 | The Wikimedia Foundation's book rendering service has been withdrawn. Please upload your Wikipedia book to one of the external rendering services. |
 | You can still create and edit a book design using the Book Creator and upload it to an external rendering service:
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| This is a Wikipedia book, a collection of Wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book.
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| On 24 May 2021, the Book namespace was formally deprecated.
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This template is automatically included at the top of stored books, and automatically categorizes pages in Category:User namespace book pages (as the book namespace and community books no longer exists).
Optional input
Cover parameters
These parameters only show a preview of the book cover. As of yet, they are not actually used by the renderers for anything.
| Input | What it does |
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|cover-image= |
Select the default cover image for the book. Just give the file name (for example, |cover-image=Enrico Fermi 1943-49.jpg). Please keep in mind that the image must be freely licensed and not non-free use.
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|cover-color= |
Select the default cover color for the book. Default color is "Lavender". Colors are those named in HTML color#X11 color names or using the #RRGGBB format. |
|text-color= |
Select the default cover text color for the book. Default color is black. Colors are those named in HTML color#X11 color names or using the #RRGGBB format. |
|title= |
The title of the book. (This is only used to give a preview of the book cover.) |
|subtitle= |
The subtitle of the book (optional). (This is only used to give a preview of the book cover.) |
Rendering parameters
In the Book: namespace, only use default parameters. Non-default parameters can be selected in the book creator for user books. These parameters are not processed by the Book Creator but are available for third-party rendering services to use.
| Input | What it does |
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|setting-papersize= |
The paper size of the book. Accepts either |setting-papersize=A4 or |setting-papersize=Letter. Default is A4. Non-default values should only be used on user books.
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|setting-showtoc= |
|setting-showtoc=1 enables the Table of Contents, |setting-showtoc=0 disables it. Default is enabled. Non-default values should only be used on user books.
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|setting-columns= |
Whether the book should be rendered in single-column (|setting-columns=1) or double-column (|setting-columns=2 format. Default is single-column. Non-default values should only be used on user books.
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Maintenance parameters
| Input | What it does |
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|description= |
A description of the scope of the book. |
|sort_as= |
The default sort key for the book. |
|editor= |
For user books only. Specifies the editor of the book. By default this is the username. |
|wildbot= |
Used by WildBot when problems are found. See {{User:WildBot/b01}} and BRFA: WildBot 5 for details. |
|bug= |
If the book does not render properly, describe the problem here. |