Template:what if - Revision history

FaviFake: they aren't really chapters, they're articles and some of them are book exclusive, but it was born as a blog and it's mainly articles. also the capitalisation for the blog is lowercase afaik

2026-03-03T17:55:45Z

they aren't really chapters, they're articles and some of them are book exclusive, but it was born as a blog and it's mainly articles. also the capitalisation for the blog is lowercase afaik

FaviFake at 10:26, 12 April 2025

2025-04-12T10:26:49Z

FaviFake at 14:53, 8 April 2025

2025-04-08T14:53:39Z

FaviFake: /* Examples */

2025-04-05T15:40:44Z

‎Examples

FaviFake: huge update!

2025-04-05T15:40:19Z

huge update!

FaviFake at 15:26, 5 April 2025

2025-04-05T15:26:03Z

FaviFake: adding anchor links

2025-04-05T15:23:17Z

adding anchor links

FaviFake: fully give up

2025-01-17T18:33:44Z

fully give up

FaviFake at 18:32, 17 January 2025

2025-01-17T18:32:48Z

FaviFake at 18:28, 17 January 2025

2025-01-17T18:28:22Z

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-<includeonly><span id="{{{1|}}}"></span><span id="{{{2|}}}"></span><span class="plainlinks">[[What If? chapters#{{{1|}}}{{!}}{{{2|''what if?'' {{{1|}}}}}}]]</span></includeonly><noinclude>
+<includeonly><span id="{{{1|}}}"></span><span id="{{{2|}}}"></span><span class="plainlinks">[[what if? articles#{{{1|}}}{{!}}{{{2|''what if?'' {{{1|}}}}}}]]</span></includeonly><noinclude>
 This template provides a shortcut markup for creating a link to a ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article in our index.
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 <code><nowiki>{{what if|</nowiki><font color="SeaGreen">'''''article number'''''</font>|<font color="SeaGreen">'''''article title'''''</font><nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>
-It also creates a unique anchor that can be linked to. Just add <code>#NUMBER</code> or <code>#Title_of_the_Article</code> to the end of an internal link to jump to the position of this template on that page (see the examples below). Note that you must use underscores instead of spaces and use sentence case, because the links are case-sensitive. Especially useful to link to a specific row of the table in [[What If? chapters]], [[what if? (blog)]], and all the [[:Category:Books|What If? book pages]].
+It also creates a unique anchor that can be linked to. Just add <code>#NUMBER</code> or <code>#Title_of_the_Article</code> to the end of an internal link to jump to the position of this template on that page (see the examples below). Note that you must use underscores instead of spaces and use sentence case, because the links are case-sensitive. Especially useful to link to a specific row of the table in [[what if? articles]], [[what if? (blog)]], and all the [[:Category:Books|What If? book pages]].
 ==Examples==

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-<includeonly><span id="{{{1|}}}"></span><span id="{{{2|}}}"></span><span class="plainlinks">[[What If? chapters#{{{1|}}}{{!}}{{{2|''what if?'' {{{1|}}}}}}]]</span>[[Category:Links to xkcd.com]]</includeonly><noinclude>
+<includeonly><span id="{{{1|}}}"></span><span id="{{{2|}}}"></span><span class="plainlinks">[[What If? chapters#{{{1|}}}{{!}}{{{2|''what if?'' {{{1|}}}}}}]]</span></includeonly><noinclude>
 This template provides a shortcut markup for creating a link to a ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article in our index.
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 <code><nowiki>{{what if|</nowiki><font color="SeaGreen">'''''article number'''''</font>|<font color="SeaGreen">'''''article title'''''</font><nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>
-It also creates an anchor that can be linked to. Just add <code>#NUMBER</code> or <code>#Title_of_the_Article</code> to the end of an internal link to jump to the position of this template on that page (see example below). You must use underscores instead of spaces and use sentence case: the links are case-sensitive. Especially useful to link to a specific row of the table in [[What If? chapters]], [[what if? (blog)]], and all the [[:Category:Books|What If? book pages]].
+It also creates a unique anchor that can be linked to. Just add <code>#NUMBER</code> or <code>#Title_of_the_Article</code> to the end of an internal link to jump to the position of this template on that page (see the examples below). Note that you must use underscores instead of spaces and use sentence case, because the links are case-sensitive. Especially useful to link to a specific row of the table in [[What If? chapters]], [[what if? (blog)]], and all the [[:Category:Books|What If? book pages]].
 ==Examples==

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-<includeonly><span id="{{{1|}}}"></span><span id="{{{2|}}}"></span><span class="plainlinks">[https://what-if.xkcd.com/{{{1|}}} {{{2|''what if?'' {{{1|}}}}}}]</span>[[Category:Links to xkcd.com]]</includeonly><noinclude>
+<includeonly><span id="{{{1|}}}"></span><span id="{{{2|}}}"></span><span class="plainlinks">[[What If? chapters#{{{1|}}}{{!}}{{{2|''what if?'' {{{1|}}}}}}]]</span>[[Category:Links to xkcd.com]]</includeonly><noinclude>
-This template provides a shortcut markup for creating a link to a ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com].
+This template provides a shortcut markup for creating a link to a ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article in our index.
 ==Usage==

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	==Examples==		==Examples==
		+	Example all by itself:

	* <code><nowiki>{{what if\|</nowiki><font color="SeaGreen">'''''158'''''</font>\|<font color="SeaGreen">'''''Hot Banana'''''</font><nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> results in <code>{{what if\|158\|Hot Banana}}</code>		* <code><nowiki>{{what if\|</nowiki><font color="SeaGreen">'''''158'''''</font>\|<font color="SeaGreen">'''''Hot Banana'''''</font><nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> results in <code>{{what if\|158\|Hot Banana}}</code>

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-<includeonly><span id="{{{2|}}}"></span><span class="plainlinks">[https://what-if.xkcd.com/{{{1|}}} {{{2|''what if?'' {{{1|}}}}}}]</span>[[Category:Links to xkcd.com]]</includeonly><noinclude>
+<includeonly><span id="{{{1|}}}"></span><span id="{{{2|}}}"></span><span class="plainlinks">[https://what-if.xkcd.com/{{{1|}}} {{{2|''what if?'' {{{1|}}}}}}]</span>[[Category:Links to xkcd.com]]</includeonly><noinclude>
 This template provides a shortcut markup for creating a link to a ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com].
-'''Usage:''' <code><nowiki>{{what if|article number|article title, recommended}}</nowiki></code>
+==Usage==
-It also creates an anchor that can be linked to. Just add
+It also creates an anchor that can be linked to. Just add <code>#NUMBER</code> or <code>#Title_of_the_Article</code> to the end of an internal link to jump to the position of this template on that page (see example below). You must use underscores instead of spaces and use sentence case: the links are case-sensitive. Especially useful to link to a specific row of the table in [[What If? chapters]], [[what if? (blog)]], and all the [[:Category:Books|What If? book pages]].
-'''Examples:'''
 * <code><nowiki>{{what if|</nowiki><font color="SeaGreen">'''''158'''''</font>|<font color="SeaGreen">'''''Hot Banana'''''</font><nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> results in <code>{{what if|158|Hot Banana}}</code>
-* '''(not recommended)''' <code><nowiki>{{what if|</nowiki><font color="SeaGreen">'''''158'''''</font><nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> results in <code>{{what if|158}}</code><br>It links to the same page, but uses the number instead of the optional link text.
+* '''(not recommended)''' <code><nowiki>{{what if|</nowiki><font color="SeaGreen">'''''158'''''</font><nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> results in <code>{{what if|158}}</code> ㅤ(It links to the same page, but uses the number instead of the optional link text.)
 Example in a sentence:
-<code><nowiki>See the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article ''{{what if|</nowiki><font color="SeaGreen">'''''158'''''</font>|<font color="SeaGreen">'''''Hot Banana'''''</font><nowiki>}}''.</nowiki></code> results in <code>See the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article ''{{what if|158|Hot Banana}}''.</code>
+* <code><nowiki>See the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article ''{{what if|</nowiki><font color="SeaGreen">'''''158'''''</font>|<font color="SeaGreen">'''''Hot Banana'''''</font><nowiki>}}''.</nowiki></code> results in <code>See the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article ''{{what if|158|Hot Banana}}''.</code>
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−	<~~onlyinclude~~><span~~{{#if:{{#titlematch:[Ww]hat\|{{PAGENAME}}}}\|\|~~ class="plainlinks"}}>[https://what-if.xkcd.com/{{{1\|}}} {{{2\|''what if?'' {{{1\|}}}}}}]</span>[[Category:Links to xkcd.com]]</~~onlyinclude~~><noinclude>This template provides a shortcut markup for creating a link to a ''[[what if? (blog)\|what if?]]'' article on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com].	+	<includeonly><span class="plainlinks">[https://what-if.xkcd.com/{{{1\|}}} {{{2\|''what if?'' {{{1\|}}}}}}]</span>[[Category:Links to xkcd.com]]</includeonly><noinclude>This template provides a shortcut markup for creating a link to a ''[[what if? (blog)\|what if?]]'' article on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com].

	'''Usage:''' <code><nowiki>{{what if\|question number\|article title, recommended}}</nowiki></code>		'''Usage:''' <code><nowiki>{{what if\|question number\|article title, recommended}}</nowiki></code>

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−	<onlyinclude><span ~~class="~~{{#if:{{#titlematch:[Ww]hat\|{{PAGENAME}}}}\|plainlinks\|}}">[https://what-if.xkcd.com/{{{1\|}}} {{{2\|''what if?'' {{{1\|}}}}}}]</span>[[Category:Links to xkcd.com]]</onlyinclude><noinclude>This template provides a shortcut markup for creating a link to a ''[[what if? (blog)\|what if?]]'' article on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com].	+	<onlyinclude><span{{#if:{{#titlematch:[Ww]hat\|{{PAGENAME}}}}\|\| class="plainlinks"}}>[https://what-if.xkcd.com/{{{1\|}}} {{{2\|''what if?'' {{{1\|}}}}}}]</span>[[Category:Links to xkcd.com]]</onlyinclude><noinclude>This template provides a shortcut markup for creating a link to a ''[[what if? (blog)\|what if?]]'' article on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com].

	'''Usage:''' <code><nowiki>{{what if\|question number\|article title, recommended}}</nowiki></code>		'''Usage:''' <code><nowiki>{{what if\|question number\|article title, recommended}}</nowiki></code>

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−	<onlyinclude>	+	<onlyinclude><span class="{{#if:{{#titlematch:[Ww]hat\|{{PAGENAME}}}}\|plainlinks\|}}">[https://what-if.xkcd.com/{{{1\|}}} {{{2\|''what if?'' {{{1\|}}}}}}]</span>[[Category:Links to xkcd.com]]</onlyinclude><noinclude>This template provides a shortcut markup for creating a link to a ''[[what if? (blog)\|what if?]]'' article on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com].
−	<span class="{{#if:{{#titlematch:[Ww]hat\|{{PAGENAME}}}}\|plainlinks\|}}">[https://what-if.xkcd.com/{{{1\|}}} {{{2\|''what if?'' {{{1\|}}}}}}]</span>[[Category:Links to xkcd.com]]</onlyinclude><noinclude>This template provides a shortcut markup for creating a link to a ''[[what if? (blog)\|what if?]]'' article on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com].

	'''Usage:''' <code><nowiki>{{what if\|question number\|article title, recommended}}</nowiki></code>		'''Usage:''' <code><nowiki>{{what if\|question number\|article title, recommended}}</nowiki></code>