince', not a first or middle name. The female form is Prinzessin.	Article near bottom (use when Prinz (von) appears in the name of a person)
{{German title Reichsfreiherr}} links talk edit	Reichsfreiherr is a German title of nobility, usually translated as Baron of the Empire. Freiherr is a title usually translated as 'Baron', and Reich is usually translated as 'Empire'. The female forms are Reichsfreifrau and Reichsfreiin. Titles using the prefix Reichs- were not created after the fall of the Holy Roman Empire.	Article near bottom (use when Reichsfreiherr (von) appears in the name of a person)
{{German title Ritter}} links talk edit	Regarding personal names: Ritter is a title, translated approximately as 'Sir' (denoting a knight), not a first or middle name. There is no equivalent female form.	Article near bottom (use when Ritter (von) appears in the name of a person)
{{German title von}} links talk edit	In German personal names, von is a preposition which approximately means 'of' or 'from' and usually denotes some sort of nobility. While von (always lower case) is part of the family name or territorial designation, not a first or middle name, if the noble is referred to by their last name, use Schiller, Clausewitz or Goethe, not von Schiller, etc.	Article near bottom (use when von (without further title) appears in the name of a person)

External links

Notes:

ISBNs are autolinked by the Wikipedia software; see Wikipedia:ISBN.
RFC references such as "RFC 2821" are also autolinked.
PMIDs are also autolinked; see Wikipedia:PMID.
For more complete citations, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles.
See also Category:External link templates and Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup#Potentially unwanted content and Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup#Verifiability and sources.

Theater, film, and television

Games

Geography

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{gbmapping\|SU616687}} Talk	grid reference SU616687	Article (own line, usually in "location" or infobox)
{{gbmappingsmall\|SU616687}} Talk	SU616687	Article (anywhere in context)
{{gbmaprim\|SU616687\|Ufton Lock}} Talk	Ufton Lock	Article (anywhere in context)
{{Coord\|27.964006\|-82.444239}} Talk	27°57′50″N 82°26′39″W / 27.964006°N 82.444239°W / 27.964006; -82.444239	An example showing the termination of Interstate 4 at its intersection with Interstate 95
{{CIA World Factbook link\|ca\|Canada}} Talk	"Canada". The World Factbook (2025 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency.	Article (typ. in external links) near bottom

(15 templates linking to a page with links to maps of a given location)

Literature

Music

Religion

Wikis

For templates for linking to other Wikimedia projects, see Wikipedia:Sister projects.

What to type	What it makes	Where it goes
{{cat main}} links talk edit	The main article for this category is Template index/Links.	Category near top, for when an article exists that has the same name as the category.
{{cat main\|articlename}} links talk edit	The main article for this category is articlename.	Category near top, for when the main article about a category is not the same as the category name.
{{cat more\|articlename}} links talk edit	For more information, see articlename.	Like cat main, but with alternate wording.