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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.
This template is used to create a link to a user's user page (unless using {{Useranon}}), talk page, and contributions, and generates a special notification (aka 'ping').
Template parameters
Parameter
Description
Type
Status
User name
1user
The user name that you want to create links to and notify.
User
required
Sister project
project
Used to link to a sister project instead of the English Wikipedia. Use the standard interwiki prefix.
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.
String
optional
Separator
separator
Used to change the separator between the links. If unused, defaults to a dot.
Unknown
optional
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.
Template documentation
