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=== Links and URLs ===

The following characters are used to create links: <code><nowiki>[[ ]], [ ], ~~~~, ~~~, http, ISBN, RFC & {{ }}</nowiki></code>, as denoted by the following sections:  

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London has [[Public transport]]. (Article link)  

*A link to another Wiki article.  

*Internally, the first letter of the target page is automatically capitalized and spaces are represented as underscores (typing an underscore in the link has the same effect as typing a space, but is not recommended).  

*Thus the link above is to the [[Uniform Resource Locator|URL]] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_transport, which is the Wikipedia article with the name "Public transport". See also [[Help:Link|Canonicalization]].  

*[[Intentionally permanent red link|A red link]] is a page that doesn't exist yet, they can be created by clicking on the link.  

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San Francisco also has [[Public transport|public transportation]]. (Renamed link)  

 

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San Francisco also has [[Public transport]]ation. (Blend link)  

Examples include [[Bus]]es, [[Taxicab]]s, and [[Tram]]s.  

*Endings are blended into the link.  

**''Exception'': a trailing [[Apostrophe]] (') and any characters following the apostrophe are ''not'' blended.

*Preferred style is to use this instead of a piped link, if possible.  

*Blending can be suppressed by using <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki>&lt;/nowiki&gt; tags, which may be desirable in some instances. Example: a [[Micro-]]<nowiki>second</nowiki>.

 

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[[public transport]]ation.</nowiki></code>  

  [[taxicab]]s, and [[tram]]s.</nowiki></code>

 

<code><nowiki>a [[micro-]]<nowiki>second</nowiki>&lt;/nowiki&gt;</code>

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*A link to another [[Help:Namespace|namespace]].

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[[wikipedia:Manual of Style]] is a link to a [[Section editing#Creation_and_numbering_of_sections|section]] within another page.  

[[#Links_and_URLs]] is a link to another section on the current page.  

[[wikipedia:Manual of Style|Italics]] is a piped link to a section within another page.  

*The part after the number sign (#) must match a [[Section editing#Creation_and_numbering_of_sections|section heading]] on the page. Matches must be exact in terms of spelling, case, and punctuation. Links to non-existent sections are not broken; they are treated as links to the top of the page.  

*Include "&#124; link title" to create a stylish (piped) link title.  

*If sections have the same title, add a number to link to any but the first.[[#Example_section_3]] goes to the third section named "Example section".

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<code><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Italics]] is a link to a section within another page.</nowiki></code>  

<code><nowiki>[[#Links and URLs]] is a link to another section on the current page.</nowiki></code>  

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(Example renamed links)  

Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: [[Kingdom (biology)|kingdom]].  

Automatically hide namespace: [[wikipedia:Village pump|Village pump]].  

Or both: [[wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]  

But not: [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Links|]]  

*The server fills in the part after the pipe character (&#124;) when you save the page. The next time you open the edit box you will see the expanded piped link. When [[Help:Show preview|previewing]] your edits, you will not see the expanded form until you press '''Save''' and '''Edit''' again. The same applies to links to sections within the same page ([[#link-to-section|see previous entry]]).

*See [[Help:Pipe trick|Pipe trick]] for details.

<code><nowiki>Automatically hide namespace: [[Wikipedia:Village pump|]].</nowiki></code>  

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(Create page link)  

Links to pages that don’t exist yet look red: [[wikipedia:Community portal/Opentask/Requested articles]]  

*You can create it by clicking on the link.  

*To create a new page:  

*#Create a link to it on some other (related) page.  

*#Save that page.  

*#Click on the link you just made. The new page will open for editing.

*For more information, see [[wikipedia:Starting an article|starting an article]] and check out Wikipedia's [[wikipedia:Naming conventions|naming conventions]].  

*Please do not create a new article without linking to it from at least one other article.

 

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(Signing comments)  

The character '''tilde''' (~) is used when adding a comment to a Talk page. You should sign your comment by appending four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>) to the comment so as to add your user name plus date/time:  

 

:User:Patricia Zhang 13:40, Jan 14, 2007 (UTC)

 

Adding three tildes (<nowiki>~~~</nowiki>) will add just your user name:  

 

:User:Patricia Zhang

 

and adding five tildes (<nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki>) gives the date/time alone:  

 

:13:40, Jan 14, 2007 (UTC)

 

 

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(Redirects)  

*[[wikipedia:Redirect|Redirect]] one article title to another by placing a directive like the one shown to the right on the ''first'' line of the article (such as at a page titled "[[USA]]").  

*It is possible to redirect to a section. For example, a redirect to [[United States#History]] will redirect to the History section of the [[United States]] page, if it exists.

 

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(Wikimedia link)  

 

 

where the "de" is the language-code for ''"Deutsch"'' (the [[German language]]).  

 

*It is recommended interwiki links be placed at the very end of the article.  

*Interwiki links are not visible within the formatted article but, instead, appear as language links on the extreme left-margin column of a Wikipedia page (under menu section "languages").  

*Please see [[Help:Interlanguage links|Interlanguage links]] and the [[wikipedia:Complete list of language wikis available|Complete list of language wikis available]].

 

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(Linked and why)  

 

 

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;Dates  

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Use links for dates, so everyone can set their own display order. Use [[Special:Preferences]] to change your own date display setting.<br>[[July 20]] [[1969]] [[20 July]] [[1969]] and [[1969]]-[[07-20]]

 

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;Linking to old revisions of pages, diffs, and specific history pages

 

External link function is used for these as <nowiki>[[page]]</nowiki> will not work.<br>Open an old revision or diff and copy the url, pasting it where you want it, e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Wiki_markup&diff=330350877&oldid=330349143 previous edit]<br>

 

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(User edits)  

A user's '''Contributions''' page can be linked as: [[Special:Contributions/UserName]] or [[Special:Contributions/192.0.2.0]]

 

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(Categorize)  

*To put an article in a [[wikipedia:Categorization|category]], place a link like the one to the right anywhere in the article. As with interlanguage links, it does not matter where you put these links while editing as they will always show up in the same place when you save the page, but placement at the end of the edit box is recommended.

 

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(Category page link)  

 

*To ''link'' to a [[wikipedia:Categorization|category]] page without putting the article into the category, use a colon prefix (":Category") in the link. The formatted text link will appear as: [[:Category:Character sets]].

 

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(External links)  

Three ways to link to external (non-wiki) sources:  

#Unnamed link: [http://www.wikipedia.org/] (only used within article body for footnotes)

#Named link: [http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]

 

*Square brackets indicate an external link. Note the use of a ''space'' (not a pipe) to separate the URL from the link text in the "named" version.  

*In the [[Uniform Resource Locator|URL]], all symbols must be among:<br>'''A-Z a-z 0-9 . _ \ / ~&nbsp;% - + &amp; #&nbsp;?&nbsp;! = ( ) @'''  

*If a URL contains a character not in this list, it should be encoded by using a percent sign (%) followed by the [[Hexadecimal|hex]] code of the character, which can be found in the table of [[ASCII#ASCII_printable_characters|ASCII printable characters]]. For example, the caret character (^) would be encoded in a URL as '''%5E'''.  

*If the "named" version contains a closing square bracket "]", then you must use the [[HTML]] special character syntax, i.e. '''&amp;#93;''' otherwise the [[MediaWiki]] software will prematurely interpret this as the end of the external link.  

*There is a class that can be used to remove the arrow image from the external link. It is used in [[Template:Ref]] to stop the URL from expanding during printing. It should '''never''' be used in the main body of an article. However, there is an exception: wikilinks in Image markup. An example of the markup is as follows:  

**Markup: <nowiki><span

ntw2k/freeware/winobj.shtml WinObj]</span></nowiki>  

**Display: <span class="plainlinks neverexpand">[http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/winobj.shtml WinObj]</span>

*See [[wikipedia:External links|External links]] for style issues.

 

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<code><nowiki>Three ways to link to external (non-wiki) sources:</nowiki></code><br><code><nowiki># Bare URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/ (bad style)</nowiki></code><br><code><nowiki># Unnamed link: [http://en.wikipedia.org/] (only used within article body for footnotes)</nowiki></code><br><code><nowiki># Named link: [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]</nowiki></code><br>

 

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(Wikimedia text link)  

Linking to other wikis:  

#[[InterWiki]] link: [[wiktionary:Hello]]

#Interwiki link without prefix: [[wiktionary:Hello|Hello]]  

#Named interwiki link: [[wiktionary:Hello|Wiktionary definition of 'Hello']]

*All of these forms lead to the URL http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hello

*See [[metawikipedia:Interwiki map]] for the list of shortcuts; if the site you want to link to is not on the list, use an external link ([[#link-external|see above]]).

*See also [[wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects|Wikimedia sister projects]].

Linking to another language's wiktionary:  

 

 

 

<code><nowiki>Linking to another language's wiktionary:</nowiki></code><br>

 

<code><nowiki># [[Wiktionary:fr:bonjour]]</nowiki></code><br><code><nowiki># [[Wiktionary:fr:bonjour|bonjour]]</nowiki></code><br><code><nowiki># [[Wiktionary:fr:bonjour|]]</nowiki></code><br>

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(Book sources)  

ISBN 012345678X  

ISBN 0-12-345678-X  

Link to a book using [[Special:BookSources/0670037818|alternate text, such as its title]].  

*Link to books using their [[wikipedia:ISBN|ISBN]]. This is preferred to linking to a specific online bookstore, because it gives the reader a choice of vendors. However, if one bookstore or online service provides additional free information, such as table of contents or excerpts from the text, then a link to that source will aid the user and is recommended. ISBN links do not need any extra markup, provided you use one of the indicated formats.  

*To create a link to [[Special:BookSources|Book Sources]] using alternate text (e.g. the book's title), use the internal link style with the appropriate namespace.

 

<code><nowiki>ISBN 0-12-345678-X</nowiki></code>  

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(RFC number)  

Text mentioning an RFC number anywhere, e.g. RFC 4321.  

*Link to [[Internet Engineering Task Force]] [[Request for Comments|Request for Comments (RFCs)]].

 

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(“As of” tag)  

 

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(Media link)  

[[Media:Family_Group_Record.pdf|Family Group Record PDF File]]  

Some uploaded sounds are listed at [[commons:Sound]].

 

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(Edit links)  

 

*use <nowiki>{{fullurl:}}</nowiki>  

*or use [[Template:Edit|<nowiki>{{template:edit}}</nowiki>]] which conceals the edit label for page printing

 

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== Images ==

 

Only images that have been uploaded to Wikipedia can be used. To upload images, use the [[Special:Upload|upload page]]. You can find the uploaded image on the [[Special:Imagelist|image list]].  

! What it looks like  

| A picture:  

[[Image:Wiki.png]]

| With alternative text:  

[[Image:Wiki.png|Puzzle globe logo]]

 

| <pre>With alternative text:

[[Image:wiki.png|alt=Puzzle globe logo]]</pre>

*Alternative text, used when the image is unavailable or when the image is loaded in a text-only browser, or when spoken aloud, is '''strongly''' encouraged. See [[wikipedia:Alternative text for images|Alternative text for images]] for help on choosing it.

| Floating to the right side of the page using the ''frame'' attribute and a caption:  

[[Image:Wiki.png|frame]]<br>

 

| <pre>Floating to the right side of the page  

[[Image:wiki.png|frame|alt=Puzzle globe logo|Wikipedia Encyclopedia]]</pre>

*The frame tag automatically floats the image right.  

*The last parameter is the caption that appears below the image.

| Floating to the right side of the page using the ''thumb'' attribute and a caption:  

[[Image:Wiki.png|thumb]]<br>

 

| <pre>Floating to the right side of the page  

[[Image:wiki.png|thumb|alt=Puzzle globe logo|Wikipedia Encyclopedia]]</pre>

*The thumb tag automatically floats the image right.  

*An enlarge icon is placed in the lower right corner.

| Floating to the right side of the page ''without'' a caption:  

[[Image:Wiki.png|right|Wikipedia Encyclopedia]]

 

| <pre>Floating to the right side of the page

[[Image:wiki.png|right|Wikipedia Encyclopedia]]</pre>

*The [[WP:PIC|picture tutorial]] explains more options.

| A picture resized to 30 pixels...  

[[Image:Wiki.png|30px|Wikipedia Encyclopedia]]

 

| <pre>A picture resized to 30 pixels...

[[Image:wiki.png|30 px|Wikipedia Encyclopedia]]</pre>

*The [[WP:PIC|picture tutorial]] explains more options.

| Linking directly to the description page of an image:  

 

| <pre>Linking directly to the description page

[[:Image:wiki.png]]</pre>

*Clicking on an image displayed on a page (such as any of the ones above) also leads to the description page.

| Linking directly to an image without displaying it:  

[[Media:Wiki.png|Image of the jigsaw globe logo]]

 

| <pre>Linking directly to an image

[[Media:wiki.png|Image of the jigsaw globe logo]]</pre>

*To include links to images shown as links instead of drawn on the page, use a "media" link.

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| Using the [[Span and div|span and div tag]] to separate images from text (note that this may allow images to cover text):  

| <pre>Example:

&lt;div style="display:inline;

width:220px; float:right;"&gt;

Place images here &lt;/div&gt;</pre>

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| Using wiki markup to make a table in which to place a vertical column of images (this helps edit links match headers, especially in Firefox browsers):  

| <pre>Example: {&#124; align=right

&#124;-

See the Wikipedia's [[wikipedia:Image use policy|image use policy]] as a guideline used on Wikipedia.

For further help on images, including some more versatile abilities, see the [[WP:PIC|picture tutorial]].  

Bullet or numbered lists can be created using Wiki text.

[[Help:Formatting]]

== Section headings  ==

Headings are used to split articles into sections.

[[Help:Section]]

=== Special characters  ===

Symbols and other special characters can be inserted using Wiki text.

[[Help:Special characters]]

'''''—showing exactly what is being typed'''''

A few different kinds of formatting will tell the Wiki to display things as you typed them — what you see, is what you get!

! What it looks like  

| '''&lt;nowiki&gt; tag:'''<br>

It reformats text by removing newlines and multiple spaces.

 

| <pre>&lt;nowiki&gt;

</pre>

| '''&lt;pre&gt; tag:'''<br><pre>The pre tag ignores [[Wiki]] ''markup''.

It still interprets special characters: →

| <pre>&lt;pre&gt;

&lt;/pre&gt;</pre>

| '''Leading space:'''<br>

Leading spaces are another way to preserve formatting.