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(optional) Link text displayed on the page. The template can also take any of three optional named parameters: (optional) |noicon= Set (to anything, e.g. |noicon=on) to suppress the appearance of the external-link icon "" (File:Icon External Link.svg) after the link.
The template {} inserts one or more invisible anchor names (HTML fragment identifiers) in a page. The basic format is {{anchor|Anchor name}}. To link to an anchor from within the same page, use [[#Anchor name|display text]]. To link to an anchor from another page, use [[Article name#Anchor name|display text]].
Creates a Google search link for the supplied term. By default, the search link is for the name of the page it is put on, if no term is provided. It is strongly recommended (but not required) that you SUBST: this template.
Once you have made the template—for example Template:foo—you can add {{foo}} to the pages that you want to use it on. Every page using this template uses the same boilerplate text each time that a user visits it. When the template is updated, all pages containing the template tag are automatically updated.
This template is used on approximately 973,000 pages, or roughly 2% of all pages. To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage.
As a general rule, it is preferable, particularly in cases where a section has a large number of backlinks, to use {{subst:Anchor}} in the HTML element of the header. To link to a section within the same article, one can simply prefix the name of the section header with the pound sign ("#") nested in square brackets, for example ("#"):
This template should always be substituted by prefixing "subst:" inside the template code. Thus use {{subst:Linking}} rather than {{Linking}}. You can indent the template, by typing :{{subst:Linking}}. The template does not include automatic signing. Please remember to sign by typing four tildes (~~~~) after the template syntax.
Your search term(s) (optional.) If this parameter is empty, clicking on the resulting link generates a Google search form with an initially blank input field, ready to search the English Wikipedia. Link text to display on your wiki page (optional). If this parameter is empty, the template displays a link, with the link text: If you specified a ...