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| |{{{20|}}}|, [[{{{20}}}]]}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}''<noinclude> | | |{{{20|}}}|, [[{{{20}}}]]}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}''<noinclude> |
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| :''Please be mindful of the talk page discussions that have determined '''Template:Main''''s appearance.'' | | <!--:''Main article: [[{{{1}}}]]''<!--Please be mindful of the talk page discussions that have determined Template:Main's appearance.--> |
| __NOTOC__
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| ==Purpose of template==
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| When [[Wikipedia:What is an article|Wikipedia article]]s
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| become too large, subarticles are usually created. This [[Wikipedia:Template messages|template]], used in the subarticle, uses the name of the main article as a [[m:Help:Template#Parameters|parameter]] to produce a link to the main article:
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| <nowiki>
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| {{main|Article}}
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| </nowiki>
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| will produce
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| {{main|Article}}
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| To reference multiple articles, the {{tl|main articles}} template can be used instead, as so:
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| <nowiki>
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| {{main articles}} [[a]], [[b]], [[c]]
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| </nowiki> | |
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| which produces:
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| {{main articles}} [[a]], [[b]], [[c]]
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| == Comparison with related templates ==
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| The following two are meant to be used in connection with each other:
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| * At the top of a brief section concerning a subject that has a more detailed article (this is the only form specified by the [[Wikipedia:Summary style|Wikipedia Manual of Style]]);
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| * ''or'' at the top of the specialized article, to refer to the more general article: {{tiwt|main}}
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| * at the top or bottom of a section of the more general article, to refer to the specialized article: {{tiwt|see details}}
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| The following set of two is an alternative:
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| *{{tiwt|subarticleof}}
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| *{{tiwt|seesubarticle}}
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| ==References==
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| * [[Wikipedia:Long article layout]]
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| * [[Wikipedia:Summary style]]
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| * [[m:Help:Template]]
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| ==See also==
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| * {{tl|Main}}, {{tl|Main2}}
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| * {{tl|Background}}
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| * {{tl|Details}}
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| * {{tl|See}}, {{tl|See2}}, {{tl|See3}}, {{tl|See4}}, {{tl|See5}}
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| * {{tl|See also}}, {{tl|Seealso2}}, {{tl|Seealso3}}, {{tl|Seealso4}}, {{tl|Seealso5}}, {{tl|Seealso6}}, {{tl|Seealso7}}, {{tl|Seealso8}}
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| </noinclude> | | </noinclude> |