Template:Plainlink/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Plainlink . It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template will allow you to create a local or interwiki link (such as a link to the history of a page) on a page without having the File:External.svg follow the link. This can be used, for example, when internal or interwiki links appear as external links. See Help:URL for more information.

Caution

When you link to a Wikipedia or other Wikimedia project URL, omit the preceding "http:", or "https:", so that the URL begins with "//". This allows users to use the protocol they're currently using.

You can use Template:Tnull magicword to generate URLs to Wikipedia pages.

Examples

• {{Plainlink|url=//www.wikipedia.org}} gives [1]
• {{Plainlink|//www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia}} gives Wikipedia
• {{Plainlink|//www.wikipedia.org | Wikipedia}} gives Wikipedia
• {{Plainlink|http://www.google.co.uk|Google}} gives Google

Note that if your url or link title contains an equals sign = you must use named parameters:

• {{ Plainlink | url=//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Equals_sign&oldid=282228764 | name="=" }} gives "="