Template:User link/doc

Usage
This template provides a way to link to a userpage and display just the username, like Example. This may not save much typing for a short username like "Example", but it can be more useful with long usernames such as Guywhositsbehindphilip12. This template is commonly used to ping a user to a discussion (when not using something like ).

Example


or the shortcut form

gives

The template's second parameter, which is optional, takes the link's label; for example, a link to the long username used above can be shortened while viewing the text like this:

which gives

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

gives
 * Example