User:Techhead7890/tl2

Link has 5 main parts:

1. opening brackets
2. target
   • can have subpage at start or end
3. separator
4. linktext
   • always required for translation pages
5. closing brackets

new initial plan: template wraps all of localisation and maybe ends the link [[english{{tl2|localisation}}

• where TL2 is /{{language-magicword-thingy}}|{{{1|}}}]]
• but ]] looks unbalanced before translcusion. Maybe it should be outside to wrap the end anyway for symmetry.
• wrapping tags around localisation is "nice" but also confusing technically
• works if logged out/works if localisation not set

possible variant: template as separator only [[english{{tl2}}localisation]]

• where TL2 is /{{language-magicword-thingy}} if not en
  • what if no linktext/localisation set, how will it know what to control? can't do a checklinktext safely
• works if logged out/works if localisation not set
• possibly an argument for rewriting the whole thing in lua

past attempts: [[{{tl}}english|localisation]] - with tl=="Special:MyLanguage" in control parser - required some setup if link not piped leading to confusion about where linktext would go

<nowiki>[[english/Template:Language-magicword-thingy|localisation]] - long separation between english link target and localisation, pipe and slash could be misadded, likely to break in english without control parser