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-'''Link templates''' are the lifeblood of [[Bulbapedia]], and one of its unique style quirks. The use of link templates has been in place since shortly after Bulbapedia was established. Since then their use has expanded to save typing time when a page name was disambiguated, as well as to link many things much more easily.
+'''Link templates''' are a feature of [[Bulbapedia]] designed to save typing time when a page name was disambiguated, as well as to link many pages and topics more easily.
 ==Why they are used==
-Though initially, many of Bulbapedia's Pokémon pages were at names such as "Bulbasaur" or "Pikachu", the seventeen [[type]]s were decided from the first day to be at the page titled "type name (type)", such as [[Grass (type)]]. This was, of course, due to the existence of several other things of the same name for most of them, such as types in the [[TCG]], [[Egg Group]]s, and even of course [[move]]s. This same logic was applied to Pokémon, as Ash owns a Pikachu, as well as many others, which he calls by their species name.
+Link templates allow users to quickly comply with Bulbapedia's [[Bulbapedia:Manual of Style|style]] guidance around page naming.  Multiple categories of pages having suffixes for clarity; these include [[Bulbasaur_(Pokémon)|Pokémon like Bulbasaur]], [[type]]s, [[Egg Group]]s, and [[move]]s. This logic is also applied to Pokémon characters; for example, Ash owns a [[Ash's_Pikachu|Pikachu]], but there are other Pikachu in universe, and even [[Ash's_Pikachu_(M20)|other versions of Ash's Pikachu]].
 ===Advantages===
 While oftentimes on Wikipedia, one may often find a problem in navigating between articles, such is not the case with Bulbapedia. Unlike the issue with the element [[wp:mercury (element)|mercury]] followed by the element [[wp:thallium|thallium]], and the planet [[wp:Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] followed by the planet [[wp:Venus|Venus]], [[Ash's Pikachu]] followed by [[Ash's Caterpie]], with link templates, has no conflict at all with [[Pikachu (Pokémon)]] followed by [[Raichu (Pokémon)]].
-===Disadvantages===
+===Image templates===
-As has been mentioned in the past, the ease at which one can find the article they are looking for without coming to a redirect page through the searchbar is somewhat limited, due to the inability to use link templates in a search. Several solutions have been suggested for this, however, none have yet been accepted, and so the status remains.
+A subclass of link template, image templates can be used to link to an image that is named in a similar manner to others. Images that are good candidates for image templates are utilized across a wide number of pages.  Examples of images that meet these criteria are type icons.
-==Image templates==
-A subclass of link template, these templates can be used to link to an image that is named in a similar manner to others. Many of these images are utilized often for tables and the like.
 ==List of link templates==
 {{main|Bulbapedia:List of link templates}}