This template is used to provide courtesy Wikipedia links on talk pages. While it can also be used to display external links, substituting ((Courtesy external)) is preferred instead to get rid of the extra brackets.
((Courtesy link|pagetitle))
((Courtesy link|pagetitle|prefix))
((Courtesy link|pagetitle|linktext=text to display))
There are two positional parameters, and one named parameter.
1
– Provides link to the intended page (required; no default)2
– Changes the prefix text to the value of parameter 2. (optional; default: "Courtesy link:")linktext
– Generates a piped link where the link target is given in param 1, and the link label is given in linktext
.((Courtesy link|Egg))
⟶ Courtesy link: Egg((Courtesy link|Egg#History))
⟶ Courtesy link: Egg § History((Courtesy link|Egg|Details here:))
⟶ Details here: Egg((courtesy link|Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 165#New User|linktext=WP:VPP/Archive 165#New User))
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((Courtesy link|Special:Permalink/1010228769#New_User|Courtesy permalink:|linktext=VPP rev. 1010228769))
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