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Latest revision as of 13:45, 3 September 2020
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The {{Selfref|text}} template adds to a Wikipedia article a hatnote (in this case, merely: text) that will not appear in any reuse of Wikipedia article content. In Wikipedia terminology, self-references in an article usually mention Wikipedia directly or tell readers to take an action that has to take place on Wikipedia, such as editing the article. Typically, self-references within Wikipedia articles to the Wikipedia project should be avoided. Reading such information off-site would only cause confusion.
With this template, you can safely make a self-reference where needed, but that need is rare. Before using this template, make sure the self-reference that you're thinking of adding doesn't fall into one of the types listed at Wikipedia:Self-references to avoid. Most other hatnote templates, such as {{for}} and {{about}} support a |selfref=
parameter which may be more convenient to use.
To see this behavior, view a printable version of an article that has a self-reference hatnote, and notice how this template masks its content.
Usage
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 [[MOS:LINK|links]].}}
which produces:
italicized (Wikipedia house style for self-referential notes), and both preceded and followed by a linebreak.
For inline use (in body text, mid-sentence, and not in hatnotes), without the indentation and line breaking, use {{Selfref inline}}
:
{{Selfref inline|the self-referential text to display, including [[MOS:LINKS|links]]}}which produces: