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This template takes a single non-named parameter and determine which user it is referring to. To this end, the template assumes that the provided parameter is
: a) a display name, such as users are supposed to set on their user page using property <nowiki>[[displayname:: ]]</nowiki>, or
: b) a user login name.
This template produces ''NO output'', but after it has been called, there will exist two variables that you can use as you please:
: <nowiki>{{#var|displayname}}</nowiki> will contain the user's display name (or the given parameter surrounded by question marks)
: <nowiki>{{#var|userpage}}</nowiki> will contain the user's userpage without the ''User:'' prefix (or the string "Unknown").
This makes it possible to construct nice links such as <nowiki>[[User:{{#var:userpage}}|{{#var:displayname}}]]</nowiki>

Suppose there's a user "'''JDoe'''" with userpage '''User:JDoe''', on which is defined '''<nowiki>[[displayname::John Doe]]</nowiki>''', and suppose that user JDeo does not exist (it's a typo). Then
:<nowiki>{{GetUser|JDoe}}</nowiki> results in <nowiki>{{#var|displayname}}</nowiki> = John Doe and <nowiki>{{#var|userpage}}</nowiki> = JDoe
:<nowiki>{{GetUser|John Doe}}</nowiki> results in <nowiki>{{#var|displayname}}</nowiki> = John Doe and <nowiki>{{#var|userpage}}</nowiki> = JDoe
:<nowiki>{{GetUser|JDeo}}</nowiki> results in <nowiki>{{#var|displayname}}</nowiki> = ?JDeo? and <nowiki>{{#var|userpage}}</nowiki> = Unknown
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</noinclude>{{#vardefine:userguess|{{#ask: [[User:+]][[Displayname::{{{1|}}}]]|link=none|limit=1|searchlabel=}}}}
{{#if: {{#var:userguess}} | {{#vardefine:displayname|{{{1}}}}}{{#vardefine:userpage|{{#sub:{{#var:userguess}}|5}}}} | {{#vardefine:displayname|''?{{{1}}}?''}}{{#vardefine:userpage|Unknown}}}}
{{#ifexist: User:{{{1}}} |{{#vardefine:displayname|{{#show: User:{{{1}}}|?Displayname}}}}{{#vardefine:userpage|{{{1|}}}}}}}

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