Template:Cfb link/sandbox

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{{Cfb link}} allows linking to a college football 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 2020 Richmond Spiders football team that may or may not exist, I would make this call:

{{cfb link|year=2020|team=Richmond Spiders|school=University of Richmond|title=Richmond}}

This would yield: Richmond

Important - whitespace cannot be included or it will be added to the wiki link and it will not function properly.

Use of this template

Due to restrictions on use of #ifexist, it is important to not use this template if it isn't needed. In other words, if the link already exists, just link to it. Category:Excessive uses of cfb link contains a list of occasions where this template is used and doesn't need to be. A bot will soon replace this template with the specific link on articles in that category.

Please do not use this template on disambiguation pages (dab pages) due to requirements for links on dab pages.

Naming conventions

In order for this template to work, articles MUST be named correctly. The football naming convention is:

Season articles: Season SchoolShortName TeamName football team, e.g., 2007 Virginia Tech Hokies football team or 2004 Auburn Tigers football team
Football team articles: SchoolShortName TeamName football, e.g., Virginia Tech Hokies football, Florida State Seminoles football
Athletics department articles: SchoolShortName TeamName, e.g., North Carolina Tar Heels, Virginia Cavaliers

Parameters

parameter	meaning
year (optional)	Supply a year if you want to link to the yearly page, e.g., 2007 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
team	The athletics program article for this school, e.g., Virginia Tech Hokies, Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Miami Hurricanes
school	The main article for this school, e.g., Florida State University, University of Virginia
title (optional)	The display name for this link. Usually, this will be the common name for the school (without "university"), like Duke, Florida State, Virginia Tech, etc. If left blank, the link will be non-piped, i.e., it will display the name of the article linked to.

Examples

{{cfb link\|year=2099\|team=Virginia Tech Hokies\|school=Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University\|title=Virginia Tech}}	Virginia Tech
{{cfb link\|year=2006\|team=Virginia Tech Hokies\|school=Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University\|title=Virginia Tech}}	Virginia Tech
{{cfb link\|team=Florida State Seminoles\|school=Florida State University\|title=FSU}}	FSU
{{cfb link\|year=2008\|team=Utah Utes}}	2008 Utah Utes football team

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Cfb link

This template allows linking to a college football team page that may not yet exist. It will display the best available link. Please do not use this template unless absolutely necessary, due to restrictions on use of #ifexist. In other words, if the link already exists, just link to it.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Year	`year`	Can be used to attempt a link to the yearly page of a team Example 2035	Number	optional
Team	`team`	The athletics program article for this school Example Virginia Tech Hokies	Page name	required
School	`school`	The main article for this school Example Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Page name	required
Title	`title`	The display name for this link. Usually, this will be the common name for the school (without "university") Example Virginia Tech	String	optional