Template:Nickname/doc

This template should only be used on set index articles in the main Wikipedia namespace. Usage in any other namespace will generate the following error message:

Usage

 * display – the unqualified nickname [optional]
 * display – the unqualified nickname [optional]


 * A nickname page – Foo (nickname) – should have a brief lead that describes the history of the nickname. This can be a single sentence as in the example, Bertie (nickname). If this lead is absent, consider researching the nickname in Wiktionary, etc. to improve the nickname page.


 * Place at the bottom of nickname pages. Do not use this template on disambiguation pages that contain a list of people by nickname as well as other entries. Instead categorize the disambiguation page by adding   to the disambiguation page to include it in Category:Nicknames.


 * If the page title is not the nickname itself, or when the page lists more than one form of the nickname, add the nickname(s) as the first parameter. For example, Baldy (nickname) uses  which renders as:


 * If the page lists nicknamed topics in addition to or in lieu of people, use variety supplying any value to adjust the output such that  will instead render as:


 * controls sorting of all categories for consistency.


 * Category:Nicknames automatically includes all articles that have this template. Any nickname language categories should immediately follow at the bottom of nickname pages, after they have been verified from reliable sources.


 * A maintenance category includes any template instances with too many or obsolete parameters. (This should be empty.)


 * If the template is being used in only a section, use the  parameter to modify the template's output to render section specific prose; for example:  renders as: