Template:Cfb link/doc

Cfb link allows linking to a college football team page that may not yet exist. It will display the best available link.

For example, if I want to link to the article about the 2020 Richmond Spiders football team that may or may not exist, I would make this call:

This would yield:

Important - whitespace cannot be included or it will be added to the wiki link and it will not function properly.

Use of this template
Due to restrictions on use of #ifexist, it is important to not use this template if it isn't needed. In other words, if the link already exists, just link to it. Category:Excessive uses of cfb link contains a list of occasions where this template is used and doesn't need to be. A bot will soon replace this template with the specific link on articles in that category.

Please do not use this template on disambiguation pages (dab pages) due to requirements for links on dab pages.

Naming conventions
In order for this template to work, articles MUST be named correctly. The football naming convention is:


 * Season articles: Season SchoolShortName TeamName football team, e.g., 2007 Virginia Tech Hokies football team or 2004 Auburn Tigers football team
 * Football team articles: SchoolShortName TeamName football, e.g., Virginia Tech Hokies football, Florida State Seminoles football
 * Athletics department articles: SchoolShortName TeamName, e.g., North Carolina Tar Heels, Virginia Cavaliers

TemplateData
{	"params": { "year": { "label": "Year", "description": "Can be used to attempt a link to the yearly page of a team", "example": "2035", "type": "number" },		"team": { "label": "Team", "description": "The athletics program article for this school", "example": "Virginia Tech Hokies", "type": "wiki-page-name", "required": true },		"title": { "label": "Title", "description": "The display name for this link. Usually, this will be the common name for the school (without \"university\")", "example": "Virginia Tech", "type": "string" },		"school": { "label": "School", "description": "The main article for this school", "example": "Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University", "type": "wiki-page-name", "required": true }	},	"description": "This template allows linking to a college football team page that may not yet exist. It will display the best available link. Please do not use this template unless absolutely necessary, due to restrictions on use of #ifexist. In other words, if the link already exists, just link to it.", "paramOrder": [ "year", "team", "school", "title" ],	"format": "inline" }