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Fix Linter errors using AutoEd

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==Usage==

Creates a Google custom search link, which searches the Wikipedia [[WP:HD|Help desk]] and its archive. This template takes two unnamed input parameters; both are optional:

# Your search term(s) (optional.) If this parameter is empty, clicking on the resulting link generates a Google search form with an initially blank input field, ready to search the Help desk and its archive pages.
# Link text to display on your wiki page (optional). If this parameter is empty, the template displays a link, with the link text:
#* If you specified a search string:
#** Search Help desk for: ''search string''
#* If you did not specify a search string:
#** Search Help desk

This template is useful for answering questions on the Help desk. A large fraction of questions on the Help desk are repeats of earlier questions, as similar problems keep tripping up successive waves of new users.

=== Do not use in articles ===
{{Warning|Do not use this template in [[WP:WIAA|articles]] (as Google search links [[WP:EL#Links normally to be avoided|are not appropriate in articles]]). The template is only for [[Help:Talk page|talk pages]] and other process pages ([[WP:HD|Help desk]], [[WP:PROJ|WikiProjects]], etc.). The template will produce an error if you attempt to use it in an article.}}

==Examples==

{| class="wikitable"

! Type this !! To get this !! What it produces, or searches for
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{google help desk||}}</nowiki></code> || {{google help desk||}} || Blank form to search the Wikipedia Help desk
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{google help desk}}</nowiki></code> || {{google help desk}} || Delimiters are optional when both parameters are empty
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{google help desk||Search the Help desk}}</nowiki></code> || {{google help desk||Search the Help desk}} || Display our own link text
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{google help desk|clear search history|}}</nowiki></code> || {{google help desk|clear search history|}} || Search the Wikipedia Help desk for the combination of three search terms
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{google help desk|"clear search history"|}}</nowiki></code> || {{google help desk|"clear search history"|}} || Search the Wikipedia Help desk for a phrase
|-
|}

== Lineage ==

This template is a cut-down instance of the more general {{Tl|Google custom}} template. You may wish to make similar templates if you need to create repetitive links to other portions of Wikipedia that {{Tl|Google custom}} can search. This saves much typing compared to using {{Tl|Google custom}} for each link.

==See also==
{{Google templates}}

<includeonly>{{Sandbox other||
[[Category:Google search templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
}}</includeonly>

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