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<includeonly>[http://what-if.xkcd.com/{{{1|}}} {{{2|what if {{{1|}}}}}}][[Category:Links to xkcd.com]]</includeonly><noinclude>
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<includeonly>[https://what-if.xkcd.com/{{{1|}}} {{{2|what if {{{1|}}}}}}][[Category:Links to xkcd.com]]</includeonly><noinclude>This template provides a shortcut markup for creating a link to a ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com].
  
This template provides a shortcut markup for creating a link to the actual xkcd.com site.
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'''Usage:''' <code><nowiki>{{what if|question number|optional link text}}</nowiki></code>
  
'''Usage:''' <nowiki>{{what if|question number|optional link text}}</nowiki>
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'''Examples:'''
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* <code><nowiki>{{what if|</nowiki><font color="SeaGreen">'''''158'''''</font>|<font color="SeaGreen">'''''Hot Banana'''''</font><nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> results in <code>{{what if|158|Hot Banana}}</code>
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* '''(not recommended)''' <code><nowiki>{{what if|</nowiki><font color="SeaGreen">'''''158'''''</font><nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> results in <code>{{what if|158}}</code><br>It links to the same page, but uses the number instead of the optional link text.
  
'''Examples:'''
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Example in a sentence:
:<nowiki>{{what if|100}}</nowiki> results in [http://what-if.xkcd.com/100/ 100]
 
:<nowiki>{{what if|100|WWII Films}}</nowiki> results in [http://what-if.xkcd.com/100/ WWII Films] (links to the same page, but with the link text "WWII Films" instead of "100").
 
  
Note that the styling of the links (the icon after them) is defined in [[MediaWiki:Common.css]].
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<code><nowiki>See the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article ''{{what if|</nowiki><font color="SeaGreen">'''''158'''''</font>|<font color="SeaGreen">'''''Hot Banana'''''</font><nowiki>}}''.</nowiki></code> results in <code>See the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article ''{{what if|158|Hot Banana}}''.</code>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 20:39, 22 August 2023

This template provides a shortcut markup for creating a link to a what if? article on xkcd.com.

Usage: {{what if|question number|optional link text}}

Examples:

  • (not recommended) {{what if|158}} results in what if 158
    It links to the same page, but uses the number instead of the optional link text.

Example in a sentence:

See the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article ''{{what if|158|Hot Banana}}''. results in See the what if? article Hot Banana.