Template:User alternative account banner/doc

Usage

Usage	Output
{{User alternative account banner|Example}}
{{User alternative account banner|Example|alt_talk=Example User}}

If the parameter alt_talk is set to an empty value as in {{User Alternate Acc|Username|alt_talk=}}, the banner will automatically provide a link to the talk page of the user page it is on (i.e. that of the alternative account), instead of the default link to the talk page of the primary account. Other values may be set if desired, per the example.

Categories

This template adds pages to:

• Category:Wikipedia alternative accounts;

This can be disabled with {{User Alternate Acc|Username|cat=no}}.

TemplateData

Displays a banner on the user page declaring that this is an alternate account of a primary account.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Primary account	1	Your primary Wikipedia account	String	required
Purpose	use	The purpose of the alternate account	String	suggested
Alternative talk page location	alt_talk	The username of another user talk page, if the discussions are not being held at the primary account's talk page. i.e. Example, not User:Example.	User	optional
Is retired?	retired	Is this account a retired alternate account?	Boolean	optional
Categorize account	cat	The template adds account to Category:Wikipedia alternative accounts. This can be disabled with 'no' value. Suggested values no	String	optional
Icon image alt text	alt	no description	String	optional
Icon image url link	link	Can key in either url or pagename in wikisyntax, i.e. https://example.com or [[User:Example]].	String	optional

See also

• {{Alternative account}}
• {{User alternative account}}
• {{User alternative account anonymous}}