Template:U/doc

Usage

This template provides a way to link to a userpage and display just the username, like Template:Code2. This may not help much for a short username like "Example", but it can be more useful with long usernames such as Template:Code2.

Example

{{user link|Example}}

or the shortcut form

{{u|Example}}

gives

Example

The template's second parameter, which is optional, takes the link's label; for example, a link to the long username used above can be shortened while viewing the text like this:

{{u|Guywhositsbehindphilip12|Guy}}

which gives

Guy

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

TemplateData

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TemplateData for U

No description.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
user name	1	no description	User	optional
user name different from text	2	no description	Unknown	optional

See also

• en:Help:Magic
• Template:ping