Help:Interwiki links

An interwiki link is a link to another wiki, most often found within the body of a wiki page. It can be to another Fandom wiki, or to any of the wiki 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 editor. Be aware that the link won't work in the preview section, but works fine once saved (bug discussion).

A list of the current interwiki prefixes for your wiki may be viewed via the interwiki map, or by using the Query API, e.g. https://community.fandom.com/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=interwikimap.

Linking to another Fandom wiki

To create an interwiki link to a different Fandom wiki, use the syntax [[w:c:wikiname]] for the target wiki's homepage, or [[w:c:wikiname:Pagename]] for a specific page.

• Note that a Fandom wiki name should be written exactly like it is in the target wiki's URL: https://wikiname.fandom.com/wiki/.
  • Example: To link to "The Queen Victoria" page on EastEnders Wiki, you would use [[w:c:eastenders:The Queen Victoria]].
• If you would like to modify the displayed text of a link, simply add | directly after the page name, followed by your desired display text.
  • Example: [[w:c:eastenders:The Queen Victoria|displayed text]] would result in displayed text.
• You might want to actually click on newly-made interwiki links to ensure you didn't make any typos. Unlike local Fandom wiki links, interwiki links don't display in different colour text if the target page doesn't yet exist.
  • Example: The link for [[w:c:batman:The Joker]] on Batman Fandom Wiki displays the same as the not-yet-created [[w:c:batman:Superman needs to stay in Metropolis]].
• Non-English Fandom wikis often use language code prefixes (with the wiki's name in English), using the syntax [[w:c:langcode.wikiname]]. The language code can be found in the target wiki's URL: https://wikiname.fandom.com/langcode/wiki/. It's important to write the page name in the language of the target page.
  • Example: You'll typically link to a page from a German Fandom wiki by putting de. before the wiki name: [[w:c:de.wikiname:Pagename]].
  • Example: [[w:c:ru.disney:Donald Duck]] won't link to the Russian Disney Wiki "Donald Duck" page, but [[w:c:ru.disney:Дональд Дак]] will.

Linking from a Gamepedia wiki

Before the above syntax may be used on any historically-Gamepedia wiki, a new entry must be added to the interwiki table, with the prefix w and the URL https://community.fandom.com/wiki/$1. You can do so using Special:Interwiki (from Extension:Interwiki, which is installed on every Gamepedia wiki), or by contacting your Wiki Representative or Fandom support and asking for it to be added.

Linking to an external wiki

External (i.e, non-Fandom) wikis that are listed in the interwiki map can be linked to with the syntax [[wikiprefix:Pagename]].

• Pages from some external wikis can only be linked to by using one specific prefix.
  • Example: Wiktionary only uses the prefix [[wiktionary:Pagename]].
  • Example: Many non-Fandom MediaWiki help pages can be linked to with the prefix [[mw:Pagename]]. Don't confuse this with the MediaWiki namespace for system messages.
• In other cases, external wikis have multiple prefixes that can be used for interwiki links to their pages.
  • Example: Wikipedia pages can be linked to with the syntax [[wikipedia:Pagename]] or [[wp:Pagename]].
  • Example: Wikimedia can be linked to with the syntax [[m:Pagename]], [[meta:Pagename]], or [[metawikimedia:Pagename]].
• Interwiki prefixes are generally not case-sensitive.
  • Example: [[wikispecies:Lemur]], [[Wikispecies:Lemur]] and [[wiKISPECies:Lemur]] all go to the same page.
• Non-English external wikis often use language code prefixes, using the syntax [[wikiprefix:langcode:Pagename]]. It's important to write the page name in the language of the target page. However, in some cases, a non-English wiki page will share the same page name as the English version.
  • Example: [[wikipedia:cy:Wales]] won't link to the Welsh Wikipedia "Wales" page, but [[wikipedia:cy:Cymru]] will, as "Cymru" is Welsh for "Wales."
  • Example: The word for "India" is the same in both English and Spanish, so the only difference between the interwiki links for the two Wikipedia "India" pages is the language prefix: [[wp:India]] for the English Wikipedia page, and [[wp:es:India]] for the Spanish Wikipedia page.

Linking to a Fandom wiki from an external wiki

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

• [[w:c:wikiname:Pagename]]
• [[centralwikia:w:c:wikiname:Pagename]] (on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation projects)
• [[wikia:wikiname:Pagename]]
• [[wikia:c:wikiname:Pagename]]
• [[wikiasite:wikiname:Pagename]]

For example, typing [[w:c:muppet:Kermit]] on a non-Fandom wiki would link to the Muppet Wiki "Kermit" page (if interwiki linking is set up on the target external wiki, that is).

See also

• Interlanguage links, which connect pages on the same topic, written in different languages
• Interlanguage link requests, to request a specific interwiki link for your community
• The Meta-Wiki help page on interwiki linking
• Shared images, for how to share images across communities on Fandom.

Further help and feedback

• Browse and search other help pages at Help:Contents
• 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