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Description & Usage

Note:The  pipe trick can also be used, but it will be less clear that the link goes to Wikipedia. See also: Help:Linking.

This template is a faster way to link to Wikipedia articles. Normally if you want to link to a Wikipedia article such as  IMI Desert Eagle, you have to write the entire title twice [[w:IMI Desert Eagle|IMI Desert Eagle]] and it's a hassle. This template skips that step when the displayed text will be the same as the title of the article you are linking to, and it also adds a handy icon to make it clear to the reader that the link goes to Wikipedia, instead of somewhere internal.

To link to another language page of Wikipedia, use: {{Wiki|<lang-prefix>:ARTICLE}}, see the example below.

Note:{{wikipedia}} and {{w}} redirect to {{wiki}}, so they're equivalent.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example	Preview
No Parameters	Creates a link to Wikipedia Home page with language selection.	{{wiki}}	Wikipedia
{{{1}}}	Full name of the article on Wikipedia.	{{wiki|Valve Corporation}}	Valve Corporation
{{{2}}}	Alternative name of the link.	{{wiki|Valve Corporation|Valve}} {{wiki|es:Half-Life 2|HL2 (Spanish Wikipedia)}}	Valve  HL2 (Spanish Wikipedia)
{{{section}}}	The section to link to (also works with {{{2}}}).	{{wiki|Half-Life 2|section=Gameplay}}	Half-Life 2 § Gameplay
{{{icon}}} {{{text}}}	Hide/shows the icon. Values: show (default), hide	{{wiki|icon=hide}} {{wiki|text=hide}}	Wikipedia

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}}	Microsoft Store
{{nintendo store}}	Nintendo Store

Other link templates

Template	Preview
{{steam}}	Steam Protocol
{{email}} {{e}}	[email protected]
{{github}}	GitHub
{{gamebanana}}	GameBanana
{{moddb}}	ModDB
{{rtsl}}	RTSL
{{protondb}}	ProtonDB
{{steamdb}} {{sdb}}	SteamDB
{{gdrive}} {{gd}}	Google Drive