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'''{{tl|wikipediainfo}}''' is a template which provides a small graphical link to a Wikipedia article on the same topic as the page one is editing. In general, it is called by simply typing {{tl|wikipediainfo}} on the page. However, editors should always remember to actually click the resulting Wikipedia link to ensure that a proper link has been made. | '''{{tl|wikipediainfo}}''' is a template which provides a small graphical link to a Wikipedia article on the same topic as the page one is editing. In general, it is called by simply typing {{tl|wikipediainfo}} on the page. However, editors should always remember to actually click the resulting Wikipedia link to ensure that a proper link has been made. | ||
==When to use== | |||
Wikipediainfo '''should never be used on real world pages'''. It is meant for in-universe pages '''only'''. | |||
It is not a substitute for writing an article of our own. We certainly don't want to link to [[wikipedia:The Dalek Invasion of Earth]] or [[wikipedia:Grame Harper]], and thereby lose our readers to wikipedia just because we haven't yet written our article as completely as we could. | |||
Rather, it is a way to give our readers an easy link to real world information about a topic ''within the DWU''. This allows curious readers to easily compare the real world subject with the way it was handled in the DWU. For instance [[Marco Polo]]'s biographical details in the DWU are substantively different than they are in the DWU. Moreover, there are many cases in the DWU where a real world subject, like ''[[Great Expectations]]'' or [[Bruce Springsteen]], is only mentioned in passing. We therefore don't have enough information from valid sources to write more than a few sentences. {{tl|wikipediainfo}} gives us a way to write about '''only''' what is covered in the DWU, but still give our readers quick access to the subject. | |||
==Error correction== | ==Error correction== | ||
Sometimes, the name of our articles are not precisely the same as those on Wikipedia. A proper link can be established by forcing a different spelling, so as to match an article name. For instance, we have an article called "[[football]]" on this wiki. If we were just to type | Sometimes, the name of our articles are not precisely the same as those on Wikipedia. A proper link can be established by forcing a different spelling, so as to match an article name. For instance, we have an article called "[[football]]" on this wiki. If we were just to type | ||
