Template:S/S/doc

This template links to an unslashed target page [[ SS City of Los Angeles (1922) ]], but it shows the slash: "S/S": S/S City of Los Angeles  (1922)

Usage

• To show "SS" (unslashed), use {{SS}}: SS City of Los Angeles (1922)

• When the target pagename has a "/" slash, use {{Ship}}:

Target: [[ S/Y Manitou ]]

Use: {{ship|S/Y|Manitou}} → S/Y Manitou

Usage

This is a typing short cut for linking to steamship articles named in the format "SS Shipname (year)", showing "S/S". Since ship names are italicized in article text, linking to them in the usual manner means typing everything twice, such as [[SS Shipname (ID)|S/S ''Shipname'' (ID)]]. This template halves that to {{S/S|Shipname|ID}}.

Formal Usage

• {{S/S|Ship Name}}
• {{S/S|Ship Name|ID}}, where ID can be the hull number, launch year, or pennant number, as specified in the article title.

Examples

Template usage	Equivalent wikicode	Final result
{{S/S|City of Los Angeles|1922}}	[[SS City of Los Angeles (1922)|S/S ''City of Los Angeles'' (1922)]]	S/S City of Los Angeles  (1922)
{{S/S|Queen Victoria|ship}}	[[SS Queen Victoria (ship)|S/S ''Queen Victoria'' (ship)]]	S/S Queen Victoria  (ship)
{{S/S|Princess of Norway}}	[[SS Princess of Norway|S/S ''Princess of Norway'']]	S/S Princess of Norway

Label format options

• To show "S/S", use {{S/S}}: S/S City of Los Angeles  (1922)
• To link to S/Y Manitou, use {{Ship|S/Y|Manitou}}

By default, the wikilink is build like this:

• {{S/S|City of Los Angeles|1922}}, the targetpage is

[[SS City of Los Angeles (1922)]].

Then the template by default adds the formatted label:

[[targetpage|label]]

[[SS City of Los Angeles (1922)|S/S ''City of Los Angeles'' (1922)]], showing as:

S/S City of Los Angeles  (1922).

The default label can be changed with a simple parameter. The extra third position, unnamed parameter allows setting which elements of the ship's full name are shown in the wikilink. It sets the label in the link: For example, in your article, the hull number (disambiguator) may not be needed to show. In that case, add option |2, and the result is:

• {{SS|City of Los Angeles|1922|2}} →

[[SS City of Los Angeles (1922)|''City of Los Angeles'']] →

City of Los Angeles

The options are:

Value	Will show	Example	Wikilink [[targetpage|label]]	Shows
(default)	PREFIX name (ID)	{{S/S|City of Los Angeles|1922}}	[[SS City of Los Angeles (1922)|S/S ''City of Los Angeles'' (1922)]]	S/S City of Los Angeles  (1922)
1	ID	{{S/S|City of Los Angeles|1922|1}}	[[SS City of Los Angeles (1922)|''1922'']]	1922
2	name	{{S/S|City of Los Angeles|1922|2}}	[[SS City of Los Angeles (1922)|''City of Los Angeles'']]	City of Los Angeles
3	name (ID)	{{S/S|City of Los Angeles|1922|3}}	[[SS City of Los Angeles (1922)|''City of Los Angeles'' (1922)]]	City of Los Angeles  (1922)
4 (dflt)	PREFIX name (ID)	{{S/S|City of Los Angeles|1922|4}}	[[SS City of Los Angeles (1922)|S/S ''City of Los Angeles'' (1922)]]	S/S City of Los Angeles  (1922)
5	PREFIX ID	{{S/S|City of Los Angeles|1922|5}}	[[SS City of Los Angeles (1922)|S/S ''1922'']]	S/S 1922
6	PREFIX name	{{S/S|City of Los Angeles|1922|6}}	[[SS City of Los Angeles (1922)|S/S ''City of Los Angeles'']]	S/S City of Los Angeles

Note: options default (=blank), 2 and 6 are most often used.

Template data

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TemplateData for S/S

This template provides a wikilink to a ship's page, with label options

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Prefix	1	Fleet identifier Example HMS, Japanese battleship	String	optional
Name	2	Ship's name Example Bismarck, Belgrano	String	optional
ID	3	Hull number, launch year, or pennanr number Example H75, 1975,	String	optional
Format	4	Formats label (parts showing) Default blank Example 1, 2, 3, 5, 6	Number	optional
unlink prefix	up	yes=puts Fleet ID outside of Wikilink Default no Example up=yes	Boolean	optional