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This template uses Lua: Module:Format link (sandbox) Module:Urldecode

This template does exactly what ((format link)) does, and takes all the same arguments.

This template is intended to lower editor workload when copying links from the URL bar and is not suitable for replacing ((format link)), because of the changes it makes to ((format link))'s output that could create ambiguity if automatically replaced.

This template replaces any underscores with spaces and decodes any URL parts in ((format link))'s output. Some examples of why this may be useful—

• ((format link|People_of_the_Philippines_v._Santos,_Ressa_and_Rappler#Santos_Jr.'s_article|italicizepage=y))

  People_of_the_Philippines_v._Santos,_Ressa_and_Rappler § Santos_Jr.'s_article

• ((format link|%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5%E6%97%A5%E8%A8%98#M%61nga))

  %E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5%E6%97%A5%E8%A8%98 § M%61nga

• ((format linkr|People_of_the_Philippines_v._Santos,_Ressa_and_Rappler#Santos_Jr.'s_article|italicizepage=y))

People of the Philippines v. Santos, Ressa and Rappler § Santos Jr.'s article

• ((format linkr|%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5%E6%97%A5%E8%A8%98#M%61nga))

未来日記 § Manga

• As shown in these examples, ((format linkr)) also creates a way to use curly braces in links, which requires multiple templates with ((format link)):
  • ((hlist|((format linkr|Template talk:T#%7B%7Bu%7D%7D))|((format linkr|#%7B%7Bu%7D%7D))))

  • Template talk:T § ((u))
  • § ((u))

|nud= (no URL decode) can be added to disable URL decoding but still get underscores replaced.

• ((format linkr|%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5%E6%97%A5%E8%A8%98#M%61_nga|nud=y))

%E6%9C%AA%E6%9D%A5%E6%97%A5%E8%A8%98 § M%61 nga

Note that you can achieve this through the HTML5 entity _ just as well:

• ((format linkr|pages%5Fcan’t_contain_underscores#but%5Fsections_may (though their anchors won’t!)))

pages can’t contain underscores § but sections_may (though their anchors won’t!)