Templating links to wikisyntax characters
Fragment of a discussion from User talk:Rua
Leave any plain link containing template syntax characters alone. I would also suggest leaving large Chinese entries alone for the time being: there have been problems lately with Chinese modules using too much memory, and adding templates on an entry that uses 48 MB will push it over the 50 MB limit (as has happened with a few MewBot edits, already).
Chuck Entz (talk)