diff --git a/module_citeq.lua b/module_citeq.lua
index 5ae2ae6..8d742fc 100644
--- a/module_citeq.lua
+++ b/module_citeq.lua
@@ -1019,9 +1019,12 @@ local function _cite_q (citeq_args)
 		citeq_args['name-list-style'] = nil
 	end
 
-	-- clean up any blank parameters
 	for k, v in pairs(citeq_args) do
-		if v == "" then citeq_args[k] = nil end
+		if v == "" then citeq_args[k] = nil end									-- remove blank parameters
+		local link = v:match ('%[%[([^|]+)|%1%]%]');							-- get <link> from <v> wikilink [[<link>|<label>]] when <link> and <label> are same value
+		if link then															-- and if <link> and <label> are the same thing
+			citeq_args[k] = '[[' .. link .. ']]';								-- rewrite <v> as [[<link>]]
+		end
 	end
 
 	-- if |expand=<anything>, write a nowiki'd version to see what the {{citation}} template call looks like