Template:Further interlanguage link/doc

This template is used to link to articles containing further information on a topic, where English Wikipedia does not yet have an article, but another language Wikipedia does. It looks like this:

It is typically used at the top of a section, when the topic of that section is covered in more detail by a page on another Wikipedia. It combines the features of Further and Interlanguage link, and provides one of the chief advantages of red links by pointing out a topic where English Wikipedia doesn't yet have an article, while pointing out where such information is readily available.

Once the article on English Wikipedia is created, the interwiki links are dropped, and the template renders like a regular "Further" link. If the main link is blue because the English page name is a redirect and not an article, the interwiki links are retained, and the blue link is tagged as a redirect.

Usage
Basic usage – one interwiki link




 * More than one interwiki link:




 * Same name in English as in other languages:



Parameters
This template accepts the following parameters:


 * Positional:
 * – the page on English Wikipedia. This must be a red link, or a redirect with possibilities. (If it isn't, use Further instead.) Required.
 * and  - the language code and page to link to on a sister Wikipedia. Required. Links to sections are automatically formatted as page § section, rather than the MediaWiki default of page#section.
 * and  - another lang-code and page to link to on a foreign wikipedia. Optional. If 5 is missing, Interlanguage link supplies the same value as the English topic in param 1.
 * and  - a third code + page pair, to link a foreign Wikipedia article. Optional. If 7 is missing, it takes the value from param 1.


 * Named:
 * – as for Interlanguage link, the lt parameter (which stands for "link text") is used to create a piped link. Alias: label.
 * - like Further, adds "...on Topic" to the output text.

Displaying different text
To create a piped link (text displayed that is different from the title of the page to which the text links), use the lt parameter (which stands for "link text").

Vertical alignment
The default vertical alignment of the bracketed interlanguage links is superscript. This can be altered by adding:
 * to place the links in subscript
 * to place the links on the baseline. Alias:

Examples

 * Blue link for redirect:
 * }} →


 * Excess links (beyond three) don't throw an error but are ignored:


 * With a topic:


 * All parameters:


 * Display variation: Vertical alignment:


 * Article already exists in English – interwiki links suppressed

Errors
If a required param is missing, the template will output a message. For example:

Pages that contain this error message are tracked in Category:Pages with errors in Template:Further ill.

When not to use this template
If you only wish to link to an article on a foreign language Wikipedia, without indicating a missing article on English Wikipedia, use Further instead, prefixing the page name in a foreign Wikipedia with the required interlanguage code: