This template adds the page to Category:Wiktionary essays, depending on namespace. Put this atop any essay. If there is, and is to be, only one author, add some value to the parameter sg; e.g., sg=1.
It allows several positional parameters, which are the shortcuts (without brackets) to the page.
This is an essay. It is not a policy or guideline; it merely reflects the opinions of some of its author(s). Please update the page as needed, or discuss it on the talk page.
{{essay|WT:SHORT|WT:ANOTHERLINK}} becomes:
This is an essay. It is not a policy or guideline; it merely reflects the opinions of some of its author(s). Please update the page as needed, or discuss it on the talk page.
{{essay|WT:SHORT|interprets=the [[Wikipedia:Consensus]] and [[Wikipedia:Ignore all rules|Ignore all rules]] policies}} becomes:
This is an essay. It is not a policy or guideline; it merely reflects the opinions of some of its author(s). Please update the page as needed, or discuss it on the talk page.
{{essay|WT:CUT|sg=a}} becomes:
This is an essay. It is not a policy or guideline; it merely reflects the opinion of its author. Please discuss it on the talk page.
