Template:Ship/doc/fixed prefix: label format options

Usage

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Basically, the template takes up to three parameters to write the target page, and to format the label shown. General setup is:

[[targetpage|label]]

[[HMS Illustrious (R06)|HMS Illustrious (R06)]].

Target page

By default, the wikilink is build like this:

• {{PREFIX|ship's name|ID}}.

With {{HMS|Illustrious|R06}}, the targetpage is

[[HMS Illustrious (R06)]].

Elements PREFIX and ID can be omitted (if they are not part of the targetpage title).

Formatted label

Then the template by default adds the formatted label:

[[targetpage|label]] →

{{HMS|Illustrious|R06}} →

[[HMS Illustrious (R06)|HMS ''Illustrious'' (R06)]], showing as:

HMS Illustrious (R06).

The default label can be changed with a simple parameter. The extra third position, unnamed parameter allows setting which changes the elements of the ship's full name. It sets the label in the link: For example, in your article, the hull number (disambiguator) may not be needed to show. In that case, add option |2, and the result is:

• {{HMS|Illustrious|R06|2}} →

[[HMS Illustrious (R06)|''Illustrious'']] →

Illustrious

The options are:

Value	Will show	Example	Wikilink [[targetpage|label]]	Shows
(default)	PREFIX name (ID)	{{HMS|Illustrious|R06}}	[[HMS Illustrious (R06)|HMS ''Illustrious'' (R06)]]	HMS Illustrious (R06)
1	ID	{{HMS|Illustrious|R06|1}}	[[HMS Illustrious (R06)|R06]]	R06
2	name	{{HMS|Illustrious|R06|2}}	[[HMS Illustrious (R06)|''Illustrious'']]	Illustrious
3	name (ID)	{{HMS|Illustrious|R06|3}}	[[HMS Illustrious (R06)|''Illustrious'' (R06)]]	Illustrious (R06)
4 (dflt)	PREFIX name (ID)	{{HMS|Illustrious|R06|4}}	[[HMS Illustrious (R06)|HMS ''Illustrious'' (R06)]]	HMS Illustrious (R06)
5	PREFIX ID	{{HMS|Illustrious|R06|5}}	[[HMS Illustrious (R06)|HMS ''R06'']]	HMS R06
6	PREFIX name	{{HMS|Illustrious|R06|6}}	[[HMS Illustrious (R06)|HMS ''Illustrious'']]	HMS Illustrious

Note: options default (=blank), 2 and 6 are mostly used.