Template:Main list
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This template is used to make summary style explicit. It looks like this:
It is used in sections for which there is also a separate more comprehensive list article on the subject.
Usage
- Basic usage
{{Main list|article}}
- With a topic
{{Main list|article 1|article 2}}
- All parameters
{{Main list|article 1|article 2|category=no}}
Parameters
This template accepts the following parameters:
1- the page to link to (required). Categories and files are automatically escaped with the colon trick, and links to sections are automatically formatted as page § section, rather than the MediaWiki default of page#section.2- a second page (optional). Same implications as the first parameter apply.category- if set to "no", "n", "false", or "0", suppresses the error tracking category (Category:Hatnote templates with errors). This only has an effect if the first positional parameter (the page to link to) is omitted.
Examples
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Errors
If no page name is supplied, the template will output the following message:
- Error: no page name specified (help).
If you see this error message, it is for one of three reasons:
- No parameters were specified (the template code was
{{Main list}}). Please use{{Main list|page}}instead. - The page name was specified, but it contains an equals sign ("="). The equals sign has a special meaning in template code, and because of this it cannot be used in template parameters that do not specify a parameter name. For example, the template code
{{Main list|2+2=4}}will produce this error. To work around this, you can specify the parameter name explicitly by using1=before the page name, like this:{{Main list|1=2+2=4}}. - You tried to access Module:Main list directly by using
{{#invoke:Main list|mainList|text}}. Use of #invoke in this way has been disabled for performance reasons. Please use{{Main list|text}}instead.
If you see this error message and are unsure of what to do, please post a message on The Interchange, and someone should be able to help you.
Pages that contain this error message are tracked in Category:Hatnote templates with errors.
Alternative
For cases where the present context provides no short list to which this template "a more comprehensive list" wording could refer, see the template {{Main listing}}, which is just a pointer to the list article.
See also
- {{For timeline}}
- {{Summarize}} for use where details of one article need to be summed up in another
- {{Summarize section}} for use where part of an article contains too many details