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I would like to propose changing the template so that the anchors it generates are generated using {{Plain text}}. This would enable links in the anchored text. This is just a suggestion; I will test whether it actually works, if there are no problems with it. Janhrach (talk) 10:32, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Visible anchor/sandbox and Template:Visible anchor/testcases are available for testing. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:46, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have made the change to the sandbox. Everything seems to work fine. I wonder if the documentation needs changing... Anyway, I am going to wait for further feedback at least a week, before I change the main template. Janhrach (talk) 15:44, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

One more note: before this change, anchors to text to with links actually were generated; they just contained square brackets. I think this behavior is quite unintuitive, but it may be worth checking if there are any pages that deliberately use this. Janhrach (talk) 15:56, 23 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]