Wikipedia>Hike395: /* TemplateData */ another suggested value

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TemplateData: another suggested value

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{{Lua|Module:Link if exists}}

== Usage ==

===Positional parameters===
;1: Title of page to link to. Wikilinked if an article exists, otherwise unlinked.
;2: (optional) Text to display, defaults to positional parameter 1

===Named parameters===
;nsp: The namespace to try to link to (e.g., {{para|nsp|Category}}). This namespace is not displayed.
;prefix: A string to prefix the link. This prefix is displayed if a link is found.
;color: Color of text if no link is found
;hide_display: If page does not exist and if hide_display is non-empty, do not display anything

===Examples===
# A page which exists: <code><nowiki>{{Link if exists|Japan}}</nowiki></code> → {{Link if exists|Japan}}
# A page which does not exist: <code><nowiki>{{Link if exists|The exciting story of paint drying in a small town in Japan one day in April 1927}}</nowiki></code> → {{Link if exists|The exciting story of paint drying in a small town in Japan one day in April 1927}}
# Another page which exists, prefix specified: <code><nowiki>{{Link if exists|History|prefix=Portal}}</nowiki></code> → {{Link if exists|History|prefix=Portal}}
# A page which does not exist, nsp specified: <code><nowiki>{{Link if exists|Computing in 1066|nsp=Portal}}</nowiki></code> → {{Link if exists|Computing in 1066|nsp=Portal}}
# Use of second positional parameter, page exists: <code><nowiki>{{Link if exists|target|word}}</nowiki></code> → {{Link if exists|target|word}}
# Use of second positional parameter, page does not exist: <code><nowiki>{{Link if exists|agrp|,asmd}}</nowiki></code> → {{Link if exists|agrp|,asmd}}
# Page does not exist, color parameter: <code><nowiki>{{Link if exists|agrp|color=#888}}</nowiki></code> → {{Link if exists|agrp|color=#888}}
# Page does not exist, hide_display parameter: <code><nowiki>{{Link if exists|agrp|hide_display=1}}</nowiki></code> → {{Link if exists|agrp|hide_display=1}}

== See also ==
* {{tl|Link if not current}}
* {{tl|Linked}} – links if not already linked

== TemplateData ==
{{TemplateData header}}
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"1": {
"label": "Title",
"description": "Title of page to link to",
"type": "wiki-page-name",
"required": true
},
"2": {
"label": "Display",
"description": "Text to display",
"type": "string",
"default": "Value of title parameter"
},
"nsp": {
"label": "Namespace",
"description": "The namespace of the title to link to",
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"Template",
"Category",
"Wikipedia"
]
},
"prefix": {
"label": "Prefix",
"description": "String to add a prefix to the title",
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"Template",
"Category",
"Wikipedia"
]
},
"color": {
"label": "Color",
"description": "HTML color of text if no link is displayed",
"type": "string"
},
"hide_display": {
"label": "Hide display",
"description": "If non-empty, hide display string if not existing",
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"description": "Link to a page if it exists, otherwise leave unwikilinked",
"format": "inline"
}
</templatedata>

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