Template:Formatted link/doc

Usage

This template creates a wikilink with formatted text to an article whose title cannot have that formatting due to MediaWiki limitations.

For instance, when editing articles linking to [[Student's t-test|Student's t-test]], manually formatting the link usually looks like

[[Student's t-test|Student's {{itco|{{mvar|t}}}}-test]]

where {{mvar}} is used to produce an italicized math-font variable-name style, and {{itco}} uses CSS to provide slight kerning space after italics.

As a meta-template

This template is mostly useful as a meta-template, in order to define convenience templates for simple text-replacement for editors.

Compare the above example to using this template: {{Formatted link|Student's {{itco|{{mvar|t}}}}}}. While that is a minimal benefit, using this as a meta-template to define a more convenient template:

Example convenience template usage	Result
{{Student's t-test|link=y}}	[[Student's t-test|Student's t-test]]
{{Student's t-test|link=n}}	Student's t-test
{{Student's t-test}}	Student's t-test

Link default

By default, this template generates a link. The |link= parameter can override this.

When using this as a meta-template to define a convenience template, declare the default link/nolink behavior as such:

Link default	Syntax
Yes	{{Formatted link|formatted text|link={{{link|y}}}}}
No	{{Formatted link|formatted text|link={{{link|n}}}}}