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2026-08-05T04:58:59Z

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← Older revision		Revision as of 04:58, 5 August 2026
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	<~~span class="plainlinks"~~>[{{{l}}}]~~</span><noinclude>~~		<!-- Mirrored from Homestar Runner Wiki (hrwiki.org) via Wayback Machine -->
			[{{{l}}}]

	Formats a link by removing the external link image (~~http://www.hrwiki.org/skins/monobook/external.png~~).		Formats a link by removing the external link image ().

	'''Usage:'''		'''Usage:'''

	Replace the regular link code:<br/>		Replace the regular link code:<br />
	~~<code>~~ [''external link code'']~~</code>~~		[''external link code'']

	With the template code:<br/>		With the template code:<br />
	~~<code> <nowiki>~~{{~~</nowiki>~~p\|l=''external link code''}} ~~</code>~~		{{p\|l=''external link code''}}

	'''Examples:'''		'''Examples:'''

	~~<code> <nowiki>~~{{p\|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:plainlinks&action=history}}~~</nowiki> </code>~~<br/>		{{p\|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:plainlinks&action=history}} <br />
	Becomes: ~~{{p\|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=~~Template:plainlinks~~&action=history}}~~<br/>		Becomes: [[Template:plainlinks\|(1)]]<br />

	~~<code> <nowiki>~~{{p\|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:plainlinks&action=history See this template's history page.}}~~</nowiki> </code>~~<br/>		{{p\|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:plainlinks&action=history See this template's history page.}} <br />
	Becomes: ~~{{p\|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=~~Template:plainlinks~~&action=history~~ See this template's history page.}}<br/>		Becomes: [[Template:plainlinks\|See this template's history page.]]<br />
			[[Category:Simple Formatting Templates]]
			[[Category:Internal link templates]]

	~~[[Category:Simple Formatting Templates\|{{PAGENAME}}]]~~
	~~[[Category:Internal link templates\|{{PAGENAME}}]]~~
	~~</noinclude>~~

Admin at 13:09, 27 July 2026

2026-07-27T13:09:14Z

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-==Implicit parameter version==
+<span class="plainlinks">[{{{l}}}]</span><noinclude>
-I'm not sure why my version was reverted. This way, if you type <nowiki>{{p|l=http://www.homestarrunner.com}} or {{p|http://www.homestarrunner.com}}</nowiki>, it would still work either way. I'm not sure what's confusing about that. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 22:54, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
-:That may work for that particular URL, but any URL that has an equals sign in it would completely break the template if passed that way. For example, <nowiki>{{p|https://google.com/search?q=Homestar+Runner}}</nowiki> would end up being parsed as having been passed a parameter named "<nowiki>https://google.com/search?q</nowiki>" with the value of "Homestar+Runner", rather than taking the entire link as the "1" parameter as you seem to expect that it would. Of course, since "<nowiki>https://google.com/search?q</nowiki>" is not a parameter that this template expects, it would end up doing nothing, and the template itself would show gibberish rather than the expected link. Given how many links on the modern web involve query parameters, there are probably more links that would break the template if used in this manner than there are links that would not. (I know that for myself, the vast majority of times I have used this template were to link to a particular page revision on this wiki, which most definitely contain equals signs.) Given that the difference between URLs that will work and URLs that will break is subtle, technical, and not immediately obvious, it would be a bad idea to allow an alternate form that only works sometimes. Imagine someone who is familiar with the implicit form suddenly getting no link out of the template at all and having no idea why it's not working nor how to fix it, because they don't know this thing about the equals signs. All in all, it's better for everyone if we require those two extra characters ("l=") whenever this template is in use. Hope that clears it up for you. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 11:47, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
+Formats a link by removing the external link image (http://www.hrwiki.org/skins/monobook/external.png).
-::Okay. Thanks! {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 14:38, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

Admin at 13:08, 27 July 2026

2026-07-27T13:08:58Z

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-<!-- Wayback HTML body (hrwiki.org); RawHtml -->
+==Implicit parameter version==
-<html>
+I'm not sure why my version was reverted. This way, if you type <nowiki>{{p|l=http://www.homestarrunner.com}} or {{p|http://www.homestarrunner.com}}</nowiki>, it would still work either way. I'm not sure what's confusing about that. {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 22:54, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
-<p><span class="plainlinks">[{{{l}}}]</span>
+:That may work for that particular URL, but any URL that has an equals sign in it would completely break the template if passed that way. For example, <nowiki>{{p|https://google.com/search?q=Homestar+Runner}}</nowiki> would end up being parsed as having been passed a parameter named "<nowiki>https://google.com/search?q</nowiki>" with the value of "Homestar+Runner", rather than taking the entire link as the "1" parameter as you seem to expect that it would. Of course, since "<nowiki>https://google.com/search?q</nowiki>" is not a parameter that this template expects, it would end up doing nothing, and the template itself would show gibberish rather than the expected link. Given how many links on the modern web involve query parameters, there are probably more links that would break the template if used in this manner than there are links that would not. (I know that for myself, the vast majority of times I have used this template were to link to a particular page revision on this wiki, which most definitely contain equals signs.) Given that the difference between URLs that will work and URLs that will break is subtle, technical, and not immediately obvious, it would be a bad idea to allow an alternate form that only works sometimes. Imagine someone who is familiar with the implicit form suddenly getting no link out of the template at all and having no idea why it's not working nor how to fix it, because they don't know this thing about the equals signs. All in all, it's better for everyone if we require those two extra characters ("l=") whenever this template is in use. Hope that clears it up for you. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 11:47, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
-</p><p>Formats a link by removing the external link image (<img alt="external.png" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/skins/monobook/external.png"/>).
+::Okay. Thanks! {{User:Gfdgsgxgzgdrc/sig‎}} 14:38, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

imported>HRWikiMirrorBot: Reimported from hrwiki.org Wayback HTML→wikitext (full reconvert)

2026-07-18T21:00:57Z

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-<!-- Mirrored from Homestar Runner Wiki (hrwiki.org) via Wayback Machine -->
+<!-- Wayback HTML body (hrwiki.org); RawHtml -->
-[{{{l}}}]
+<html>
-Replace the regular link code:<br />
-     [''external link code'']
+<div class="visualClear"></div>
+</html>

imported>HRWikiMirrorBot: Reimported from hrwiki.org Wayback HTML→wikitext (full reconvert)

2026-07-18T17:00:33Z

Reimported from hrwiki.org Wayback HTML→wikitext (full reconvert)

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[{{{l}}}]

Formats a link by removing the external link image ().

'''Usage:'''

Replace the regular link code: 
[''external link code'']

With the template code: 
{{p|l=''external link code''}}

'''Examples:'''

{{p|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:plainlinks&action=history}} 
Becomes: [[Template:plainlinks|(1)]] 

{{p|l=http://hrwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:plainlinks&action=history See this template's history page.}} 
Becomes: [[Template:plainlinks|See this template's history page.]] 
[[Category:Simple Formatting Templates]]
[[Category:Internal link templates]]