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This template uses the
Wikidata
property:
The purpose of this template is to provide a standard format for labeling links to the official website of an article's main topic.
Usage
Basic usage
This template can be used without specifying any parameters, if the
"official website" Property (P856)
is set in the respective article's
Wikidata
record. Just add
{{
official website
}}
to the article's
External links
section. If on Wikidata more than one official website is given, the entry tagged with the
language
being
English
is automatically preferred.
Advanced usage
Two parameters are available:
1=
or
URL=
or
url=
is used to specify the URL. If this parameter is omitted, the value of
"official website" Property (P856)
on
Wikidata
is used.
2=
or
name=
is used to reformat the title if "Official website" is not suitable.
- NOTE: This name should succinctly and accurately describe the external link
in relation to the subject
. In particular, it should
not
include the article subject's name as the reader reasonably expects that all external links pertain to the subject.
Some URLs that contain special characters, such as
&
or
=
, will break the template. The solution is to prepend the URL with
1=
Examples
URL in template
To the right of each example is the displayed output. Below each example is the actual output including
<span>...</span>
tags.
URL in Wikidata
Usage in the article
Amazon (company)
:
Note: If Wikidata holds two or more values in different languages, websites in English will be preferred. The module also prefers websites with a "preferred" Wikidata rank. If multiple websites are otherwise equally ranked in the module's criteria, the module will choose the website listed first.
No URL in template or Wikidata
Usage on any page without a URL in Wikidata property
official website
(P856)
:
TemplateData
This template provides a standard format for labeling links to official websites, stating "Official website" with the website linked. If no parameters are set in this template, the template will use the official website entered into Wikidata, if available.
Template parameters
[
Edit template data
]
Parameter
| Description
| Type
| Status
|
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URL
| 1
url
URL
| Leave this blank if using a URL entered into Wikidata. If there is no Wikidata URL or to override the Wikidata URL, entering a URL in this field will cause the template to link to this entered field.
- Default
- Wikidata property P856
- Example
- https://example.com
| URL
| optional
|
---|
Display text
| name
2
| If left blank, the template text will display the words "Official website" with the URL linked to it. This field should usually be left blank. If there another webpage that could reasonably understood as the official website and needs to be distinguished from the link in this template, replacement text can displayed by entering it into this field.
- Default
- Official website
- Example
- Publisher's website
| String
| optional
|
---|
Tracking categories
One of the following categories may be added to articles using this template (via
Module:Official website
):
Handling dead links
It's possible that a URL no longer references hosted content, or ends up hosting different content than intended. In this case, the
{{
Official website
}}
should be replaced with an invocation of
{{
webarchive
}}
with a
title=
parameter of "Official website". For example:
{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051222144340/http://en.wikipedia.org/ |date=2005-12-22 |title=Official website}}
. Such an invocation appears as:
- Official website
at the
Wayback Machine
(archived 2005-12-22)
See also
- {{
Official URL
}}
? For inserting the official link itself as opposed to its name. Useful for
Infoboxes
.