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'''Template:Memory Alpha''' displays an external link to an article at [[Memory Alpha]] (a [[Star Trek]] wiki).

== Usage ==
No parameters (uses the Wikipedia article title as the ID string for [[URL]] and as the [[link text]]):
: <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>Memory Alpha}}</code>

One parameter (uses 1st parameter as the ID string for URL and as the link text):
: <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>Memory Alpha | ''ID'' }}</code>

Two parameters (uses 1st parameter as ID string for URL and 2nd parameter as the link text):
: <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>Memory Alpha | ''ID'' | ''NAME'' }}</code>

== Template data ==
{{TemplateDataHeader}}
<templatedata>
{
"description": "This template displays an external link to an article at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki).",
"params": {
"1": {
"label": "ID",
"description": "ID string used in the URL. If not specified it defaults to the article's {{PAGENAME}}, without disambiguation.",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"2": {
"label": "Name",
"description": "Name displayed in the link text. If not specified it defaults to the value of the ID parameter (if the ID is specified, it defaults to the article's {{PAGENAME}}, without disambiguation).",
"type": "string",
"required": false
}
}
}
</templatedata>

== Examples ==

=== No parameters ===
The following example shows a link using the Wikipedia article title in the URL:
: <code><nowiki>http://</nowiki>memory-alpha.org/wiki/{{hilite|Memory_Alpha}}</code>

Usage:
: <code><nowiki>{{ Memory Alpha }}</nowiki></code>
Results:
: {{ Memory Alpha }}

=== One parameter ===
The following example shows a link to the Memory Alpha page for [[Borg]]:
: <code><nowiki>http://</nowiki>memory-alpha.org/wiki/{{hilite|Borg}}</code>

Usage:
: <code><nowiki>{{Memory Alpha | Borg }}</nowiki></code>
Results:
: {{Memory Alpha | Borg }}

=== Two parameters ===
The following example shows a link to the Memory Alpha page for [[The Cage (Star Trek: The Original Series)|"The Cage" (''Star Trek: The Original Series'')]]:
: <code><nowiki>http://</nowiki>memory-alpha.org/wiki/{{hilite|The_Cage_(episode)}}</code>

Usage:
: <code><nowiki>{{Memory Alpha | The Cage (episode) | "The Cage" }}</nowiki></code>
Results:
: {{Memory Alpha | The Cage (episode) | "The Cage" }}

== See also ==
* [[Template:StarTrek.com]]

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Wikipedia>Anomalocaris: get rid of the freaking bombast! Instead of an inscrutable and buggy cascade of escaping with {{NAMESPACE}}, {{BASEPAGENAME}}, {{!}}, {{((}}, use the actual markup bracketed with ...