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'''{{NAMESPACE}}:{{BASEPAGENAME}}''' displays an external link to an article at [[Memory Alpha]] (a [[Star Trek]] wiki).

== Usage ==
No parameters (uses the Wikipedia article title as the ID string for [[URL]] and as the [[link text]]):
: <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}}}}</code>

One parameter (uses 1st parameter as the ID string for URL and as the link text):
: <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}} | ''ID'' }}</code>

Two parameters (uses 1st parameter as ID string for URL and 2nd parameter as the link text):
: <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}} | ''ID'' | ''NAME'' }}</code>

== Template data ==
{{TemplateDataHeader}}
<templatedata>
{
        "description": "This template displays an external link to an article at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki).",
	"params": {
		"1": {
			"label": "ID",
			"description": "ID string used in the URL.  If not specified it defaults to the article's {{PAGENAME}}, without disambiguation.",
			"type": "string",
			"required": false
		},
		"2": {
			"label": "Name",
			"description": "Name displayed in the link text. If not specified it defaults to the value of the ID parameter (if the ID is specified, it defaults to the article's {{PAGENAME}}, without disambiguation).",
			"type": "string",
                        "required": false
		}
	}
}
</templatedata>

== Examples ==

=== No parameters ===
The following example shows a link using the Wikipedia article title in the URL:
: <code><nowiki>http://</nowiki>memory-alpha.org/wiki/{{hilite|Memory_Alpha}}</code>

Usage:
: <code>{{((}}{{BASEPAGENAME}}{{))}}</code>
Results:
: {{ {{BASEPAGENAME}} }}

=== One parameter ===
The following example shows a link to the Memory Alpha page for [[Borg]]:
: <code><nowiki>http://</nowiki>memory-alpha.org/wiki/{{hilite|Borg}}</code>

Usage:
: <code>{{((}}{{BASEPAGENAME}} {{!}} Borg {{))}}</code>
Results:
: {{{{BASEPAGENAME}} | Borg }}

=== Two parameters ===
The following example shows a link to the Memory Alpha page for [[The Cage (Star Trek: The Original Series)|"The Cage" (''Star Trek: The Original Series'')]]:
: <code><nowiki>http://</nowiki>memory-alpha.org/wiki/{{hilite|The_Cage_(episode)}}</code>

Usage:
: <code>{{((}}{{BASEPAGENAME}} {{!}} The Cage (episode) {{!}} "The Cage" {{))}}</code>
Results:
: {{{{BASEPAGENAME}} | The Cage (episode) | "The Cage" }}

== See also ==
* [[Template:StarTrek.com link]]

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