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This template is used to construct wikitext links to files. It is primarily useful for templates that use complicated logic to make file links. Simple file links should be made with wikitext markup directly, as it uses less resources than this template.
This template can take any number of unnamed parameters as parameters accompanying the template link (or name); see Examples below. Examples Use the displayed value in the code column, not the underlying source code.
This formats an example wikilink to show how it would be entered in wiki markup. The first parameter is the link destination. E.g. {{elc|Cookie}} renders as [[Cookie]], the wiki markup for the wikilink Cookie.
This template can take any number of unnamed parameters as parameters accompanying the template link (or name); see Examples below. Examples Use the displayed value in the code column, not the underlying source code.
You can link to one image from a thumbnail's small double-rectangle icon , but display another image using "|thumb=Displayed image name". This is intended for the rare cases when the Wikipedia software that reduces images to thumbnails does a poor job, and you want to provide your own thumbnail.
This template can take any number of unnamed parameters as parameters accompanying the template link (or name); see Examples below. Examples Use the displayed value in the code column, not the underlying source code.
If the link is not to an HTML or PDF file (the latter is identified automatically by the software with an icon like this: ), identify the file type. Useful templates are available: {}, {}. If a browser plugin is required to view the file, mention that as well. If a link is to a PDF file but doesn't end with .pdf, you can put a #.pdf at the end ...
Using the |link= option with the [[File:...]] syntax. Using the <imagemap>...</imagemap> syntax, provided by the ImageMap extension. The |link= syntax is easier to use and can create simple images that the imagemap syntax cannot, but it can only be used with plain pictures; it cannot be used with thumb images.