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This template is a "subroutine" of {{Citation/core}} used for conditionally making links for the chapter= and title= fields in a citation.

It is invoked as:

{{Citation/make link

| 1 = <value of IncludedWorkURL= or URL= or PMC= parameters>

| 2 = <value of IncludedWorkTitle= or Title= parameters>

}}

It uses the following algorithm:

If the first parameter is empty, it returns the second parameter as plain text.
If the first parameter is a URL, it returns the second parameter wrapped inside an external link to the first.

This "subroutine" is designed for {{Citation/core}} and makes assumptions that may not be valid elsewhere.

Examples:

"{{Citation/make link||BBC News front page}}" produces "BBC News front page".
"{{Citation/make link|http://news.bbc.co.uk/|BBC News front page}}" produces "BBC News front page".

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+{{#if:{{{1|}}}
+ |[{{{1}}} {{{2}}}]
+ |{{{2}}}
+}}<noinclude><!--
+  Code notes (here so that people /read/ it)
+. Parameter #2 is always nonempty when called from {{Citation/core}}.
+. It's up to {{Citation/core}} to stop italicized "'foo' & 'bar'" from becoming
+     "'''foo' & 'bar'''". Citation/core does this by having a <nowiki></nowiki>
+     at both beginning and end of the call to this template. Since this is only
+     needed once, it's more efficient to do it in {{Citation/core}} than here.
+-->{{documentation}}</noinclude>

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