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== Usage ==

{{tl|Selfref}} is a template that is used to mark pieces of text and links that wouldn't make sense in [[WP:Reusing Wikipedia content|reuses of Wikipedia article content]] elsewhere: see [[Wikipedia:Self-references to avoid]].  This template should not be [[WP:Template substitution|substituted]].

In most cases, {{tlf|Selfref}} is used to create a disambiguation link to a page in the "Wikipedia:" namespace from article-space; for instance, the page [[Objectivity (disambiguation)]] could have a self-referential "[[WP:HATNOTE|hatnote]]" link at the top: <code><nowiki>{{Selfref|For Wikipedia's policy on avoiding bias, see [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view]].}}</nowiki></code>. 

When using {{tlf|Selfref}} in this way, use the following format:
<pre>
{{Selfref|The self-referential notice to display, including links.}}
</pre>
which produces:
{{Selfref|The self-referential notice to display, including links.}}
When using {{tlf|Selfref}} in this way, the text will be indented slightly, italicized (Wikipedia house style for self-referential notes), and both preceded and followed by a linebreak.

To use it inline without the indentation and line breaking, add the parameter {{para||inline}}:
<pre>
{{Selfref|the self-referential text to display, including links|inline}}
</pre>
or use the alias {{tl|Selfref-inline}}:
<pre>
{{Selfref-inline|the self-referential text to display, including links}}
</pre>
both of which produce: {{Selfref-inline|the self-referential text to display, including links}} (illustrated here on the same line as other content).

===Unprintworthy content===
Rarely, there is other, non-self-referential content which shouldn't appear in mirrors, print editions, or other off-Wikipedia reuses of Wikipedia content, and which shouldn't be italicized as a self-reference.
It is preferable to mark such unprintworthy content with the {{tl|Unprintworthy-inline}} template (which includes the <code>noprint</code> CSS class, but not the <code>plainlinks</code> class, since links in such content will not be internal self-references). Although not all [[WP:Mirrors and forks|mirror sites]] do so, the content in question can be removed by reusers of WP content, without any reformatting, by ignoring or removing content marked up by this template, or more accurately by the <code>selfreference</code> CSS class that it (and some other templates) use.

A "brittle", legacy usage of {{tlf|Selfref}} has technically also been used for such unprintworthy cases, and pre-dates the {{tl|Unprintworthy-inline}} template.  This is to simply end the template with a pipe character &ndash; <code>|</code>:
{{dc2|1=<pre>
{{Selfref|the unprintworthy text to display without self-ref styling|}}</pre>}}
This method cannot be depended upon (for one thing, many editors will interpret the pipe as an error and remove it, turning the template into a indented self-ref hatnote!). This syntax has been obsolete since 2008, and any remaining uses of it should be replaced with {{tl|Selfref-inline}} (if real self-references) or {{tl|Unprintworthy-inline}} (if simply unprintworthy).

== Example ==

{|border=1 class="wikitable"
! Code !! Page on Wikipedia !! Page on [some] mirrors
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{Selfref|For the Wikipedia Sandbox, see [[WP:SAND]]}}</nowiki></code>

<code><nowiki>The Wikipedia Sandbox is a page on Wikipedia. {{Selfref|(You can edit it by clicking "edit" on the page.)|inline}} It has been edited many times.</nowiki></code>
| {{Selfref|For the Wikipedia Sandbox, see [[WP:SAND]]}}

The Wikipedia Sandbox is a page on Wikipedia. {{Selfref|(You can edit it by clicking "edit" on the page.)|inline}} It has been edited many times.
| The Wikipedia Sandbox is a page on Wikipedia. It has been edited many times.
|}

== See also ==

*[[Wikipedia:Self-references to avoid]]
*{{tl|srlink}}, for the opposite case when you want a link to the Wikipedia: namespace that ''does'' show in mirrors without breaking (for instance when writing an article about Wikipedia or something connected to it).
* [[Wikipedia:Hatnote]]
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