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This template adds a page to Category:Wikipedia supplemental pages.

मुख्य लेख: WP:SUPPLEMENTAL

Usage

Use this template carefully, only when there is a well-established consensus at the relevant policy or guideline page to link to the essay in question from the policy or guideline. The noun supplement does not mean "an interpretation" nor just "something added". It means precisely "something added, especially to make up for a deficiency", in this case a lack or gap in an official Wikipedia's policy or guideline. If consensus changes and the essay is no longer referenced in a policy or guideline, change the tag to a standard {{Essay|interprets=}} or {{Guidance essay|interprets=}}, as appropriate.

This template has an |interprets= a.k.a. |pages= parameter. Replaces "such guidance" with "the foo" where "foo" is a link to one or more policies or guidelines and label(s) for what they are, e.g.:

|interprets=[[Wikipedia:No original research]] policy
|interprets=[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style]] guideline
|interprets=[[Wikipedia:No original research]] and [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view]] policies
|interprets=[[Wikipedia:Verifiability]] policy and [[Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources]] guideline

The template also has optional |shortcut=, |shortcut2=, |shortcut3=, and |shortcut4= parameters that can be used to add a Shortcut: box to the right-side, with up to four shortcuts.

{{supplement}}

by itself throws an error because the template is meaningless without an |interprets= parameter:

This is an explanatory supplement to Error: No page specified.

It is intended to make up for a deficiency considered overly detailed for inclusion in the page(s) it supplements. This page is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community.

{{supplement|interprets=[[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view]] policy}}

becomes:

This is an explanatory supplement to the Wikipedia:Neutral point of view policy.

It is intended to make up for a deficiency considered overly detailed for inclusion in the page(s) it supplements. This page is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community.

{{supplement|interprets=[[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view]] policy|shortcut=WP:SHORTCUT|shortcut2=WP:SHORTCUT2}}

becomes:

This is an explanatory supplement to the Wikipedia:Neutral point of view policy.

It is intended to make up for a deficiency considered overly detailed for inclusion in the page(s) it supplements. This page is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community.

Shortcuts

{{supplement|interprets=[[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view]] and [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons]] policies}}

becomes:

This is an explanatory supplement to the Wikipedia:Neutral point of view and Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons policies.

It is intended to make up for a deficiency considered overly detailed for inclusion in the page(s) it supplements. This page is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community.

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Usage

See also