Template:Format linkr

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This template is used on approximately 5,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template uses Lua:

Summary

{{format link}}	{{format linkr}}
`{{format link\|Some_Page_With_Underscores}}`	`{{format linkr\|Some_Page_With_Underscores}}`
Some_Page_With_Underscores	Some Page With Underscores
`{{format linkr\|Template talk:T#%7B%7Bu%7D%7D}}`	`{{format linkr\|Template talk:T#%7B%7Bu%7D%7D}}`
Template talk:T § %7B%7Bu%7D%7D	Template talk:T § {{u}}
`{{format link\|%E4%BA%BA%E7%9A%84%E6%95%99E5%8C%96}}`	`{{format linkr\|%E4%BA%BA%E7%9A%84%E6%95%99E5%8C%96}}`
[[:%E4%BA%BA%E7%9A%84%E6%95%99E5%8C%96]]	人的教化
`{{format link\|Page_With&UnderBar;HTML5_Entities}}`	`{{format linkr\|Page_With&UnderBar;HTML5_Entities}}`
Page_With_HTML5_Entities	Page With_HTML5 Entities

Usage

This template does exactly what {{format link}} does, and takes all the same arguments.

This template is intended to lower editor workload when copying links from the URL bar and is not suitable for replacing {{format link}}, because of the changes it makes to {{format link}}'s output that could create ambiguity if automatically replaced.

This template replaces any underscores with spaces and decodes any URL parts in {{format link}}'s output. Some examples of why this may be useful—

{{format link|People_of_the_Philippines_v._Santos,_Ressa_and_Rappler#Santos_Jr.'s_article|italicizepage=y}}
People_of_the_Philippines_v._Santos,_Ressa_and_Rappler § Santos_Jr.'s_article
{{format link|%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5%E6%97%A5%E8%A8%98#M%61nga}}
%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5%E6%97%A5%E8%A8%98 § M%61nga

{{format linkr|People_of_the_Philippines_v._Santos,_Ressa_and_Rappler#Santos_Jr.'s_article|italicizepage=y}}

People of the Philippines v. Santos, Ressa and Rappler § Santos Jr.'s article

{{format linkr|%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5%E6%97%A5%E8%A8%98#M%61nga}}

未来日記 § Manga

As shown in these examples, {{format linkr}} also creates a way to use curly braces in links, which requires multiple templates with {{format link}}:
- {{hlist|{{format linkr|Template talk:T#%7B%7Bu%7D%7D}}|{{format linkr|#%7B%7Bu%7D%7D}}}}
- Template talk:T § {{u}}
- § {{u}}

`|nud=`

|nud= (no URL decode) can be added to disable URL decoding but still get underscores replaced.

{{format linkr|%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5%E6%97%A5%E8%A8%98#M%61_nga|nud=y}}

%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5%E6%97%A5%E8%A8%98 § M%61 nga

Note that you can achieve this through the HTML5 entity &UnderBar; just as well:

{{format linkr|pages%5Fcan’t_contain_underscores#but%5Fsections&UnderBar;may (though their anchors won’t!)}}

pages can’t contain underscores § but sections_may (though their anchors won’t!)

TemplateData

This template simplifies the process of formatting links from the URL bar by automatically replacing underscores with spaces and decoding URL-encoded parts.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Page	`1`	The name of the page the link points to. It can include a section after a hashtag (#).	String	required
Italicize page	`italicizepage`	Set to 'y' to italicize the page name. Default n	String	optional
No URL Decode	`nud`	Set to 'y' to prevent URL decoding, while still replacing underscores with spaces. Default n	String	optional

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Summary

Usage

{{format link}}

{{format linkr}}

|nud=

TemplateData

`|nud=`