Template:Commons and category inline

Media related to Commons and category inline at Wikimedia Commons

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Purpose

Sometimes articles have both Commons articles (galleries) and categories about them. This template can be used to generate an inline link to a Commons gallery and a Commons category. It is intended for use in the "External links" section of an article.

Usage

This template takes two optional parameters: the Commons gallery and the category. If either of these is left blank, the template searches for them in wikidata. There are a number of other optional parameters, described below:

Format

* {{Commons and category inline|CommonsArticleName|CommonsCategoryName}}

Normal usage

* {{Commons and category inline|Ursus maritimus|Ursus maritimus}}

• Media related to Ursus maritimus (category) at Wikimedia Commons

* {{Commons and category}} when placed on Car article (gallery and category both in wikidata):

• Media related to Automobiles at Wikimedia Commons

* {{Commons and category}} when placed on Beinn an Dòthaidh article (only category in wikidata):

• Media related to Beinn an Dòthaidh at Wikimedia Commons

* {{Commons and category}} when placed on Samuel Baker House article (only gallery in wikidata):

• Media related to Samuel Baker House (category) at Wikimedia Commons

* {{Commons and category}} when placed on Chicago Lawn, Chicago article (neither gallery nor category in wikidata):

• Media related to Chicago Lawn, Chicago at Wikimedia Commons

Other parameters

Override link text

* {{Commons and category inline|Foobar|Foobar|linktext=Foo}}

• Media related to Foo (category) at Wikimedia Commons

Full link override

* {{Commons and category inline|links=[[commons:Foo|Foo]] and [[commons:Category:Bar|Bar]]}}

• Media related to Foo and Bar at Wikimedia Commons

List format

* {{Commons and category inline|list=
** [[commons:Foo|Foo]]
** [[commons:Category:Bar|Bar]]
}}

• Related media at Wikimedia Commons:
  • Foo
  • Bar

Extra text

* {{Commons and category inline|Ursus maritimus|extratext= Extra text}} on Ursus maritimus article

• Media related to Ursus maritimus (category) at Wikimedia Commons Extra text

See also

• Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout § External links
• {{Commons}}—shows Commons box
• {{Commons-inline}}—shows Commons gallery inline
• {{Commons category}}—shows Commons category box
• {{Commons category-inline}}—shows Commons category inline
• {{Commons category multi}}—to list up to six categories
• {{Commons and category}}—shows Commons box with both gallery and category
• {{Commons and category inline}}—shows Commons gallery and category inline
• {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}}
• {{Wikimedia Commons redirect}}—specialized soft redirect template for Commons
• {{Wiki category}}—to link to a gallery hosted on Wikipedia
• mw:Manual:Pywikibot/commonscat.py

• {{Sister project links}}—to link all Wikinews, Wikisource, etc.
• {{Wikibooks}} / {{Wikibooks inline}}
• {{Wikinews}} / {{Wikinews inline}}
• {{Wikiquote}} / {{Wikiquote-inline}}
• {{Wikisource}} / {{Wikisource-inline}}
• {{Wikispecies}} / {{Wikispecies-inline}}
• {{Wikiversity}} / {{Wikiversity inline}}
• {{Wikivoyage}} / {{Wikivoyage inline}}
• {{Wiktionary}} / {{Wiktionary-inline}}

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