Template:Youtube/doc

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Link to  YouTube website, videos, channels, and more. Please note that this template (for now) isn't used to embed YouTube videos.

Parameters and Examples

Parameter	Description	Example	Preview
No Parameters	Creates a link to YouTube website.	{{youtube}}	YouTube
{{{1}}}	Links to the YouTube videos, and channels, without the name ({{{2}}}) specified.	{{youtube|@Valve}}	@Valve
{{{2}}}	Set the name of the link.	{{youtube|_y9MpNcAitQ|page=watch|Counter-Strike 2 Responsive Smokes}}	Counter-Strike 2 Responsive Smokes
{{{page}}}	Changes the page. Values: Unspecified (default), <watch/video/videos>, playlist. Only specify if the game or app was located somewhere else, otherwise the link will leads to 404 page instead of games/apps page.	{{youtube|_y9MpNcAitQ|page=watch|Video page - CS2 Responsive Smokes}} {{youtube|PLQgyHqypb0gGEWZ0cEPBsGOkzH_ADQML-|page=playlist|Playlists - CL Soundtrack}}	Playlists - Crack-Life Soundtrack
{{{icon}}}	Hide/shows the icon. Values: show (default), hide	{{youtube|icon=hide}}	YouTube

See Also

Cross-wiki link templates

Template	Preview
{{wikipedia}} {{wiki}} {{w}}	Wikipedia
{{cow}}	Combine OverWiki
{{l4dwiki}}	Left 4 Dead Wiki
{{pcgw}}	PCGamingWiki
{{portalwiki}}	Portal Wiki
{{sboxwiki}}	S&Box Wiki
{{tfwiki}}	Team Fortress Wiki
{{twhl}}	TWHL Wiki
{{quakewiki}}	Quake Wiki
{{cswiki}}	Counter-Strike Wiki

Social media link templates

Template	Preview
{{bluesky}}	Bluesky
{{discord}}	Discord
{{reddit}}	Reddit
{{steam community}}	Steam Community
{{twitch}}	Twitch
{{twitter}} {{x}}	X (Twitter)
{{youtube}}	YouTube

Storefront link templates

Template	Preview
{{steam store}}	Steam Store
{{epic}} {{egs}}	Epic Games Store
{{gplay}}	Google Play
{{gog}}	GOG.com
{{ms store}} (PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)	Microsoft Store
{{xbox store}} ( Xbox 360)	Xbox Marketplace
{{nintendo store}}	Nintendo Store

Other link templates

Template	Preview
{{steam}}	Steam Protocol
{{email}} {{e}}	gaben@valvesoftware.com
{{github}}	GitHub
{{gamebanana}}	GameBanana
{{moddb}}	ModDB
{{rtsl}}	RTSL
{{protondb}}	ProtonDB
{{steamdb}} {{sdb}}	SteamDB
{{gdrive}} {{gd}}	Google Drive
{{fragnet}} {{fn}}	Frag-Net