This is a documentation subpage for Template:Year topic navigation. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on approximately 7,300 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template adds an automatically generated short description. If the automatic short description is not optimal, override it by adding {{Short description}} at the top of the article.

This template should be converted to a standardized format using Template:Sidebar. (Talk • Category)

Format:   {{Year nav topic|year#|subject}}

Format:   {{Year nav topic|year#|subject|subj2}}

Format:   {{Year nav topic|1=year#|2=subject|3=subj2}}

Format:   {{Year nav topic|year#|subj1|subj2|subj3|subj4}}

Takes multiple parameters: the year# (year 101 or higher), followed by the main subject (such as: music), followed by optional related subjects, separated by vertical bars:

• The year# becomes the bolded center of the 20-year range for the main subject, and any (optional) related subjects are displayed with a 6-year selection range.
• For the first subject "xxx" there should be an article (or redirection) using the name "List_of_years_in_xxx" (which is the top line displayed in the navigation-box).
• For the first subject "xxx" there should be a specific all-years navigation article using the name "Table_of_years_in_xxx" (the "table" link displayed in box), which has a compressed table linking all year/decade articles about the subject (such as: "Table of years in film").
• The box width expands 5%-15% for optional subjects, widening to fit longer names (such as "archaeology" or "video gaming").

The example code is on the left, and the wiki-box display is on the right.
{{Year nav topic|1970|music}}

{{Year nav topic|1725|architecture}}

Note

This example shows the additional link to Buildings and structures completed that year, which appears only on Architecture pages.

{{Year nav topic|1798|archaeology|science}}

{{Year nav topic|1905|art|film|music}}

{{Year nav topic|1497|art|music______|architecture_|literature}}

{{Year nav topic|1497|science|music |architecture|literature }}

Note

This example shows use of trailing spaces, rather than underbars ("__") to align topics.

{{Year nav topic|1893|science|archaeology|television|film}}

{{Year nav topic|101|music|art}}

{{Year nav topic|100|art}} [invalid]

Note

This template is not valid with years 100 and below. Use {{Year nav}} or other history nav templates instead.

{{Year nav topic|2=philosophy|3=literature}}

Note

If the year is omitted and the other parameters are specified with 2=, 3=, etc., the year will be automatically filled in from the page title. If no year is found in the page title, 1700 will be used.

• Category:Articles using year nav template with extra parameters (0)

• {{Irregular series navigation}} (for a list of years with an optional prefix and suffix)
• {{Year nav topic20}} (up to 20 optional topics and only one line of years)