Template:Plain link/sandbox

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This is the template sandbox page for Template:Plain link (diff).
See also the companion subpage for test cases.

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This template is used in system messages, and on approximately 108,000 pages.
Changes to it can cause immediate changes to the Wikipedia user interface.
To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Please discuss changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template can only be edited by administrators because it is transcluded onto one or more cascade-protected pages.

Shortcuts

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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 icon following the link. This can be used, for example, when internal or interwiki links appear as external links. See Help:URL#URLs on other Wikimedia projects for more information.

Caution

You can use the {{fullurl}} magicword to generate URLs to Wikipedia pages.

Also, this template is not suitable for genuinely external links, since it suppresses displaying the external link small icon (); for external links, use {{URL}}

Examples

{{Plain link|url=https://www.wikipedia.org}} gives [1]
{{Plain link|https://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia}} gives Wikipedia
{{Plain link|https://www.wikipedia.org | Wikipedia}} gives Wikipedia
{{Plain link|https://www.google.co.uk|Google}} gives Google

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

{{Plain link|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Equals_sign&oldid=282228764|name="=" }} gives "="

Redirects

To be more concise, you can use {{scp}} or {{plnk}} and numbers as parameter names, e.g.:

{{scp|1=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Equals_sign&oldid=282228764|2="="}} gives the same "="
{{plnk|1=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Equals_sign&oldid=282228764|2="="}} gives the same "="

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Plain link

Use this template to add a local or interwiki link that would otherwise show a box and arrow icon next to the link without the icon.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
URL	`url` `URL` `1`	URL of the link. For Wikimedia links, use the format "//example.com". This allows users to use the protocol they're currently using.	URL	optional
Text	`name` `NAME` `2`	Text to be linked	String	optional