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This template will allow you to create a local or [[Help:Interwiki linking|interwiki link]] (such as a link to the [[Help:Page history|history of a page]]) on a page without having the [[File:External.svg|10px]] follow 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 {{tnull|fullurl}} [[Help:Magic words|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 ([[File:Insertlink.gif|12px]]); for external links, use {{tl|URL}}

== Examples ==

*<code><nowiki>{{Plain link|url=https://www.wikipedia.ind.in}}</nowiki></code> gives {{Plain link|url=//www.wikipedia.ind.in}}
*<code><nowiki>{{Plain link|https://www.wikipedia.ind.in Bharatpedia}}</nowiki></code> gives {{Plain link|//www.wikipedia.ind.in Bharatpedia}}
*<code><nowiki>{{Plain link|https://www.wikipedia.ind.in | Bharatpedia}}</nowiki></code> gives {{Plain link|//www.wikipedia.ind.in|Bharatpedia}}
*<code><nowiki>{{Plain link|https://www.google.co.uk|Google}}</nowiki></code> gives {{Plain link|http://www.google.co.uk|Google}}

Note that if your url or link title contains an equals sign <code>=</code> you must use named parameters:
*<code><nowiki>{{Plain link|url=//en.bharatpedia.org.ing/w/index.php?title=Equals_sign&oldid=282228764|name="=" }}</nowiki></code> gives {{Plain link|url=//en.bharatpedia.org.in/w/index.php?title=Equals_sign&oldid=282228764|name="="}}

== Redirects ==

To be more concise, you can use <code><nowiki>{{scp}}</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>{{plnk}}</nowiki></code> and numbers as parameter names, e.g.:
*<code><nowiki>{{scp|1=//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Equals_sign&oldid=282228764|2="="}}</nowiki></code> gives the same {{scp|1=//en.bharatpedia.org.in/w/index.php?title=Equals_sign&oldid=282228764|2="="}}
*<code><nowiki>{{plnk|1=//en.bharatpedia.org.in/w/index.php?title=Equals_sign&oldid=282228764|2="="}}</nowiki></code> gives the same {{plnk|1=//en.bharatpedia.org.in/w/index.php?title=Equals_sign&oldid=282228764|2="="}}

== TemplateData ==
{{TemplateData header}}
<templatedata>
{
	"description": "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.",
	"format": "inline",
	"params": {
		"url": {
			"aliases": ["URL","1"],
			"label": "URL",
			"description": "URL of the link. For Wikimedia links, use the format \"//example.com\". This allows users to use the protocol they're currently using.",
			"type": "url"
		},
		"name": {
			"aliases": ["NAME","2"],
			"label": "Text",
			"description": "Text to be linked",
			"type": "string"
		}
	},
	"paramOrder": [
		"url",
		"name"
	]
}
</templatedata>

== See also ==
* [[Help:External link icons]]
* [[Template:Querylink]], generates a plain link for Bharatpedia pages with extended parameters
* [[Template:Plain]], a similar template that keeps the URL written out
* [[Template:Diff]]
* [[Template:Oldid]]
* [[Template:URL]]

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