Template:User link/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:User link.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Shortcut

{{U}}

Usage change

This template provides a way to link to a userpage and display just the username, like [[User:Example|Example]]. This may not help much for a short username like "Example", but it can be more useful with long usernames such as [[User:Guywh0sitsbehindphilip12|Guywh0sitsbehindphilip12]].

Example change

{{user|Example}}

or the shortcut form

{{u|Example}}

gives

Example

Alternative change

The desired result can also be achieved using the pipe trick feature of the MediaWiki software. For example, the wikitext

[[User:Example|]]

gives

Example