Template:NoRedirect: Difference between revisions

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Purpose & Usage

This template provides an easy way to link a redirect page without following the redirect.

{{no redirect|page name|label}}

It accepts two unnamed parameters:

1= (required) the name of the page to link.
2= (optional) the text to be displayed. If this is omitted then the input of the first parameter is used.

Examples

Instead of having to copy/paste or type:

[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Silence_of_the_Sea&redirect=no ''The Silence of the Sea'']
- to yield The Silence of the Sea

an editor can type:

''{{No redirect|The Silence of the Sea}}''

or an alias can be used, as in:

''{{-r|The Silence of the Sea}}''

Both of those will take users directly to the same redirect page and display its pagename as a bluelink thus (using the alias): Template:-r.

The second parameter (label) may be useful in discussions on talk pages. For example,

{{-r|The Silence of the Sea|this redirect}}

may appear on a talk page in this context: "For reference, see Template:-r."

If there is no page with that name given by the first parameter, the template generates a redlink as for any article name:

{{-r|Bill Clinton (nickname)}} displays as Template:-r

Also, if a page is not a redirect, a normal link is displayed:

{{-r|Bill Clinton}} displays as Template:-r

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-{{{{{|safesubst:}}}#if: {{{{{|safesubst:}}}#invoke:Redirect|isRedirect|{{{1}}}}}
+<includeonly>{{{{{|safesubst:}}}#if: {{{{{|safesubst:}}}#invoke:Redirect|isRedirect|{{{1}}}}}
 | <span class="plainlinks">[{{{{{|safesubst:}}}fullurl:{{{1}}}|redirect=no}} {{{2|{{{1}}}}}}]</span>
 | {{{{{|safesubst:}}}#if:{{{2|}}}|[[:{{{{{|safesubst:}}}FULLPAGENAME:{{{1}}}}}|{{{2}}}]]|[[:{{{{{|safesubst:}}}FULLPAGENAME:{{{1}}}}}]]}}
-}}<noinclude>
+}}</includeonly><noinclude>[[Category:Helper Templates]]
+== Purpose & Usage ==
+This template provides an easy way to link a redirect page without following the redirect.
+<pre>{{no redirect|page name|label}}</pre>
+It accepts two unnamed parameters:
+* 1= (required) the name of the page to link.
+* 2= (optional) the text to be displayed. If this is omitted then the input of the first parameter is used.
+== Examples ==
+Instead of having to copy/paste or type:
+* <code><nowiki>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Silence_of_the_Sea&redirect=no ''The Silence of the Sea'']</nowiki></code>
+** to yield [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Silence_of_the_Sea&redirect=no ''The Silence of the Sea'']
+an editor can type:
+* <code><nowiki>''{{No redirect|The Silence of the Sea}}''</nowiki></code>
+or an '''<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:No_redirect&hidelinks=1&hidetrans=1 alias]</span>''' can be used, as in:
+* <code><nowiki>''{{-r|The Silence of the Sea}}''</nowiki></code>
+Both of those will take users ''directly'' to the same redirect page and display its pagename as a bluelink thus (using the alias): ''{{-r|The Silence of the Sea}}''.
+The second parameter (label) may be useful in discussions on talk pages. For example,
+* <code><nowiki>{{-r|The Silence of the Sea|this redirect}}</nowiki></code>
+may appear on a talk page in this context: "For reference, see {{-r|The Silence of the Sea|this redirect}}."
+If there is no page with that name given by the first parameter, the template generates a redlink as for any article name:
+* <code><nowiki>{{-r|Bill Clinton (nickname)}}</nowiki></code> displays as {{-r|Bill Clinton (nickname)}}
+Also, if a page is not a redirect, a normal link is displayed:
+* <code><nowiki>{{-r|Bill Clinton}}</nowiki></code> displays as {{-r|Bill Clinton}}
 </noinclude>