Template:Plain link/sandbox

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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 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

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

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Plain link/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages.
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