Help:Plainlinks

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A plainlink is a link external to en.wikipedia.org, but in this case not followed by an external link icon. It is used for links internal to en.wikipedia.org which require special URL parameters and therefore cannot be reached by wikilinks.

Making a plainlink[edit]

The arrow icon can be suppressed by:

  • Placing the external link syntax between <span class="plainlinks">...</span> tags.
  • Using {{Plain link}}.

For example,

<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]</span>
{{Plain link|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki|Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia}}

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Some templates such as {{Querylink}} and {{Oldid}} use plainlinks.