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Template:Userlinks

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[[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User_talk:{{{1}}}|t]] [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|c]] f)

Documentation for the above template (sometimes hidden from view).

Usage

This template provides a way to link to a userpage and display just the username, like Example. This may not save much typing for a short username like "Example", but it may be more useful with long usernames such as Guywhositsbehindphilip12. This template is commonly used to ping a user to a discussion. However, please read the notifications section below, if you need to notify the user.

The second parameter is used for the community forum profile link, which much be included manually.

Example

{{user links|Andytizer|1-andytizer}}

or the shortcut form

{{u|Andytizer|1-andytizer}}

gives

Andytizer (t c f)


Alternative

The desired result can also be achieved using the pipe trick feature of the MediaWiki software. For example, the wikitext

[[User:Example|]]

gives

Example

Notifications

As with other templates that create a link to a user page, the linked-to user may be notified under certain circumstances: it happens whenever the conditions described at Notifications are met. These conditions include the addition of one or more new lines of text, one (or more) of which contains the link, and one of which is signed in the same edit.

See also