Template:User

Template documentation

This template is used on approximately 4,200 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

Uses Lua:

Module:UserLinks

This is a user link template for use internally on Wikipedia.

Usage

The username can be defined via a named or an unnamed parameter, i.e.

{{User|User=USERNAME}} or
{{User|USERNAME}}

Examples

{{User|Jimbo Wales}} → Jimbo Wales (talk · contribs)

In cases of usernames which contain = sign, the former syntax should be used, e.g.

{{User|User=Billbailey=legend}} → Billbailey=legend (talk · contribs)

Parameters

User is a required parameter, e.g. |User=Jimbo Wales.
Project defines a Wikimedia sister project to be used instead of the English Wikipedia, the correct code for the interwiki link should be used, e.g. |Project=b.
Lang is the interlanguage code for a project to be used instead of the English Wikipedia, e.g. |Lang=es. This can be used in conjunction with the project parameter.
separator defines the symbol used to separate different links, e.g. |separator=pipe. The default is a dot.

Other user link templates

If this template does not seem optimal for your use case, similar templates to link to various aspects of a user include:


Template	Example
{{Globaluser}}	Example (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA)
{{User}}	Example (talk · contribs)
{{User2}}	Example (talk · contribs · CA)
{{User4}}	Example (talk • contribs • email)
{{User5}}	Example ( local \| logs \| global )
{{User6}}	Example (talk • contribs • count • logs • page moves • block log • CA • email)
{{User7}}	Example (talk · contribs · logs · User rights · Number of edits: · Global account information · Email this user)
{{User8}}	Example
{{User9}}	Example (talk • contribs • count • logs • page moves • user rights • block log • email)
{{User10}}	Example (talk • e-mail • CentralAuth)
{{User11}}	Example (talk • contribs • User rights • global contributions • CentralAuth • block log)
{{userlinks}}	Example (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
{{UserSUL}}	Example (talk • contribs • rename user • global info)
{{Admin}}	Example (talk • email • contributions • deleted contributions • all logs • blocks • deletions • protections)
{{Bureaucrat}}	Example (talk • email • contributions • blocks • deletions • protections • rights • renames • count)

Signatures

{{unsigned}}	— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Example (talk)
{{unsigned2}}	—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Example (talk) 18:45, December 6, 2006
{{undated}}	—Preceding undated comment added 18:45, December 6, 2006.