Template:Main

Main articleTemplate:If: Template:If

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Purpose of template

When Wikipedia articles become too large, subarticles are usually created. This template, used in the subarticle, uses the name of the main article as a parameter to produce a link to the main article:

{{main|Article}}

will produce

Main articleTemplate:If: Template:If

To reference multiple articles, the {{main articles}} template can be used instead, as so:

{{main articles}} [[a]], [[b]], [[c]]

which produces: Template:Main articles a, b, c

Comparison with related templates

The following two are meant to be used in connection with each other:

• 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 Manual of Style);
• or at the top of the specialized article, to refer to the more general article: Template:Tiwt
• at the top or bottom of a section of the more general article, to refer to the specialized article: Template:Tiwt

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The following set of two is an alternative:

• Template:Tiwt
• Template:Tiwt

References

• Wikipedia:Long article layout
• Wikipedia:Summary style
• m:Help:Template

See also

• {{Main}}, {{Main2}}
• {{Background}}
• {{Details}}
• {{See}}, {{See2}}, {{See3}}, {{See4}}, {{See5}}
• {{See also}}, {{Seealso2}}, {{Seealso3}}, {{Seealso4}}, {{Seealso5}}, {{Seealso6}}, {{Seealso7}}, {{Seealso8}}