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Wikilink[edit]

This template should wikilink to the Illinois Compiled Statutes article. Int21h (talk) 09:50, 13 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In the documentation, or in the template content itself? In the template content itself, there is no logical way to link "ILCS" in the generated output, because it's always already an external link to the statute. --Closeapple (talk)

In the template content. There is indeed a logical way: see {{USC}}. For example, 18 U.S.C. § 1 links to the United States Code (now it links to Title 18, but it used to just link to the main article). Int21h (talk) 14:26, 26 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I guess it could use an internal link for "ILCS" and then an external link for the part afterwards and any potential act name. Is that what you mean? --Closeapple (talk) 19:14, 26 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Since, unlike {{USC}}, the template accepts an optional act name, I am unsure about the best way to go about it. Int21h (talk) 02:00, 27 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not working[edit]

The links that this template creates are not working. Funandtrvl (talk) 23:37, 25 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Can you give an example? I see that act-only — e.g. Coin Slug Act (720 ILCS 235) — is being goofy right now, but that looks like a database failure on the ILGA website. Is that what you're talking about? (If so: Has that been going on a while?) The chapter-only and the section links seem to work OK in the documentation examples. --Closeapple (talk) 06:15, 26 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've also had problems finding a replacement for another act-level search: Apparently there's a newer version but it won't take "allintitle:" and will only show a list of sections instead of the full act. --Closeapple (talk) 08:16, 26 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]