Template:Plain link

[{{{url}}} ]</includeonly> [{{{url}}} ]

This template will allow you to create a local or interwiki link (such as a link to the history of a page) on a page without having the External icon follow the link. This can be used, for example, when internal or interwiki links appear as external links.

Caution

When you link to a Wikipedia or other Wikimedia project URL, omit the preceeding "http:", or "https:", so that the URL begins with "//". This allows users to use the protocol they're using currently.

Examples

• {{Plainlink|url=//www.wikipedia.org}} gives Template:Plainlink
• {{Plainlink|//www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia}} gives Template:Plainlink
• {{Plainlink|//www.wikipedia.org | Wikipedia}} gives Template:Plainlink

Note that if your url or link title contains an equals sign = you must use named parameters:

• {{Plainlink|url=//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Equals_sign&oldid=282228764 | name="=" }}