Template:Link/Doc

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This template is used to create a link to a page.

It's purpose is very similar to creating links with double square brackets.

The benefit of using {{link| is that if a description is not provided the link defaults to the description the page provides by using Template:desc, etc.

Just like with double square brackets, if you have preferred text for the link, you can provide it.

For illustration, suppose we have two pages:

• "Demo/Page with description" uses Template:desc to define a description.
• "Demo/Page without description" doesn't use Template:desc and doesn't have a description.

{{link|Demo/Page with description}} 

{{link|Demo/Page without description}} 

{{link|Demo/Page with description|this page}} 

{{link|Demo/Page without description|this page}} 

Here's how it would work if you had used square brackets instead:

[[Demo/Page with description]] 

[[Demo/Page without description]] 

[[Demo/Page with description|this page]] 

[[Demo/Page without description|this page]] 

The difference is only in the first case.