Last modified: 2011-03-13 18:05:22 UTC
Allow [[pagename|]] functionality to create a numbered link the same way that external references do with [http://example.com] or [http://example.com|]
Conflicts with existing syntax.
(In reply to comment #1) > Conflicts with existing syntax. [[pagename|]] behaves in two different ways in the *main* namespace: a) it renders according to the pipe trick (code) b) else it does *not* render ---- [[|pagename]] seems to be an equivalent of [[pagename]]. This is a "funny" construct and probably not intuitive. Have tried it for the first time at http://test.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Gangleri/tests/bugzilla/04917/redirect_to_self_%22heading_vertical_line_and_self%22&redirect=no best regards reinhardt [[user:gangleri]]
(In reply to comment #2) According to the test I did at http://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox, it doesn't render.
added examples at http://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Gangleri/tests/bugzilla/04792#tests
I wanted to follow up with this request. Does it actually conflict with existing syntax? If [[pagename|]] won't render anything at all, then this syntax could indeed be leveraged to create a numbered link.
[[pagename|]] will execute the "pipe trick", converting things like [[Wikipedia:Pipe trick|]] to [[Wikipedia:Pipe trick|Pipe trick]] on save. So yes, the syntax is already used.
