Template:USV/doc

Usage

This is a typing short cut for linking to US Navy unmanned vessel articles named in the format "USV Nomad". Since vessel names are italicized in article text, linking to them in the usual manner means typing everything twice. </nowiki>

This template does not support subst: (substitution). Behind the scenes, it invokes {{vessel}}.

Formal usage

• {{USV|vessel Name}}
• {{USV|vessel 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
{{USV|Vesselname|}}	[[USV Vesselname ()|USV ''Vesselname'' ()]]	USV Vesselname

Last example could be used to link to vessel index (disambiguation) page

Target page

By default, the wikilink is build like this:

• {{PREFIX|vessel's name|ID}}.

With {{USV|Vesselname|}}, the targetpage is

[[USV Vesselname ()]].

Elements PREFIX and ID can be omitted (if they are not part of the targetpage title).

Formatted label

Then the template by default adds the formatted label:

[[targetpage|label]]. By default:

{{USV|Vesselname|}}, by default the label is:

[[USV Vesselname ()|USV ''Vesselname'' ()]], showing as:

USV Vesselname.

The default label can be changed with a simple parameter. The extra third position, unnamed parameter allows setting which changes the elements of the vessel's full name. 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:

• {{USV|Nomad||2}} →

[[USV Vesselname ()|''Vesselname'']] →

Vesselname

The options are:

Value	Will show	Example	Wikilink [[targetpage|label]]	Shows
(default)	PREFIX name (ID)	{{USV|Vesselname|}}	[[USV Vesselname ()|USV ''Vesselname'' ()]]	USV Vesselname
1	ID	{{USV|Vesselname||1}}	[[USV Vesselname ()|'''']]
2	name	{{USV|Vesselname||2}}	[[USV Vesselname ()|''Vesselname'']]	Vesselname
3	name (ID)	{{USV|Vesselname||3}}	[[USV Vesselname ()|''Vesselname'' ()]]
4	PREFIX name (ID)	{{USV|Vesselname||4}}	—
5	PREFIX ID	{{USV|Vesselname||5}}	[[USV Vesselname ()|USV '''']]
6	PREFIX name	{{USV|Vesselname||6}}	[[USV Vesselname ()|USV ''Vesselname'']]	USV Vesselname

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

PREFIX not in article name

It is possible that the prefix is not part of the target pagename. In that case, extra parameter |up=yes (unlink prefix) puts the name outside of the link: [example here]

See also

• Template:USS