Usage
The template {{Edit section}} (which uses a <div>) and its optional parameter version {{Edit section|type=span}} (which uses a <span> for cases where a <div> would be illegal markup, but is otherwise identical) allows the creation of a right-hand-side "[edit]" link where one otherwise would not exist.
The templates take a single parameter section, the number of the section to edit, as this will appear in the edit URL. If unspecified, it defaults to 0. The principal use of this is to add an edit link to the lead section (section 0) of article with long leads. It cannot be used to add edit links to arbitrary blocks, as they will not have section numbers.
See also
[] Compare different edit templates:
- {{Ed}} — plain-style edit link surrounded by <small> tags, specifically for templates only
- {{Ed right}} — plain-style edit link surrounded by <small> tags and aligned to right of page, specifically for templates only
- {{Edit}} — plain-style edit link, applicable to all Wikipedia namespaces
- {{Edit section}} — edit link surrounded by <div> tags by default which can specify which section to edit on a page, applicable to all Wikipedia namespaces
- {{Vedit}} — plain-style edit link which edit with the Wikipedia:VisualEditor, applicable to all Wikipedia namespaces
Templates with view, talk and edit links:
- {{Navbar}} — navigation bar with configurable caption and view·talk·edit links, specifically for templates only
- {{View}} — navbar-style view·talk·edit links, specifically for templates only
- {{VTE}} & {{Template:VTE}} — navbar-style V·T·E links (i.e. view·talk·edit links in short forms), specifically for templates only