Template:Taxon link/doc

This template is no longer used within the automated taxobox system; its functions are performed within Module:Autotaxobox. It is left available for testing purposes only.

It creates a wikilinked taxon name for use in a taxobox or other listing of taxa, dealing appropriately with italicization, the extinct indication "†" and the query indication "(?)".

The necessary information is obtained from "Template:Taxonomy/taxon", which must exist.

Usage

{{Taxon link|taxon|italic=yes|bold=yes|virus=yes}}

• taxon is a string (a taxon name or a qualified taxon name) for which there is a taxonomy template "Template:Taxonomy/taxon"
• |italic=yes forces an italic taxon name; if omitted altogether, the taxon's rank will be used to determine whether it should it italicized
• |bold=yes produces an emboldened taxon name instead of a wikilink; it may be omitted altogether.
• |virus=yes italicizes using the standard for virus taxa; it may be omitted altogether.

Examples

• {{taxon link|Pterodactylus}} → †Pterodactylus – an extinct genus
• {{taxon link|Pterodactylus|bold=yes}} → †Pterodactylus – emboldened rather than wikilinked
• {{taxon link|Cambroernida/?}} → †Cambroernida (?) – a queried extinct clade
• {{taxon link|Incertae sedis/Arthropoda}} → incertae sedis – an unknown class within phylum Arthropoda
• {{taxon link|Hypoviridae|virus=yes}} → Hypoviridae – most virus taxa names are italicized