Template:Courtesy link/doc

This template is used to provide courtesy Wikipedia links on talk pages. While external links can also be displayed with this, consider substituting {{Courtesy external}} instead to get rid of the extra brackets.

Usage

{{Courtesy link|pagetitle}}
{{Courtesy link|pagetitle|prefix}}
{{Courtesy link|pagetitle|linktext=text to display}}

Parameters

There are two positional parameters, and one named parameter.

• 1 – Provides link to the intended page (required; no default)
• 2 – Changes the prefix text to the value of parameter 2. (optional; default: "Courtesy link:")
• linktext – Generates a piped link where the link target is given in param 1, and the link label is given in linktext.

Examples

• {{Courtesy link|Egg}} ⟶  Courtesy link: Egg
• {{Courtesy link|Egg|Details here:}} ⟶  Details here: Egg
• {{courtesy link|Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 165#New User|linktext=WP:VPP/Archive 165#New User}} ⟶

   Courtesy link: WP:VPP/Archive 165#New User

See also

• {{Courtesy external}}