Editing Help/Links (section)

== Internal links == <!--T:3-->
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<translate><!--T:4--> To [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Editing pages</tvar>|create]] a so-called internal link to a page on the same wiki (a "wikilink"), use double square brackets wiki markup, .</translate>
<translate><!--T:129--> When you preview or save your changes, you will see a link that can be followed to the target page.</translate>
<translate><!--T:130--> If the page exists, the link is displayed in blue (like the word "create" in the first sentence of this paragraph); if the page does not exist, the link appears red (so the  link is actually rendered ).</translate>
<translate><!--T:155--> Note that the colors could be different if the color scheme of the wiki has been changed from the default.</translate>
<translate><!--T:131--> Following such a "redlink" to a missing page (whether or not it is actually red) will usually enable the user to create the page.</translate>

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To markup any arbitrary string of text (not necessarily a page title) as a link, use a "vertical bar" or "pipe" character, like this: $1<nowiki>]]</nowiki></code></tvar>|category links}} results in the link .
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<translate><!--T:5--> The first letter of the link target is usually not case-sensitive (unless the wiki is configured otherwise), meaning links can be capitalized or not (so [[How to contribute]] and [[how to contribute]] are equivalent).</translate>
<translate><!--T:212--> However, the case of every ''subsequent'' letter must match the target page exactly (so [[How to contribute]] and [[How To Contribute]] are ''not'' equivalent).</translate>
<translate><!--T:213--> Spaces in the page title may be represented as underscores (so [[How to contribute]] and [[How_to_contribute]] are again equivalent), but using underscores in links will make them visible in the page text (but this can be prevented by using a "pipe").</translate>

<translate><!--T:89--> If the page title you are linking to is that of the page you are editing, the result is not a hyperlink at all but simply bold text (for example, on this page the markup <tvar name=1><code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>]]</code></tvar> gives the result <tvar name=2>[[]]</tvar>).</translate>
<translate><!--T:145--> If you're trying to create a wikilink to the current page, you probably want to link to a specific ''section'' or to an ''anchor'' within the page; see the examples below.</translate>

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MediaWiki uses the <tvar name=1></tvar> table to keep track of internal wikilinks.
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<translate><!--T:214--> Unlike external links, internal links do not support the use of URL query parameters.</translate>
<translate><!--T:215--> The addition of HTML attributes is not supported by either internal or external links.</translate>

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! <translate><!--T:116--> Name</translate>/<translate><!--T:6--> Description</translate>
! <translate><!--T:117--> Syntax</translate>
! <translate><!--T:118--> Result</translate>

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| <translate><!--T:9--> Internal link</translate>
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[[Main Page]]

[[Help:Contents]]

[[Extension:DynamicPageList (Wikimedia)]]
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[[Main Page]]

[[Help:Contents]]

[[Extension:DynamicPageList (Wikimedia)]]

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| <translate><!--T:10--> Piped link</translate>
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<syntaxhighlight lang="mediawiki">[[Help:Editing pages|editing help]]</syntaxhighlight>

<translate><!--T:115--> Links to a section/anchor within the target page.</translate>
<syntaxhighlight lang="mediawiki">[[Help:Editing pages#Preview|previewing]]</syntaxhighlight>

<translate><!--T:18--> Piped link to an anchor on the same page</translate>
<syntaxhighlight lang="mediawiki">[[#See also|different text]]</syntaxhighlight>

<translate><!--T:11--> See also [[<tvar name=meta>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Links#Piped links</tvar>|Help:Piped link]].</translate>
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[[Help:Editing pages|editing help]]

[[Help:Editing pages#Preview|previewing]]

[[#See also|different text]]
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| <translate><!--T:353--> [[w:Help:Pipe trick|Pipe trick]]</translate>
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[[Manual:Extensions|Extensions]]

[[User:John Doe|John Doe]]

[[Extension:DynamicPageList (Wikimedia)|DynamicPageList]]

[[Extension:DynamicPageList (disambiguation)|DynamicPageList]]
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<translate><!--T:142--> The transformation done by the pipe trick can result in the same text for different link targets, as seen in the DynamicPageList examples.</translate>
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[[User:John Doe|John Doe]]

[[Extension:DynamicPageList (Wikimedia)|DynamicPageList]]

[[Extension:DynamicPageList (disambiguation)|DynamicPageList]]

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|<span id="linktrail"></span><translate><!--T:13--> Word-ending links</translate>
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[[Help]]s

[[Help]]ing

[[Help]]ers

[[Help]]almostanylettersyoulikehere

[[Help]]BUTnotalways
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<translate><!--T:91--> Follows so-called "linktrail rules" [[<tvar name=loc>Special:MyLanguage/Localisation</tvar>|localised]] per [[<tvar name=msgxx>Special:MyLanguage/MessagesXx.php</tvar>|each language]].</translate>
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[[Help]]s

[[Help]]ing

[[Help]]ers

[[Help]]almostanylettersyoulikehere

[[Help]]BUTnotalways

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| <translate><!--T:14--> Avoiding word-ending links</translate>
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[[Help]]<nowiki />ful advice

[[wikipedia:GNU General Public License|GPL]]<nowiki />v3
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[[Help]]<nowiki />ful advice

[[wikipedia:GNU General Public License|GPL]]<nowiki />v3

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| <translate><!--T:17--> Link to an anchor on the same page</translate>
|<syntaxhighlight lang="mediawiki">[[#See also]]</syntaxhighlight>
<translate><!--T:77--> Anchors are provided automatically on [[<tvar name=formatting>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Formatting</tvar>|section headings]] and to the [[<tvar name=1>#top</tvar>|top]] (<tvar name=2><code><nowiki>[[#top]]</nowiki></code></tvar>) of the page.</translate>
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| <translate><!--T:19--> Setting an anchor for incoming links</translate>
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<div id="Unique anchor name 1">optional text</div>

<span id="Unique anchor name 2">optional text</span>
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<translate><!--T:92--> Rendered [[w:HTML element#Document body elements|block-level and inline]], respectively.</translate>
<translate><!--T:132--> Doing this would allow for <code><nowiki>[[#Unique anchor name 1]]</nowiki></code> on the same page or <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>#Unique anchor name 1]]</code> on a different page.</translate>
<translate><!--T:133--> Omit the "optional text" for an invisible anchor.</translate>

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Setting an anchor in a section heading
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