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Article series are useful for easing navigation for very broad subjects. For example, the article Israeli-Palestinian conflict contains a table that provides links to all the major issues surrounding that subject, such as Constitution of Palestine or Israel and the European Union.
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An alternative to summary style
If a group of articles is interrelated tightly enough, a single overview article (summary article, main article) can be created in a manner described in Wikipedia:Summary style guideline. Such hierarchical style should be preferred over the one described here.
Article series boxes
Navigation between articles in a series is achieved with templates known as article series boxes. Use the same template for all articles in the series – there is no need to maintain separate boxes on each page.
A vertical series box
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This article is part
of a series on the |
| Pre-colonial period (Pre-Columbian period) |
| Colonial period |
| 1776 – 1789 |
| 1789 – 1849 |
| 1849 – 1865 |
| 1865 – 1918 |
| 1918 – 1945 |
| 1945 – 1964 |
| 1964 – 1980 |
| 1980 – 1991 |
| since 1991 |
|
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| Timeline |
|---|
This example has been inserted here using the following syntax: {{United States history (sidebar)}}
The contents can be edited by using the following link: Template:United States history (sidebar)
You can create similar boxes in a similar way.
Source of the template
The page Template:United States history (sidebar) might contain the following (or similar) wiki markup:
{| cellpadding="1" style="float: right; border: 1px solid #8888aa; background: #f7f8ff;
padding: 5px; font-size: 85%; margin: 0 15px 0 15px;"
| style="background: #ccf; text-align: center;" | '''This article is part of'''
<br>'''the [[History of the United States|U.S. History]]'''<br>'''series.'''
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|[[Native Americans in the United States|Pre - Colonial America]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|[[Colonial America]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|[[History of the United States (1776–1789)| 1776–1789]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|[[History of the United States (1789–1849)| 1789–1849]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|[[History of the United States (1849–1865)| 1849–1865]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|[[History of the United States (1865–1918)| 1865–1918]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|[[History of the United States (1918–1945)| 1918–1945]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|[[History of the United States (1945–1964)| 1945–1964]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|[[History of the United States (1964–1980)| 1964–1980]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|[[History of the United States (1980–1988)| 1980–1987]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|[[History of the United States (1988–present)| 1988–present]]
|-
| style="text-align: center;"|[[Timeline of United States history|Timeline]] ·
[[List of United States history articles|Topics]]
|}<noinclude>[[Category:United States navigational boxes|History]]</noinclude>
Footer boxes
Footer navigational boxes (called navboxes) may contain links about a broader topic. For example the footer of The Netherlands shows all countries of the European Union - as The Netherlands is a member state. These boxes are created by inserting the template {{Navbox}} and adding the relevant information.
Blended series tables
| This article is part of the History of France series. |
| Gaul |
| Franks |
| France in the Middle Ages |
| Valois Dynasty |
| Bourbon Dynasty |
| French Revolution |
| First French Empire |
| French Restoration |
| Second Republic |
| Second French Empire |
| Third Republic |
| France during World War II |
| Fourth Republic |
| Fifth Republic |
| This article is part of the History of Germany series. |
| Franks |
| Holy Roman Empire |
| German Confederation |
| German Empire |
| Weimar Republic |
| Nazi Germany |
| Germany since 1945 |
It is also possible to place an article in two different series. For example, Franks is part of both the History of France and History of Germany series. But you should not join the two boxes as pictured. This syntax is deprecated, because it does not lend itself to using identical templates, and thus is highly fragile.
See also
- Wikipedia:Article size
- Wikipedia:Summary style
- Wikipedia:Long articles (a list)
- Wikipedia:List of article series
- Help:Infobox
- Wikipedia:Navigational templates (basics about the boxes that can be used for article series)
- Wikipedia:Series templates
- Help:Template for help creating templates
- Wikipedia:Merging and moving pages
- Wikipedia:Naming conventions (long lists)
- Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names)#Subsidiary articles
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Succession Box Standardization
Wikipedia content modification information:
- This page was last modified on 4 October 2008, at 20:54.
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