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An interwiki link is a link to another community, most often found within the body of an article. It can be to another Fandom community or any of the sites listed on the interwiki map. It's an easy, wikitext way to link to a page on another wiki without having to type out a whole URL.

To type an interwiki link, you must be using source mode in either VisualEditor or the classic editor.

Linking to another Fandom community

To create an interwiki link from your Fandom community to another, use the format [[w:c:wiki-name:pagename]]. For instance, if you wanted to link to The Queen Victoria page on the Eastenders Wiki, you would use [[w:c:eastenders:The Queen Victoria]].
If you would like to modify the displayed text, do as you would with any link. Add a '|' after the link, followed by your desired text. For example, [[w:c:eastenders:The Queen Victoria|test]] would appear as test.
You might want to actually click on newly-made interwiki links to make sure your spelling's right. Unlike normal links, interwiki links don't check to see whether the target page exists. That means w:c:batman:The Joker looks the same as the uncreated w:c:batman:Superman needs to stay in Metropolis.
Non-English communities often use language code prefixes. You'll typically link to a page on a German community by putting de. before the domain name: [[w:c:de.wiki-name:Page Name]]. It's important to use the name of the page in the target language. Something like w:c:ru.disney:Donald Duck probably won't work, but w:c:ru.disney:Дональд Дак will.

Linking to an external wiki community

Sites listed in the interwiki map can be linked via [[prefix:pagename]]. For example, [[wikipedia:Jedi]] will be converted to link to the English Wikipedia's "Jedi" article: wikipedia:Jedi.
[[Wikipedia:es:India]] or [[wp:es:India]] will be converted to link to the Spanish Wikipedia's "India" article: wikipedia:es:India
Interwiki prefixes are generally case-insensitive, meaning that wikispecies:Lemur, Wikispecies:Lemur — and even wiKISPECies:Lemur — all go to the same place.
Some communities have multiple interwiki prefixes at Fandom. Consider https://meta.wikimedia.org. Fandom's interwiki map allows m: and meta: and metawikimedia: to work. In other cases — like wiktionary: — there may be only one way to get to a community.
Many off-Fandom MediaWiki help pages are kept on https://mediawiki.org/wiki/, which can be linked to with mw: — but you shouldn't confuse this with the MediaWiki: namespace for system messages.

Linking to a Fandom community from an off-Fandom community

Some non-Fandom wikis allow you to link back to a Fandom wiki using one of the following syntaxes:

[[centralwikia:w:c:wiki-name:pagename]] (on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation projects)
[[wikia:wiki-name:pagename]]
[[wikia:c:wiki-name:pagename]]
[[wikiasite:wiki-name:pagename]]

For example, typing [[wikia:muppet:Kermit]] on a community outside Fandom would link to the Kermit page at the Muppet Wiki.

Further help and feedback

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-__NOTOC__An '''interwiki link''' is a link to another wiki. This link is often to another Wikia wiki, but can be to any other wiki listed on the {{#NewWindowLink:homepage:w:MediaWiki:Interwiki map|interwiki map}}. Interwiki links are shortcuts which prevent the need to use the full URL, and simplify the maintenance of links if a wiki later changes its address.
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+An '''interwiki link''' is a [[Help:Links|link]] to another community, most often found within the body of an article. It can be to another Fandom community or any of the sites listed on the [[w:MediaWiki:Interwiki map|interwiki map]]. It's an easy, [[Help:Wikitext|wikitext]] way to link to a page on another wiki without having to type out a whole URL.
+To type an interwiki link, you must be using [[Help:Source edit mode|source mode]] in either [[Help:VisualEditor|VisualEditor]] or the [[Help:Classic editor|classic editor]].
-==Step-by-step==
-===Linking to another Wikia wiki===
-*To create an interwiki link from your Wikia wiki to another, use the format <code><nowiki>[[w:c:wikiname:pagename]]</nowiki></code>. So for example if you wanted to link to the Jedi page on Wookieepedia, you would use [[w:c:Starwars:Jedi|<code><nowiki>[[w:c:Starwars:Jedi]]</nowiki></code>]]. Soy mexicana putos!
-*If you would like to modify the display text, follow the same format as with all [[Help:Links|links]], and add a | after the link with the text you want displayed. So for example, <code><nowiki>[[w:c:Starwars:Jedi|test]]</nowiki></code>, would appear as [[w:c:Starwars:Jedi|test]].
-* [[Help:Improving_help_pages#Linking_to_Community_Central|Shared help]] is a special case: [[w:c:community:|<code><nowiki>[[w:c:community:]]</nowiki></code>]] or its shorthand [[w:c:c:|<code><nowiki>[[w:c:c:]]</nowiki></code>]] are silently stripped when help pages are transcluded on other Wikias, and this would break links to other community pages outside of the [[Help:Namespace|help namespace]].
-===Linking to another language version of your wiki (Interlanguage links)===
+== Linking to another Fandom community ==
+* To create an interwiki link from your Fandom community to another, use the format <code><nowiki>[[w:c:wiki-name:pagename]]</nowiki></code>. For instance, if you wanted to link to The Queen Victoria page on the Eastenders Wiki, you would use [[w:c:eastenders:The Queen Victoria|<code><nowiki>[[w:c:eastenders:The Queen Victoria]]</nowiki></code>]].
-*To link to another language version of your wiki, use <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki><var>languagecode</var>:<var>pagename</var>]]</code>, e.g.<code>[[<var>fr</var>:<var>fromage</var>]]</code> will link to the "fromage" article on the French-language version of that wiki.
+* If you would like to modify the displayed text, do as you would with any [[Help:Links|link]]. Add a '|' after the link, followed by your desired text. For example, <code><nowiki>[[w:c:eastenders:The Queen Victoria|test]]</nowiki></code> would appear as [[w:c:eastenders:The Queen Victoria|test]].
-*If you leave off the pagename, it will use the pagename of the article the interwiki link is placed on.
+* You might want to actually click on newly-made interwiki links to make sure your spelling's right. Unlike normal links, interwiki links don't check to see whether the target page exists. That means [[w:c:batman:The Joker]] ''looks'' the same as the uncreated [[w:c:batman:Superman needs to stay in Metropolis]].
+* Non-English communities often use [[Help:Language code|language code]] prefixes. You'll typically link to a page on a German community by putting '''de.''' before the domain name: <code><nowiki>[[w:c:</nowiki>'''de.'''<nowiki>wiki-name:Page Name]]</nowiki></code>. It's important to use the name of the page ''in the '''target''' language''. Something like [[w:c:ru.disney:Donald Duck]] probably won't work, but [[w:c:ru.disney:Дональд Дак]] will.
+== Linking to an external wiki community ==
-*Generally such links are placed alphabetically by language code at the end of an article, and will show up in the sidebar. See [[Help:Interlanguage links]] for more information.
+* Sites listed in the ''[[w:MediaWiki:Interwiki map|interwiki map]]'' can be linked via <code><nowiki>[[prefix:pagename]]</nowiki></code>. For example, <code><nowiki>[[wikipedia:Jedi]]</nowiki></code> will be converted to link to the English Wikipedia's "Jedi" article: [[wikipedia:Jedi]].
-*Note: because different languages can use different wiki names (such as the English cycling.wikia.com and the French cyclisme.wikia.com), interlanguage linking must be manually activated by the community team. If your topic has another language version at Wikia, and you would like to activate interlanguage linking, please leave a request on the {{#NewWindowLink:homepage:w:project:Interlanguage_link_requests|Interlanguage link requests}} page on Community Central.
+* <code><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:es:India]]</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>[[wp:es:India]]</nowiki></code> will be converted to link to the Spanish Wikipedia's "India" article: [[wikipedia:es:India]]
+* Interwiki prefixes are generally case-insensitive, meaning that [[wikispecies:Lemur]], [[Wikispecies:Lemur]] — and even [[wiKISPECies:Lemur]] — all go to the same place.
+* Some communities have multiple interwiki prefixes at Fandom. Consider https://meta.wikimedia.org. Fandom's interwiki map allows [[m:]] ''and'' [[meta:]] ''and'' [[metawikimedia:]] to work. In other cases — like [[wiktionary:]] — there may be only one way to get to a community.
+* Many off-Fandom MediaWiki help pages are kept on https://mediawiki.org/wiki/, which can be linked to with [[mw:]] — but you shouldn't confuse this with the [[Help:Namespace|MediaWiki: namespace]] for [[Help:System messages|system messages]].
-===Linking to any other non-English Wikia wiki===
+== Linking to a Fandom community from an off-Fandom community ==
+Some non-Fandom wikis allow you to link back to a Fandom wiki using one of the following syntaxes:
-*The international Wikia wikis have a country code prefix. German wikis for example have the servername <code>de.<wikiname>.wikia.com</code>. Spanish wikis can be found under <code>es.<wikiname>.wikia.com</code>. Etcetera
-*When you link to one of these wikis, you need to add the country code prefix. Example: <code><nowiki>[[w:c:fr.<wikiname>:Page]]</nowiki></code> (Note the dot between "fr" and the wikiname!)
+*<code><nowiki>[[centralwikia:w:c:wiki-name:pagename]]</nowiki></code> (on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation projects)
-===Linking to an external Wiki===
+*<code><nowiki>[[wikia:wiki-name:pagename]]</nowiki></code>
-*Sites listed in the ''Interwiki map'' can be linked via <code><nowiki>[[wiki prefix:page name]]</nowiki></code>. For example, <code><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Jedi]]</nowiki></code> will be converted to link to the English Wikipedia's "Jedi" article: [[Wikipedia:Jedi]].  Interwiki links are not flagged as external links and can be added by unregistered contributors.
+*<code><nowiki>[[wikia:c:wiki-name:pagename]]</nowiki></code>
-*Note that the name used in the interwiki link is not always exactly the same as the domain or sub-domain, e.g. [[MetaWikipedia:]] vs. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki.  Wikia's interwiki map also supports [[MetaWikiMedia:]] and [[m:]] for this ''"meta wiki"''&#x2009; with (old) help pages in different languages.
+*<code><nowiki>[[wikiasite:wiki-name:pagename]]</nowiki></code>
-*Newer MediaWiki help pages are kept on [[mw:]] also known as [[MediaWikiWiki:]] for the http://mediawiki.org/wiki/.  This is not (yet) listed on the ''Interwiki map'', because it's a (new) MediaWiki default.  Don't confuse this with the [[Special:Allmessages|MediaWiki:]] [[Help:Namespace|namespace]] for [[Help:System messages|system messages]].
-*See the {{#NewWindowLink:homepage:w:MediaWiki:Interwiki map|interwiki map}} on Community Central with interwiki prefixes for an ever-growing list of individual external wikis.
+For example, typing <code><nowiki>[[wikia:muppet:Kermit]]</nowiki></code> on a community outside Fandom would link to the [[w:c:muppet:Kermit|Kermit page at the Muppet Wiki]].
-===Link to a Wikia site from an external wiki===
-*If the wiki is in the interwiki map of another wiki, you can link to any Wikia using the syntax:
-:<code><nowiki>[[Wikia:c:Wiki name:Page title]]</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>[[Wikiasite:Projectname:Page title]]</nowiki></code>
-*For example, <code><nowiki>[[Wikia:c:Starwars:Jedi]]</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>[[Wikiasite:Starwars:Jedi]]</nowiki></code> from a wiki outside Wikia would link to {{#NewWindowLink:http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jedi}}
-==See also==
+== See also ==
-* [[Help:Shared help|Shared help]] and {{lc:[[Help:Shared templates|Shared templates]]}} are special cases of Interwiki links
+* [[Help:Shared Help|Shared Help]] and [[Help:Shared templates|shared templates]], special cases of interwiki links
+* [[help:Interlanguage link|Interlanguage links]], which connect pages on the same topic, written in different languages
-* To request a specific interwiki link for your wiki, please visit {{#NewWindowLink:homepage:w:Community Central:Interlanguage link requests|this page}}.
+* [[w:Project:Interlanguage link requests|Interlanguage link requests]], to request a specific interwiki link for your community
-* {{#NewWindowLink:MetaWikipedia:Help:Interwiki linking}}
+* The [[meta:Help:Interwiki linking|Meta-Wiki help page]] on interwiki linking
-==Further Help & Feedback==
+== Further help and feedback ==
 {{Help and feedback section}}
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