Template:Item icon

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Item icon shows a small item icon next to a link to that item's page — a thin wrapper around {{Link icon}} with the type fixed to "Item".

Overview

This template is shorthand for ? .... It renders the icon image <Name> (Item).png followed by a link to the page of that name. If the icon file does not exist it falls back to a small ? placeholder. Pass notext to show only the icon with no text label. Note: this template is not currently used on any live page — it is documented here for completeness.

Parameters

Parameter	Required?	What it does	Example
`1` (first unnamed)	Required	The item page name. Used both as the link target and to build the icon file name `<name> (Item).png`.	`Magnificat`
`2` (second unnamed)	Optional	Display text for the link. If omitted, the page name (param 1) is shown. The special value `notext` hides the text and shows only the icon.	`the Magnificat sceptre`

How to use

1. Write ? PageName to get the item's icon plus a link reading "PageName". 2. To show different link text, add it as the second value: ? the Magnificat sceptre. 3. To show the icon alone (no text), use the literal second value notext: ?. 4. The icon image must be uploaded as <PageName> (Item).png (note the space and parentheses). If it is missing, a small ? placeholder shows instead, so the link still works.

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{{Item icon|PageName|display text}}

Example

? the Magnificat sceptre

{{Item icon|Magnificat|the Magnificat sceptre}}

Tips & notes

Currently unused on live pages; the example is illustrative.
The icon file naming rule is strict: <Name> (Item).png, with a literal space before (Item). A missing file degrades gracefully to a ?. (This is a different scheme from the item-page image convention Ut-<Name>.png / T#<Type>.png used inside {{ItemInfobox}}.)
The text-and-icon link points to the page named in param 1; with notext the icon itself links there.
This wrapper just sets type=Item on {{Link icon}}; its sibling {{Character icon}} does the same with type=Character.
Depends on the .link-icon CSS classes in MediaWiki:Common.css.