Template:Find sources multi/linkinfo
Template documentationThis template stores data about the various search link subtemplates of {{find sources multi}}.
Usage
The template takes two positional parameters.
- The first positional parameter specifies the subtemplate for which data is requested. It may take the value of the subpage name of the link template (e.g.
gnews), a value of linkn (link1,link2, etc.), or its alias ln (l1,l2, etc.). - The second positional parameter specifies what type of data is requested. It can take the following values:
code- The main link code. This is the same as the subpage name of the link template.alias1- An alias for the main link code. The subpage of Template:Find sources multi with this value is a redirect to the link template.alias2- Another alias for the main link code.alias3- A third alias for the main link code.alias4- A fourth alias for the main link code.t_description- A short description of the template.se_description- A short description of the search engine that the template uses.shortcut1- A template shortcut for the link template.shortcut2- A second template shortcut for the link template.shortcut3- A third template shortcut for the link template.notes- Notes about of the link template.
The template will only output data if the following three conditions are all true:
- The first positional parameter has a valid value.
- The second positional parameter has a valid value.
- The data field specified by the first and second positional parameters is not empty.
Otherwise, the template will return a null value.
Examples
- Example 1
{{find sources multi/linkinfo|link1}}- produces:
- Example 2
{{find sources multi/linkinfo|link1|code}}- produces:
- g
- Example 3
{{find sources multi/linkinfo|ddg|code}}- produces:
- ddg
- Example 4
{{find sources multi/linkinfo|link1|t_description}}- produces:
- This template provides a search link to Google to help find sources for articles.
- Example 5
{{find sources multi/linkinfo|ddg|se_description}}- produces:
- DuckDuckGo, a search engine that uses information from crowd-sourced websites (such as Wikipedia) to provide its results.
- Example 6
{{find sources multi/linkinfo|link1|nonexistentvalue}}- produces:
- Example 7
{{find sources multi/linkinfo|nonexistentvalue|code}}- produces:
Adding new entries
Adding new entries should be fairly self-explanatory - just keep the format the same as previous entries. However, if you are adding link number 21, please contact User:Mr. Stradivarius (or if he's not around, someone who knows advanced template coding) as some changes will need to be made to the template's back-end before your new data can be used.