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 help much for a short username like "Example", but it can be more useful with long usernames such as Guywhositsbehindphilip12.

Example


or the shortcut form

gives

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

gives
 * Example