Template:RSS
Usage[change source]
This is a typing short cut for linking to Republic of Singapore Navy ship articles named in the format "RSS Endurance (LS207)". Since ship names are italicized in article text, linking to them in the usual manner means typing everything twice, such as [[RSS Endurance (LS207)|RSS ''Endurance'' (LS207)]]. This template halves that to {{RSS|Endurance|LS207}}.
Formal Usage[change source]
{{RSS|Ship Name}}{{RSS|Ship Name|ID}}, where ID can be the hull number, launch year, or pennant number, as specified in the article title.
Examples[change source]
| Template usage | Equivalent wikicode | Final result |
|---|---|---|
{{RSS|Endurance|LS207}}
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[[RSS Endurance (LS207)|RSS ''Endurance'' (LS207)]]
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RSS Endurance (LS207) |
{{RSS|Endurance|1998}}
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[[RSS Endurance (1998)|RSS ''Endurance'' (1998)]]
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RSS Endurance (1998) |
{{RSS|Endurance}}
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[[RSS Endurance|RSS ''Endurance'']]
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RSS Endurance |
Last example could be used to link to ship index (disambiguation) page
Optional display control parameter[change source]
There is an optional third parameter that controls which pieces of text are displayed in the article. Its value is treated as a binary number and will display the corresponding "bits". So setting the 4's bit will display RSS, setting the 2's bit will display the ship name, and setting the 1's bit will display the ID. If binary math isn't your thing, refer to these examples:
| Value | Parameter(s) displayed |
Example | Equivalent wikicode | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | all | {{RSS|Endurance|LS207}}
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[[RSS Endurance (LS207)|RSS ''Endurance'' (LS207)]]
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RSS Endurance (LS207) |
| 1 | 3rd | {{RSS|Endurance|LS207|1}}
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[[RSS Endurance (LS207)|LS207]]
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LS207 |
| 2 | 2nd | {{RSS|Endurance|LS207|2}}
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[[RSS Endurance (LS207)|''Endurance'']]
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Endurance |
| 3 | 2nd, 3rd | {{RSS|Endurance|LS207|3}}
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[[RSS Endurance (LS207)|''Endurance'' (LS207)]]
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(LS207) |
| 4 | invalid result | {{RSS|Endurance|LS207|4}}
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[[RSS Endurance (LS207)|Invalid Optional Parameter]]
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RSS Endurance (LS207) |
| 5 | 1st, 3rd | {{RSS|Endurance|LS207|5}}
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[[RSS Endurance (LS207)|RSS (LS207)]]
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RSS LS207 |
| 6 | 1st, 2nd | {{RSS|Endurance|LS207|6}}
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[[RSS Endurance (LS207)|RSS ''Endurance'']]
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RSS Endurance |
| 2nd (no 3rd) |
{{RSS|Endurance|3=2}} Alternate usage: >{{RSS|Endurance||2}}
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[[RSS Endurance|''Endurance'']]
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Endurance |
N.B.: Be careful with the third parameter if not using the second parameter. In the last Endurance example above, the "|3=2" means set the third parameter to a value of two, while the alternate syntax shows using a pair of pipes, "||2", to position the value two in the third parameter position.
Using an optional display control parameter value of 6 yields the same results as using {{warship}} to create the same link and text, but saving, coincidentally, 6 characters while editing.
{{RSS|Endurance|LS207|6}}yields the same results as{{warship|RSS|Endurance|LS207}}
TemplateData[change source]
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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:RSS in articles based on its TemplateData.
TemplateData for RSS This template provides a wikilink to a ship's page, with label options
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