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→The "pipe trick"
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====When you might not want to do the pipe trick==== | ====When you might not want to do the pipe trick==== | ||
If the actual name of a thing includes a parenthetical, you wouldn't want to do a pipetrick. For instance, the show ''Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)'', which actually has several ''Doctor Who'' cast and crew connections, wouldn't be a good candidate for a pipe trick, because it would resolve to just ''Randall & Hopkirk'', which isn't the full name of the show. So to get a proper Wikipedia link, you have to go the long way: '''<nowiki>[[wikipedia:Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)|Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)]]</nowiki>'''. | If the actual name of a thing includes a parenthetical, you wouldn't want to do a pipetrick. For instance, the show ''Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)'', which actually has several ''Doctor Who'' cast and crew connections, wouldn't be a good candidate for a pipe trick, because it would resolve to just ''Randall & Hopkirk'', which isn't the full name of the show. So to get a proper Wikipedia link, you have to go the long way: '''<nowiki>[[wikipedia:Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)|Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)]]</nowiki>'''. | ||
====When the pipe trick doesn't work==== | |||
There are instances when the pipe trick doesn't work, and you have to revert to the "long way". The most common area in which it fails is when trying to make a link within a '''<nowiki><ref></nowiki>''' tag. The other major area is when placed within using a variable within a parser function. This last case is really of concern only to advanced users. | |||
===The "slash trick"=== | ===The "slash trick"=== | ||