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==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
Use this template to create a link to a useful Wikipedia page, while displaying just a compact superscripted "W" as the link text. This is often useful to include alongside a link to a weak or nonexistent ([[Wikipedia:WP:RED|red linked]]) Appropedia page, while also giving a link to a useful Wikipedia page. | |||
Use this template to link text to Wikipedia (in a more elegant way than using the ''wikipedia:'' prefix). | Use this template to link text to Wikipedia (in a more elegant way than using the ''wikipedia:'' prefix). | ||
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If there's no expectation that an Appropedia page should be created in the near future, the first wikilink is not necessary, as with "Jock Brandis" below. | If there's no expectation that an Appropedia page should be created in the near future, the first wikilink is not necessary, as with "Jock Brandis" below. | ||
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! Type this !! To get this | |||
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| <tt><nowiki>Jock Brandis{{w|Jock Brandis}} developed the [[Malian peanut sheller]].{{w|Malian peanut sheller}}</nowiki></tt> || Jock Brandis{{w|Jock Brandis}} developed the [[Malian peanut sheller]].{{w|Malian peanut sheller}} | |||
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'''Note''': an alternative is to place the Wikipedia link in an "Interwiki link" section" near the bottom of the article. | |||
== See also == | |||
* {{Tl|Tlw}} - a version of this template specifically for linking to Template: pages on Wikipedia | |||
== External links == | |||
* [[Wikipedia:Help:Interwiki linking]] | |||
[[Category:Format templates]] | [[Category:Format templates]] | ||
</noinclude> | </noinclude> | ||
Revision as of 23:41, 10 January 2011
[[Wikipedia:{{{1}}}|W]]
Usage
Use this template to create a link to a useful Wikipedia page, while displaying just a compact superscripted "W" as the link text. This is often useful to include alongside a link to a weak or nonexistent (red linked) Appropedia page, while also giving a link to a useful Wikipedia page.
Use this template to link text to Wikipedia (in a more elegant way than using the wikipedia: prefix).
It works in a similar way to a piped wikilink, but is placed after the text. The main word where the link is placed may be wikilinked (to an Appropedia page) if appropriate.
If there's no expectation that an Appropedia page should be created in the near future, the first wikilink is not necessary, as with "Jock Brandis" below.
| Type this | To get this |
|---|---|
| Jock Brandis{{w|Jock Brandis}} developed the [[Malian peanut sheller]].{{w|Malian peanut sheller}} | Jock BrandisW developed the Malian peanut sheller.W |
Note: an alternative is to place the Wikipedia link in an "Interwiki link" section" near the bottom of the article.
See also
- {{Tlw}} - a version of this template specifically for linking to Template: pages on Wikipedia