Template:H2G2/doc

This template inserts references to the various The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy versions into Wikipedia articles. The links can be very long-winded, so this template makes them easy and consistent.

Compare:

[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tertiary to Quintessential Phases#Fit the Fourteenth|fit the fourteenth]] of the radio series

with:

{{H2G2|radio|14|link=yes}}

The template inserts text suitable for use in a list or sentence. This makes pages easy to edit — with shorter, much shorter sources. I tried doing Adams' quotes on Twitter on Towel Day, and he's not very 140 characters.

Articles that can benefit include:

• List of minor The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy characters
• Places in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

So ...

 BRIANTIST  (talk) 18:45, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Usage

Link parameter

Use of the template should include the link parameter. Specifying link=yes will transclude text which is linked, and link=no unlinked text. Apart from the linking, the text is identical. The default is to transclude unlinked text.

Examples

{{H2G2|book|1|link=yes}} to {{H2G2|book|6|link=yes}} for the novels:

• the novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• the novel The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
• the novel Life, the Universe and Everything
• the novel So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
• the novel Mostly Harmless
• the novel And Another Thing...

{{H2G2|radio|1|link=yes}} to {{H2G2|radio|26|link=yes}} for the radio episodes:

• Fit the First of the radio series
• Fit the Twenty-Sixth of the radio series

{{H2G2|phase|1|link=yes}} to {{H2G2|phase|5|link=yes}} for the radio phases:

• the radio series The Primary Phase
• the radio series The Secondary Phase
• the radio series The Tertiary Phase
• the radio series The Quandary Phase
• the radio series The Quintessential Phase

{{H2G2|tv|1|link=yes}} to {{H2G2|tv|6|link=yes}} for the TV episodes:

• episode 1 of the TV series
• episode 6 of the TV series

{{H2G2|movie|1|link=yes}} for the film:

• the 2005 movie The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

{{H2G2|game|1|link=yes}} and {{H2G2|game|2|link=yes}} for the computer games:

• the video game The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• the video game Starship Titanic