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The [[Help:Magic words|magic word]] <code><nowiki>{{REVISIONUSER}}</nowiki></code> gives poor formatting and fails in wikilinks if the username starts with an asterisk '*' or semicolon ';'. This template is a workaround. Usernames starting with '*' or ';' are relatively rare. <code><nowiki>{{REVISIONUSER}}</nowiki></code> may work correctly if it is not in the output but only used in a test during processing.

== Usage ==
Use <code><nowiki>{{REVISIONUSER2}}</nowiki></code> instead of <code><nowiki>{{REVISIONUSER}}</nowiki></code>

Use <code><nowiki>{{REVISIONUSER2|</nowiki>''pagename''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> instead of <code><nowiki>{{REVISIONUSER:</nowiki>''pagename''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>

Note the pipe instead of a colon.

== Example ==
Suppose you want to link the last editor of [[User:Deadfire/Sandbox]].

<code><nowiki>[[User:{{REVISIONUSER2|User:Deadfire/Sandbox}}]]</nowiki></code> produces:

[[User:{{REVISIONUSER2|User:Deadfire/Sandbox}}]]

== Alternative approach ==
Wrapping <code><nowiki>{{REVISIONUSER}}</nowiki></code> with <code><nowiki>{{#invoke:String2|nowiki|...}}</nowiki></code> so it looks like <code><nowiki>{{#invoke:String2|nowiki|{{REVISIONUSER}}}}</nowiki></code> also works.

== See also ==
* [[Template:REVISIONUSER]]
* [[Template:REVISIONTIMESTAMP]]
* [[Template:Last edited by]]

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