Template:Abbr

please specify an abbreviation and its expanded form in the template call

Documentation

This template provides a simple interface to the <abbr> HTML element. It should not be used for anything except abbreviations (including acronyms and initialisms). In particular, it should not be used merely for its side-effect (for most readers) of rendering text in a "tooltip". If that is needed for some reason, a different template can be created.

Usage

• {{abbr|abbreviation|expanded form}}

Example

• {{abbr|NOK|Norwegian krone}} ⇒ NOK

Hover on "NOK" to see how the expanded form is displayed. Usually it appears as a "tooltip".

Limitations

Links

The expanded-form text cannot contain any links. If it does, the wiki markup to create the link will instead be rendered as plain text:

• {{abbr|NOK|[[wikipedia:Norwegian krone|Norwegian krone]]}} ⇒ NOK

(Hover on "NOK" to see why this is not what you want.)

A simple workaround is to place the abbreviation inside the link instead of the other way around:

• [[wikipedia:Norwegian krone|{{abbr|NOK|Norwegian krone}}]] ⇒ NOK

Alternatively, you might be able to accomplish what you want by using a normal "piped" wikilink, since such links already show "tooltips" when they are hovered on. In such a case, the expanded form should be either an existing article or a redirect to one, as seen here:

• [[Kringkastingsorkestret|KORK]] ⇒ KORK

Markup

The expanded-form text can contain HTML character entities (such as ö for the letter ö), but not HTML elements (such as <i>italics</i>) or wiki markup (such as ''italics''). If such markup is used, it will either be rendered as plain text or completely break the template call, as seen here:

• {{abbr|CEIA|''Clarissa Explains It All''}} ⇒ CEIA
• {{abbr|CEIA|<i>Clarissa Explains It All</i>}} ⇒ <abbr title="Clarissa Explains It All">CEIA

Fortunately, there shouldn't be any real need for special styles in the expanded-form text.