https://wiki.tachyony.co.uk/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Help%3APlainlinks 2026-05-15T04:24:54Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.35.5 https://wiki.tachyony.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Help:Plainlinks&diff=11739&oldid=prev 2022-02-09T12:44:20Z

<p>Imported page</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Wikipedia how to}}<br /> {{Linking and page manipulation|linking and diffs}}<br /> A &#039;&#039;&#039;plainlink&#039;&#039;&#039; is a link external to {{SERVERNAME}}, but in this case &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; followed by an [[Help:External link icons|external link icon]]. It is used for links internal to en.wikipedia.org which require special [[URL]] parameters and therefore cannot be reached by [[WP:wikilink|wikilink]]s.<br /> <br /> == Making a plainlink ==<br /> The arrow icon can be suppressed by:<br /> * Placing the external link syntax between {{tag|span|params=class=&quot;plainlinks&quot;}} tags.<br /> * Using {{tl|Plain link}}.<br /> <br /> For example,<br /> &lt;nowiki&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;plainlinks&quot;&gt;[https://&lt;/nowiki&gt;{{SERVERNAME}}&lt;nowiki&gt;/wiki Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/nowiki&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;nowiki&gt;{{Plain link|https://&lt;/nowiki&gt;{{SERVERNAME}}&lt;nowiki&gt;/wiki|Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia}}&lt;/nowiki&gt;<br /> produce {{Plain link|https://{{SERVERNAME}}/wiki|Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia}}.<br /> <br /> Some templates such as {{tl|Querylink}} and {{tl|Oldid}} use plainlinks.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Wikipedia link help]]</div>

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