Template:IRC NQNS link/doc

{{IRC NQNS link}} is a template for Internet Relay Chat articles that provides a search link to netsplit.de to allow for IRC network information queries.

Mnemonic

IRC Network Query NetSplit.de link

Blank template

{{IRC NQNS link | IRC network | link text}}

Usage

This template accepts two arguments. The first argument is required and is the name of the IRC network. The second argument is optional and if provided will be used as the link text. If a second argument is not provided, the first argument will be used for the link text.

Examples

The following are examples of how the IRC NQNS link template is used (using EFnet as an example):

{{IRC NQNS link|EFnet}} EFnet

{{IRC NQNS link|EFnet|network stats}} network stats

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:IRC NQNS link in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for IRC NQNS link

Produces link to IRC stats provided by netsplit.de for any user-specified text

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
IRC network name	1	The network name as shown by netsplit.de, used to create the URL in the form of https://netsplit.de/networks/<value>/ Example DALnet	String	required
Link text	2	The linked text to be shown, if empty the network name will be used Example 5,000 average users	String	optional