Template:Link/Desc/Doc

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

Page 

the page to link to

RevisionID 

(optional) The revision to link to. This is used to link to an old version of an existing page. Revision ID's can be found on the "history" tab of the page in question, as "oldid". Revision ID's are unique across all pages, so the Revision ID also specifies the Page. If the Revision ID is provided, the Page does not need to be specified unless it is to provide the link text.

PageNum 

(optional) if Page is a file that supports multiple internal pages, this parameter will link to the specified internal page

Text 

(optional) the text to display as the link

Desc 

(optional) the text to display as the link if the page does not have a 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/Desc| is that, the page itself may specify a description using Template:desc, etc. (Using the Property:Page description.) 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}} 

Using RevisionID:

You type...	You get...
{{Link/Desc|RevisionID=1}}	link
{{Link/Desc|Main Page|RevisionID=1}}	Main Page
{{Link/Desc|Main Page|main|RevisionID=1}}	main

Using PageNum:

{{Link/Desc|Main Page|PageNum=2}} 

Implementation

Helper templates:

• Template:Link/Desc/Text
• Template:Link/Desc/Core
• Template:Link/Desc/CoreText

Icons:

• Image:Calendar-miniscule-icon.png