Template:User link
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Usage
This template provides a way to link to a userpage and display just the username, like Example
. This may not help much for a short username like "Example", but it can be more useful with long usernames such as Guywh0sitsbehindphilip12
.
Example
- {{user link|Example}}
or the shortcut form
- {{u|Example}}
gives
The template's second parameter, which is optional, takes the link's label; for example, a link to the long username used above can be shortened while viewing the text like this:
- {{u|Guywh0sitsbehindphilip12|Guy}}
which gives
Alternative
The desired result can also be achieved using the pipe trick feature of the MediaWiki software. For example, the wikitext
[[User:Example|]]
gives
TemplateData
This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.
User link
No description.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Username | 1 | no description | User | required |
Custom label text | 2 | no description
| Line | optional |
See also
Editors can experiment in this template’s sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
Please add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.