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|4d=<!-- +/- to precede the user name with the namespace <code> | |4d= <!-- +/- to precede the user name with the namespace <code>{{ns:2}}:</code> | ||
:'''+''' ("plus" sign) to make <tt>User:</tt> a part of the link, | :'''+''' ("plus" sign) to make <tt>User:</tt> a part of the link, | ||
:'''-''' ("minus" sign) to precede <tt>User:</tt> as a plain text | :'''-''' ("minus" sign) to precede <tt>User:</tt> as a plain text;<br> | ||
The +/- parameter can as well be specified with parameter 2 or 3 --> | (if ''both'' signs are specified, "+" is used and "-" is ignored)<br> | ||
The +/- parameter can as well be specified with parameter 2 or 3. --> | |||
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Revision as of 18:07, 9 January 2018
Link to a user, either internal or interwiki
Usage
{{U |1= |2= }}
Many editors have only a User Talk page but no User page on Commons. This results in a red link when the user is mentioned using a standard {{user|UserName}} template
.
An easy edit to fix this link is to just change the {{U| to {{Ut| to link the user talk page with the user name.
Another reason for a redlink may result of changing the user name by the postfix "~commonswiki".
An easy edit to fix this link is to just change it to {{Uw| to link to the new user page with the user name.
Sometimes neither user page nor the user talk page exist on Commons.
- The template {{Uc}} checks whether the user page exists, and links to it if yes.
- Otherwise it checks whether the user talk page exists, and links to it if yes.
- Otherwise it links to the special page "user contributions" that lists the editor's contributions on Commons.
- Otherwise it checks whether the user talk page exists, and links to it if yes.
- If the other pages are created later, it automatically prefers the talk page over the user page.
- Since existence checks are not possible in other Wikipedias, these checks are performed only when no language code is specified.
Template parameters
| Parameter | Description | Default | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | user name: it is recommended to define the user name. If absent, the name is shown of the last editing user | empty | optional | |
2 | nick name: display text, may be formatted | empty | optional | |
3 | language code: for interwiki link. If absent, link to user entry in the Commons | empty | optional | |
4 | empty | optional | ||
Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: all namespaces
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users
Localization
This template is not intended to be localized.
{{Commons:Link templates/User and user talk links}}