Template:Cih link/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Cih link.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Due to a server limit of 500 "expensive parser function" calls (e.g. #ifexist:, PAGESIZE:, and PAGESINCATEGORY:), this template will only work properly if the page using it has not already exceeded the limit. When the limit is exceeded, the page using this template or module is categorised in Category:Pages with too many expensive parser function calls. (further information)

This template will allow you to link to a college ice hockey team page that may not yet exist. It will display the best available link.

For example, if I want to link to the article about the 2010–11 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers men's ice hockey team that may or may not exist, I would make this call:

{{cih link|2010|sex=men|team=Alabama–Huntsville Chargers|school=University of Alabama in Huntsville|title=Alabama–Huntsville}}

This would yield: Alabama–Huntsville

Important - whitespace cannot be included or it will be added to the wiki link and it will not function properly. Also, please use an en dash as the year separator.

Parameters

parameter	meaning
year or 1= (optional)	Supply a year if you want to link to the yearly page, e.g., 2006 for the 2006–07 Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey team article; use the year the season began as the template will calculate the ending year. (The form `2009–10` is still supported for legacy purposes, but the template only reads the first four digits.)
sex	men or women - defaults to men
team	The athletics program article for this school, e.g., Boston College Eagles, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Yale Bulldogs
school	The main article for this school, e.g., Ferris State University, University of Vermont
title (optional)	The display name for this link. Usually, this will be the common name for the school (without "university"), like Wisconsin, Bowling Green, RIT, etc. If left blank, the link will be non-piped, i.e., it will display the name of the article linked to.

Examples

{{cih link\|2006\|sex=men\|team=Alabama–Huntsville Chargers\|school=University of Alabama in Huntsville\|title=Alabama–Huntsville}}	Alabama–Huntsville
{{cih link\|2006\|team=Mercyhurst Lakers\|sex=women\|school=Mercyhurst University\|title=Mercyhurst}}	Mercyhurst
{{cih link\|team=Lake Superior State Lakers\|sex=men\|school=Lake Superior State University\|title=LSSU}}	LSSU

When the template should not be used

To help limit the calls to #ifexist, it is strongly recommended that a direct link be used for specific team season articles instead of this template. Thus,

{{cih link|2011|team=2011–12 Michigan Tech Huskies|school=Michigan Technological University|title=Michigan Tech}}

should be changed to

[[2011–12 Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey season|Michigan Tech]]

once that page is written. Templates used in cases such as this are listed at Category:Excessive uses of cih link and should be changed as described.

Parameters

Examples

When the template should not be used

See also