Editing Template:URL/doc (section)

== Usage ==
* <code><nowiki>{{URL|</nowiki>''example.com''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>
** The first parameter is parsed to see if it takes the form of a complete URL. If it doesn't start with a URI scheme  (such as "http:", "https:", or "ftp:"), an "http://" prefix will be prepended to the specified generated target URL of the link.
** Parameter 2 (<code><nowiki>{{URL|</nowiki>''url name''<nowiki>|</nowiki>''optional display text''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>) is '''deprecated'''. See note above for more information and alternative templates.

'''Warning:''' The parameter 1 must be numbered explicitly (<code><nowiki>{{URL|</nowiki>1=''example.com''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>) if the URL contains an equal sign, as is common in a query string. This applies when the value of the URL is unknown, for example when this template is used in another template specifying the effective URL as a variable value. The ''deprecated'' second parameter for the displayed text, if present in legacy uses, '''must''' also be explicitly numbered if the first parameter is explicitly numbered (<code><nowiki>{{URL|</nowiki>1=''url name''<nowiki>|</nowiki>2=''optional display text''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>); otherwise it will override the value of the first parameter.

=== Examples ===
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| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki> {{BASEPAGENAME}} <nowiki>| EXAMPLE.com }}</nowiki></code>
| {{ {{BASEPAGENAME}} | EXAMPLE.com }}
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| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki> {{BASEPAGENAME}} <nowiki>| example.com }}</nowiki></code>
| {{ {{BASEPAGENAME}} | example.com }}
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| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki> {{BASEPAGENAME}} <nowiki>| http://example.com }}</nowiki></code>
| {{ {{BASEPAGENAME}} | http://example.com }}
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| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki> {{BASEPAGENAME}} <nowiki>| www.example.com }}</nowiki></code>
| {{ {{BASEPAGENAME}} | www.example.com }}
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| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki> {{BASEPAGENAME}} <nowiki>| http://www.example.com }}</nowiki></code>
| {{ {{BASEPAGENAME}} | http://www.example.com }}
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki> {{BASEPAGENAME}} <nowiki>| https://www.example.com }}</nowiki></code>
| {{ {{BASEPAGENAME}} | https://www.example.com }}
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki> {{BASEPAGENAME}} <nowiki>| ftp://www.example.com }}</nowiki></code>
| {{ {{BASEPAGENAME}} | ftp://www.example.com }}
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| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki> {{BASEPAGENAME}} <nowiki>| ftp://ftp.example.com }}</nowiki></code>
| {{ {{BASEPAGENAME}} | ftp://ftp.example.com }}
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| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki> {{BASEPAGENAME}} <nowiki>| http://www.example.com/ }}</nowiki></code>
| {{ {{BASEPAGENAME}} | http://www.example.com/ }}
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| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki> {{BASEPAGENAME}} <nowiki>| http://www.example.com/path }}</nowiki></code>
| {{ {{BASEPAGENAME}} | http://www.example.com/path }}
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| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki> {{BASEPAGENAME}} <nowiki>| irc://irc.example.com/channel }}</nowiki></code>
| {{ {{BASEPAGENAME}} | irc://irc.example.com/channel }}
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| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki> {{BASEPAGENAME}} <nowiki>| www.example.com/foo }}</nowiki></code>
| {{ {{BASEPAGENAME}} | www.example.com/foo }}
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| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki> {{BASEPAGENAME}} <nowiki>| http://www.example.com/path/ }}</nowiki></code>
| {{ {{BASEPAGENAME}} | http://www.example.com/path/ }}
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| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki> {{BASEPAGENAME}} <nowiki>| www.example.com/foo/ }}</nowiki></code>
| {{ {{BASEPAGENAME}} | www.example.com/foo/ }}
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| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki> {{BASEPAGENAME}} <nowiki>| 1=http://www.example.com/path?section=17 }}</nowiki></code>
| {{ {{BASEPAGENAME}} | 1=http://www.example.com/path?section=17 }}
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| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki> {{BASEPAGENAME}} <nowiki>| 1=www.example.com/foo?page=42 }}</nowiki></code>
| {{ {{BASEPAGENAME}} | 1=www.example.com/foo?page=42 }}
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| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki> {{BASEPAGENAME}} <nowiki>| www.example.com | example.com }}</nowiki></code>
| {{ {{BASEPAGENAME}} | www.example.com | example.com }}
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