Template:Main/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Main.It contains usage information, categories, and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Template:Main invokes function main in Module:Main using Lua.

This template is used at the start of a section to link to the main article on that subject.

TemplateData

This template is used after the heading of a section, to link to a sub-article (or sub-articles) that is entirely about the topic of the section. The template will display, in italics, "Main article: Article 1, Article 2 and Article 3"

Template parameters

This template has custom formatting.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Page 1	1	The name of the first page that you want to link to. If this is not specified, the current page name (with no namespace prefix) is used instead.	Page name	suggested
Page 2	2	The name of the second page that you want to link to.	Page name	optional
Page 3	3	The name of the third page that you want to link to. More pages can be added using the parameters "4", "5", etc.	Page name	optional
Label 1	l1 label 1	What the first linked page is to be displayed as.	String	optional
Label 2	l2 label 2	What the second linked page is to be displayed as.	String	optional
Label 3	l3 label 3	What the third linked page is to be displayed as. Other labels can be added by using increasing numbers (starting with "l4" for page 4) as parameter names.	String	optional
Self reference	selfref	Set to "yes" if the template is a self-reference to Wikipedia that would not make sense on mirrors or forks of the Wikipedia site.	Boolean	optional