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It is not a substitute for writing an article of our own. We certainly don't want to link to [[wikipedia:The Dalek Invasion of Earth]] or [[wikipedia:Verity Lambert]], and thereby lose our readers to wikipedia just because we haven't yet written our article as completely as we could. | It is not a substitute for writing an article of our own. We certainly don't want to link to [[wikipedia:The Dalek Invasion of Earth]] or [[wikipedia:Verity Lambert]], and thereby lose our readers to wikipedia just because we haven't yet written our article as completely as we could. | ||
Rather, it is a way to give our readers an easy link to real world information about a topic ''within the DWU''. This allows curious readers to easily compare the real world subject with the way it was handled in the DWU. For instance [[Marco Polo]]'s biographical details in the | Rather, it is a way to give our readers an easy link to real world information about a topic ''within the DWU''. This allows curious readers to easily compare the real world subject with the way it was handled in the DWU. For instance [[Marco Polo]]'s biographical details in the real world are substantively different than they are in the DWU. Moreover, there are many cases in the DWU where a real world subject, like ''[[Great Expectations]]'' or [[Bruce Springsteen]], is only mentioned in passing. We therefore don't have enough information from valid sources to write more than a few sentences. {{tl|wikipediainfo}} gives us a way to write about '''only''' what is covered in the DWU, but still give our readers quick access to the subject. | ||
== Error correction == | == Error correction == | ||
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<pre>{{wikipediainfo|association football}}</pre> | <pre>{{wikipediainfo|association football}}</pre> | ||
== Template classification == | |||
This template is deliberately classified as "unknown" so that it will show up on a variety of devices, including phones. This is different from the policy used for the similar-looking stub tags, which we class as "notice" templates. | |||
== Deprecated variable == | == Deprecated variable == | ||
It used to be that this template provided a text link to Wikipedia, which highlighted the name of the article. It was possible to alter the name of that highlighted link by adding a third variable. To follow on with our above example: | It used to be that this template provided a text link to Wikipedia, which highlighted the name of the article. It was possible to alter the name of that highlighted link by adding a third variable. To follow on with our above example: | ||
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This coding has been retained, but it now does nothing. | This coding has been retained, but it now does nothing. | ||
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