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'''{{tl|wikipediainfo}}''' is a template which provides a small graphical link to a Wikipedia article on the same topic as the page one is editing.  In general, it is called by simply typing {{tl|wikipediainfo}} on the page.  However, editors should always remember to actually click the resulting Wikipedia link to ensure that a proper link has been made.   

{{tl|Wikipediainfo}} '''should never be used on real world pages'''.  It is meant for in-universe pages '''only'''.   

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 DWU 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.

Sometimes, the name of our articles are not precisely the same as those on Wikipedia.  A proper link can be established by forcing a different spelling, so as to match an article name.  For instance, we have an article called "[[football]]" on this wiki.  If we were just to type

<pre>

<pre>{{wikipediainfo|association football}}</pre>

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:

<pre>{{wikipediainfo|association football|football}}</pre>

This coding has been retained, but it now does nothing.