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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Template:Wikidata Red Link

This template (previously called Template:Wikidata red link) takes a Wikidata entity number as an unnamed parameter and provides a link to the corresponding article on the English Wikipedia, or its Wikidata entity depending on whether the article exists or not.

Article exists

If the corresponding article exists then a direct link to the article is given (piped to the label on Wikidata).

Article does not exist

If the corresponding article does not exist on the English Wikipedia, then a red link is displayed, followed by a link to its item on Wikidata.

  • {{Wikidata fallback link|Q1897508}}Opius danielssoni 
    Explanation: There is no English Wikipedia article yet for this insect, so a red link is displayed.
  • {{Wikidata fallback link|Q31692001}}Phu Khong 
    Explanation: There is no English Wikipedia article yet for this mountain, so a red link is displayed.

To suppress the link to Wikidata use |wd=off, e.g.

  • {{Wikidata fallback link|Q31692001|wd=off}}Phu Khong 
    Explanation: The link to Wikidata is not displayed now.

Label exists but article under that title already exists

If the corresponding article does not exist on the English Wikipedia but there is a different article at the item's label, then to avoid confusion, the label is not linked.

  • {{Wikidata fallback link|Q2542189}} → Ali 
    Explanation: there is no English Wikipedia article for this fictional character "Ali", but the page Ali already exists (cousin of the prophet Muhammad) so no link is provided.
  • {{Wikidata fallback link|Q18977043}} → Bult 
    Explanation: there is no English Wikipedia article for the Dutch street "Bult", but the page Bult already exists (commune in France) so no link is provided.

No label defined

If there is no English label defined on Wikidata, then just a link to the Wikidata item is displayed. To fix this, please add a label to the Wikidata item.

  • {{Wikidata fallback link|Q2212427}}
    Explanation: this obscure list of football players does not have an equivalent in the English Wikipedia, and an English label is not defined, so only the Wikidata link can be shown.
  • {{Wikidata fallback link|Q59208468}}
    Explanation: this Chinese work from the Qing Dynasty on Wikisource has no equivalent in the English Wikipedia, and an English label is not defined, so only the Wikidata link can be shown.

Icon

The OOjs UI pen icon can be used instead of the [Wikidata] link.

See also

  • {{interlanguage link}} which provides overlapping functionality
  • {{get QID|<Wikipedia page title>}} gives the qid from the sitelink
  • {{wikidata entity link}} (Shortcut: {{Q|<qid>}}) shows the Wikidata label and link, and links to the Wikidata page
  • {{interwiki extra}} for adding interwiki links from a "fallback" Wikidata item