Template:User alternative account banner
 | This user is an alternative account of Example. This notice confirms that the user is familiar with Wikipedia's policy on using multiple accounts and that this account will not be used for sockpuppetry. You may discuss this account at User talk:Example. |
Usage
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{{User alternative account banner|Example}}
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{{User alternative account banner|Example|alt_talk=Example User}}
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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:
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.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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| 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.
| 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 |