Wikipedia talk:Wikimedia sister projects
Original suggestion.
The original discussion from Wikipedia:Village pump:
[C]urrently links to Wikiquote, Wikisource and Wikibooks show up like links to any other project. How about creating nice little boxes for these types of links? As an example, a Wikiquote link:
{{wikiquote|quotename=Galileo Galilei|quotelink=Galileo_Galilei}}
This could be right-aligned with the "External links" section.
What do you think? Overkill? Too much like a banner?--Eloquence*
- Too big, but otherwise a good idea. — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 02:10, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Good idea. Could add to a possible 'Internal Links' section. :D
- I've improved the template and put it in use on the Galileo Galilei page. This is what it should look like. I've also created Template:Bookshelf for Wikibooks, which is currently in use on Mathematics. I'm sure these look ugly in some browsers, so please help to improve them.--Eloquence*
- I added it to George W. Bush. It actually looks very nice. — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 13:58, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Actually, it looks fine using PC/Win browsers IE5.5, Netscape 7.1, Opera 7.02, Firefox 0.8, and Mozilla 1.4. Niteowlneils 14:38, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Other WikiMeida projects.
A nice idea, but what if something has links to both Wikiquote and Wikibooks? Then what? Dysprosia 09:01, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- I really like this. Integrates the wikimedia family. I really don't care if we have multiple links; it adds to the professionalism of the pages. ChrisG 12:08, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- How about something like this?
See also our articles on Wikipedia's sister projects: 
Wikibooks | 
Wiktionary
- Except I don't happen to have any 16×16 images of the logos, which would fit well. (Wikiquote logo doesn't want to be resized to 16px. :() [ alerante | “” 14:40, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC) ]
- Just throwing out an idea - I think we should keep the text to a minimum, even by only having the picture and it itself is the link. Then if there was more than one they could stack sideways. If people want some text, the caption over it could read "more on...". Also a link to Wiktionary would be appropriate for some articles. LUDRAMAN | T 17:13, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- P.S. I think I made this suggestion a while ago but no-one took any notice - I guess you need a picture to catch people's eyes :-). Its times like this I wish I wasn't so hapless with images :-(.
- I also think it's a great idea. For what it's worth, I have considered making an interwiki box for plants/animals with up-to the following links:
- Wikipedia article (apple)
- Wiktionary entry
- Wikibooks Dichotomous Key
- Wikibooks Field Guide
- Wikibooks Cookbook
- Wikiquote Quotes concerning apples
- It may be worth experimenting with similar ideas. I don't see any problem with promoting other WikiMedia links when available. Tuf-Kat 06:32, Sep 6, 2004 (UTC)
Misc..
I think it's a great idea! Theresa Knott (Nate the Stork) 17:48, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Wikimedia centric.
Would this box be in articles? If so I very strongly oppose doing that since it is Wikimedia-centric. See Wikipedia:Avoid self-references. --mav 00:00, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- I created that page :-). However, in this instance I think we can make an exception, particularly since this data is stored in templates and can easily be changed for all affected pages. We should have a "mirror and fork howto" anyway, and a a list of Wikimedia-specific templates could be part of it. I really have no problem if the mirrors who put no effort into their setup inadvertently do some free advertising for our project, we should just make it easy for those who do put effort into it to get rid of the Wikimedia references.--Eloquence*
I really like the {{wikiquote}} box; thanks to those responsible! — Matt 10:52, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Different article names.
{{wikiquote|WikiQuote article name which differs from WikiPedia article name}} for e.g.: Firefly (television series) vs. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Firefly. -- Jeandré, 2004-09-10t20:28z