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:<code><nowiki>{{w|London (band)|London}}</nowiki></code> renders {{w|London (band)|London}}
:<code><nowiki>{{w|London (band)|London}}</nowiki></code> renders {{w|London (band)|London}}
==Note for editors from other wikis==
==Note for editors from other wikis==
Other wikis use something similar to this template.  [[memoryalpha:Memory Alpha|Memory Alpha]], for instance uses a template with exactly the same name.  However, our {{tl|w}} is a bit different to [[memoryalpha:template:w]], in that it defaults to the name of the page if you don't add your own variable name.  In essence, Memory Alpha use {{tl|w}} to do not only what this one does, but also what {{tl|wikipediainfo}} does. The default value of the second variable in this template is the value of first template.  That's why :<code><nowiki>{{w|London}}</nowiki></code> renders {{w|London}}, because it's actually delivering the following code: <code><nowiki>[[wikipedia:London|London]]</nowiki></code>  In other iterations of this template around Wikia, it might instead be delivering ''this'' code: :<code><nowiki>[[wikipedia:London|{{PAGENAME}}]]</code>, which is sometimes a very different thing.
Other wikis use something similar to this template.  [[memoryalpha:Memory Alpha|Memory Alpha]], for instance uses a template with exactly the same name.  However, our {{tl|w}} is a bit different to [[memoryalpha:template:w]], in that it defaults to the name of the page if you don't add your own variable name.  In essence, Memory Alpha use {{tl|w}} to do not only what this one does, but also what {{tl|wikipediainfo}} does. The default value of the second variable in this template is the value of first template.  That's why :<code><nowiki>{{w|London}}</nowiki></code> renders {{w|London}}, because it's actually delivering the following code: <code><nowiki>[[wikipedia:London|London]]</nowiki></code>  In other iterations of this template around Wikia, it might instead be delivering ''this'' code: <code><nowiki>[[wikipedia:London|{{PAGENAME}}]]</code>, which is sometimes a very different thing.

Revision as of 21:58, 12 January 2012

{{w}} is a handly little shortcut that equates the following markup:

[[wikipedia:article name]] --> {{w|article name}}

Usage

{{w}} incorporates one kind of pipe trick. As long as the wikipedia article is not disambiguated, then it will automatically get rid of the prepending "wikipedia:". Hence,

{{w|London}} results in London.

However, if the wikipedia title is disambiguated, you must type a little more. For instance,

{{w|London (band)}} renders London (band)
but
{{w|London (band)|London}} renders London

Note for editors from other wikis

Other wikis use something similar to this template. Memory Alpha, for instance uses a template with exactly the same name. However, our {{w}} is a bit different to memoryalpha:template:w, in that it defaults to the name of the page if you don't add your own variable name. In essence, Memory Alpha use {{w}} to do not only what this one does, but also what {{wikipediainfo}} does. The default value of the second variable in this template is the value of first template. That's why :{{w|London}} renders London, because it's actually delivering the following code: [[wikipedia:London|London]] In other iterations of this template around Wikia, it might instead be delivering this code: <nowiki>W/doc, which is sometimes a very different thing.