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Template:Google help desk. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
Creates a Google custom search link, which searches the Wikipedia Help desk and its archive. This template takes two unnamed input parameters; both are optional:
This template is useful for answering questions on the Help desk. A large fraction of questions on the Help desk are repeats of earlier questions, as similar problems keep tripping up successive waves of new users.
![]() | Do not use this template in articles (as Google search links are not appropriate in articles). The template is only for talk pages and other process pages ( Help desk, WikiProjects, etc.). The template will produce an error if you attempt to use it in an article. |
Type this | To get this | What it produces, or searches for |
---|---|---|
{{google help desk||}} |
Search Help desk | Blank form to search the Wikipedia Help desk |
{{google help desk}} |
Search Help desk | Delimiters are optional when both parameters are empty |
{{google help desk||Search the Help desk}} |
Search the Help desk | Display our own link text |
{{google help desk|clear search history|}} |
Search Help desk for: clear search history | Search the Wikipedia Help desk for the combination of three search terms |
{{google help desk|"clear search history"|}} |
Search Help desk for: "clear search history" | Search the Wikipedia Help desk for a phrase |
This template is a cut-down instance of the more general {{ Google custom}} template. You may wish to make similar templates if you need to create repetitive links to other portions of Wikipedia that {{ Google custom}} can search. This saves much typing compared to using {{ Google custom}} for each link.
![]() | This is a
documentation
subpage for
Template:Google help desk. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
Creates a Google custom search link, which searches the Wikipedia Help desk and its archive. This template takes two unnamed input parameters; both are optional:
This template is useful for answering questions on the Help desk. A large fraction of questions on the Help desk are repeats of earlier questions, as similar problems keep tripping up successive waves of new users.
![]() | Do not use this template in articles (as Google search links are not appropriate in articles). The template is only for talk pages and other process pages ( Help desk, WikiProjects, etc.). The template will produce an error if you attempt to use it in an article. |
Type this | To get this | What it produces, or searches for |
---|---|---|
{{google help desk||}} |
Search Help desk | Blank form to search the Wikipedia Help desk |
{{google help desk}} |
Search Help desk | Delimiters are optional when both parameters are empty |
{{google help desk||Search the Help desk}} |
Search the Help desk | Display our own link text |
{{google help desk|clear search history|}} |
Search Help desk for: clear search history | Search the Wikipedia Help desk for the combination of three search terms |
{{google help desk|"clear search history"|}} |
Search Help desk for: "clear search history" | Search the Wikipedia Help desk for a phrase |
This template is a cut-down instance of the more general {{ Google custom}} template. You may wish to make similar templates if you need to create repetitive links to other portions of Wikipedia that {{ Google custom}} can search. This saves much typing compared to using {{ Google custom}} for each link.