Template:Plain link
[{{{url}}}]
This template will allow you to create a local or interwiki link (such as a link to the history of a page) on a page without having the 
follow the link. This can be used, for example, when internal or interwiki links appear as external links.
Examples
edit{{plain link|url=http://www.wikibooks.org}}gives [1]{{plain link|http://www.wikibooks.org Wikibooks}}gives Wikibooks{{plain link|http://www.wikibooks.org | Wikibooks}}gives Wikibooks
Note that if your url or link title contains an equals sign = you must use named parameters:
{{plainlink | url=http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Equals_sign&oldid=282228764 | name="=" }}gives "="