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The magic word {{REVISIONUSER}} 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. {{REVISIONUSER}} may work correctly if it is not in the output but only used in a test during processing.

Usage

Use {{REVISIONUSER2}} instead of {{REVISIONUSER}}

Use {{REVISIONUSER2|pagename}} instead of {{REVISIONUSER:pagename}}

Note the pipe instead of a colon.

Example

Suppose you want to link the last editor of User:Deadfire/Sandbox.

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

[[User:]]

Alternative approach

Wrapping {{REVISIONUSER}} with {{#invoke:String2|nowiki|...}} so it looks like {{#invoke:String2|nowiki|{{REVISIONUSER}}}} also works.

See also

• Template:REVISIONUSER
• Template:REVISIONTIMESTAMP
• Template:Last edited by