This template is formatted {{commons|foo|bar}}, where

  • foo = Name of the page on Commons
  • bar = optional description of the page. If this parameter is left blank, it uses the title of the page (article) as a description (without the namespace prefix), in this case "Commons".

Example

{{commons|United States|U.S.A.}} gives:

Commons
Commons
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{{commons|United States}} gives:

Commons
Commons
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Clicking "Commons" will lead to the Commons article called "United States"