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See also [[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial#Forcing a break]] (not just for pictures).
See also [[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial#Forcing a break]] (not just for pictures).
=== Links ===
You will often want to make clickable ''links'' to other pages.
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Here's a link to a page named [[Official position]].
You can even say [[official position]]s
and the link will show up correctly.
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Here's a link to a page named [[Official position]].
You can even say [[official position]]s
and the link will show up correctly.
</pre>
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You can put formatting around a link.
Example: ''[[Wikipedia]]''.
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You can put formatting around a link.
Example: ''[[Wikipedia]]''.
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The ''first letter'' of articles is automatically
capitalized, so [[wikipedia]] goes to the same place
as [[Wikipedia]]. Capitalization matters after the
first letter.
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The ''first letter'' of articles is automatically
capitalized, so [[wikipedia]] goes to the same place
as [[Wikipedia]]. Capitalization matters after the
first letter.
</pre>
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[[The weather in London]] is a page that doesn't exist
yet. You could create it by clicking on the link.
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[[The weather in London]] is a page that doesn't exist
yet. You could create it by clicking on the link.
</pre>
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You can link to a page section by its title:
*[[List of cities by country#Morocco]].
If multiple sections have the same title, add
a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
third section named "Example section".
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You can link to a page section by its title:
*[[List of cities by country#Morocco]].
If multiple sections have the same title, add
a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
third section named "Example section".
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You can make a link point to a different place
with a [[Help:Piped link|piped link]]. Put the link
target first, then the pipe character "|", then
the link text.
*[[Help:Link|About Links]]
*[[List of cities by country#Morocco|
Cities in Morocco]]
Or you can use the "pipe trick" so that text in parentheses or text after a comma does not appear.
*[[Spinning (textiles)|Spinning]]
*[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]
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*[[Help:Link|About Links]]
*[[List of cities by country#Morocco|
Cities in Morocco]]
*[[Spinning (textiles)|]]
*[[Boston, Massachusetts|]]
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You can make an external link just by typing a URL:
http://www.nupedia.com
You can give it a title:
[http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia]
Or leave the title blank:
[http://www.nupedia.com]
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You can make an external link just by typing a URL:
http://www.nupedia.com
You can give it a title:
[http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia]
Or leave the title blank:
[http://www.nupedia.com]
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Linking to an e-mail address works the same way:
mailto:someone@example.com or
[mailto:someone@example.com someone]
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Linking to an e-mail address works the same way:
mailto:someone@example.com or
[mailto:someone@example.com someone]
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You can [[Help:Redirect|redirect]] the user to another page.
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#REDIRECT [[Official position]]
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[[Help:Category|Category links]] do not show up in line
but instead at page bottom ''and cause the page to be
listed in the category.''
[[Category:English documentation]]
Add an extra colon to ''link'' to a category in line
without causing the page to be listed in the category:
[[:Category:English documentation]]
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[[Help:Category|Category links]] do not show up in line
but instead at page bottom ''and cause the page to be
listed in the category.''
[[Category:English documentation]]
Add an extra colon to ''link'' to a category in line
without causing the page to be listed in the category:
[[:Category:English documentation]]
</pre>
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The Wiki reformats linked dates to match the reader's
date preferences. These three dates will show up the
same if you choose a format in your
[[Special:Preferences|Preferences]]:
* [[1969-07-20]]
* [[July 20]], [[1969]]
* [[20 July]] [[1969]]
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The Wiki reformats linked dates to match the reader's
date preferences. These three dates will show up the
same if you choose a format in your
[[Special:Preferences|]]:
* [[1969-07-20]]
* [[July 20]], [[1969]]
* [[20 July]] [[1969]]
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