Template:Delink/doc

This template removes links from wikitext. It de-links wikilinks and URL links, removes HTML comments, and normalizes whitespace. It handles most wikitext correctly, including category links, the colon trick, the pipe trick (both normal and reverse), nested wikilinks, and invalid link characters.

Usage

Basic

{{Delink|text}}

Full syntax

{{Delink
 | 1          =
 | wikilinks  = no
 | urls       = no
 | comments   = no
 | whitespace = no
 | refs       = yes
}}

Parameters

• |1= the text to be de-linked
• |wikilinks=
  • if set to no, n, false, or 0, wikilinks are not de-linked
  • if set to target, wikilinks are reduced to the target portion of a wikilink instead of the label, as in [[<target>|<label>]] → <target>
• |urls= if set to no, n, false, or 0, URL links (wrapped in single, not paired, square brackets) are not de-linked
• |comments= if set to no, n, false, or 0, HTML comments are not removed
• |whitespace= if set to no, n, false, or 0, whitespace is not normalized. The normalization makes the whitespace of the resulting text look as if it had been put through the MediaWiki parser. For example, single newlines are converted to a single space, but double newlines are left alone.
• |refs= (experimental) if set to yes, y, true, or 1, inline HTML references are removed. This is not recommended as only the ^[1], ^[2], etc. markers will be removed - the references themselves will still appear at the end of the page. There is no known workaround for this problem as of April 2014.

Examples

Wikitext markup	Renders as
{{Delink|[[Foo]]}}	Foo
{{Delink|[[Foo|Bar]]}}	Bar
{{Delink|[[Foo|Bar]]}}	Foo
{{Delink|[[Foo]], [[bar]], and [[baz]].}}	Foo, bar, and baz.
{{Delink|I visited [https://www.example.com example.com].}}	I visited example.com.

Errant use

Wikitext markup	Renders as
{{Delink|Foo}}	Foo
{{Delink|https://www.example.com}}	https://www.example.com

TemplateData

Strip link syntax from wikicode input

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Input	1	The wikitext to strip link syntax from	Unbalanced wikitext	required
Wikilink handling	wikilinks	Modify the wikilink stripping style to output targets rather than labels, or no to strip them at all Suggested values target no n false 0 Default yes	Line	suggested
URL handling	urls	Disable stripping wikilink syntax from around external links (wrapped in single square brackets rather than a pair at each end) Default yes	Boolean	optional
Comment handling	comments	Disable striping wikilink syntax from around HTML comments (between <!-- and -->) Default yes	Boolean	optional
Normalize whitespace	whitespace	Disable whitespace normalization performed by default to template input Default yes	Boolean	optional
Strip references	refs	Activate the stripping of HTML ref tags used for inline citations (experimental) Default no Example yes Auto value yes	Boolean	optional