Vorlage:Template shortcut/Doku

This template shows shortcuts (= redirects) to a template, like the box appearing at the right.

Which to show?

Although it can show up to ten aliases, editors are encouraged to choose well which to display, even if there exist many redirects; two or three at most is almost always enough, and by keeping the number small, it facilitates template users to remember, and the situation is kept well organized.

List others in "aliases" section of the template documentation. Again, you don't necessarily have to list all; some shortcuts are there just for historical reasons, and others differ only in whitespaces. Such names are better to hide.

Usage

If you want to indicate that {{uw-vandalism1}} has shortcuts named {{uw-v1}}, {{uw-vandal1}}, and {{uw-vand1}}, then you could use one of:

{{template shortcut|uw-v1}}

{{template shortcut|uw-v1|uw-vand1}}

{{template shortcut|uw-v1|uw-vand1|uw-vandal1}}

Additional parameters

This template has some additional parameters.

"float=left" makes this template flow to the left of the page instead:

{{template shortcut|float=left|uw-v1}}

"pre=something", "pre2=something" and "pre3=something" feeds some text to show before the shortcut links but within the braces. This is mostly used to indicate that the template should be used with substitution. Then you can do like this:

{{template shortcut|pre=subst:|uw-v1|uw-vand1}}

{{template shortcut|uw-v1|pre2=subst:|uw-vand1|pre3=subst:|uw-vandal1}}

See also

• {{shortcut}} – The normal shortcut.
• {{shortcut-l}} – For left aligned normal shortcuts.
• {{policy shortcut}} – For shortcuts to sections of policy pages.