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<span>Properties</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Properties-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Properties subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Properties-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Navigation_templates_provide_navigation_within_Wikipedia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Navigation_templates_provide_navigation_within_Wikipedia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Navigation templates provide navigation <i>within</i> Wikipedia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Navigation_templates_provide_navigation_within_Wikipedia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Navigation_templates_provide_navigation_among_existing_articles" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Navigation_templates_provide_navigation_among_existing_articles"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Navigation templates provide navigation among <i>existing</i> articles</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Navigation_templates_provide_navigation_among_existing_articles-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Navigation_templates_provide_navigation_between_related_articles" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Navigation_templates_provide_navigation_between_related_articles"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Navigation templates provide navigation between <i>related</i> articles</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Navigation_templates_provide_navigation_between_related_articles-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Navigation_templates_are_not_arbitrarily_decorative" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Navigation_templates_are_not_arbitrarily_decorative"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Navigation templates are not arbitrarily decorative</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Navigation_templates_are_not_arbitrarily_decorative-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Advantages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Advantages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Advantages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Advantages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Alternatives" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Alternatives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Alternatives</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Alternatives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Template_limits" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Template_limits"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Template limits</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Template_limits-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc 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class="mw-page-title-separator">:</span><span class="mw-page-title-main">Navigation template</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 29 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-29" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">29 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Navigasietemplate" title="Wikipedia:Navigasietemplate – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Wikipedia:Navigasietemplate" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8_%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD" title="ويكيبيديا:قوالب تصفح – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ويكيبيديا:قوالب تصفح" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D2%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Википедия:Навигация ҡалыптары – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Википедия:Навигация ҡалыптары" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia:Plantilles_de_navegaci%C3%B3" title="Viquipèdia:Plantilles de navegació – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Viquipèdia:Plantilles de navegació" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedie:Naviga%C4%8Dn%C3%AD_%C5%A1ablony" title="Wikipedie:Navigační šablony – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Wikipedie:Navigační šablony" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hj%C3%A6lp:Navigationsbokse" title="Hjælp:Navigationsbokse – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Hjælp:Navigationsbokse" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilfe:Navigationsleisten" title="Hilfe:Navigationsleisten – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Hilfe:Navigationsleisten" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Plantillas_de_navegaci%C3%B3n" title="Wikipedia:Plantillas de navegación – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia:Plantillas de navegación" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="ویکی‌پدیا:الگوهای ناوبری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:الگوهای ناوبری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aide:Palette_de_navigation" title="Aide:Palette de navigation – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Aide:Palette de navigation" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC:%EB%91%98%EB%9F%AC%EB%B3%B4%EA%B8%B0_%ED%8B%80" title="위키백과:둘러보기 틀 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:둘러보기 틀" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_di_navigazione" title="Wikipedia:Template di navigazione – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Wikipedia:Template di navigazione" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Navigatiounsl%C3%A4ischten" title="Wikipedia:Navigatiounsläischten – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Wikipedia:Navigatiounsläischten" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8" title="Википедија:Прегледнички предлошки – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Википедија:Прегледнички предлошки" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templat_pandu_arah" title="Wikipedia:Templat pandu arah – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wikipedia:Templat pandu arah" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E3%83%8A%E3%83%93%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88" title="Wikipedia:ナビゲーションテンプレート – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikipedia:ナビゲーションテンプレート" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Szablony_nawigacyjne" title="Wikipedia:Szablony nawigacyjne – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wikipedia:Szablony nawigacyjne" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Predefini%C3%A7%C3%A3o_de_navega%C3%A7%C3%A3o" title="Wikipédia:Predefinição de navegação – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wikipédia:Predefinição de navegação" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B" title="Википедия:Навигационные шаблоны – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Википедия:Навигационные шаблоны" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Navigation_template" title="විකිපීඩියා:Navigation template – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="විකිපීඩියා:Navigation template" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Navigation_template" title="Wikipedia:Navigation template – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Wikipedia:Navigation template" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Predloge_po_meri" title="Wikipedija:Predloge po meri – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Wikipedija:Predloge po meri" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomo%C4%87:%C5%A0abloni_za_navigaciju" title="Pomoć:Šabloni za navigaciju – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Pomoć:Šabloni za navigaciju" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%8A%E0%B9%89:%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%88%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%9A/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%88%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%9A%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%82%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%AD" title="วิธีใช้:แม่แบบ/แม่แบบเชื่อมโยงหัวข้อ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="วิธีใช้:แม่แบบ/แม่แบบเชื่อมโยงหัวข้อ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" 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id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Navigation_template" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul 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You can view its source [e]" accesskey="e"><span>View source</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Navigation_template&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Navigation_template"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-viewsource" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Navigation_template&action=edit"><span>View source</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Navigation_template&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Wikipedia:Navigation_template" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Wikipedia:Navigation_template" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Navigation_template&oldid=1251800543" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Navigation_template&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWikipedia%3ANavigation_template"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWikipedia%3ANavigation_template"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Wikipedia%3ANavigation_template&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Navigation_template&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-meta mw-list-item"><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Navigational_template" hreflang="en"><span>Meta-Wiki</span></a></li><li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q11003111" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the navigation template guideline, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates#Navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates § Navigation templates</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the Navbox template page, see <a href="/wiki/Template:Navbox" title="Template:Navbox">Template:Navbox</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:NAV" redirects here. For navigational popups, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NAVPOP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NAVPOP">WP:NAVPOP</a>. For polling in discussions, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTVOTE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTVOTE">WP:NOTVOTE</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238436933">.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 0;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);box-sizing:border-box;color:var(--color-base,#202122)}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{border:2px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ombox-delete{border:2px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ombox-content{border:1px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ombox-style{border:1px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ombox-move{border:1px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ombox-protection{border:2px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.9em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-invalid-type{text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 10%}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{clear:right;float:right;margin:4px 0 4px 1em;width:238px}}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.ombox img{max-width:none!important}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}</style><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/80px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div style="padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><b>This is an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace#How-to_and_information_pages" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">explanatory essay</a> about the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates</a> guideline</b>. <br/><div style="font-size:90%;"> This page provides additional information about concepts in the page(s) it supplements. This page is not one of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Wikipedia's policies or guidelines</a> as it has not been <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus#Levels_of_consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">thoroughly vetted by the community</a>.</div></div></td><td class="mbox-imageright"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1252059228">.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain{float:right;margin:0 0 0 1em;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);padding:0.3em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;text-align:center;font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxleft{float:left;margin:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutlist{display:inline-block;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);margin-bottom:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain ul{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutanchordiv{position:relative;top:-3em}.mw-parser-output li .module-shortcutanchordiv{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mbox-imageright .module-shortcutboxplain{padding:0.4em 1em 0.4em 1em;line-height:1.3;margin:0}</style><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NAV"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NAV&redirect=no">WP:NAV</a></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Explanatory essay about the Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates guideline</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice nutshell" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/30px-Walnut.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/45px-Walnut.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/60px-Walnut.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="192"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This page in a nutshell:</b> A navigation template links between existing articles belonging to the same topic on English Wikipedia. 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.linking-and-page-manipulation .sidebar-title{display:block;font-size:130%;padding:6px 0 6px 0;margin:6px 0px 6px 0px;background:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .linking-and-page-manipulation .sidebar-list-title{background:#eef}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .linking-and-page-manipulation{background-color:#101418;color:white}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .linking-and-page-manipulation .sidebar-title{background-color:#202122;color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .linking-and-page-manipulation{background-color:#101418;color:white}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .linking-and-page-manipulation .sidebar-title{background-color:#202122;color:white}}</style><table class="sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile nowraplinks hlist linking-and-page-manipulation notheme"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-title"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Integrate" title="Wikipedia:Integrate">Linking and<br/>page manipulation</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c">Linking and diffs</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:URL" title="Help:URL">URLs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Link" title="Help:Link">Links</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Orphan" title="Wikipedia:Orphan">Orphans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Interlanguage_links" title="Help:Interlanguage links">Interlanguage links</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Interwiki_linking" title="Help:Interwiki linking">Interwiki linking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">External links</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:External_link_icons" title="Help:External link icons">External link icons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Plainlinks" title="Help:Plainlinks">Plainlinks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Link_color" title="Help:Link color">Link color</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Colon_trick" title="Help:Colon trick">Colon trick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Pipe_trick" title="Help:Pipe trick">Pipe trick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Self_link" title="Help:Self link">Self links</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:What_links_here" title="Help:What links here">What links here</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Linksearch" title="Help:Linksearch">Linksearch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Manual of Style on linking</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Navigation templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">Hatnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Links" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Links">Template index for links</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Diff" title="Help:Diff">Diffs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Simplest_diff_guide" title="Wikipedia:Simplest diff guide">Simplest diff guide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Simple_diff_and_link_guide" title="Wikipedia:Simple diff and link guide">Simple diff and link guide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Complete_diff_and_link_guide" title="Wikipedia:Complete diff and link guide">Complete diff and link guide</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c">Categorization</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Category</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">Categorization guideline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Classification" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Classification">Classification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Container_category" title="Wikipedia:Container category">Container category</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Categorization" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Categorization">FAQ for categorization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Categories" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Categories">FAQ for categories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">Categories, lists, and navigation templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorizing_articles_about_people" title="Wikipedia:Categorizing articles about people">Categorizing articles about people</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:People_by_year" title="Wikipedia:People by year">By year</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorizing_redirects" title="Wikipedia:Categorizing redirects">Redirect categories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_categories" title="Wikipedia:User categories">User categories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Overcategorization" title="Wikipedia:Overcategorization">Overcategorization</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Overcategorization/User_categories" title="Wikipedia:Overcategorization/User categories">User categories</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Category_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Category namespace">Template index for categories</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c">Moving and redirecting</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:How_to_move_a_page" title="Help:How to move a page">How to move a page 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title="Wikipedia:Template index/Moving">Template index for moving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Redirect_pages" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Redirect pages">Template index for redirects</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c">Merging</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Merging" title="Wikipedia:Merging">Merging</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_article_mergers" title="Wikipedia:Proposed article mergers">Proposed article mergers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_history_merge" title="Wikipedia:Requests for history merge">Requests for history merge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Merge_and_delete" title="Wikipedia:Merge and delete">Merge and delete?</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Geodynamics" title="Geodynamics">Geodynamics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geomatics" title="Geomatics">Geomatics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_geodesy" title="History of geodesy">History</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Concepts</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geographical_distance" title="Geographical distance">Geographical distance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoid" title="Geoid">Geoid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Figure_of_the_Earth" title="Figure of the Earth">Figure of the Earth</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Earth_radius" title="Earth radius">radius</a> and <a href="/wiki/Earth%27s_circumference" title="Earth's circumference">circumference</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geodetic_coordinates" title="Geodetic coordinates">Geodetic coordinates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geodetic_datum" title="Geodetic datum">Geodetic datum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geodesic" title="Geodesic">Geodesic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horizontal_position_representation" title="Horizontal position representation">Horizontal position representation</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">Latitude</a> / <a href="/wiki/Longitude" title="Longitude">Longitude</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Map_projection" title="Map projection">Map projection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reference_ellipsoid" class="mw-redirect" title="Reference ellipsoid">Reference ellipsoid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satellite_geodesy" title="Satellite geodesy">Satellite geodesy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spatial_reference_system" title="Spatial reference system">Spatial reference system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spatial_relation" title="Spatial relation">Spatial relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vertical_position" title="Vertical position">Vertical positions</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Technologies</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Satellite_navigation" title="Satellite navigation">Global Nav. Sat. Systems (GNSSs)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Positioning_System" title="Global Positioning System">Global Pos. System (GPS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GLONASS" title="GLONASS">GLONASS <span style="font-size:85%;">(Russia)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BeiDou" title="BeiDou">BeiDou (BDS) <span style="font-size:85%;">(China)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galileo_(satellite_navigation)" title="Galileo (satellite navigation)">Galileo <span style="font-size:85%;">(Europe)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Regional_Navigation_Satellite_System" title="Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System">NAVIC <span style="font-size:85%;">(India)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quasi-Zenith_Satellite_System" title="Quasi-Zenith Satellite System">Quasi-Zenith Sat. Sys. (QZSS) <span style="font-size:85%;">(Japan)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discrete_Global_Grid" class="mw-redirect" title="Discrete Global Grid">Discrete Global Grid and Geocoding</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed plainlist"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Standards (history)</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"><table class="nowrap" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none;line-height:1.2em;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.5em;"> <a href="/wiki/Sea_Level_Datum_of_1929" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea Level Datum of 1929">NGVD 29</a></td><td style="text-align:right;font-size:90%;padding-right:0.55em;"> Sea Level Datum 1929</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.5em;"> <a href="/wiki/OSGB36" class="mw-redirect" title="OSGB36">OSGB36</a></td><td style="text-align:right;font-size:90%;padding-right:0.55em;"> Ordnance Survey Great Britain 1936</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.5em;"> <a href="/wiki/SK-42_reference_system" title="SK-42 reference system">SK-42</a></td><td style="text-align:right;font-size:90%;padding-right:0.55em;"> Systema Koordinat 1942 goda</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.5em;"> <a href="/wiki/ED50" title="ED50">ED50</a></td><td style="text-align:right;font-size:90%;padding-right:0.55em;"> European Datum 1950</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.5em;"> <a href="/wiki/South_American_Datum#SAD69" title="South American Datum">SAD69</a></td><td style="text-align:right;font-size:90%;padding-right:0.55em;"> South American Datum 1969</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.5em;"> <a href="/wiki/GRS_80" class="mw-redirect" title="GRS 80">GRS 80</a></td><td style="text-align:right;font-size:90%;padding-right:0.55em;"> Geodetic Reference System 1980</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.5em;"> <a href="/wiki/ISO_6709" title="ISO 6709">ISO 6709</a></td><td style="text-align:right;font-size:90%;padding-right:0.55em;"> Geographic point coord. 1983</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.5em;"> <a href="/wiki/North_American_Datum#North_American_Datum_of_1983" title="North American Datum">NAD 83</a></td><td style="text-align:right;font-size:90%;padding-right:0.55em;"> North American Datum 1983</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.5em;"> <a href="/wiki/World_Geodetic_System" title="World Geodetic System">WGS 84</a></td><td style="text-align:right;font-size:90%;padding-right:0.55em;"> World Geodetic System 1984</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.5em;"> <a href="/wiki/North_American_Vertical_Datum_of_1988" title="North American Vertical Datum of 1988">NAVD 88</a></td><td style="text-align:right;font-size:90%;padding-right:0.55em;"> N. American Vertical Datum 1988</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.5em;"> <a href="/wiki/European_Terrestrial_Reference_System_1989" title="European Terrestrial Reference System 1989">ETRS89</a></td><td style="text-align:right;font-size:90%;padding-right:0.55em;"> European Terrestrial Ref. Sys. 1989</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.5em;"> <a href="/wiki/Restrictions_on_geographic_data_in_China" title="Restrictions on geographic data in China">GCJ-02</a></td><td style="text-align:right;font-size:90%;padding-right:0.55em;"> Chinese obfuscated datum 2002</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;padding-left:0.5em;"> <a href="/wiki/Geo_URI_scheme" title="Geo URI scheme">Geo URI</a></td><td style="text-align:right;font-size:90%;padding-right:0.55em;"> Internet link to a point 2010</td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_Terrestrial_Reference_System" class="mw-redirect" title="International Terrestrial Reference System">International Terrestrial Reference System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SRID" class="mw-redirect" title="SRID">Spatial Reference System Identifier (SRID)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Transverse_Mercator_coordinate_system" title="Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system">Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Geodesy" title="Template:Geodesy"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Geodesy" title="Template talk:Geodesy"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Geodesy" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Geodesy"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><i>Sidebars</i> sit alongside content, in the same manner as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Infoboxes" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Infoboxes">infoboxes</a>, and are predominantly laid out vertically. They are created using the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Sidebar" title="Template:Sidebar">sidebar</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template. An example sidebar is shown to the right:</li></ul> <p>The two types are used interchangeably, and either or both may be appropriate in different circumstances. The primary differences between the two are: </p> <ul><li>Navboxes are laid out horizontally, and so work best for longer lists of links in a small number of sub-categories. As they are placed at the very bottom of articles, they are better for broader lists of links than would be appropriate in a sidebar. Articles often have more than one navbox and content may overlap to a degree: nevertheless, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Not_everything_needs_a_navbox" title="Wikipedia:Not everything needs a navbox">not everything needs a navbox</a>, so navbox templates should only be created when they would be genuinely useful as navigational tools.</li> <li>Sidebars are laid out predominantly vertically, and are placed relatively prominently in the body of articles alongside the text. This makes them useful for smaller amounts of directly relevant links. Tangential information should be kept out of sidebars. Few articles have more than one sidebar.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Properties" data-mw-thread-id="h-Properties"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Properties"></span>Properties<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Properties"></span></h2></div> <p>The style of any navigation template depends on its articles, how they are most intuitively presented, and previously established convention. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Navigation_templates_provide_navigation_within_Wikipedia" data-mw-thread-id="h-Navigation_templates_provide_navigation_within_Wikipedia-Properties"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Navigation_templates_provide_navigation_within_Wikipedia-Properties"></span>Navigation templates provide navigation <i>within</i> Wikipedia<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Navigation_templates_provide_navigation_within_Wikipedia-Properties"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NAV-WITHIN"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NAV-WITHIN&redirect=no">WP:NAV-WITHIN</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <ul><li>They are intended to link articles to each other. That is, every article listed on a particular navigation template generally has the template placed on its page.</li> <li>The goal is not to cram as many related articles as possible into one space. Ask yourself, does this help the reader in reading up on related topics? Take any two articles in the template. Would a reader really want to go from A to B?</li> <li>They should be kept small in size as a large template has limited navigation value. For large navigation templates, consider the following: <ul><li>Splitting them into multiple, smaller templates on each sub-topic, and especially if individual <a href="/wiki/Template:Navbox#Parameter_list" title="Template:Navbox">groups</a> within the template are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Scrolling_lists_and_collapsible_content" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">collapsible</a> <a href="/wiki/Template:Navbox#Child_navboxes" title="Template:Navbox">child navboxes</a> that have Wikipedia articles about their subjects and the smaller navigation templates would still satisfy <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates#Navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">most or all of the guidelines for good navboxes</a>.</li> <li>For example, <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:EMD_diesels" title="Template:EMD diesels">EMD diesels</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> lists all models of diesel locomotives built by one manufacturer, but is too large to be transcluded on each of their articles. Instead, the individual sections of <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:EMD_diesels" title="Template:EMD diesels">EMD diesels</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> were split out into their own templates: <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:EMD_GPs" title="Template:EMD GPs">EMD GPs</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:EMD_SDs" title="Template:EMD SDs">EMD SDs</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, etc.</li> <li>Doing the above with only one template using <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions" class="extiw" title="mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions">ParserFunctions</a>.</li> <li>Linking only the immediately related articles while hiding the rest, like in the case of <a href="/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/198921805" title="Special:PermanentLink/198921805">Johnny Cash</a>.</li> <li>Avoiding repeating links to the same article within a template.</li></ul></li> <li>They should not be too small. A navigation template with fewer than a handful of links can easily be replaced by "See also" sections or relevant <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Main_article" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Main article">main article</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> and <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:See_also" title="Template:See also">see also</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> links within the articles' sections, as well as be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_template_creep" title="Wikipedia:Avoid template creep">merged into a larger template</a>. (See essays "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Not_everything_needs_a_navbox" title="Wikipedia:Not everything needs a navbox">Not everything needs a navbox</a> and "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:A_navbox_on_every_page" title="Wikipedia:A navbox on every page">A navbox on every page</a>".)</li> <li>As <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_mirror_or_a_repository_of_links,_images,_or_media_files" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia is not a repository of links</a>, navigation templates do not provide <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">external links</a> to other websites.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Navigation_templates_provide_navigation_among_existing_articles" data-mw-thread-id="h-Navigation_templates_provide_navigation_among_existing_articles-Properties"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Navigation_templates_provide_navigation_among_existing_articles-Properties"></span>Navigation templates provide navigation among <i>existing</i> articles<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Navigation_templates_provide_navigation_among_existing_articles-Properties"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:EXISTING"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:EXISTING&redirect=no">WP:EXISTING</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Red_link" title="Wikipedia:Red link">Red links</a> should normally be avoided unless they are very likely to be developed into articles that satisfy the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">general notability guideline</a> or one of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability#Subject-specific_notability_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Notability">subject-specific notability guidelines</a>, and should not be included where <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia would be serving a non-encyclopedic purpose</a> if articles were created from the red links.</li> <li>Red links can be retained in navigation templates that represent a well-defined and complete set of data (geographic divisions, annual events, filmographies, etc.), where deleting red links would leave an incomplete and misleading result. Even then, editors are encouraged to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Write_the_article_first" title="Wikipedia:Write the article first">write the article first</a>.</li> <li>Likewise, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirect" title="Wikipedia:Redirect">redirects</a> should also normally be avoided for the reasons outlined in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NAVNOREDIRECT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NAVNOREDIRECT">WP:NAVNOREDIRECT</a>. The general exception to this is when the redirect represents a distinct sub-topic of an article rather than simply being an alternative name.</li> <li>Unlinked text should be avoided.</li> <li><i>Note:</i> In navigation boxes about musical ensembles, it may be appropriate to list all of the members of the ensemble, to avoid the perception that the ensemble is a solo act, provided that at least one member of the ensemble is notable.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Navigation_templates_provide_navigation_between_related_articles" data-mw-thread-id="h-Navigation_templates_provide_navigation_between_related_articles-Properties"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Navigation_templates_provide_navigation_between_related_articles-Properties"></span>Navigation templates provide navigation between <i>related</i> articles<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Navigation_templates_provide_navigation_between_related_articles-Properties"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NAV-RELATED"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NAV-RELATED&redirect=no">WP:NAV-RELATED</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <ul><li>If the articles are not established as related by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources">reliable sources</a> in the actual articles, then it is probably not a good idea to interlink them. Additionally, relatedness is a <a href="/wiki/Necessity_and_sufficiency" title="Necessity and sufficiency">necessary but not a sufficient condition</a> for article inclusion in a navigation template.</li> <li>Articles included in a navigation template must be more than <i>loosely-related</i>. While <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates#Overlapping_categories,_lists_and_navigation_templates_are_not_considered_duplicative" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">navigation templates that overlap with categories and lists are not considered duplicative</a>, the subjects of navigation templates need to be narrower and more specific topics than the subjects of many categories or lists. Otherwise, many templates will become oversized or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_template_creep" title="Wikipedia:Avoid template creep">lead to clutter</a> on articles included in templates.</li> <li>Navigation templates should only be created for subjects where every article related to the subject will be included because including an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_template_creep#Do_we_really_need_this_template_at_all?" title="Wikipedia:Avoid template creep">arbitrary selection of articles related to the template's subject</a> can <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">present a point of view</a> or give the subjects of the select articles included <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view#Due_and_undue_weight" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">undue weight</a>.</li> <li>For complex topics in science, technology, history, etc., a navigation box can provide a comprehensive introduction to a topic. For example, <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Wind_power" title="Template:Wind power">Wind power</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> links to subsidiary and supporting topics that provide background and context necessary for understanding the main <a href="/wiki/Wind_power" title="Wind power">Wind power</a> article. While the main <a href="/wiki/Wind_power" title="Wind power">Wind power</a> article already contains inline links to the subsidiary articles, the subsidiary articles themselves are smaller and their prose may not place them into the overall context with each other. Editors who work on the subsidiary articles in isolation may be unaware of this context. The navigation template provides an easy way for the subsidiary articles, even when they begin as stubs, to instantly inherit the conceptual structure of the main article.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Navigation_templates_are_not_arbitrarily_decorative" data-mw-thread-id="h-Navigation_templates_are_not_arbitrarily_decorative-Properties"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Navigation_templates_are_not_arbitrarily_decorative-Properties"></span>Navigation templates are not arbitrarily decorative<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Navigation_templates_are_not_arbitrarily_decorative-Properties"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NAVDECOR"></span><span id="WP:NAVCOLOR"></span><span id="WP:NAVCSS"></span><span id="WP:NAVIMAGES"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NAVDECOR&redirect=no">WP:NAVDECOR</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NAVCOLOR&redirect=no">WP:NAVCOLOR</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NAVCSS&redirect=no">WP:NAVCSS</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NAVIMAGES&redirect=no">WP:NAVIMAGES</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Icons" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Icons">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Icons</a></div> <ul><li>There should be justification for a template to deviate from the colors and styles contained in <a href="/wiki/Module:Navbox/styles.css" title="Module:Navbox/styles.css">Module:Navbox/styles.css</a> and <a href="/wiki/Module:Sidebar/styles.css" title="Module:Sidebar/styles.css">Module:Sidebar/styles.css</a>.</li> <li>Per <a href="/wiki/MOS:DECOR" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:DECOR">MOS:DECOR</a>, images are rarely appropriate in navboxes. Just like colors and styles, they should have a justification to appear. Specifically, there should be no national or regional flags or coats of arms. A rare example of an appropriate image is <a href="/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/995622594" title="Special:PermanentLink/995622594">this</a>: a map shows (in green) the location of a region within the state of Kazakhstan, and this is consistently implemented for <a href="/wiki/Category:Kazakhstan_region_templates" title="Category:Kazakhstan region templates">all state's regions</a>.</li> <li>There are two basic layouts: <ul><li>On the right side of page—for example <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:History_of_China" title="Template:History of China">History of China</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>. <ul><li>For meta-template, see <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Sidebar" title="Template:Sidebar">sidebar</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></li></ul></li> <li>Footer boxes—for example <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Health_in_China" title="Template:Health in China">Health in China</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, designed to appear at the bottom of each article, stacked with other similar templates. <i>See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout#Standard_appendices_and_footers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Wikipedia:Footers</a> for information on placement</i> <ul><li>For footer boxes, <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Navbox" title="Template:Navbox">Navbox</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> is the standard. <ul><li>Existing hard-coded collapsible elements should be converted to one of the templates in <a href="/wiki/Category:Collapse_templates" title="Category:Collapse templates">Category:Collapse templates</a>. This standardizes the look and eases future maintenance.</li> <li>The width of footer boxes should be 100% unless the convention for that type of article is otherwise. It looks inconsistent if multiple boxes in the same article have varying widths.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Advantages" data-mw-thread-id="h-Advantages"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Advantages"></span>Advantages<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Advantages"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:A_navbox_on_every_page#Benefits_of_navboxes" title="Wikipedia:A navbox on every page">Wikipedia:A navbox on every page § Benefits of navboxes</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates#Advantages" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates § Advantages</a></div> <p>Advantages of using navigation templates rather than listing all the links under "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Embedded_lists#Related_topics_(navigational_lists)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Embedded lists">See also</a>" sections include: </p> <ul><li>reduction of clutter in that <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">area of the article</a> before "References" and "External links",</li> <li>compactness of the template compared to a standard list or table, in the case of many links,</li> <li>if the most immediately related links are kept under "See also", the reader has a better idea of scope,</li> <li>less directly related links are out of the way or in some cases hidden by default,</li> <li>ease of maintenance in updating the template as articles get created or deleted,</li> <li>aesthetically pleasing appearance to many users,</li> <li>new articles in a subject area immediately gain the basic <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking#General_points_on_linking_style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">link structure</a> of existing related articles, eliminating the need for many editors to individually build up their own links and rewrite background material.</li> <li>when a new article or an older article that was <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Orphan" title="Wikipedia:Orphan">orphaned</a> is placed in a navbox, the page instantly has a large number of links to it</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Alternatives" data-mw-thread-id="h-Alternatives"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Alternatives"></span>Alternatives<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Alternatives"></span></h2></div> <p>In certain cases, there are alternatives preferable over the creation of a new navigation template. </p> <ul><li>If the group of articles overlaps significantly with an existing <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">category</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stand-alone_lists" title="Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists">stand-alone list</a>, consider adding a link to one of these to the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:See_also_section" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:See also section">see also section</a>.</li> <li>For a series of articles whose only shared characteristic is that they hold the same position or title, such as <a href="/wiki/Peerages_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Peerages in the United Kingdom">peerage</a> or world champion sporting titles, consider using <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Succession_box" title="Template:Succession box">succession box</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>. Variant templates for persons who have held several notable offices are discussed at <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Succession_box" title="Template talk:Succession box">Template talk:Succession box</a>.</li> <li>For relating articles across different categories in a logical sequence, use a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Succession_Box_Standardization/Templates" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Succession Box Standardization/Templates">succession template</a>.</li> <li>Use one of these <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">Hatnotes</a>: <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Broader" title="Template:Broader">Broader</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Further" title="Template:Further">Further</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> or <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Main" title="Template:Main">Main</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>.</li> <li>Create an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Outlines" title="Wikipedia:Outlines">outline</a>: a hierarchical list.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Template_limits" data-mw-thread-id="h-Template_limits"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Template_limits"></span>Template limits<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Template_limits"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Help:Templates#Template_limits" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Templates">Help:Templates § Template limits</a></div> <p>There are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_limits" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Template limits">limits to the number of templates</a> an article may have. When a page exceeds this limit it may look fine in preview but, after the edit is saved, one or more footer navboxes display as wikilinks to the now excess navboxes (for example, displaying a link to "Template:Navbox" rather than the Navbox template itself). Solutions for this problem include (a) removing a template, and (b) setting up the footer navboxes so the least important one becomes the "extra" navbox (the one the reader will have to navigate to a separate page to in order to view). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template namespace">Wikipedia:Template namespace</a> for an introduction to templates</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_templates" title="Wikipedia:Requested templates">Wikipedia:Requested templates</a> for help in editing templates</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates</a>, for an actual guideline on the subject</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index" title="Wikipedia:Template index">Wikipedia:Template index</a>, for other types of templates</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_series" title="Wikipedia:Article series">Wikipedia:Article series</a>, related information</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Series_templates" title="Wikipedia:Series templates">Wikipedia:Series templates</a>, related information</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:A_navbox_on_every_page" title="Wikipedia:A navbox on every page">Wikipedia:A navbox on every page</a>, an essay</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Not_everything_needs_a_navbox" title="Wikipedia:Not everything needs a navbox">Wikipedia:Not everything needs a navbox</a>, another essay</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Navigational_boxes" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Navigational boxes">Wikipedia:Navigational boxes</a> redirects here; to view the historical archive, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Navigational_boxes_(archive)" title="Wikipedia:Navigational boxes (archive)">Wikipedia:Navigational boxes (archive)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirect#Bypass_redirects_in_navigational_templates" title="Wikipedia:Redirect">Wikipedia:Redirect#Bypass redirects in navigational templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Navigation templates">Wikipedia:WikiProject Navigation templates</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Quicktemplates" title="Template:Quicktemplates">Quicktemplates</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, a table of templates</li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_editor_navigation" title="Template:Wikipedia editor navigation">Wikipedia editor navigation</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, an amalgamation of navboxes</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"> <table class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"> <caption>Navigation templates comparison <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist"><ul class="navbar-brackets"><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Navigation_templates" title="Template:Navigation templates"><span title="View this template">view</span></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Navigation_templates" title="Template talk:Navigation templates"><span title="Discuss this template">talk</span></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Navigation_templates" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Navigation templates"><span title="Edit this template">edit</span></a></li></ul></div> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Template </th> <th>Collapsible </th> <th>Image</th> <th>Groups</th> <th>Style (body) <br/> parameter/s </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Navbox" title="Template:Navbox">Navbox</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> </td> <td>collapsible </td> <td>Left/right of body</td> <td>Yes</td> <td>Yes </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Navbox_with_collapsible_groups" title="Template:Navbox with collapsible groups">Navbox with collapsible groups</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> </td> <td>collapsible </td> <td>Left/right of body and/or in each list</td> <td>Yes</td> <td>Yes </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Navbox_with_columns" title="Template:Navbox with columns">Navbox with columns</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> </td> <td>collapsible </td> <td>Left/right of columns</td> <td>No</td> <td>Yes </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"> <caption>Collapsible attributes </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Type</th> <th>CSS classes</th> <th>JavaScript</th> <th>Collapses when</th> <th>Custom <br/> initial state</th> <th>Nesting </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Help:Collapsing" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Collapsing">Collapsible tables</a> </td> <td>mw-collapsible </td> <td><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/ResourceLoader/Core_modules#jquery.makeCollapsible" class="extiw" title="mw:Special:MyLanguage/ResourceLoader/Core modules">jQuery.makeCollapsible</a> </td> <td>2 or more autocollapse on page</td> <td>Yes</td> <td>Yes </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Wikipedia_templates" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_templates" title="Template:Wikipedia templates"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Wikipedia_templates" title="Template talk:Wikipedia templates"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia_templates" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia templates"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Wikipedia_templates" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index" title="Wikipedia:Template index">Wikipedia templates</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Main namespace</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/General" title="Wikipedia:Template index/General">General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup">Cleanup</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Cleanup/Verifiability_and_sources" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup/Verifiability and sources">Verifiability and sources</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Disputes" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Disputes">Disputes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">Hatnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_infoboxes" title="Wikipedia:List of infoboxes">Infoboxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Links" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Links">Links</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:External_link_templates" title="Category:External link templates">External link templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Inline_templates_linking_country_articles" title="Wikipedia:Inline templates linking country articles">Linking country articles</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Lists">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Main_page_and_alternatives" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Main page and alternatives">Main page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Section" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Section">Section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Sources_of_articles" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Sources of articles">Sources of articles</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Sources_of_articles/Citation_quick_reference" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Sources of articles/Citation quick reference">Quick reference</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Standard_boxes" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Standard boxes">Standard boxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Stub_sorting/Stub_types" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types">Stub types</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Translation" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Translation">Translation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other namespaces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Compact_tables_of_contents" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Compact tables of contents">Compact TOC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Category_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Category namespace">Category</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/File_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template index/File namespace">File</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Talk_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Talk namespace">Talk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Template_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Template namespace">Template</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/User_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template index/User namespace">User</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes">Userboxes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/User_talk_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template index/User talk namespace">User talk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Wikipedia_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Wikipedia namespace">Wikipedia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/WikiProject_banners" title="Wikipedia:Template index/WikiProject banners">WikiProject banners</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">All namespaces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Deletion" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Deletion">Deletion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Speedy deletion">Speedy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Format" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Format">Formatting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Maintenance" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Maintenance">Maintenance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Merging" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Merging">Merging</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Moving" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Moving">Moving</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Moving/Requested" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Moving/Requested">Requested</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Navigation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Redirect_pages" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Redirect pages">Redirect pages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:R_template_index" title="Template:R template index">Functional index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Redirect_language_codes" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Redirect language codes">Language codes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Splitting" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Splitting">Splitting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Sister_projects" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Sister projects">Wikimedia sister projects</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Navboxes<br/>with templates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Warchivenav" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Warchivenav">Archive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Afd_see_also_documentation" title="Template:Afd see also documentation">Articles for deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Birth,_death_and_age_templates" title="Template:Birth, death and age templates">Birth, death and age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Button_templates" title="Template:Button templates">Button</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Other_category-header_templates" title="Template:Other category-header templates">Category header</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Citation_and_verifiability_article_maintenance_templates" title="Template:Citation and verifiability article maintenance templates">Citation and verifiability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Citation_Style_1" title="Template:Citation Style 1">Citation Style 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:DRV_see_also_documentation" title="Template:DRV see also documentation">Deletion review</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Editnotice_templates" title="Template:Editnotice templates">Editnotice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Hatnote_templates" title="Template:Hatnote templates">Hatnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Help_desk_templates_navbox" title="Template:Help desk templates navbox">Help desk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Inline_cleanup_tags" title="Template:Inline cleanup tags">Inline cleanup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Introduction_cleanup_maintenance_templates" title="Template:Introduction cleanup maintenance templates">Introduction cleanup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:IPA_templates" title="Template:IPA templates">IPA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Math_templates" title="Template:Math templates">Math</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Notice_and_warning_templates" title="Template:Notice and warning templates">Notice and warnings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Organization_infoboxes" title="Template:Organization infoboxes">Organization infoboxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Pam_see_also_documentation" title="Template:Pam see also documentation">Proposed article mergers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Protection_templates" title="Template:Protection templates">Protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Quotation_templates" title="Template:Quotation templates">Quotation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:R_template_index" title="Template:R template index">Redirects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Search_templates" title="Template:Search templates">Search</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Semantic_markup_templates" title="Template:Semantic markup templates">Semantics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Speedy_deletion_navbox" title="Template:Speedy deletion navbox">Speedy deletion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Speedy_deletion_notices" title="Template:Speedy deletion notices">Notices</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:String-handling_templates" title="Template:String-handling templates">String-handling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Sup_and_sub-related_templates" title="Template:Sup and sub-related templates">Sup and sub-related</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Top_icon_templates" title="Template:Top icon templates">Top icon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Transwiki_maintenance" title="Template:Transwiki maintenance">Transwiki maintenance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Unicode_templates" title="Template:Unicode templates">Unicode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:User_talk_pages" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:User talk pages">User talk pages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:User_noticeboard_notices" title="Template:User noticeboard notices">User noticeboard notices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:WikiProject_Userboxes_navbox" title="Template:WikiProject Userboxes navbox">Userboxes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:User_rights_templates" title="Template:User rights templates">User rights</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Userspace_linking_templates" title="Template:Userspace linking templates">Userspace linking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Userspace_Disclaimers" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Userspace Disclaimers">Userspace Disclaimers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Wikibreak_templates" title="Template:Wikibreak templates">Wikibreak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:WikiLove_see_also" title="Template:WikiLove see also">WikiLove</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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