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{{see also|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking|Help:Wikitext#Wikilinks|mw:Help:Links}}
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A wikilink (or internal link) is a link from one page to another page within the English Wikipedia, or, more generalgenerally, within the ''same'' Wikipedia (e.g. within the French Wikipedia), in other words: within the same domain, or, even ''more'' generalgenerally, within the same Wikimedia project (e.g. within [[Wiktionary]]).
Links are enclosed in doubled square brackets:
* <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[[1234]]</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight> is seen as "[[1234]]" in text and links to (the top of) page "[[1234]]".
Use a [[vertical bar]] "|" (the "pipe" symbol) to create a link which appears as a term other than the name of the target page. Links of this kind are said to be "[[Help:Piped link|piped]]". The first term inside the brackets is the title of the page you would be taken to (the link target), and anything after the vertical bar is what the link looks like for the reader on the original page (the link label). For example:
* <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[[a|b]]</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight> appears as "[[b]]" but links to page "[[a]]", thus: [[a|b]].
See [[Help:Pipe trick]] for how to generate some common forms of piped links without typing text after the "|".
Letters and other non-punctuation text immediately (i.e. without a space) after the closing brackets of a wikilink becomes part of the label (means:meaning it is shown in the same colour as the label) without changing the target. This is useful for plurals and verb forms which only add something at the end. For example:
* <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[[apple]]s</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight> generates [[apple]]s, linking to [[apple]], and is equivalent to but more convenient than <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[[apple|apples]]</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight>.
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More complicated examples:
* <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[[a|b]]c</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight> gives [[a|b]]c, equivalent to <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[[a|bc]]</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight> .
* <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>a[[b]]</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight> gives a[[b]]. There are no special rules for text preceding a wikilink.
*If you want the "a" in front in the colour of the link, you have to write<br/><code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[[b|ab]]</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight> gives [[b|ab]].
* <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[[a]]:b</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight> gives [[a]]:b since the rule doesn't apply to punctuation.<br/>This does the right thing for possessives, like <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[[Batman]]'s</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight> gives [[Batman]]'s.
* <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[[a]]''b''</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight> gives [[a]]''b''. (DoubleThis rule also applies to "invisible" notation such as double apostrophes (to turn on and off italics.)
* Even italics ''in'' the link: <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[[a|a''b'']]</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight> gives [[a|a''b'']], but, of course, in colour.
* <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[[a]]<<nowiki />>b</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight> gives [[a]]<nowiki/>b. The nowiki tag turns off the rule.
* <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[[a|b]]<<nowiki />>c</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight> gives [[a|b]]<nowiki/>c.
The link target is ''case-sensitive except for the first character'' (so <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[[atom]]</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight> links to "[[Atom]]" but <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[[ATom]]</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight> does not, it links to a ''anotherdifferent'' page).
If the target of a wikilink does not exist, it is displayed in a red color and is called a "[[Wikipedia:Red link|red link]]". Here is a [[red link example]].
To see what the tool tip tells you about a red link and what is displayed at the bottom left corner, move your mouse pointer into this red link.
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If a red link is clicked, the user is taken to a blank page where it is possible to create a page using that red linked title. While on that blank page, other red links to this (non-existent) title can be detected using the "[[Help:What links here|What links here]]" feature.
If the target of a link is the same as the page on which it appears (a [[Help:Self link|self-link]]), it is displayed in bold font, as with: [[Help:Link]]. Yes, its wiki code is actually <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[[Help:Link]]</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight>. But it is not in the usual link colour, and it does not react as a link does; if the mouse pointer is in it, the mouse pointer looks like being in/over plain text.
When an edit is previewed before saving, if the target of a newly made link turns out to be a [[WP:DAB|disambiguation page]], such as the [[Peacemaker]] page, the link should be changed to one of the choices on that page unless the link is purposefulpurposely in a [[WP:HN|hatnote]]. If necessary, the new link can be [[WP:pipe|pipe]]d, such as in {{code|<nowiki>[[Peacemaker (comics)|Peacemaker]]</nowiki>}}, which appears as [[Peacemaker (comics)|Peacemaker]] and links to the article about the fictional characters. Readers should not be directed to disambiguation pages unless there is no other option but to do so.
Attempting to link normally to an [[Wikipedia:Images|image]] page, [[Wikipedia:Categorization|category]] page or [[Help:Interlanguage links|interlanguage link]] will produce a different effect: this will respectively place the image on the page, add the page to the category, or create an interlanguage link at the edge of the page. To override this behavior, insert an initial colon ":", as in <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[[:File:Mediawiki.png]]</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight>, <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[[:Category:Help]]</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight>, <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[[:fr:Help:Link]]</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight>.
Less common ways in which link targets are reinterpreted are described below in [[#Conversion to canonical form]].
===Inserting and deleting internal links===
* When [[Wikipedia:Edit source|editing ''source'']], links are inserted or deleted simply by adding or removing pairs of square brackets enclosing the text concerned (plus handling piped links).
There are some helpful tools:
* When using the [[WP:visualEditor|visual editor]], selecting some text, then clicking the link icon above the text box (two links of a chain) will allow the link to be added, offering a selection of possible matches and the ability to pipe.
* When using the [[WP:WikEd|WikEd]] source editor, selectable from Preferences > Gadgets > Editing, there is a "Wiki link" button (typically the first button on the bottom row). When editing, if some text is [[Selection (user interface)|highlighted]], clicking the Wiki link button will enclose it in double quotesbrackets, i.e., Wikilink it. If, however, some text is highlighted that includes one or more internal links—in many cases just a single internal link with its delimiting brackets—they will be removed instead. For a single link without pipe, the Wiki link button will toggle between linking and unlinking.
== Interwiki links ==
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For example, <code><nowiki>[[m:Help:Link]]</nowiki></code> links to the "Help:Link" page on Meta, while <code><nowiki>[[:commons:Athens]]</nowiki></code> links to page "Athens" on [[Wikimedia Commons]] as: [[:commons:Athens]].
Interwiki links can be piped, just as with wikilinks. Remember that an [[Help:Interlanguage links|interlanguage link]] should be preceded by a colon if it is to be displayed, where it is inserted in the text, as an [[Help:Interlanguage_linksInterlanguage links#Inline_interlanguage_linksInline links (links in the text of the article)|inline interlanguage link]]; otherwise it will be displayed in the list of interlanguage links at the side of the page (which is appropriate only if it is the most closely corresponding page in the other language Wikipedia). Thus (incorporating the [[Help:Link#Pipe_trick|pipe trick]]), <code><nowiki>[[:ja:Wikilink|]]</nowiki></code> would be used to link to Wikilink on Japanese Wikipedia. Example: (<code><nowiki>[[:ja:URL|]]</nowiki></code> links to [[:ja:URL|URL]] on Japanese Wikipedia).
Interwiki links (like external links) are displayed in a slightly paler blue than ordinary wikilinks. The [[MediaWiki]] page formatting does not detect whether these target pages exist, so they are never displayed in red.
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{{See|Wikipedia:External links}}
External links use [[URL]]s to link directly to any web page. External links are enclosed in single square brackets (rather than double brackets as with internal links), with the optional link text separated from the URL by a space (not a "|" as with internal links). When rendered, external links are followed by an [[Help:external link icons|external link icon]]. For example,
::<code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[http://www.example.org/ link text]</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight>
will be rendered as
::[http://www.example.org/ link text].
The URL must be specified in full, including the protocol: for example <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[http://...]</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight> or <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[https://...]</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight>. Short form URLs that are accepted in some other (non-Wikimedia) contexts like <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[example.org/ link text]</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight> or <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[www.example.org/ link text]</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight> are not accepted and will not result in a link being generated. Instead, the link generating markup including the square brackets will be copied directly to the marked-up output, thus <nowiki>"[example.org/ link text]"</nowiki> or <nowiki>"[www.example.org/ link text]"</nowiki>.
When no link text is specified, external links appear numbered: <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[http://www.example.org/some-page][http://www.example.org/some-other-page]</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight> becomes [http://www.example.org/some-page][http://www.example.org/some-other-page]. Links with no square brackets display in their entirety: <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>http://www.example.org/</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight> displays as http://www.example.org/.
For more detailed information on external linking practices, see {{section link|Help:URL|Linking to URLs}}. Also note that [[Special:LinkSearch]] can be used to find all pages linking to a given site.
The external link syntax can also be used to link to particular pages within Wikipedia that are not accessible by wikilinks, such as [[Help:Page history|page history]], the edit view, an old version of a page, the [[WP:Diff|diff]] between two versions, etc. It can also be used to create a [[m: Help:Navigational image|navigational image]].
To display an external link without the arrow icon, place the external link syntax between <syntaxhighlight lang="html" inline><span class="plainlinks">...</span></syntaxhighlight> tags. For instance, <syntaxhighlight lang="htmlwikitext" inline><span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Link&action=history this page's history]</span></syntaxhighlight>, or its template equivalent {{Tl|Plainlink}} <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>{{plainlink|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Link&action=history|name=this page's history}}</syntaxhighlight>, will be rendered as: <span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Link&action=history this page's history]</span>. If you make frequent use of this, the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/extension:CharInsert CharInsert] gadget (which can be activated under {{myprefs|Gadgets|Editing → CharInsert}}), has an option to insert this text in its "Wiki markup" mode.
=== <span id="Http: and https:">http: and https:</span> ===
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[https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/12/securing-wikimedia-sites-with-https/ In mid-2015], Wikipedia and all other Wikimedia sites were changed to use [[HTTPS]] to encrypt all traffic. Accessing a URL like <code>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Link</code> will result in the webserver redirecting you to <code>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Link http<u>s</u>://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Link]</code>. Therefore, when making an external-style link to an internal page (that is, using single square brackets, or a bare URL), <code>https</code> should be specified to avoid the needless redirect, as in <code>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Link&action=history</code>.
In the past, when Wikipedia could be accessed via either HTTP or HTTPS, a [[WP:PRURL|protocol-relative URL]] could be used to make an external link (or external-style link to an internal page) which would use <code>http:</code> or <code>https:</code> depending on how the page the link appeared on was accessed, as in <code><nowikisyntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links]</nowiki></codesyntaxhighlight>. However, as all Wikimedia sites now require HTTPS, this linking style is obsolete and should no longer be used. <code>http:</code> or <code>https:</code> should be explicitly specified as appropriate for the target site (preferring <code>https:</code>, where available).
== What is an "anchor"? ==
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The word "anchor" has two opposingopposite meanings:.
* In the context of a link from an ''anchor'' to a ''target'', it is the starting place. ▼
* In the context of the template {{tl|anchor}}, an "anchor" is a landing place for a link to jump to.<br>This place/location even can be the gap between two letters.
▲* In the context of a link from an ''anchor'' to a ''target'', it is the starting place.
The anchor ''template'' proceeds to automatically create some invisible coding from ''certain text in the template'' in the "landing place", taking into account certain parameters in reference templates in general.<br/>
So, for developers, the word "anchor" may refer
In the context of the {{tl|anchor}} template, an "anchor" is a landing place for a link to jump to. The anchor ''template'' automatically creates some invisible coding from ''certain text in the template'' in the "landing place". In this context, the word "anchor" may refer to:
* to the text and parameters, in the template, from which the invisible code is created,
* to the mostly invisible HTML code, or
* to the landing place/location/spot in itself.
== Section linking (anchors) ==
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:{{nowrap|<code><nowiki>[[Page name#Section name|displayed text]]</nowiki></code>}}
IfFor linking in the same page, omit the page name and use a <code>#</code> and the section name:
:{{nowrap|<code><nowiki>[[#Section name|displayed text]]</nowiki></code>}}
Omitting the page name is recommended when linking to a section in the same page because the link will work as expected when previewing changes or after moving the page.
To link toformat a sectionlink sowith thatthe it[[section issign]] formatted(§) withinstead theof sectiona symbol# instead(e.g. ({{section link|Page name|Section name}} rather than as [[Page name#Section name]]), use the template {{tl|Section link}} (or {{tl|slink}}):▼
Note that <code>Section names</code> are entirely case sensitive, in contrast to article links, where the first letter is not case sensitive.▼
'''Template'''
▲To link to a section so that it is formatted with the section symbol instead ({{section link|Page name|Section name}} rather than as [[Page name#Section name]]), use the template {{tl|Section link}} (or {{tl|slink}}):
:{{nowrap|<code><nowiki>{{Section link|Page name|Section name}}</nowiki></code>}}
▲Note that <code>Section names</code> are entirely case sensitive, in contrast to article links, where the first letter is not case sensitive.
When using the template, certain characters <code>[ ] { | }</code> require encoding when linking to a section:▼
▲When using the template, certainThe characters <code>[ ] { | }</code> require encoding when linking to a section:
{| class="wikitable"
! [ !! ] !! { !! <nowiki>|</nowiki> !! }
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{{see also|#Table row linking}}
Anchors can also be used to link to any part of a section. For example, if you want to link to the fifth sentence of a section, you just place an anchor at the start of that sentence, and you can then link to that anchor in the same way as you would link to any other anchor.
However, just as with section names, duplicate anchor names only link to the first one. Since anchors aren't displayed you have a much greater freedom in picking unique anchors, such as by appending the current date and time to the anchor name (for example, by naming an anchor for section "ThisSection" like so: <nowiki>{{Anchor|ThisSection2014-09-22-18-05a1}}</nowiki> ).
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==Table row linking==
To create an anchor for a row of a table, see {{slink|Help:Table|SectionTables linkand or map link to a row anchorlocations#Section_link_or_map_link_to_a_row_anchor}}. However, <code><nowiki>[[#top]]</nowiki></code> and <code><nowiki>[[#toc]]</nowiki></code> are reserved names that link to the top of a page and the table of contents, respectively.
== Piped link ==
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*: produces [[cheese]]s, linked to the article '''Cheese'''.
* <code>'''<nowiki>[[blue cheese|cheese]]</nowiki>'''</code> ''(label = part of target, pipe required)''
*: produces [[blue cheese|cheese]], linked to the article '''Blue cheese'''.
* <code>'''<nowiki>[[cheese|blue cheese]]</nowiki>'''</code> ''(label = target + additional text ["blue"], pipe required)''
*: produces [[cheese|blue cheese]], linked to the article '''Cheese'''.
* <code>'''<nowiki>[[cheese|that stuff]]</nowiki>'''</code> ''(label is completely different from target, pipe required)''
*: produces [[cheese|that stuff]], linked to the article '''Cheese'''.
This allows linking a word or phrase within the text of a page rather than using "see also", even if the wording does not exactly correspond with the name of the target page. With a suitable browser and depending on the [[Help:Preferences|preferences]] set, one can still see the link target: when you point at the link, the name shows up in a hover tooltip and is also shown in the status bar.
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=== Using a redirect as alternative ===
An alternative to a piped link is simply using [[Help:Redirect|redirect pages]]. ToFor example, to create [[How to set up a coffee house]], use <code><nowiki>[[How to set up a coffee house]]</nowiki></code> and make this a redirect to [[coffeehouse setup]]. (noteThis that,is unlikeconvenient previously,if the tooltipredirect thatis showsalready whenthere youor pointwill atalso thebe link,of ifuse applicableelsewhere; for your browserhowever, isthere simplyare thea textfew already shown).drawbacks:
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This is convenient if the redirect is already there or will also be of use elsewhere; however, there are a few drawbacks:
* "[[Help:Related changes|Related changes]]" gives the changes in the ''redirect page'', not the redirect target.▼
Combining a piped link and a redirect, one can provide some information that is not the name of the page one links to in the hover tooltip, i.e.g., the following pipe to a redirect <code><nowiki>[[United Nations Organization|UNO]]</nowiki></code> will display a tooltip "United Nations Organization" when hovering over [[United Nations Organization|UNO]], thereby explaining the abbreviation. (However, {{tl|abbr}} is preferred for abbreviations.)▼
▲* the tooltip does not show the page one will arrive at
▲* "[[Help:Related changes|Related changes]]" gives the changes in the ''redirect page'' not the redirect target
* the redirect message on the target page slightly clutters it
▲Combining a piped link and a redirect, one can provide some information that is not the name of the page one links to in the hover tooltip, i.e. the following pipe to a redirect <code><nowiki>[[United Nations Organization|UNO]]</nowiki></code> will display a tooltip "United Nations Organization" when hovering over [[United Nations Organization|UNO]], thereby explaining the abbreviation.
=== Automatic conversion of wikitext with the pipe trick ===
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: <code><nowiki>[[m:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|]]</nowiki></code> does ''not'' give <nowiki>[[m:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{FULLPAGENAME}}]]</nowiki>
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
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* [[project:a (b)|]]
* [[w:project:a (b)|]]
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* [[m:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|]]
** [[m:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{FULLPAGENAME}}]]
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These examples appear as:
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{{main|Help:Special page#Linking to or listing special pages}}
To create a link to a special page:
* <code><nowiki>[[Special:PrefixIndex/HMS]]</nowiki></code> → [[Special:PrefixIndex/HMS]]
Because the ampersand character (&) is disallowed, it is not possible to create an ordinary link containing <code>&action=edit</code> or <code>&redirect=no</code> in the URL query string. In these cases, use templates or magic words, see [[#Links containing URL query strings]].
For example, you can use a template such as {{tl|Plain link}} to encode a Wikimedia url link, such as one pointing to a special page with parameters.
: <nowiki>{{Plain link|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=79269392|name=15:21, 8 December 2016}}</nowiki>
gives
: {{Plain link|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=79269392|name=15:21, 8 December 2016}}
== Changing link appearance ==
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The ways that various links are displayed in browsers, as described above, are the default display styles in the default [[WP:Skin|skin]]. Users can change the way they see links:
* By selecting a different skin.
* By applying a [[Help:User style|user style]] using CSS (see [[Help:Link color]]).
* By changing the "Underline links" or "Format broken links like this" value on the [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering|Appearance tab]] of [[Help:Preferences|user preferences]].
* By setting the "threshold for stub display" on the Appearance tab of user preferences. This causes links to pages in mainspace to be displayed in a distinctive fashion – dark red by default – if the wikitext of the target page has less than a specified number of bytes. (Any section markers in the link are ignored. Links to redirects are displayed in the normal style.)
== Hover tooltips ==
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=== Links containing ampersands ===
Because the [[Ampersand|ampersand character]] (&) is disallowed, it is not possible to create an ordinary link containing <code>&action=edit</code> or <code>&redirect=no</code> in the URL query string. These kinds of links can be helpful in user pages. Also, a redirect page can have categories and you might wish to view or edit these in a single click. There are twothree ways to create these links:
* You can use a template such as {{tl|plain link}} to encode a Wikimedia url link. For example,<code><nowiki>{{plain link|url=//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=79269392|name=query}}</nowiki></code> yields {{plain link|url=//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=79269392|name=query}}.▼
* You can use the {{tl|Querylink}} template to append query parameters to a Wikipedia page URL. For example, <code><nowiki>{{Querylink|Help:Link|qs=action=history|this page's history}}</nowiki></code> produces the link {{Querylink|Help:Link|qs=action=history|this page's history}}.
* You can use the [[Help:Magic words|magic word]] <code>fullurl</code>, for example to append <code>action=edit</code> to the URL query string you would use <code>[{{fullurl:{{{1}}}|action=edit}} {{{1}}}]</code>. Note that this will render as an external link rather than as an internal link and for this reason it might not appear in what-links-here queries associated with the target page.▼
▲* You can use a template such asthe {{tl|plainPlain link}} template to encode a Wikimedia url link. For example,<code><nowiki>{{plainPlain link|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=79269392|name=query}}</nowiki></code> yields the link {{plain link|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=79269392|name=query}}.
▲* You can use the [[Help:Magic words|magic word]] <code>fullurl</code>,. forFor example, to append <code>action=edit</code> to thea URL query string you wouldcould use <code><nowiki>[{{fullurl:{{{1}}}Help:Link|action=edithistory}} {{{1}}}this page's history]</nowiki></code>, which renders as [{{fullurl:Help:Link|action=history}} this page's history]. Note that this will render as an external link rather than as an internal link and for this reason it might not appear in what-links-here queries associated with the target page.
== Link reports ==
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=== From a page ===
To report links ''from'' a page, you justsimply list all the wikilinks on that page.
* {{slink|Wikipedia:Tools/Editing tools|Relink}} can count wikilinks from a copy of the wikitext on your local machine.
* Some [[Wikipedia:text editor support|text editors support]] the counting and highlighting of the <code>[<nowiki/>[...]]</code> pattern occurrences.
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The prefixes in [[Help:Interwiki linking|interwiki links]] are treated similarly to namespace prefixes: they are insensitive to case and to spaces before and after the colon. However the first character after the colon is ''not'' automatically capitalized (whether it is interpreted as a capital depends on the configuration of the target wiki).
== See also ==
* [[User:Edward/Find link|Find link tool]]: a simple tool that lets you search for articles to consider adding links to.
** [[:m:Clean linking|Clean linking]]
* [[mw:Help:Links|MediaWiki help page on links]]
* [[Help:Link color]]: the color of a [[WP:LINK|link]] shows the status of the corresponding target page.