{{See above}} and {{See below}} are simple wrappers for {{crossreference|selfref=no|text=...}}.
The output is a parenthetical fragment, intended mostly for use in the middle of or at the end of a sentence, e.g. "In the Elbonian Uprising , Addamasartus was used as the rebels' base of operations."
For more complex custom cross-references, use {{Crossreference}} directly. But please read WP:SELFREF, and avoid "talking at" the reader (Bad idea: For a fuller treatment of the Elbonian Uprising and its consequences, more information is provided at our article ...). Wikipedia is not a classroom.
For cross-references between articles, use {{See also}} or another in that family of hatnote templates.
Usage
The templates will format a "(see above)" or a "(see below)" or a custom message into a standardized style for an inline (not block-level) cross-reference to other content in the same article.
They are not Wikipedia self-references, to other pages, but self-references to the content at hand on the same page, and are thus printworthy. Their output is ultimately generated by Module:Hatnote inline.
Default: {{See above}} and {{See below}}
produce: and , respectively (which are usually not very helpful).
Basic usage with parameter: {{See below|Radical Whigs}}
produces:
Linked: {{See below|[[#Radical Whigs|below]]}}
produces:
Custom usage: {{See below|{{section link||Radical Whigs}}, below}}
produces:
Another example, going to an anchor at an image: {{See above|[[#chart1992|1992 statistics graph]]}}
produces:
Parameters
|text=AKA|content=AKA first unnamed parameter – the text to use between "(see " and ")".