Template:Link/Desc/Doc

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The template {{Link/Desc|Page|Text|Desc=description}} is used to create a link to a page.

Page 

the page to link to

Text 

(optional) the text to display as the link

Desc 

(optional) the text to display as the link if the page does not description and Text is not supplied. There is no point to specifying both Text and Desc.

This template's purpose is very similar to creating links with double square brackets. The benefit of using {{link| is that, the page itself may specify a description using Template:desc, etc. That description can be displayed as the link text. Just like with double square brackets, if you have preferred text for the link, you can provide it. While Text is higher priority than the page's own description, Desc is lower priority.

For illustration purpose, the following demonstration pages have been set up:

• "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/Desc|Demo/Page with description}} 

{{Link/Desc|Demo/Page without description}} 

{{Link/Desc|Demo/Page with description|this page}} 

{{Link/Desc|Demo/Page without description|this page}} 

Here's how it would work if you had used square brackets instead. (The difference between this table and the previous one is only in the first case.)

[[Demo/Page with description]] 

[[Demo/Page without description]] 

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

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

Using Desc:

{{Link/Desc|Demo/Page with description|Desc=this page}} 

{{Link/Desc|Demo/Page without description|Desc=this page}} 

{{Link/Desc|Demo/Page with description|That Page|Desc=this page}} 

{{Link/Desc|Demo/Page without description|That Page|Desc=this page}} 

Implementation

Helper templates:

• Template:Link/Desc/Text