Template:Portal/doc

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

This template is used on approximately 9,900,000 pages, or roughly 16% of all pages.
To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template uses Lua:

Module:Portal (sandbox)

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. As of December 11, 2021 (UTC), this portal template is now mobile-friendly, meaning that the portal links will appear on mobile devices.

Usage

Basic usage

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

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 Category:Portal templates with default image.

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

The box on the right format with small text can incorporate multiple portals.

Box

{{Portal|Canada}}

{{Portal|Canada|Example}}

Inline format for the left side with normal sized text; See Template:Portal-inline for a listing of parameters.

Inline

{{Portal-inline|Canada}}
Canada portal

Inline format for the right side with normal sized text: See Template:Portal for more information.

{{Portal|border=no|Canada}}

Bar

The bar format is normally used for multiple portals. This template does not belong in the "See also" section. Per MOS:SECTIONORDER, this template is bottom matter and goes below standard navigation template.

{{Portal bar|Canada|Example|border=no}}

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.
`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.
`border`	Any of the following values: `no`, `n`, or `false`	Turn off border and background
`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:

Tracking is specially disabled for that usage. This is done by setting the optional parameter |tracking= to any the following values: no, n, false
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
The title page on which the template is used includes any of the following case-insensitive strings: "/archive", "/doc", "/test"

Purge page to update totals

Other mobile-friendly versions

For versions that are visible in print and mobile versions of Wikipedia pages see:

{{Portal-inline}}
{{Portal bar}}

Mobile version of Template:Portal/doc

Desktop version of Template:Portal/doc

TemplateData

TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools

See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Portal in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Portal

A template to create a list of portals

Template parameters
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`	Inserts the portal image and text	String	optional
Portal (3)	`3`	Inserts the portal image and text	String	optional
Portal (4)	`4`	Inserts the portal image and text	String	optional
Portal (5)	`5`	Inserts the portal image and text	String	optional
Portal (6)	`6`	Inserts 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
redlink	`redlink`	Allow links to non-existent portals Default false	String	optional
nominimum	`nominimum`	Do not check for at least one portal Default false	String	optional
border	`border`	Put border around portal links Default true	String	optional
tracking	`tracking`	In case of warning, add to tracking category Default true	String	optional
type	`type`	no description	Unknown	optional

For help with this template, please post a comment on the template talk page with a {{reply to}} one or more of the previous editors.

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Visual overview of template usage
Layout and formatting	{{Box portal skeleton}} {{Box-header}} color palettes plain round square watch {{Box-header colour}}^[1] {{Box-footer}} {{Flex columns}} {{Plain navboxes}}
Content transclusion	{{Transclude lead excerpt}}^[2] {{Transclude linked excerpt}}^[2] {{Transclude list item excerpt}}^[2] {{Transclude random excerpt}}^[2] {{Transclude selected excerpt}}^[2] {{Excerpt}} {{Transclude DYK}}^[9] {{Transclude selected current events}}^[3] {{Transclude selected recent additions}}^[4]
Content slideshows	{{Random slideshow}}^[5] {{Transclude files as random slideshow}}^[5] {{Transclude excerpts as random slideshow}}^[6] {{Transclude linked excerpts as random slideshow}}^[6] {{Transclude list item excerpts as random slideshow}}^[6]
Content randomisation	{{Random portal component}}^[7] {{Random quotation}} {{Random subpage}}
General	{{Portals}} {{Portals browsebar}} {{Portal description}} {{Portal information sidebar}} {{Portal navbar no header2}} {{Purge link portals}} {{Wikimedia for portals}}
Linking templates	{{Portal}}^[11] {{Portal bar}}^[12] {{Portal-inline}}^[13] {{Pbox}} {{Related portals2}}
Talk pages / Maintenance	{{Portal talk}} {{Portal maintenance status}}^[8] {{Portal suggestions}} {{Portal toolbox}} {{WikiProject Portals}}^[8]
Images	{{Portal dynamic image}} {{Portal image banner}}^[10] {{Portal pictures}}^[14] {{Portal POTD}}
Modules	1. Module:Box-header 2. Module:Excerpt/portals 3. Module:Selected current events 4. Module:Selected recent additions 5. Module:Random slideshow 6. Module:Excerpt slideshow 7. Module:Random portal component 8. Module:Portal maintenance status 9. Module:Transclude DYK 10. Module:Portal image banner 11. Module:Portal 12. Module:Portal bar 13. Module:Portal-inline 14. Module:Portal pictures
Usage	Wikipedia:Portal Wikipedia:WikiProject Portals
For more information, see: Category:Template-Class Portal pages and Category:Wikipedia Portal templates