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How to provide a link to a specific Google Search
On talk pages, it may be useful to provide a google search link directly in a discussion of a topic's notability or in debates about which name for a subject is the most common. The Wikimedia software that powers Wikipedia lets you make links to Google by including
Which looks like this: Note: It is important not to use spaces in the search. To add more parameters to the search, separate them by a plus sign, +. For a phrase search, use a hyphen (minus sign), -, between each word. E.g. to search for To provide a link to a Wikipedia-specific search, include in the google-link
Which looks like this: To clean up the link so that only the part you want to show is presented, use the pipe, like this:
Which makes it look like this: – – Read more: → What we find in books is like the fire in our hearths. We fetch it from our neighbors, we kindle it at home, we communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.
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My name is Leon. I've been a Wikipedian since the early noughties. I was a Wikipedia administrator for ten years, but now semi-retired. | ||||
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