Template:See above/doc

and are simple wrappers for.

The output is a parenthetical fragment, intended mostly for use in the middle of or at the end of a sentence, e.g. "In the Elbonian Uprising, Addamasartus was used as the rebels' base of operations."

For more complex custom cross-references, use directly. But please read WP:SELFREF, and avoid "talking at" the reader (Bad idea: For a fuller treatment of the Elbonian Uprising and its consequences, more information is provided at our article ...). Wikipedia is not a classroom.

For cross-references between articles, use or another in that family of hatnote templates.

Usage
The templates will format a "(see above)" or a "(see below)" or a custom message into a standardized style for an (not block-level) cross-reference to other content.

They are not Wikipedia self-references, to other pages, but self-references to the content at hand on the same page, and are thus printworthy. Their output is ultimately generated by Module:Hatnote inline.

Default: and

produce: and, respectively (which are usually not very helpful).

Basic usage with parameter:

produces:

Linked:

produces:

Custom usage:

produces:

Another example, going to an anchor at an image:

produces:

Parameters

 * text AKA content AKA first unnamed parameter – the text to use between "(see " and ")".