Template:MS/doc

This template links to an unslashed prefix: "MS": MS Antenor (1957)

• To show "M/S", use {{M/S}}: M/S Antenor  (1957)
• To link to S/Y Manitou, use {{Ship|S/Y|Manitou}}

Usage

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

Formal Usage

• {{MS|Ship Name}}
• {{MS|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
{{MS|Antenor|1957}}	[[MS Antenor (1957)|MS ''Antenor'' (1957)]]	MS Antenor (1957)
{{MS|Queen Victoria|ship}}	[[MS Queen Victoria (ship)|MS ''Queen Victoria'' (ship)]]	MS Queen Victoria (ship)
{{MS|Princess of Norway}}	[[MS Princess of Norway|MS ''Princess of Norway'']]	MS Princess of Norway

Label format options

• To show "M/S", use {{M/S}}: M/S Antenor  (1957)
• To link to S/Y Manitou, use {{Ship|S/Y|Manitou}}

By default, the wikilink is build like this:

• {{MS|Antenor|1957}}, the targetpage is

[[MS Antenor (1957)]].

Then the template by default adds the formatted label:

[[targetpage|label]]

[[MS Antenor (1957)|MS ''Antenor'' (1957)]], showing as:

MS Antenor (1957).

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:

• {{MS|Antenor|1957|2}} →

[[MS Antenor (1957)|''Antenor'']] →

Antenor

The options are:

Value	Will show	Example	Wikilink [[targetpage|label]]	Shows
(default)	PREFIX name (ID)	{{MS|Antenor|1957}}	[[MS Antenor (1957)|MS ''Antenor'' (1957)]]	MS Antenor (1957)
1	ID	{{MS|Antenor|1957|1}}	[[MS Antenor (1957)|1957]]	1957
2	name	{{MS|Antenor|1957|2}}	[[MS Antenor (1957)|''Antenor'']]	Antenor
3	name (ID)	{{MS|Antenor|1957|3}}	[[MS Antenor (1957)|''Antenor'' (1957)]]	Antenor (1957)
4 (dflt)	PREFIX name (ID)	{{MS|Antenor|1957|4}}	[[MS Antenor (1957)|MS ''Antenor'' (1957)]]	MS Antenor (1957)
5	PREFIX ID	{{MS|Antenor|1957|5}}	[[MS Antenor (1957)|MS ''1957'']]	MS 1957
6	PREFIX name	{{MS|Antenor|1957|6}}	[[MS Antenor (1957)|MS ''Antenor'']]	MS Antenor

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

TemplateData

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TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. Click here to see a monthly parameter usage report for this template based on this TemplateData. TemplateData for MS This template provides a wikilink to a ship's page, with label options Template parameters Parameter Description Type Status Name 1 Ship's name Example Bismarck, Belgrano String optional ID 2 Hull number, launch year, or pennant number Example H75, 1975 String optional Format 3 Formats the label (which name parts will show) Default blank Example 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 Number optional unlink prefix up up=yes puts prefix before (outside of) the wikilink Default no Example up=yes Boolean optional