Help:Links/Wikitext


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The following are examples of wikitext formatting, specific to links.

Internal links
An internal link is one made to a page on whatever wiki you're currently editing. It must be to a page other than the one you're editing, though.  Assume good faith = Assume good faith but

 Help:Wikitext/link examples = Help:Wikitext/link examples

In other words, attempting to create a link to the current page will fail. Instead, you'll just get bolded text.

Displaying a link
As you've probably already figured out, the most basic kind of link simply puts two  square brackets   around the name of a page on the wiki. But you can change the way that link displays by using a pipe, the vertical line found on most English keyboards above the Enter key (|).

Generally, the pipe delineates between the proper name of the article on the left, and the how you want to display that link on the right.  Editing = Editing

Common link types
Now that we know what a wikitext link is, let's look at the variety of ways in which it can be achieved.

Wikitext external links
Links to a page that's not on your wiki can be achieved by either using the "w:c: method" or by knowing the domain name of wikis that are in your wiki's interwiki map.

The w:c: method
Every wiki on FANDOM can link to every other wiki by simply typing:  w:c:domain:article name  so</tt>

w:c:dc:Hawkgirl w:c:007:M w:c:warframe:Ash </tt> ... and so on. Note that any valid domain for the wiki will work, as w:c:007:M</tt> is just as valid as w:c:jamesbond:M</tt>.

Wikis in your interwiki map
If an external wiki is in your interwiki map, you can link to a page there by simply using  domain:article name </tt>.

By far, the most common wiki that uses this method is Wikipedia. Links there are achieved simply by typing Dolly Madison</tt>. Another popular external wikis is mediawiki.org, which houses a ton of help pages our readers enjoy. Links there are as easy as mw:Help:Parser functions</tt>

Using URLs
Although it's possible to create an internal link with a URL, you shouldn't. It's easier just to create a link, and it makes wiki maintenance much easier if everyone is making internal links the same way.

When you need to link to a site that's not connected to FANDOM, though, you have little choice but to make a URL link.

Here are some ways you can do that.

Pipe tricks
A pipe trick uses a pipe to automatically transform the way a link is displayed. On saving a pipe-tricked link, the software actually changes the way the link is made.

Its most basic form is to chop off a namespace from the front of a page name.

Imagine you're trying to create a link to Community Central:Admins and mods, but you don't want to show the words Community Central. Just add a single pipe at the end, and the software will do its thing.  Community Central:Admins and mods = Admins and mods</tt>

When you go back to edit the text, you'll find that the pipe trick has resulted in the full form,  Admins and mods </tt>.

Here are some other examples:

Further help and feedback
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