Template:Selfref

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Usage

{{Selfref}} is a template that is used to mark pieces of text and links that wouldn't make sense in reuses of Wikipedia article content elsewhere: see Wikipedia:Self-references to avoid. This template should not be substituted.

In most cases, {{Selfref}} 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 {{Selfref}} in this way, use the following format:

{{Selfref|The self-referential notice to display, including links.}}

which produces:

When using {{Selfref}} in this way, the text will be indented slightly, italicized (Wikipedia house style for self-referential notes), and both preceded and followed by a linebreak.

To use it inline without the indentation and line breaking, add the parameter |inline:

{{Selfref|the self-referential text to display, including links|inline}}

or use the alias {{Selfref-inline}}:

{{Selfref-inline|the self-referential text to display, including links}}

both of which produce: the self-referential text to display, including links (illustrated here on the same line as other content).

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.

A "brittle", legacy usage of {{Selfref}} has technically also been used for such unprintworthy cases, and pre-dates the {{Unprintworthy-inline}} template. This is to simply end the template with a pipe character – |: Template:Dc2 This method cannot be depended upon (for one thing, many editors will interpret the pipe as an error and remove it, turning the template into a indented self-ref hatnote!). This syntax has been obsolete since 2008, and any remaining uses of it should be replaced with {{Selfref-inline}} (if real self-references) or {{Unprintworthy-inline}} (if simply unprintworthy).

Example

Code	Page on Wikipedia	Page on [some] mirrors
`{{Selfref\|For the Wikipedia Sandbox, see [[WP:SAND]]}}` `The Wikipedia Sandbox is a page on Wikipedia. {{Selfref\|(You can edit it by clicking "edit" on the page.)\|inline}} It has been edited many times.`	For the Wikipedia Sandbox, see WP:SAND The Wikipedia Sandbox is a page on Wikipedia. (You can edit it by clicking "edit" on the page.) It has been edited many times.	The Wikipedia Sandbox is a page on Wikipedia. It has been edited many times.

v t e Hatnote templates
Wikipedia:Hatnote Wikipedia:Disambiguation Wikipedia:Redirect
Generic	`{{hatnote\|TEXT}}` `{{selfref\|TEXT}}`
Other uses	`{{about\|USE1}}` Variations: `{{other uses}}` `{{other uses2\|PAGE}}`
For (other topic)	`{{for\|OTHER TOPIC}}` `{{for2\|OTHER TOPIC\|CUSTOM TEXT}}` `{{about\|\|USE}}`
Further information	`{{further\|OTHER PAGE}}` `{{further2\|CUSTOM TEXT}}`
See also	`{{see also\|OTHER TOPIC}}`
Other people	`{{other people}}` `{{other people2\|PAGE}}` `{{other people3\|USE1\|USE2}}`
Other places	`{{other places}}` `{{other places3}}`
Other topics	`{{other hurricanes}}` `{{other ships}}`
Other uses of (topic)	`{{other uses of\|TOPIC\|PAGE}}`
Redirect	`{{redirect\|REDIRECT}}` `{{redirect\|REDIRECT\|\|PAGE}}` `{{redirect\|REDIRECT\|USE\|PAGE}}` `{{redirect2\|REDIRECT1\|REDIRECT2}}` `{{redirect2\|REDIRECT1\|REDIRECT2\|USE\|PAGE}}` `{{redirect3\|REDIRECT\|TEXT}}` `{{redirect4\|REDIRECT1\|REDIRECT2}}` `{{redirect6\|REDIRECT\|USE1\|PAGE1\|\|}}` `{{redirect10\|REDIRECT1\|REDIRECT2\|REDIRECT3}}`
"Not to be confused with..."	`{{distinguish\|PAGE}}` `{{distinguish2\|TEXT}}`
Hatnote categories	Hatnote templates for category pages for [family] names for lists for user pages
{{Hatnote templates documentation}}

Usage

Unprintworthy content

Example

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