Wikipedia:Help desk/RD tip
Do not use this template.
This template has been split into sub-templates with shortcuts {{tl|RD1}}, {{tl|RD2}}, {{tl|RD3}}. This page is for centralized instructions and discussion.
Usage
- The following examples are not substed, so the external link won't be displayed properly.
- To refer a person to the reference desk, type
to get:{{subst:RD1}}
{{RD1|demo=yes}}
- If you know the topic this question belongs to, type for example
to get:{{subst:RD2|Humanities}}
{{RD2|Humanities|demo=yes}}
- If a specific article probably has the answer to a question, type for example
to get:{{subst:RD3|Leonardo da Vinci}}
{{RD3|Leonardo da Vinci|demo=yes}}
- Do not use if it is unlikely that the reference desk will have an answer either.
- Do not forget to use subst. This will help the servers, and variants 2 and 3 won't work otherwise.
- In examples 2 and 3 above, the template is transcluded and the links are therefore not displayed correctly here.