Template:Plain link/sandbox

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

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Shortcuts

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This template is used in system messages.
Changes to it can cause immediate changes to the Bharatpedia user interface. To avoid large-scale disruption, any changes should first be tested in this template's /sandbox or /testcases subpage, or in your own user space. The tested changes can then be added in one single edit to this template. Please discuss any changes on the talk page before implementing them.

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 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 {{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.ind.in}} gives [1]
{{Plain link|https://www.wikipedia.ind.in Bharatpedia}} gives Bharatpedia
{{Plain link|https://www.wikipedia.ind.in | Bharatpedia}} gives Bharatpedia
{{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=//en.bharatpedia.org.ing/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=//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Equals_sign&oldid=282228764|2="="}} gives the same "="
{{plnk|1=//en.bharatpedia.org.in/w/index.php?title=Equals_sign&oldid=282228764|2="="}} gives the same "="

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

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
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