Add the "hide templates" option to What links here page (Community Wishlist/W338)

Description

Once an article is included in a template, it becomes arduous to discern which articles are directly linked within the text to the target, as it requires a manual check. Automatically, any article that has the same template appears in all the links displays, making it challenging to research further articles (WP:Purpose, WP:RWW) that are specifically relevant to the target.

This was the Top 6 issue of the Wishlist Survey 2022.

Assigned focus area

Unassigned

Type of wish

Feature request

Tags

Editing, Templates

Affected users

Readers, editors, troubleshooters

Phabricator tasks

T417575

Other details

Created: 12:08, 12 December 2024
Last updated: 11:25, 16 March 2026
Author: Respublik (talk)

Voting

This wish currently has 11 supporters. Voting for this wish is open until it is completed.

Supporters of this wish

Support Respublik (talk) 12:08, 12 December 2024

Support Pppery (talk) 15:58, 10 October 2025

Support overdue Prototyperspective (talk) 16:17, 10 October 2025

Support Femke (talk) 18:49, 10 October 2025

Support cs (čeština): Důležitý návrh, odkazy z vložených stránek stránku Speciální:Co odkazuje na velmi znepřehledňují. Marek Genius (talk) 18:35, 12 October 2025

Support Nardog (talk) 09:27, 22 October 2025

Support Toadspike (talk) 12:52, 24 November 2025

Support See comment on talk page for my current workaround Shushugah (talk) 19:19, 4 December 2025

Support JAn Dudík (talk) 15:19, 31 January 2026

Support Yes please! I come across this issue regularly. It has been a problem for over 15 years. Sometimes there can be hundreds of irrelevant results in "What links here". Cagliost (talk) 19:45, 23 February 2026

Support NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh (talk) 10:23, 24 February 2026