Template:Main

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When a USApedia article is large, it is often rewritten in summary style. This template is used after the heading of the summary, to link to the sub-article that has been (or will be) summarized. This template can also be used in the Category namespace, but the preferred template for categories is {{Cat main}}.

Use of this template should be restricted to the purposes described above. It is not to be used as a substitute for inline links or {{Further}} template. The latter is used when the section expounds a specific aspect of the topic instead of summarizing its article. For example, in phthalate, the template under the "Endocrine disruptor" section should not be {{Main|Endocrine disruptor}}, because the section specifically deals with phthalate as an endocrine disruptor and not endocrine disruptors in general.

This template should also not be used in lead sections. A lead section is always a summary of its own article, not any other; as such, the only appropriate target for a {{main article}} link in the lead section would be the article itself, which is not useful.

Usage

{{Main
|Article 1
}}

You may also include additional links, up to ten in total:

{{Main
|Article 1
|Article 2
|Article 3
|Article 4
|Article 5
|Article 6
|Article 7
|Article 8
|Article 9
|Article 10
}}

For each link, you may optionally specify a link appearance (this is for articles where a piped link would be used). Note that the extra parameters use a lower case 'L', for example, l1, not 11:

{{Main
|Article 1
|Article 2
|Article 3
|Article 4
|Article 5
|Article 6
|Article 7
|Article 8
|Article 9
|Article 10
|l1=Article 1 link appearance
|l2=Article 2 link appearance
|l3=Article 3 link appearance
|l4=Article 4 link appearance
|l5=Article 5 link appearance
|l6=Article 6 link appearance
|l7=Article 7 link appearance
|l8=Article 8 link appearance
|l9=Article 9 link appearance
|l10=Article 10 link appearance
}}

Examples

Code	Result
{{Main|Article}}	Main article: Article
{{Main|Article 1|Article 2|Article 3}}	Main articles: Article 1, Article 2, and Article 3
{{Main|Article 1|Article 2|Article 3|Article 4|Article 5}}	Main articles: Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Article 4, and Article 5
{{Main|Article|l1=Alternative title}}	Main article: Alternative title
{{Main|(15760) 1992 QB1|l1={{mp|(15760) 1992 QB|1}}}}	Main article: [[(15760) 1992 QB1|Template:Mp]]

See also

• {{Catmore}} For categories
• {{Details}}
• {{Further}}
• {{See}} (deprecated - use {{Further}})
• {{See also}}

When a USApedia article is large, it is often rewritten in summary style. This template is used after the heading of the summary, to link to the sub-article that has been (or will be) summarized.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Article 1	1	no description	Page name	required
Article 1 link appearance	l1	If you want to modify the link text	Unknown	optional
Article 2	2	no description	Page name	optional
Article 2 link appearance	l2	If you want to modify the link text	Unknown	optional
Article 3	3	no description	Page name	optional
Article 2 link appearance	l3	If you want to modify the link text	Unknown	optional
4	4	no description	Page name	optional
l4	l4	no description	Unknown	optional
5	5	no description	Unknown	optional
l5	l5	no description	Unknown	optional
6	6	no description	Unknown	optional
l6	l6	no description	Unknown	optional
7	7	no description	Unknown	optional
l7	l7	no description	Unknown	optional
8	8	no description	Unknown	optional
l8	l8	no description	Unknown	optional
9	9	no description	Unknown	optional
l9	l9	no description	Unknown	optional
10	10	no description	Unknown	optional
l10	l10	no description	Unknown	optional
11	11	no description	Unknown	optional

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