User is a required parameter, e.g. |User=Jimbo Wales.
Project defines a Wikimedia sister project to be used instead of the English Wikipedia, the correct code for the interwiki link should be used, e.g. |Project=b.
Lang is the interlanguage code for a project to be used instead of the English Wikipedia, e.g. |Lang=es. This can be used in conjunction with the project parameter.
separator defines the symbol used to separate different links, e.g. |separator=pipe. The default is a dot.
For the template that only gives a link to a user's user page, see Template:User link.
For the template that gives links related to a user's page, see Template:lu.
Sandbox
Template:User/sandbox can be used for testing. Additional edit history for this template is contained there.
<templatedata>
{
"description": "This template is used to create a link to a user's user page (unless using Example (talk)), talk page, and contributions, and generates a special notification (aka 'ping').",
"params": {
"1": {
"label": "User name",
"type": "string",
"required": true,
"description": "The user name that you want to create links to and notify.",
"aliases":["user"]
},
"project": {
"label": "Sister project",
"type": "string",
"description": "Used to link to a sister project instead of the English Wikipedia. Use the standard interwiki prefix."
},
"lang": {
"label": "Other language project",
"type": "string",
"description": "Used to link to another language project. If used with the \"sister project\" parameter, links to another language of a sister project. Otherwise links to another language Wikipedia. Use the standard language code."
},
"separator": {
"label": "Separator",
"description": "Used to change the separator between the links. If unused, defaults to a dot."
}
}
}
</templatedata>
Userspace link templates
User information templates provide informational links for a user; they are similar to signatures, but often provide additional information, and may be used by other users. List:
This documentation is automatically generated by Template:User-multi/template.
Any categories and documentation specific to this template should be added to the template's /doc subpage.