Template:Self reference/doc
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Unlike many hatnote templates, Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 127. has no preset text, link generation, or formatting other than italics. {{Self reference|Foo}} simply returns Foo. Many hatnote templates that do contain helpful preset text and linking, such as {{for}} and {{about}}, support a |selfref= parameter that gives them the same functionality as Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 127., making them better options in most circumstances.
In most cases, references to the Wikipedia project are discouraged, and the valid uses for this template are rare. Consultation of the list of Self-references to avoid is advisable.
Usage
In most cases, Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 127. is used to create a disambiguation link to a page in the "Wikipedia:" namespace from article-space; for instance, the page Objectivity (disambiguation) could have a self-referential "hatnote" link at the top: {{Selfref|For Wikipedia's policy on avoiding bias, see [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view]].}}.
When using Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 127. in this way, use the following format:
{{Selfref|The self-referential notice to display, including [[MOS:LINK|links]].}}
which produces: Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 127. italicized (Wikipedia house style for self-referential notes), and both preceded and followed by a linebreak.
For inline use (in body text, mid-sentence, and not in hatnotes), without the indentation and line breaking, use Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 127.:
{{Selfref inline|the self-referential text to display, including [[MOS:LINKS|links]]}}
which produces: Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 127. (illustrated here on the same line as other content).
Template Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 127. also has the parameter |inline:
{{Selfref|the self-referential text to display, including [[MOS:LINKS|links]]|inline}}
However, as of early 2019,[update]Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 127. it does not always function properly, and may cause a line break under some circumstances.
Unprintworthy content
Rarely, there is other, non-self-referential content which shouldn't appear in mirrors, print editions, or other off-Wikipedia reuses of Wikipedia content, and which shouldn't be italicized as a self-reference.
It is preferable to mark such unprintworthy content with the {{Unprintworthy inline}} template (which includes the noprint CSS class, but not the plainlinks class, since links in such content will not be internal self-references). Although not all mirror sites do so, the content in question can be removed by reusers of WP content, without any reformatting, by ignoring or removing content marked up by this template, or more accurately by the selfreference CSS class that it (and some other templates) use.
Note: The following syntax has been obsolete since 2008, and if you see it, replace it as described below.
There was a deprecated, pre-2008 legacy usage of Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 127. that was used for such unprintworthy cases, and pre-dates the {{Unprintworthy inline}} template. This is to simply end the template with a pipe character – |:
{{Selfref|the unprintworthy text to display without self-ref styling|}}This method cannot be depended upon. For one thing, many editors would interpret the ending pipe as an error and remove it, turning the template into an indented self-ref hatnote! It also has not been used since 2008. Any remaining uses of it should be replaced with {{Selfref inline}} (if real a self-references) or {{Unprintworthy inline}} (if simply unprintworthy).
Example
| Code | Page on Wikipedia | Page on [some] mirrors |
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{{Selfref|For the Wikipedia Sandbox, see [[WP:SAND]]}}
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Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 127.
The Wikipedia Sandbox is a page on Wikipedia. (You can edit it by clicking "edit" on the page.) It has been edited many times.
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The Wikipedia Sandbox is a page on Wikipedia. It has been edited many times. |
See also
- Wikipedia:Self-references to avoid
- Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 127., for an inline (not block-level) "(See also ...)"
- Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 127., for the opposite case when you want a link to the Wikipedia: namespace that does show in mirrors without breaking (for instance when writing an article about Wikipedia or something connected to it).
- Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 127. – for cases of self-references that are printworthy and may or may not be desired by reusers of WP content, depending upon whether they are mirroring or just using single articles
- Lua error: Internal error: The interpreter exited with status 127. – for unprintworthy inline material that isn't technically a self-reference
- Wikipedia:Hatnote
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