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

Usage

Takes one optional parameter, the year-number. Prefix it with a minus sign for BC.

For AD years the number can be omitted if it is the page name.

The box width shrinks nearly 6% for smaller year-number sizes.

Example for "((Year nav|2014))" at right:

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century 21st century 22nd century
Decades:	1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
Years:	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Example for "((Year nav|14))" at right:

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC 1st century 2nd century
Decades:	0s BC 0s 10s 20s 30s
Years:	11 12 13 AD 14 15 16 17

Example for "((Year nav|2029))" at right:

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century 21st century 22nd century
Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s
Years:	2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032

Example for "((Year nav|-814))" at right:

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	10th century BC 9th century BC 8th century BC
Decades:	830s BC 820s BC 810s BC 800s BC 790s BC
Years:	817 BC 816 BC 815 BC 814 BC 813 BC 812 BC 811 BC

Example for "((Year nav|1))" at right:

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC 1st century 2nd century
Decades:	10s BC 0s BC 0s 10s 20s
Years:	3 BC 2 BC 1 BC AD 1 AD 2 AD 3 AD 4

Example for "((Year nav|911))" at right:

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century 10th century 11th century
Decades:	890s 900s 910s 920s 930s
Years:	908 909 910 911 912 913 914

Template data

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Year nav in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Year nav

This template generates a navigation box for a year.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Year	`1`	The year to generate a box for. If nothing is typed in, the title of the page will be used. Example 2018	Number	suggested

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Usage

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Template data