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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 any 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]] on most wikis) 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 (if that's set up on the target wiki).

Further help and feedback

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Check Fandom Community Central for sources of further help and support
Check Contacting Fandom for how to report any errors or unclear steps in this article

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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 any editor.
-An '''interwiki link''' is a link to another wiki on Wikia, or to any other wiki listed on the [[MetaWikiPedia:Interwiki map|interwiki map]] (which is part of the wiki's database), using the abbreviated form <tt><nowiki>[[wikiname:pagetitle]]</nowiki></tt>. This prevents you needing to use the full URL, and will prevent links from breaking if a wiki later changes its address.
-==Linking to another Wikia==
+== 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 from a Wikia to another, use <tt><nowiki>[[</nowiki>w:c:<var>wikiname</var>:<var>pagename</var>]]</tt>, e.g. <tt>[[w:c:Starwars:Jedi|&#91;&#91;w:c:Starwars:Jedi&#93;&#93;]]</tt>. Some Wikia have their own wiki prefix; for example, the Star Wars Wikia has a prefix of "Starwars", and its Jedi page can be linked via [[Starwars:Jedi]]. It is not necessary to use [[w:c:Starwars:Jedi]] in that case.
+* 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]].
+* 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 another language version of your wiki (Interlanguage links)===
+== Linking to an external wiki community ==
+* 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]].
-To link to another language version of your wiki, use <tt><nowiki>[[</nowiki><var>languagecode</var>:<var>pagename</var>]]</tt>, e.g.<tt>[[<var>fr</var>:<var>fromage</var>]]</tt> will link to the "fromage" article on the French-language version of that wiki. If you leave off the pagename, it will use the pagename of the article the interwiki link is placed on.
+* <code><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:es:India]]</nowiki></code> (or <code><nowiki>[[wp:es:India]]</nowiki></code> on most wikis) 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 a Fandom community from an off-Fandom 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.
+Some non-Fandom wikis allow you to link back to a Fandom wiki using one of the following syntaxes:
+*<code><nowiki>[[centralwikia:w:c:wiki-name:pagename]]</nowiki></code> (on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation projects)
-: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 [[w:c:c:project:Interlanguage_link_requests|Interlanguage link requests]] page on Community Central.
+*<code><nowiki>[[wikia:wiki-name:pagename]]</nowiki></code>
+*<code><nowiki>[[wikia:c:wiki-name:pagename]]</nowiki></code>
+*<code><nowiki>[[wikiasite:wiki-name:pagename]]</nowiki></code>
+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]] (if that's set up on the target wiki).
-== Linking to Wikia Community Central ==
-You can use the format ''<nowiki>[[wikia:pagename]]</nowiki>'' (or just ''<nowiki>[[w:pagename]]</nowiki>'') to link to pages on the Wikia Community Central site. This is true for any pages with the community.wikia.com subdomain.
+== See also ==
-''<nowiki>[[community:pagename]]</nowiki>'' also works.
+* [[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
+* [[w:Project:Interlanguage link requests|Interlanguage link requests]], to request a specific interwiki link for your community
+* The [[meta:Help:Interwiki linking|Meta-Wiki help page]] on interwiki linking
+== Further help and feedback ==
-For example; to link to Community Central from other wikis use [[wikia:Community Central]], [[w:Community Central]], or [[community:Community Central]].
+{{Help and feedback section}}[[de:Hilfe:Interwiki-Links]]
+[[es:Ayuda:Enlace interwiki]]
-== Linking to Wikia Help ==
+[[fr:Aide:Lien interwiki]]
+[[it:Aiuto:Link interwiki]]
-You can use the format ''<nowiki>[[helpwiki:pagename]]</nowiki>'' or ''<nowiki>[[w:c:help:pagename]]</nowiki>'' to link to pages on the Wikia Help site. This is true for any pages with the help.wikia.com subdomain.
+[[ja:ヘルプ:ウィキ間リンク]]
+[[ko:도움말:인터위키]]
-''<nowiki>[[help:pagename]]</nowiki>'' displays the same content, but on the wiki that it is being linked from.
-For example; to link to [[Help:Contents]] from other wikis use [[helpwiki:Contents]]. Do not use ''<nowiki>[[helpwiki:Help:Contents]]</nowiki>''. It will not work.
-==Linking to an External Wiki==
-Sites listed in the interwiki map can be linked via <tt><nowiki>[[wiki prefix:page name]]</nowiki></tt>. For example, <tt><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Jedi]]</nowiki></tt> will be converted to link to the English Wikipedia's "Jedi" article: [[Wikipedia:Jedi]].
-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
-See the [[w:c:c:MediaWiki:Interwiki map|Interwiki map]] on Community Central for interwiki prefixes for an ever-growing list of individual external wikis.
-==Link to a Wikia site from an external wiki==
-If the Central Wikia is in the interwiki map of another wiki, you can link to any Wikia using the syntax:
-<nowiki>[[Wikia:c:Wiki name:Page title]]</nowiki> or
-<nowiki>[[Wikiasite:Projectname:Page title]]</nowiki>
-For example, <tt><nowiki>[[Wikia:c:Starwars:Jedi]]</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>[[Wikiasite:Starwars:Jedi]]</nowiki></tt> from a wiki outside Wikia would link to http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jedi
-The '''c''' stands for "city" (a legacy from Wikia's origin as "Wikicities") and makes use of automatic redirects.
-==Interwiki Redirects==
-It is sometimes possible to [[Help:Redirect|redirect]] to another wiki using interwiki links (although this has now been disabled by default in MediaWiki). Such redirects are not recommended since they can be surprising and confusing for users to be taken automatically to a different wiki.
-There is no easy way for the user to return to the original page other than using the "back" button on their browser, and it is difficult to edit the page once redirected. Redirects of user pages are especially harmful, since it prevents people finding the contributions list of that user. A [[Help:Soft redirect|soft redirect]] can be used as an alternative.
-==Styling Interwiki Links==
-See [[Help:Changing the style of interwiki links]].
-==See also==
-* To request a specific interwiki link for your wiki, please visit [[w:wikia:Interwiki requests|this page]].
-* [[Help:Interwiki link/technical]] - detailed list of interwiki link types
-* [[MetaWikipedia:Help:Interwiki linking]]
-* [[MetaWikipedia:Redirected user pages considered harmful]]
-[[de:Hilfe:Interwiki-Links]]
 [[nl:Help:Interwiki links]]
+[[pl:Pomoc:Linki interwiki]]
-[[Category:Help|Interwiki link]]
-[[Category:Link help|false]]
+[[pt:Ajuda:Link interwiki]]
+[[ru:Справка:Интервики-ссылки]]
+[[tr:Yardım:Ortak wiki bağlantısı]]
+[[uk:Довідка:Інтервікі-посилання]]
+[[vi:Trợ giúp:Liên kết liên wiki]]
+[[zh:Help:跨wiki鏈接]]
+[[Category:Editing]]
+[[Category:Source editing]]
+[[Category:Link help]]
+[[Category:Help]]