Template:W
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This template is designed to create in-line references to Wikipedia pages.
Usage
To use this template, place {{w|<page>}} in an entry where "<page>" is an article on Wikipedia.
For example,
S: Our guest tonight is {{w|James Randi}}.
will produce
- S: Our guest tonight is James Randi.
To change the displayed text of the link, use a third parameter. For example,
{{w|John Rennie (editor)|John Rennie}}.
will produce
It is not necessary to "escape" special characters such as "()#" or replace spaces with underscores ("_").
Note that you can produce a link to Wikipedia's main page by using the format
{{w||Wikipedia}}
producing