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Quick Reference

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−	~~<u>'''~~Quick Reference~~:'''~~</u>	+	{{Quick Reference\|<br><br>
−	*<u>Internal Link:</u> On the page where~~ ~~you want the link to appear, type:'''~~ ~~<nowiki>[[pagetitle\|visibletext]]</nowiki> '''where "'''pagetitle'''" = the name of the article you want to link to, and "'''visibletext'''" = the text users see on the page and will click on to be directed to the linked article.	+	*<u>Internal Link:</u> On the page where you want the link to appear, type:'''<nowiki>[[pagetitle\|visibletext]]</nowiki> '''where "'''pagetitle'''" is the name of the article you want to link to, and "'''visibletext'''" is the text users see on the page and will click on to be directed to the linked article.
−	*<u>External Link:</u> On the page where you want the link to appear, type:''' <nowiki>[http://hyperlink visibletext]</nowiki> '''where "'''<nowiki>http://hyperlink</nowiki>'''" = the url of the website you want to link to (including <nowiki>http://</nowiki>), and "'''visibletext'''" the text users see on the page and will click on to be directed to the other website or url.~~<br>~~	+	*<u>External Link:</u> On the page where you want the link to appear, type:''' <nowiki>[http://hyperlink visibletext]</nowiki> '''where "'''<nowiki>http://hyperlink</nowiki>'''" is the url of the website you want to link to (including <nowiki>http://</nowiki>), and "'''visibletext'''" the text users see on the page and will click on to be directed to the other website or url.
		+	}}

	== Linking with Wikitext ==		== Linking with Wikitext ==

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How to create an internal link using Wikitext: correction

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	\| <pre>[[Help:User page#See also]]</pre>		\| <pre>[[Help:User page#See also]]</pre>
	\| [[Help:User page#See also]]		\| [[Help:User page#See also]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| Internal link to a subpage<br><br>See also [[Help:Subpages\|Subpages]].
		+	\| <pre>[[Help:Advanced Linking/example]]</pre>
		+	\| [[Help:Advanced Linking/example]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| Internal link to a category page		\| Internal link to a category page
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	\| <pre>[[{{TALKPAGENAME}}]]</pre>		\| <pre>[[{{TALKPAGENAME}}]]</pre>
	\| [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}]]		\| [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}]]
−	\|-
−	~~\| Internal link to the current page's subpage<br><br>Shortcut for <nowiki>[[Help:Advanced Linking/example]]</nowiki>. See also [[Help:Subpages]].~~
−	~~\| <pre>[[/example]]</pre>~~
−	~~\| [[/example]]~~
	\|}		\|}

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interwiki and interlanguage links

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	Redirected categories must also use the colon, otherwise they will be added to the category instead of redirecting.		Redirected categories must also use the colon, otherwise they will be added to the category instead of redirecting.
		+
		+	=== Interlanguage Links ===
		+
		+	Links to other [[FamilySearch Wiki:Non-English versions of the wiki\|language versions]] of this wiki can be created using the {{tl\|H-langs}} template.
		+
		+	=== Interwiki Links ===
		+
		+	Interwiki links to other wikis are generally not used on this wiki. Links to other wikis are usually created by using the standard methods for creating external links or by using the templates listed below under Creating Links Using Templates.
		+
		+	{{admin tip\|tip=See {{mediawiki\|Manual:Interwiki}} for the management of interwiki links of your wiki.}}

	=== Creating Links Using Templates ===		=== Creating Links Using Templates ===
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	:*'''Wikipedia''' (English Language) - Wikipedia box. Instructions: {{tl\|Wikipedia}}		:*'''Wikipedia''' (English Language) - Wikipedia box. Instructions: {{tl\|Wikipedia}}
	:*'''Internet Archive''' (Wayback machine). Instructions: {{tl\|Wayback}}		:*'''Internet Archive''' (Wayback machine). Instructions: {{tl\|Wayback}}
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−	~~Inter-language Links:~~
−
−	~~:*'''Research Wiki''' (Other [[FamilySearch Wiki:Non-English versions of the wiki\|languages]]). Instructions: {{tl\|H-langs}}~~
−
−	~~{{admin tip\|tip=See {{mediawiki\|Manual:Interwiki}} for the management of interwiki links of your wiki.}}~~

	=== Creating Image Links ===		=== Creating Image Links ===

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	{{admin tip\|tip=See {{mediawiki\|Manual:Interwiki}} for the management of interwiki links of your wiki.}}		{{admin tip\|tip=See {{mediawiki\|Manual:Interwiki}} for the management of interwiki links of your wiki.}}
		+
		+	=== Creating Image Links ===
		+
		+	'''Single link'''
		+
		+	The text below will make a 100px width picture with a link to the page [[FamilySearch]]:
		+
		+	<nowiki>[[</nowiki>File:FamilySearch Logo.jpg\|100px\|link=FamilySearch]]
		+
		+
		+	[[Image:FamilySearch Logo.jpg\|100px\|link=FamilySearch]]
		+
		+	'''Multiple links from the same image'''
		+
		+	An image can also be used to link to different pages when a user clicks on different parts of the image. See [[Help:Image maps]] for more information.

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	\| <pre>[http://mediawiki.org]</pre>		\| <pre>[http://mediawiki.org]</pre>
	\| [http://mediawiki.org]		\| [http://mediawiki.org]
−	\|-
−	~~\| External link icons~~
−	~~\| <pre>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.avi video]~~
−	~~[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.wav sound]~~
−	~~[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.pdf document]~~
−	~~</pre>~~
−	~~External link icons may differ depending on the file type of the target.~~
−
−	\|
−	~~[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.avi video] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.wav sound] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.pdf document]~~
−
	\|-		\|-
	\| External link to the same host		\| External link to the same host

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update table

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	\|-		\|-
	\| Shortened sort-of-piped link		\| Shortened sort-of-piped link
−	\| <pre>[[~~Internationalisation~~]]s</pre>	+	\| <pre>[[Main Page]]s</pre>
−	\| [[~~Internationalisation~~]]s	+	\| [[Main Page]]s
	\|-		\|-
−	\| Redirect	+	\| Redirect<br><br>See also [[Help:Redirects\|Redirects]]
	\| <pre>#REDIRECT [[Main Page]]</pre>		\| <pre>#REDIRECT [[Main Page]]</pre>
−	~~See also [[Help:Redirects]]~~
−
	\| → [[Main Page]]		\| → [[Main Page]]
	\|-		\|-
−	\| Internal link to an anchor	+	\| Internal link to an anchor at another page
−	\| <pre>[[#See also]]</pre>	+	\| <pre>[[Help:User page#See also]]</pre>
−	[[Help:~~Formatting\|Section headings]] and the [[#top\|top]] of the~~ page ~~are automatically anchored.~~	+	\| [[Help:User page#See also]]
−		+
−	~~\| [[~~#~~See_also~~]]	+
	\|-		\|-
−	~~\| Internal link to an anchor at another page~~	+	\| Internal link to a category page
−	~~\| <pre>[[Help:Images#See also]]</pre>~~	+
−	~~\| [[Help:Images#See_also]]~~	+
−	\|-	+
−	~~\| Internal link to the current page's talk page~~	+
−	~~\| <pre>[[{{TALKPAGENAME}}\|Discussion]]</pre>~~	+
−	~~See also [[Help:Magic words#Page_names]]~~	+
−		+
−	~~\| [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}\|Discussion]]~~	+
−	\|-	+
−	~~\| Internal link to a subpage~~	+
−	~~\| <pre>[[/example]]</pre>~~	+
−	~~Shortcut for <nowiki>[[Help:Links/example]]</nowiki>. See also [[Help:Subpages]].~~	+
−		+
−	~~\| [[/example]]~~	+
−	\|-	+
−	\| Internal link to a category page	+
	\| <pre>[[:Category:Help]]</pre>		\| <pre>[[:Category:Help]]</pre>
−	~~See also [[Help:Categories]]~~
−
	\| [[:Category:Help]]		\| [[:Category:Help]]
	\|-		\|-
−	\| Internal link to an image or a file of other types	+	\| Internal link to an image or a file of other types
	\| <pre>[[media:example.jpg]]		\| <pre>[[media:example.jpg]]
−		+	[[Media:Swedish Parishes.pdf]] </pre>
−	[[~~media~~:~~example~~.pdf]]</pre>	+
−	~~See also [[Help:Images]]~~	+
−		+
	\| [[Media:Example.jpg]]		\| [[Media:Example.jpg]]
−	[[Media:~~Example~~.pdf]]	+	[[Media:Swedish Parishes.pdf]]
		+	\|-
		+	! colspan="3"\|<center>Shortcut links related to the current page</center>
		+	\|-
		+	\| Internal link to an anchor on the current page<br><br>[[Help:Section\|Section headings]] and the [[#top\|top]] of the page are automatically anchored.
		+	\| <pre>[[#See also]]</pre>
		+	\| [[#See also]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| Internal link to the current page's talk page<br><br>See also [[Help:Magic words#Variables\|Magic words]]
		+	\| <pre>[[{{TALKPAGENAME}}]]</pre>
		+	\| [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| Internal link to the current page's subpage<br><br>Shortcut for <nowiki>[[Help:Advanced Linking/example]]</nowiki>. See also [[Help:Subpages]].
		+	\| <pre>[[/example]]</pre>
		+	\| [[/example]]
	\|}		\|}

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	''Tip:'' To enter the pipe symbol (\|), hold the "Shift" key down and then press the \ (the shift and the backslash keys).		''Tip:'' To enter the pipe symbol (\|), hold the "Shift" key down and then press the \ (the shift and the backslash keys).

−	'''~~Example~~:'''	+	'''Examples:'''
		+	{\| border="1" class="wikitable"
		+	\|-
		+	! Description
		+	! You type
		+	! You get
		+	\|-
		+	\| Internal link
		+	\| <pre>[[Main Page]]</pre>
		+	\| [[Main Page]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| Piped link
		+	\| <pre>[[Main Page\|different text]]</pre>
		+	\| [[Main Page\|different text]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| Shortened sort-of-piped link
		+	\| <pre>[[Internationalisation]]s</pre>
		+	\| [[Internationalisation]]s
		+	\|-
		+	\| Redirect
		+	\| <pre>#REDIRECT [[Main Page]]</pre>
		+	See also [[Help:Redirects]]

−	:<~~nowiki~~>[[~~African American Resources\|African American Research~~]]</~~nowiki~~>	+	\| → [[Main Page]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| Internal link to an anchor
		+	\| <pre>[[#See also]]</pre>
		+	[[Help:Formatting\|Section headings]] and the [[#top\|top]] of the page are automatically anchored.

−	~~The text above will appear as:~~ [[~~African American Resources~~\|~~African American Research~~]] ~~even thought~~ the ~~actual title~~ of ~~the article is "African American Resources~~."	+	\| [[#See_also]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| Internal link to an anchor at another page
		+	\| <pre>[[Help:Images#See also]]</pre>
		+	\| [[Help:Images#See_also]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| Internal link to the current page's talk page
		+	\| <pre>[[{{TALKPAGENAME}}\|Discussion]]</pre>
		+	See also [[Help:Magic words#Page_names]]
		+
		+	\| [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}\|Discussion]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| Internal link to a subpage
		+	\| <pre>[[/example]]</pre>
		+	Shortcut for <nowiki>[[Help:Links/example]]</nowiki>. See also [[Help:Subpages]].
		+
		+	\| [[/example]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| Internal link to a category page
		+	\| <pre>[[:Category:Help]]</pre>
		+	See also [[Help:Categories]]
		+
		+	\| [[:Category:Help]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| Internal link to an image or a file of other types
		+	\| <pre>[[media:example.jpg]]
		+
		+	[[media:example.pdf]]</pre>
		+	See also [[Help:Images]]
		+
		+	\| [[Media:Example.jpg]]
		+	[[Media:Example.pdf]]
		+	\|}

	=== How to create an external link using Wikitext ===		=== How to create an external link using Wikitext ===
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	#Next type a single, left-facing square bracket ''']''' without leaving a space between the bracket and the last letter or symbol of the url or text.		#Next type a single, left-facing square bracket ''']''' without leaving a space between the bracket and the last letter or symbol of the url or text.

−	'''~~Example~~:'''	+	'''Examples:'''
		+
		+	{\| border="1" class="wikitable"
		+	\|-
		+	! style="width: 15%" \| Description
		+	! style="width: 45%" \| You type
		+	! style="width: 40%" \| You get
		+	\|-
		+	\| External link
		+	\| <pre>http://mediawiki.org</pre>
		+	\| http://mediawiki.org
		+	\|-
		+	\| External link with different label
		+	\| <pre>[http://mediawiki.org MediaWiki]</pre>
		+	\| [http://mediawiki.org MediaWiki]
		+	\|-
		+	\| External link numbered
		+	\| <pre>[http://mediawiki.org]</pre>
		+	\| [http://mediawiki.org]
		+	\|-
		+	\| External link icons
		+	\| <pre>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.avi video]
		+	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.wav sound]
		+	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.pdf document]
		+	</pre>
		+	External link icons may differ depending on the file type of the target.

−	:~~<nowiki>~~[http://~~www~~.~~familysearch~~.org ~~FamilySearch~~]</~~nowiki>~~	+	\|
		+	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.avi video] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.wav sound] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.pdf document]

−	~~The text above will appear as~~:[http://~~www.familysearch.org FamilySearch~~] ~~even though~~ the ~~actual website url is "~~http://~~www~~.~~familysearch~~.org."	+	\|-
		+	\| External link to the same host
		+	\| <pre>[http://{{SERVERNAME}}/pagename]</pre>
		+	\| [http://{{SERVERNAME}}/pagename]
		+	\|-
		+	\| External link to other host passing the pagename
		+	\| <pre>[http://google.com/search?q={{PAGENAMEE}}]</pre>
		+	\| [http://google.com/search?q={{PAGENAMEE}}]
		+	\|-
		+	\| Mailto link
		+	\| <pre>[mailto:info@example.org email me]</pre>
		+	\| [mailto:info@example.org email me]
		+	\|-
		+	\| Mailto named with subject line and body
		+	\| <pre>[mailto:info@example.org?Subject=URL%20Encoded%20Subject&body=Body%20Text info]</pre>
		+	\| [mailto:info@example.org?Subject=URL%20Encoded%20Subject&body=Body%20Text info]
		+	\|}

	== Other links ==		== Other links ==

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	{{Help article}}		{{Help article}}
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		+	__TOC__

	<u>'''Quick Reference:'''</u>		<u>'''Quick Reference:'''</u>
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	*<u>External Link:</u> On the page where you want the link to appear, type:''' <nowiki>[http://hyperlink visibletext]</nowiki> '''where "'''<nowiki>http://hyperlink</nowiki>'''" = the url of the website you want to link to (including <nowiki>http://</nowiki>), and "'''visibletext'''" the text users see on the page and will click on to be directed to the other website or url.<br>		*<u>External Link:</u> On the page where you want the link to appear, type:''' <nowiki>[http://hyperlink visibletext]</nowiki> '''where "'''<nowiki>http://hyperlink</nowiki>'''" = the url of the website you want to link to (including <nowiki>http://</nowiki>), and "'''visibletext'''" the text users see on the page and will click on to be directed to the other website or url.<br>

−	== How to create an internal link using Wikitext ==	+	== Linking with Wikitext ==
		+
		+	=== How to create an internal link using Wikitext ===

−	To create internal links ~~within the Research Wiki~~ using the "Rich Editor", see [[Help:Create an internal link\|Create an internal link]].	+	To create internal links using the "Rich Editor", see [[Help:Create an internal link\|Create an internal link]].

	#Type double square brackets '''[['''.		#Type double square brackets '''[['''.
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	The text above will appear as: [[African American Resources\|African American Research]] even thought the actual title of the article is "African American Resources."		The text above will appear as: [[African American Resources\|African American Research]] even thought the actual title of the article is "African American Resources."

−	== How to create an external link using Wikitext ==	+	=== How to create an external link using Wikitext ===

	To create external links using the "Rich Editor" see [[Help:Create an external link\|Create an external link]].		To create external links using the "Rich Editor" see [[Help:Create an external link\|Create an external link]].
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	== Other links ==		== Other links ==
−
−	~~{{Contributor Help badge}}~~

	=== Linking to a category ===		=== Linking to a category ===

−	To create a link to a category, use a leading colon before the category name. (Without this colon, it will add the current page to the category.) ~~To change the link text, write the text inside the link tag after a pipe.~~	+	To create a link to a category, use a leading colon before the category name. (Without this colon, it will add the current page to the category.)

	<nowiki>[[</nowiki>:{{ns:category}}:''NAME'']]		<nowiki>[[</nowiki>:{{ns:category}}:''NAME'']]
−	~~<nowiki>[[</nowiki>:{{ns:category}}:''NAME''\|''TEXT'']]~~
−

−	~~For example, to link to "{{ns:category}}:Help", write "<code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>:{{ns:category}}:Help]]</code>", which will result in [[:<span class=\|{{ns:category}}:Help">:{{ns:category}}:Help]].~~

−	~~[[Help:Redirect\|Redirect pages]] must also use~~ the ~~colon~~, ~~otherwise it will be added to~~ the ~~category instead of redirecting~~.	+	To change the display text, write the text inside the link tag after a pipe.

−	~~=== Creating Links Using Templates ===~~	+	<nowiki>[[</nowiki>:{{ns:category}}:''NAME''\|''DISPLAY TEXT'']]

−	~~For those external links not listed below, see [[Help:Create an external link\|Create an external link]].~~

−	~~==== Interwiki Links ====~~	+	Redirected categories must also use the colon, otherwise they will be added to the category instead of redirecting.

−	*Instructions for using the {{tl\|Wpd}} template for creating interwiki links to articles in the English-language [[wikipedia:Wikipedia\|Wikipedia]].	+	=== Creating Links Using Templates ===
−		+
−	===~~= Family History Library Catalog (FHLC)~~ Links ====	+

−	*Instructions for using the {{tl\|FHL}} template for creating links ~~to the Family History Library Catalog.~~	+	Templates for creating common links are available, each with their own set of instructions:<br>

−	~~==== Record Search Links ====~~	+	External links:

−	*Instructions ~~for using the~~ {{tl\|~~RecordSearch~~}} ~~template for creating links to [~~{{RecordSearch}} ~~Record Search]~~.	+	:*'''Family History Library Catalog''' (FHLC). Instructions: {{tl\|FHL}}
		+	:*'''Record Search'''. Instructions: {{tl\|RecordSearch}}
		+	:*'''WorldCat/OCLC''' (English Language). Instructions: {{tl\|WorldCat}}
		+	:*'''Wikipedia''' (English Language) - Inline link. Instructions: {{tl\|Wpd}}
		+	:*'''Wikipedia''' (English Language) - Wikipedia box. Instructions: {{tl\|Wikipedia}}
		+	:*'''Internet Archive''' (Wayback machine). Instructions: {{tl\|Wayback}}

−	~~==== WorldCat/OCLC~~ Links ~~====~~	+	Inter-language Links:

−	*~~Instructions for using~~ the {{tl\|~~WorldCat~~}} ~~template for creating links to the English-language [http://www.WorldCat.org WorldCat/OCLC] catalog.~~	+	:*'''Research Wiki''' (Other [[FamilySearch Wiki:Non-English versions of the wiki\|languages]]). Instructions: {{tl\|H-langs}}

−	=~~=== Wikipedia Links ====~~	+	{{admin tip\|tip=See {{mediawiki\|Manual:Interwiki}} for the management of interwiki links of your wiki.}}

−	*Instructions for using the {{tl\|Wikipedia}} template for creating interwiki links to articles in the English-language [[wikipedia:Wikipedia\|Wikipedia]].

	{{Contributor help-navbox}} {{Editing help}}		{{Contributor help-navbox}} {{Editing help}}

−	[[Category:Help~~\|{{PAGENAME}}~~]]	+	[[Category:Help]]

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−	~~{\| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" align="right" width="220"~~
−	\|-
−	~~\| [[Help:Links and citations\|Return to Help:Links and citations]]~~
−	~~\|}<br><br><br>~~
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−	~~{{how-to-articles}}~~
	{{Help article}}		{{Help article}}

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	== How to create an internal link using Wikitext ==		== How to create an internal link using Wikitext ==
		+
		+	To create internal links within the Research Wiki using the "Rich Editor", see [[Help:Create an internal link\|Create an internal link]].

	#Type double square brackets '''[['''.		#Type double square brackets '''[['''.
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	The text above will appear as: [[African American Resources\|African American Research]] even thought the actual title of the article is "African American Resources."		The text above will appear as: [[African American Resources\|African American Research]] even thought the actual title of the article is "African American Resources."

−	==~~= Linking~~ to ~~a category ===~~	+	== How to create an external link using Wikitext ==
−		+
−	To create a link to a category, use a leading colon before the category name. (Without this colon, it will add the current page to the category.) To change the link text, write the text inside the link tag after a pipe.	+
−		+
−	~~<nowiki>[[</nowiki>:{{ns:category}}:''NAME'']]~~	+
−	~~<nowiki>[[</nowiki>:{{ns:category}}:''NAME''\|''TEXT'']]~~	+
−		+
−		+
−	~~For example, to link to "{{ns:category}}:Help", write "<code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>:{{ns:category}}:Help]]</code>", which will result in [[:<span class~~=~~\|{{ns:category}}:Help">:{{ns:category}}:Help]].~~	+
−		+
−	~~[[Help:Redirect\|Redirect pages]] must also use the colon, otherwise it will be added to the category instead of redirecting.~~	+

−	~~== How to~~ create an external link ~~using Wikitext ==~~	+	To create external links using the "Rich Editor" see [[Help:Create an external link\|Create an external link]].

	#Type a single right-facing square bracket '''['''		#Type a single right-facing square bracket '''['''
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	== Other links ==		== Other links ==
		+
	{{Contributor Help badge}}		{{Contributor Help badge}}
−	~~=== Internal Websites ===~~

−	*For links within the ~~Research Wiki~~, ~~see~~ [[~~Create an internal~~ link\|~~Basic internal linking~~]].	+	=== Linking to a category ===
		+
		+	To create a link to a category, use a leading colon before the category name. (Without this colon, it will add the current page to the category.) To change the link text, write the text inside the link tag after a pipe.
		+
		+	<nowiki>[[</nowiki>:{{ns:category}}:''NAME'']]
		+	<nowiki>[[</nowiki>:{{ns:category}}:''NAME''\|''TEXT'']]
		+
		+
		+	For example, to link to "{{ns:category}}:Help", write "<code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>:{{ns:category}}:Help]]</code>", which will result in [[:<span class=\|{{ns:category}}:Help">:{{ns:category}}:Help]].
		+
		+	[[Help:Redirect\|Redirect pages]] must also use the colon, otherwise it will be added to the category instead of redirecting.

−	=== ~~External~~ Links ===	+	=== Creating Links Using Templates ===

−	*For those external links not listed below, see [[Create an external link\|~~Basic~~ external ~~linking~~]].	+	For those external links not listed below, see [[Help:Create an external link\|Create an external link]].

−	=== Interwiki Links ===	+	==== Interwiki Links ====

	*Instructions for using the {{tl\|Wpd}} template for creating interwiki links to articles in the English-language [[wikipedia:Wikipedia\|Wikipedia]].		*Instructions for using the {{tl\|Wpd}} template for creating interwiki links to articles in the English-language [[wikipedia:Wikipedia\|Wikipedia]].

−	=== Family History Library Catalog (FHLC) Links ===	+	==== Family History Library Catalog (FHLC) Links ====

	*Instructions for using the {{tl\|FHL}} template for creating links to the Family History Library Catalog.		*Instructions for using the {{tl\|FHL}} template for creating links to the Family History Library Catalog.

−	=== Record Search Links ===	+	==== Record Search Links ====

	*Instructions for using the {{tl\|RecordSearch}} template for creating links to [{{RecordSearch}} Record Search].		*Instructions for using the {{tl\|RecordSearch}} template for creating links to [{{RecordSearch}} Record Search].

−	=== WorldCat/OCLC Links ===	+	==== WorldCat/OCLC Links ====

	*Instructions for using the {{tl\|WorldCat}} template for creating links to the English-language [http://www.WorldCat.org WorldCat/OCLC] catalog.		*Instructions for using the {{tl\|WorldCat}} template for creating links to the English-language [http://www.WorldCat.org WorldCat/OCLC] catalog.

−	=== Wikipedia Links ===	+	==== Wikipedia Links ====

	*Instructions for using the {{tl\|Wikipedia}} template for creating interwiki links to articles in the English-language [[wikipedia:Wikipedia\|Wikipedia]].		*Instructions for using the {{tl\|Wikipedia}} template for creating interwiki links to articles in the English-language [[wikipedia:Wikipedia\|Wikipedia]].

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