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Template:User alternative account banner/doc

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Usage

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Usage Output
{{User alternative account banner|Example}}
{{User alternative account banner|Example|alt_talk=Example User}}

If the parameter alt_talk is set to an empty value as in {{User Alternate Acc|Username|alt_talk=}}, the banner will automatically provide a link to the talk page of the user page it is on (i.e. that of the alternative account), instead of the default link to the talk page of the primary account. Other values may be set if desired, per the example.


Categories

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This template adds pages to:

This can be disabled with {{User Alternate Acc|Username|cat=no}}.

TemplateData

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Displays a banner on the user page declaring that this is an alternate account of a primary account.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Primary account1

Your primary Wikipedia account

Stringrequired
Purposeuse

The purpose of the alternate account

Stringsuggested
Alternative talk page locationalt_talk

The username of another user talk page, if the discussions are not being held at the primary account's talk page. i.e. Example, not User:Example.

Useroptional
Is retired?retired

Is this account a retired alternate account?

Booleanoptional
Categorize accountcat

The template adds account to Category:Wikipedia alternative accounts. This can be disabled with 'no' value.

Suggested values
no
Stringoptional
Icon image alt textalt

no description

Stringoptional
Icon image url linklink

Can key in either url or pagename in wikisyntax, i.e. https://example.com or [[User:Example]].

Stringoptional

See also

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