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This template links to [[Wikipedia:You can search, too]] ([[WP:LMGTFY]]) (and provides a mouse-over tooltip for what the acronym means), and then provides a link to google search results.
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This template links to [[Wikipedia:You can search, too]] ([[WP:LMGTFY]]) (and provides a mouse-over tooltip for what the acronym means), and then provides a link to Google search results.
  
 
==Usage==
 
==Usage==
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The parameter must always be named one or the other because the presence of the <code>=</code> character in the results URL will break the template if this parameter is not named; i.e. "{{!xt|{{monospace|<nowiki>{{LMGTFY|</nowiki>{{var|URL here}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki>}}}}" will not work.
 
The parameter must always be named one or the other because the presence of the <code>=</code> character in the results URL will break the template if this parameter is not named; i.e. "{{!xt|{{monospace|<nowiki>{{LMGTFY|</nowiki>{{var|URL here}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki>}}}}" will not work.
  
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The primary use for this is to give Google News, Google Books, Google Scholar, or other more specific results, though it can also be used to provide a substitute search engine, like DuckDuckGo or Yandex, if you don't like Google.
  
 
'''Or provide multiple links, up to 10:'''
 
'''Or provide multiple links, up to 10:'''

Revision as of 20:16, 20 June 2017

This template links to Wikipedia:You can search, too (WP:LMGTFY) (and provides a mouse-over tooltip for what the acronym means), and then provides a link to Google search results.

Usage

Basic (search terms at Google.com):

Provide the search term string, with |search= or |terms=:

{{LMGTFY |search=key words here -wikipedia}}

Example: WP:LMGTFY: Algerian Arab OR Arabic -sheep -wikipedia

There are no "Template:Monospace", "Template:Monospace", etc. parameters.


URL only (to any search engine):

Specify the search results URL with |url= or |1=:

{{LMGTFY |url=http://Google [or other search engine] search results URL here}}

Example: WP:LMGTFY: [1]

The parameter must always be named one or the other because the presence of the = character in the results URL will break the template if this parameter is not named; i.e. "Template:Monospace" will not work.

The primary use for this is to give Google News, Google Books, Google Scholar, or other more specific results, though it can also be used to provide a substitute search engine, like DuckDuckGo or Yandex, if you don't like Google.

Or provide multiple links, up to 10:

{{LMGTFY |1=URL_1 |2=URL_2 |3=URL_3}}

Example: WP:LMGTFY: [2] [3] [4]

The |1=, etc., parameter names are mandatory, because most such URLs have the = character in them, and this will break the template if the parameters are not named.