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You will often want to make clickable ''links'' to other pages.
 
You will often want to make clickable ''links'' to other pages.
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{| {{Prettytable}}
 
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!What it looks like
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|{{Hl3}}|'''Description'''
!What you type
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|{{Hl3}}|'''You type'''
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|{{Hl3}}|'''You get'''
 
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|Internal link
Here's a link to a page named [[Official position]].
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|<tt><nowiki>[[Main Page]]</nowiki></tt>
You can even say [[official position]]s
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|[[Main Page]]
and the link will show up correctly.
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Here's a link to a page named [[Official position]].
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You can even say [[official position]]s
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and the link will show up correctly.
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</pre>
   
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|Category link
You can put formatting around a link.
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|<tt><nowiki>[[:Category:Help]]</nowiki></tt>
Example: ''[[Wikipedia]]''.
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|[[:Category:Help]]
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You can put formatting around a link.
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Example: ''[[Wikipedia]]''.
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</pre>
   
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|Piped link
The ''first letter'' of articles is automatically
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|<tt><nowiki>[[Main Page|different text]]</nowiki></tt>
capitalized, so [[wikipedia]] goes to the same place
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|[[Main Page|different text]]
as [[Wikipedia]]. Capitalization matters after the
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first letter.
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|<pre>
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The ''first letter'' of articles is automatically
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capitalized, so [[wikipedia]] goes to the same place
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as [[Wikipedia]]. Capitalization matters after the
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first letter.
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</pre>
   
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|Anchor link
[[The weather in London]] is a page that doesn't exist
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|<tt><nowiki>[[#External links|Anchor link]]</nowiki></tt>
yet. You could create it by clicking on the link.
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|[[#External links|Anchor link]]
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[[The weather in London]] is a page that doesn't exist
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yet. You could create it by clicking on the link.
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</pre>
   
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|External link
You can link to a page section by its title:
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|<tt><nowiki>http://mediawiki.org</nowiki></tt>
 
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|http://mediawiki.org
*[[List of cities by country#Morocco]].
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If multiple sections have the same title, add
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a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
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third section named "Example section".
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|<pre>
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You can link to a page section by its title:
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*[[List of cities by country#Morocco]].
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If multiple sections have the same title, add
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a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
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third section named "Example section".
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</pre>
   
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|Internal link to image file
You can make a link point to a different place
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|<tt><nowiki>[[media:example.jpg]]</nowiki></tt>
with a [[Help:Piped link|piped link]]. Put the link
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|[[media:example.jpg]]
target first, then the pipe character "|", then
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the link text.
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*[[Help:Link|About Links]]
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*[[List of cities by country#Morocco|
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Cities in Morocco]]
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Or you can use the "pipe trick" so that text in parentheses or text after a comma does not appear.  
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*[[Spinning (textiles)|Spinning]]
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*[[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]
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|<pre>
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*[[Help:Link|About Links]]
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*[[List of cities by country#Morocco|
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Cities in Morocco]]
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*[[Spinning (textiles)|]]
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*[[Boston, Massachusetts|]]
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|External link,<br />
You can make an external link just by typing a URL:
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different title
http://www.nupedia.com
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|<tt><nowiki>[http://mediawiki.org MediaWiki]</nowiki></tt>
 
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|[http://mediawiki.org MediaWiki]
You can give it a title:
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[http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia]
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Or leave the title blank:
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[http://www.nupedia.com]
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<pre>
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You can make an external link just by typing a URL:
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http://www.nupedia.com
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You can give it a title:
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[http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia]
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Or leave the title blank:
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[http://www.nupedia.com]
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</pre>
   
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|External link,<br />
Linking to an e-mail address works the same way:
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unnamed
mailto:someone@example.com or
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|<tt><nowiki>[http://mediawiki.org]</nowiki></tt>
[mailto:someone@example.com someone]
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|[http://mediawiki.org]
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<pre>
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Linking to an e-mail address works the same way:
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mailto:someone@example.com or
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[mailto:someone@example.com someone]
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</pre>
   
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|External link,<br />
You can [[Help:Redirect|redirect]] the user to another page.
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same host unnamed
|<pre>
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|<tt><nowiki>[http://{{SERVERNAME}}/pagename]</nowiki></tt>
#REDIRECT [[Official position]]
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|[http://{{SERVERNAME}}/pagename]
</pre>
   
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|-
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|Interwiki link
[[Help:Category|Category links]] do not show up in line
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|<tt><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:MediaWiki]]</nowiki></tt>
but instead at page bottom ''and cause the page to be
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|[[Wikipedia:MediaWiki]]
listed in the category.''
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[[Category:English documentation]]
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Add an extra colon to ''link'' to a category in line
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without causing the page to be listed in the category:
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[[:Category:English documentation]]
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|<pre>
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[[Help:Category|Category links]] do not show up in line
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but instead at page bottom ''and cause the page to be
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listed in the category.''
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[[Category:English documentation]]
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Add an extra colon to ''link'' to a category in line
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without causing the page to be listed in the category:
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[[:Category:English documentation]]
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</pre>
   
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|mailto
The Wiki reformats linked dates to match the reader's
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|<tt><nowiki>mailto:info@example.org</nowiki></tt>
date preferences. These three dates will show up the
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|mailto:info@example.org
same if you choose a format in your
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[[Special:Preferences|Preferences]]:
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|mailto unnamed
* [[1969-07-20]]
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|<tt><nowiki>[mailto:info@example.org]</nowiki></tt>
* [[July 20]], [[1969]]
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|[mailto:info@example.org]
* [[20 July]] [[1969]]
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|<pre>
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|mailto named
The Wiki reformats linked dates to match the reader's
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|<tt><nowiki>[mailto:info@example.org info]</nowiki></tt>
date preferences. These three dates will show up the
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|[mailto:info@example.org info]
same if you choose a format in your
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[[Special:Preferences|]]:
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|redirect
* [[1969-07-20]]
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|<tt><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Main Page]]</nowiki></tt>
* [[July 20]], [[1969]]
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| &rarr; [[Main Page]]
* [[20 July]] [[1969]]
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