Category:CS1 errors: parameter link

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This is a tracking category for CS1 citations that have |param-link= errors.

  • Check |<param>-link= value
  • Check |<param>= value

These link-holding parameters and their matching title-/name-holding parameters are combined to create a working wikilink to a related article.

Parameters combined to make wikilinks
Link-holding parameter title-/name-holding parameter(s)
|author-link=Template:Dagger |author=, |last=, |last= + |first=
|contributor-link=Template:Dagger |contributor=, |contributor-last=, |contributor-last= + |contributor-first=
|editor-link=Template:Dagger |editor=, |editor-last=, |editor-last= + |editor-first=
|episode-link= |episode=
|interviewer-link=Template:Dagger |interviewer=, |interviewer-last=, |interviewer-last= + |interviewer-first=
|series-link= |series=
|subject-link=Template:Dagger |subject=
|title-link= |title=
|translator-link=Template:Dagger |translator=, |translator-last=, |translator-last= + |translator-first=
Template:Dagger Parameters checked for this error may also have the enumerated forms: |author-linkn= or |authorn-link= etc.

This error occurs when any of these |<param>-link= parameters contain a wikilink or a URL, or they contain any of the characters not permitted in Wikipedia article titles per WP:TITLESPECIALCHARACTERS (except _ (underscore), used as a replacement for spaces, and #, used as a fragment identifier when linking to article sections). The prohibited characters are: < > [ ] | { }.

The |<param>-link= parameter value should contain only the title of a Wikipedia article or a link to a section of a Wikipedia article. Module:Citation/CS1 checks the |<param>-link= parameter values for wikimarkup and for a URI scheme (http://, https://, the protocol relative scheme //, etc.). Interlanguage links in any of the |<param>-link= parameters require a leading colon:

:fr:Période d'exil de Caravage

While primarily intended to catch the errors mentioned above, Module:Citation/CS1 will also catch malformed interlanguage wikilinks wherever they occur. Interlanguage wikilinks that have the form:

[[fr:Période d'exil de Caravage]]

do not create visible clickable links in the article text. Instead, these links appear in the left pane in the languages list. Module:Citation/CS1 disables interlanguage links in this form and emits an error message. The correct form is:

[[:fr:Période d'exil de Caravage]]

This error can also be caused when:

  • there is a |<param>-link= value and the matching |<param>= parameter contains a wikilink.
  • |first= and |<param>-first= (and enumerated forms) contain a wikilink

To resolve this error, do one of the following:

  • Ensure that the |<param>-link= value is the full name of a Wikipedia article (without brackets) or a section of an article, and not a link to an external web site.
  • Make sure that there are no wikilinks in the matching |<param>= parameters.
  • If you want to link to a URL outside of Wikipedia, move the link to |url= or a similar parameter, if one is available in the template you are using.

Pages with this error are automatically placed in Category:CS1 errors: parameter link.[a]


Notes

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