This is a typing short cut for linking to Indian Navy ship articles named in the format "INS Mahé (M-83)". Since ship names are italicized in article text, linking to them in the usual manner means typing everything twice, such as [[INS Mahé (M-83)|INS ''Mahé'' (M-83)]]. This template halves that to {{INS|Mahé|M-83}}.
Formal usage
{{INS|Ship Name}}{{INS|Ship Name|ID}}, where ID can be the hull number, launch year, or pennant number, as specified in the article title.
Examples
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{{INS|Mahé|M 83}}
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[[INS Mahé (M 83)|INS ''Mahé'' (M 83)]]
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INS Mahé (M 83) |
{{INS|Mahé|1983}}
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[[INS Mahé (1983)|INS ''Mahé'' (1983)]]
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INS Mahé (1983) |
{{INS|Mahé}}
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[[INS Mahé|INS ''Mahé'']]
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INS Mahé |
Last example could be used to link to ship index (disambiguation) page
Usage
Basically, the template takes up to three parameters to write the target page, and to format the label shown. General setup is:
[[targetpage|label]][[HMS Illustrious (R06)|HMS Illustrious (R06)]].
Target page
By default, the wikilink is build like this:
{{PREFIX|ship's name|ID}}.
- With
{{HMS|Illustrious|R06}}, the targetpage is [[HMS Illustrious (R06)]].- Elements PREFIX and ID can be omitted (if they are not part of the targetpage title).
Formatted label
- Then the template by default adds the formatted label:
[[targetpage|label]]→{{HMS|Illustrious|R06}}→[[HMS Illustrious (R06)|HMS ''Illustrious'' (R06)]], showing as:- HMS Illustrious (R06).
The default label can be changed with a simple parameter. The extra third position, unnamed parameter allows setting which changes the elements of the ship's full name. It sets the label in the link:
For example, in your article, the hull number (disambiguator) may not be needed to show. In that case, add option |2, and the result is:
{{HMS|Illustrious|R06|2}}→
[[HMS Illustrious (R06)|''Illustrious'']]→- Illustrious
The options are:
| Value | Will show | Example | Wikilink [[targetpage|label]] | Shows |
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| (default) | PREFIX name (ID) | {{HMS|Illustrious|R06}} | [[HMS Illustrious (R06)|HMS ''Illustrious'' (R06)]] | HMS Illustrious (R06) |
| 1 | ID | {{HMS|Illustrious|R06|1}} | [[HMS Illustrious (R06)|R06]] | R06 |
| 2 | name | {{HMS|Illustrious|R06|2}} | [[HMS Illustrious (R06)|''Illustrious'']] | Illustrious |
| 3 | name (ID) | {{HMS|Illustrious|R06|3}} | [[HMS Illustrious (R06)|''Illustrious'' (R06)]] | Illustrious (R06) |
| 4 | invalid | {{HMS|Illustrious|R06|4}} | — | Error: {{HMS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) |
| 5 | PREFIX ID | {{HMS|Illustrious|R06|5}} | [[HMS Illustrious (R06)|HMS ''R06'']] | HMS R06 |
| 6 | PREFIX name | {{HMS|Illustrious|R06|6}} | [[HMS Illustrious (R06)|HMS ''Illustrious'']] | HMS Illustrious |
- Note: options default (=blank), 2 and 6 are mostly used.
TemplateData
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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:INS in articles based on its TemplateData.
TemplateData for INS This template provides a wikilink to a ship's page, with label options
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