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{{Wikipedia how to}}
{{Linking and page manipulation|linking and diffs}}
A '''plainlink''' is a link external to {{SERVERNAME}}, but in this case ''not'' 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.
== Making a plainlink ==
The arrow icon can be suppressed by:
* Placing the external link syntax between {{tag|span|params=class="plainlinks"}} tags.
* Using {{tl|Plain link}}.
For example,
<nowiki><span class="plainlinks">[https://</nowiki>{{SERVERNAME}}<nowiki>/wiki Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]</span></nowiki>
<nowiki>{{Plain link|https://</nowiki>{{SERVERNAME}}<nowiki>/wiki|Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia}}</nowiki>
produce {{Plain link|https://{{SERVERNAME}}/wiki|Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia}}.
Some templates such as {{tl|Querylink}} and {{tl|Oldid}} use plainlinks.
[[Category:Wikipedia link help]]
{{Linking and page manipulation|linking and diffs}}
A '''plainlink''' is a link external to {{SERVERNAME}}, but in this case ''not'' 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.
== Making a plainlink ==
The arrow icon can be suppressed by:
* Placing the external link syntax between {{tag|span|params=class="plainlinks"}} tags.
* Using {{tl|Plain link}}.
For example,
<nowiki><span class="plainlinks">[https://</nowiki>{{SERVERNAME}}<nowiki>/wiki Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]</span></nowiki>
<nowiki>{{Plain link|https://</nowiki>{{SERVERNAME}}<nowiki>/wiki|Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia}}</nowiki>
produce {{Plain link|https://{{SERVERNAME}}/wiki|Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia}}.
Some templates such as {{tl|Querylink}} and {{tl|Oldid}} use plainlinks.
[[Category:Wikipedia link help]]