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Better link[edit]

Wouldn't it be better if there wasn't a separate link to "Space Sputtle"? This goes to what you'd expect from a link, and possibly also to overlinking.

Example: {{OV|099}} currently results in code [[Space Shuttle]] [[Space Shuttle Challenger|''Challenger'']] (two links), but I think [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'']] would be better.

Compare with the USS template. You don't get an extra link to "USS" there – the whole link goes to the ship in question.

HandsomeFella (talk) 20:45, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You can use "full=nolink" to link just the Shuttle's name: {{OV|104|full=nolink}}: "Space Shuttle Atlantis" --G W… 12:48, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I know that, but that would still be like if the USS template worked like this: USS Enterprise (if there were a full=nolink option for the "USS" part).

What I mean is that "Space Shuttle Challenger", just as "USS Enterprise", is an expression, and in my view it should be regarded as one unit.

With or without full=nolink, it looks a bit strange (I think). See WP:LINKING, section General points on linking style, more specifically the Irish Chess Championship example.

Don't you agree?

HandsomeFella (talk) 14:17, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Please replace

[[Pathfinder (simulator)|''Pathfinder'']]

with

[[Space Shuttle Pathfinder|''Pathfinder'']]

to directly link to the article. 70.49.127.65 (talk) 03:58, 22 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done TOW talk 08:44, 22 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Problematic overlinking[edit]

The wikilinking of the Space Shuttle prefix by default is problematic. This templates constantly violates MOS:OVERLINK, especially when transcluded more than once. One might want to argue that one can simply use full=nolink, but that would be a flawed argument. A transcluded template's default state should not violate Wikipedia guidelines. Use of additional parameters should not have to be a requirement in order to comply by MOS guidelines. Also, up until just now full=nolink was not even shown as an example on the documentation page, necessitating an unnecessary peak at the source code.

Furthermore, as was previously mentioned, wikilinking the prefix creates MOS:SEAOFBLUE issues. In order to combat—or at least not contribute to—this disease called overlinking, I suggest and highly recommend disabling wikilinking the prefix by default. Jay D. Easy (talk) 21:05, 8 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"full=no" version has extra space in front of it[edit]

As you can see below, {{OV|Columbia|full=no}} gives problematic output:

Columbia

...or inside parentheses...
( Columbia)
Can this be fixed? Nosferattus (talk) 05:21, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]