When a Wikipedia article is large, it is often written in summary style. This template is used after the heading of the summary, to link to the subtopic article that has been summarized. For Category namespace, please use {{Cat main}} instead.

Use of this template should be restricted to the purposes described above. It is not to be used as a substitute for inline links or {{Further}} template. The latter is used when the section expounds a specific aspect of the topic instead of summarizing its article. For example, in phthalate, the template under the "Endocrine disruptor" section should not be {{Main|Endocrine disruptor}}, because the section specifically deals with phthalate as an endocrine disruptor and not endocrine disruptors in general.

This template should also not be used in lead sections. A lead section is always a summary of its own article, not any other; as such, the only appropriate target for a {{Main}} link in the lead section would be the article itself, which is not useful. {{Broader}} may be appropriate in this case.

Usage ಬದಲಾಯಿಸಿ

{{Main|Article 1}}

You may also include additional links, up to ten in total:

{{Main |Article 1 |Article 2 | ... |Article 9 |Article 10 }}

For each link, you may optionally specify a link appearance (this is for articles where a piped link would be used).
Note that the extra parameters use a lower case 'L', for example, l1, not 11:

{{Main |Article 1 | ... |Article 10 | l1=Article 1 link appearance | ... | l10=Article 10 link appearance }}

Examples ಬದಲಾಯಿಸಿ

Code Result
{{Main|Article}}
{{Main|Article 1|Article 2|Article 3}}
{{Main|Article 1|Article 2|Article 3|Article 4|Article 5}}
{{Main|Article|l1=Alternative title}}
{{Main|(15760) 1992 QB1|l1={{mp|(15760) 1992 QB|1}}}}


  • {{main other}}, to create main space only (article space only) content



TemplateData ಬದಲಾಯಿಸಿ

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Main in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Main

This template is used after the heading of a section, to link to the sub-article(s) that is entirely about this topic. The final template will show in italics: Main article: Article 1, Article 2 and Article 3

Template parameters

ಪರಿಮಿತಿವಿವರನಮೂನೆಸ್ಥಾನಮಾನ
Article 1 page location1

Gives the name of the first article to which you want to link

Stringrequired
Article 2 page location2

Gives the name of the second article to which you want to link

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Article 3 page location3

Gives the name of the third article to which you want to link

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Article 4 page location4

Gives the name of the fourth article to which you want to link

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Article 5 page location5

Gives the name of the fifth article to which you want to link

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Article 6 page location6

Gives the name of the sixth article to which you want to link

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Article 7 page location7

Gives the name of the seventh article to which you want to link

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Article 8 page location8

Gives the name of the eighth article to which you want to link

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Article 9 page location9

Gives the name of the ninth article to which you want to link

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Article 10 page location10

Gives the name of the tenth article to which you want to link

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Article 1 visible link textl1

Gives the text which will appear in the hyperlink to article 1. If not set, the article name will be used.

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Article 2 visible link textl2

Gives the text which will appear in the hyperlink to article 2. If not set, the article name will be used.

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Article 3 visible link textl3

Gives the text which will appear in the hyperlink to article 3. If not set, the article name will be used.

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Article 4 visible link textl4

Gives the text which will appear in the hyperlink to article 4. If not set, the article name will be used.

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Article 5 visible link textl5

Gives the text which will appear in the hyperlink to article 5. If not set, the article name will be used.

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Article 6 visible link textl6

Gives the text which will appear in the hyperlink to article 6. If not set, the article name will be used.

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Article 7 visible link textl7

Gives the text which will appear in the hyperlink to article 7. If not set, the article name will be used.

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Article 8 visible link textl8

Gives the text which will appear in the hyperlink to article 8. If not set, the article name will be used.

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Article 9 visible link textl9

Gives the text which will appear in the hyperlink to article 9. If not set, the article name will be used.

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ
Article 10 visible link textl10

Gives the text which will appear in the hyperlink to article 10. If not set, the article name will be used.

Stringಐಚ್ಛಿಕ