Archives:List of link templates

Bulbapedia's policy with linking is to make certain the consistency of related pages; for example, while there is no other thing known as Fire Blast, the move Fire Blast is located at Fire Blast (move). This is so that there is consistency with linking to articles on moves, as some, like Psychic, share their name with another aspect of Pokémon.

While more often, this would be easily done simply by linking the article as [[Fire Blast (move)|Fire Blast]], this requires much tedious punctuation, with vertical pipes and parentheses typed over and over for a Pokémon's moveset. For this reason, link templates were created, which allow anyone to link to an article with a certain suffixed or prefixed word, and link the article as its base name. Fire Blast is linked as {{m|Fire Blast}}, so that it appears as Fire Blast.

Although link templates are encouraged in day-to-day usage, it is asked that they are only used for the intended purpose. Any use otherwise may be considered a "laziness template". For example, consider writing [[Pokémon Trainer]] instead of {{g|Trainer}}. Usage of laziness templates will be reverted, and offenders will be warned.

Bulbagarden Archives has link templates mostly for easier linking to articles on Bulbapedia, which would otherwise be interwiki links and thus require slightly complex syntax.

List of link templates and their usage

Wiki-specific

Link template	Use	Example
		Code	Result
{{bp}}	Links to a Bulbapedia article	{{bp|Pokémon Trainer}}	Pokémon Trainer
		{{bp|Pokémon Trainer|person who cares for Pokémon}}	person who cares for Pokémon
{{DL}}	Directly links to a section on a Bulbapedia page	{{DL|North Boulevard|Looker Bureau}}	Looker Bureau
		{{DL|North Boulevard|Looker Bureau|the detective agency}}	the detective agency
{{bn}}	Links to a Bulbanews article	{{bn|Front page}}	Front page
{{ar}}	Links to a page in the Archives namespace	{{ar|Manual of style}}	Manual of style
{{wp}}	Links to a Wikipedia article	{{bp|Pokémon Trainer}}	Pokémon Trainer
		{{bp|Pokémon Trainer|person who cares for Pokémon}}	person who cares for Pokémon
{{template}}	Links to templates with proper formatting	{{template|WTP}}	{{WTP}}
{{u}}	Links to user pages	{{u|Archaic}}	Archaic
{{cat}}	Creates inline link to a category	{{cat|Link templates}}	Link templates
{{cat}}	Creates inline link to a category	{{cat|Link templates}}	Link templates
{{red link}}	Creates red links that do not appear in Special:WantedPages	{{red link|Bulbapedia}}	Bulbapedia

In-game properties

Link template	Use	Example
		Code	Result
{{p}}	Links to articles about Pokémon species	{{p|Charizard}}	Charizard
		{{p|Charizard|an orange Pokémon}}	an orange Pokémon
{{m}}	Links to articles about moves	{{m|Double Slap}}	Double Slap
		{{m|Double Slap|a five-hit move}}	a five-hit move
{{t}}	Links to articles about types as the type name	{{t|Dragon}}	Dragon
		{{t|Dragon|weak to itself}}	weak to itself
{{a}}	Links to articles about Abilities	{{a|Sand Stream}}	Sand Stream
		{{a|Sand Stream|activates a sandstorm}}	activates a sandstorm
{{game}}	Links to Pokémon (x) Version(s) as "Pokémon (x)"	{{game|Ruby and Sapphire|s}}	Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
		{{game|Emerald}}	Pokémon Emerald
{{game2}}	Links to trio of Pokémon games as "Pokémon games"	{{game2|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald}}	Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald
{{pkmn}}	Links to "Pokémon (x)" with text of (x)	{{pkmn|breeding}}	breeding
{{g}}	Links to "Pokémon (x)" with text of Pokémon (x)	{{g|Ranger: Shadows of Almia}}	Ranger: Shadows of Almia
{{tc}}	Links to an article of a Trainer class	{{tc|Hiker}}	Hiker
{{Shiny}}	Links to the Shiny Pokémon article as "Shiny"	{{Shiny}}	Shiny

Pure disambiguation

Link template	Use	Example
		Code	Result
{{ga}}	Links to Pokémon game characters	{{ga|Dawn}}	Dawn
		{{ga|Dawn|the Sinnoh female trainer}}	the Sinnoh female trainer
{{an}}	Links to Pokémon anime characters	{{an|Dawn}}	Dawn
		{{an|Dawn|the DP series main character}}	the DP series main character
{{mas}}	Links to Pokémon Masters EX characters	{{mas|Dawn}}	Dawn
{{ka}}	Links to things that are disambiguated and in Kanto	{{ka|Victory Road}}	Victory Road
{{jo}}	Links to things that are disambiguated and in Johto	{{jo|Marina}}	Marina
{{ho}}	Links to things that are disambiguated and in Hoenn	{{ho|Victory Road}}	Victory Road
{{si}}	Links to things that are disambiguated and in Sinnoh	{{si|Victory Road}}	Victory Road
{{un}}	Links to things that are disambiguated and in Unova	{{un|Pokémon League}}	Pokémon League
{{kal}}	Links to things that are disambiguated and in Kalos	{{kal|Pokémon League}}	Pokémon League
{{adv}}	Links to Pokémon Adventures characters	{{adv|Red}}	Red
{{OBP}}	Links to things that are disambiguated and not covered by other link templates	{{OBP|Detective Pikachu|character}}	Detective Pikachu
{{TCG}}	Links to Pokémon Trading Card Game articles	{{TCG|Fossil}}	Fossil
{{KTCG}}	Links to Korean Pokémon Trading Card Game articles	{{KTCG|Evolution of Fire}}	Evolution of Fire
{{ATCG}}	Links to Asian Pokémon Trading Card Game articles	{{ATCG|Golden Energy}}	Golden Energy
{{TFG}}	Links to Pokémon Trading Figure Game articles	{{TFG|Special Conditions}}	Special Conditions

Anime and other uses

Link template	Use	Example
		Code	Result
{{AP}}	Links to Ash's Pokémon as "<species name>"	{{AP|Pikachu}}	Pikachu
{{Ash}}	Links to Ash Ketchum as "Ash"	{{Ash}}	Ash
{{TRT}}	Links to Team Rocket trio as "Team Rocket"	{{TRT}}	Team Rocket
{{MTR}}	Links to Meowth (Team Rocket) as "Meowth"	{{MTR}}	Meowth

Manga and other uses

Link template	Use	Example
		Code	Result
{{chap}}	Links to Pokémon Adventures arcs	{{chap|Scarlet & Violet}}	Scarlet & Violet arc

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