Template:Taxon link/doc

This template is no longer used within the automated taxobox system; its functions are performed within Module:Autotaxobox. It is left available for testing purposes only.

It creates a wikilinked taxon name for use in a taxobox or other listing of taxa, dealing appropriately with italicization, the extinct indication "†" and the query indication "(?)".

The necessary information is obtained from "Template:Taxonomy/taxon", which must exist.

Usage

 * is a string (a taxon name or a qualified taxon name) for which there is a taxonomy template "Template:Taxonomy/taxon"
 * yes forces an italic taxon name; if omitted altogether, the taxon's rank will be used to determine whether it should it italicized
 * yes produces an emboldened taxon name instead of a wikilink; it may be omitted altogether.
 * yes italicizes using the standard for virus taxa; it may be omitted altogether.


 * Examples
 * → – an extinct genus
 * → – emboldened rather than wikilinked
 * → – a queried extinct clade
 * → – an unknown class within phylum Arthropoda
 * → – most virus taxa names are italicized