Template:Portal

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This template produces a box with links to a portal or to multiple portals. It is most often used in the "See also" section of an article. If a portal does not exist, then it will not be displayed. This can be overridden with |redlinks=yes.

Usage

Basic usage

{{Portal |Portal 1 |Portal 2 |Portal 3 |... }}

All options

{{Portal
 | Portal 1
 | Portal 2
 | Portal 3
 | ...
 | left = 
 | margin = 
 | break = 
 | boxsize = 
 | redlinks = 
}}

Location

Within articles, this template is meant to be placed at the top of the article's See also section. If there is no See also section, you may put it in the External links section instead; there is no need to create a new section just to house this template. If there is no External links section either, just put it below the article text in the place that seems most appropriate.

There are no particular rules about the placement of portals on other kinds of pages.

Image

The portal image names are stored in subpages of Module:Portal/images, organised by the first letter of the portal name. For example, the first letter of Portal:Feminism is "F", so the image name is stored at Module:Portal/images/f. If there is an entry for a portal on the correct page then the corresponding image will be shown next to the portal link. If no image is found then File:Portal-puzzle.svg will be shown instead.

It is also possible to specify aliases for portal images. For example, the code {{Portal|Detroit}} produces the same image as the code {{Portal|Metro Detroit}}. The "Detroit" alias is found on the page Module:Portal/images/aliases.

The image-detection algorithm is case-insensitive. For example, the code {{Portal|Detroit}} will produce the same image as the code {{Portal|detroit}} (although the portal links will be different). Portal names are stored in lower case in the image subpages, and input is converted to lower case before being checked.

To add new images to the list, please make a protected edit request at Template talk:Portal to get an administrator to edit the correct subpage for you. Portal images must be either in the public domain or available under a free license that allows commercial reuse and derivative works; fair-use images are not acceptable. The template {{Portal icon demonstration}} may be of use when deciding whether an image is suitable for use as a portal icon; it formats an image using the same size and style that the {{Portal}} template uses by default.

A list of portals and aliases of portals without icons can be found at User:Dreamy Jazz Bot/Portals needing icons. It is updated infrequently, so ping the bot owner to update the list.

List of image subpages

Page Description Module:Portal/images/a For portal names starting with "A". Module:Portal/images/b For portal names starting with "B". Module:Portal/images/c For portal names starting with "C". Module:Portal/images/d For portal names starting with "D". Module:Portal/images/e For portal names starting with "E". Module:Portal/images/f For portal names starting with "F". Module:Portal/images/g For portal names starting with "G". Module:Portal/images/h For portal names starting with "H". Module:Portal/images/i For portal names starting with "I". Module:Portal/images/j For portal names starting with "J". Module:Portal/images/k For portal names starting with "K". Module:Portal/images/l For portal names starting with "L". Module:Portal/images/m For portal names starting with "M". Module:Portal/images/n For portal names starting with "N". Module:Portal/images/o For portal names starting with "O". Module:Portal/images/p For portal names starting with "P". Module:Portal/images/q For portal names starting with "Q". Module:Portal/images/r For portal names starting with "R". Module:Portal/images/s For portal names starting with "S". Module:Portal/images/t For portal names starting with "T". Module:Portal/images/u For portal names starting with "U". Module:Portal/images/v For portal names starting with "V". Module:Portal/images/w For portal names starting with "W". Module:Portal/images/x For portal names starting with "X". Module:Portal/images/y For portal names starting with "Y". Module:Portal/images/z For portal names starting with "Z". Module:Portal/images/other For portal names starting with any other letters. This includes numbers, letters with diacritics, and letters in non-Latin alphabets. Module:Portal/images/aliases For adding aliases for existing portal names. Use this page for variations in spelling and diacritics, etc., no matter what letter the portal begins with.

Example

Code	Result
{{Portal|Science}}

Parameters

Name	Value	Description
1, 2, 3 ...	The portal name, e.g. Literature	The positional parameters specify the portals to be displayed.
left	yes	If set to yes, the portal appears on the left side of the page instead of the right.
margin	CSS margin value, e.g. 1.2em 3em 0.5em 1em	This allows you to set a custom margin. All valid CSS margin values are accepted.
break	yes	If set to yes, a line break is inserted after the portal name and before the word portal.
boxsize	Size in pixels, e.g. 300	This sets a custom box width in pixels.
redlinks	Any of the following values: yes, y, true, or include	Redlinks will be displayed. The default is to suppress redlinks.
nominimum	Any of the following values: yes, y, or true	Suppresses the warning if no parameters are supplied. This can be useful when Template:Portal is called by another template.
tracking	Any of the following values: no, n, false	Tracking categories will be suppressed. The default is to use tracking categories, except on certain namespaces and on pagenames which contain "/archive", "/doc" or "/test".

Error tracking

If the template is used incorrectly, the page will be added to a tracking category.

The tracking categories are not applied if any of the following is true:

1. Tracking is specially disabled for that usage. This is done by setting the optional parameter |tracking= to any the following values: no, n, false
2. the template is used on a page in any of these namespaces: Talk, User, User talk, Wikipedia talk, File talk, Template talk, Category talk, Portal talk, Draft, Draft talk, Module talk
3. The title page on which the template is used includes any of the following case-insensitive strings: "/archive", "/doc", "/test"

• Category:Portal templates without a parameter — (population 0)
• Category:Portal templates with redlinked portals — (population 11)
• Category:Portal templates with all redlinked portals — (population 4)

See also

• Template:Subject bar

Portal content templates

• To display "selected content" on the portal main page
  • {{Transclude list item excerpts as random slideshow}}—transcludes excerpts from recognized content lists, which are populated by a bot.
  • {{Transclude random subpage}}—transcludes random portal subpage.
  • {{Random portal component}}—transcludes random portal subpage.
  • {{Random subpage}}—transcludes random portal subpages.
• To organize "selected content" on subpages
  • {{Numbered subpages}}—outputs an automatic index, transcluding numbered subpages.
  • {{Portal subpage}}—outputs a box linking to and transcluding a single subpage.
  • {{Portal subpage inline}}—outputs an unordered list item linking to and transcluding a single subpage.

Main portal page formatting templates

• {{Box-header}}
• {{Box-header-plain}}
• {{Box-header-round}}
• {{Box-header-square}}
• {{Box-header-watch}}
• {{Box-footer}}

Templates that configure links

• {{Portal}}
• {{Portal bar}}
• {{Portal-inline}}
• {{Portals}}
• {{Portal-image}}
• {{Portals browsebar}}
• {{Related portals}}
• {{Related portals2}}
• {{Wikimedia for portals}}

Selected page templates, used on subpages of older portals

• {{Selected article}}
• {{Selected biography}}
• {{Selected business}}
• {{Selected DYK}}
• {{Selected ingredient}}
• {{Selected location}}
• {{Selected picture}}
• {{Selected product}}
• {{Selected publication}}
• {{Selected quote}}
• {{Selected recipe}}
• {{Selected X}}

Related templates

• {{Project template list}}
• {{Basic portal start page}} (deleted)—Used to create portal main pages.
• {{Random box-header subpage}}—randomized selection from {{Box-header/1}} to {{Box-header/42}}.

TemplateData

TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools

See a monthly parameter usage report for this template in articles based on this TemplateData. TemplateData for Portal A template to create a list of portals Template parameters[Edit template data] This template prefers block formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Portal (1) 1 Inserts the portal image and text. Further portals can be added to the template by increasing the number String required Portal (2) 2 Insert the portal image and text String optional Portal (3) 3 Insert the portal image and text String optional Side left If set to yes, the portal appears on the left side of the page instead of the right. Default no String optional Margin size margin Alters the margin size. Any valid CSS margin is accepted Number optional Line break break If set to yes, a line break is inserted after the portal name and before the word portal String optional Box size boxsize This sets a custom box width in pixels. Number optional type type no description Unknown optional

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