Internal links

An assistant to convert a selected text to an internal link.

All wikitext markup languages have a simple way of hyperlinking to other pages within the site, but there are several different syntax conventions for these links. Many wikis, especially the earlier ones, used CamelCase to mark words that should be automatically linked. In MediaWiki, this convention was replaced with the [[…]] notation, which Wikipedia calls "free links". In Wikipedia and some other wikis, free links are used in wikitext markup to produce internal links between pages, as opposed to the concept of CamelCase for the same purpose, which was used in the early days of Wikipedia. In Wikipedia's markup language, you create free links by putting double square brackets around text designating the title of the page you want to link to. Thus, [[Texas]] will be rendered as Texas. Optionally, you can use a vertical bar (|) to customize the link title. For example, typing [[Texas|Lone Star State]] will produce Lone Star State, a link that is displayed as "Lone Star State" but in fact links to Texas. Link to other 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 hereafter is to the Web address en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_transport, which is the Wikipedia article with the name "Public transport". See also Canonicalization. ·    A red link is a page that doesn't exist yet; it can be created by clicking on the link. ·    A link to its own page will appear only as bold text. London has [[public transport]].     Renders as: London has public transport. Renamed link ·    Same target, different name. ·    The target ("piped") text must be placed first, then the text to be displayed second. New York also has [[public transport|public transportation]].     Renders as New York also has public transportation. Automatically rename links Simply typing the pipe character | after a link will automatically rename the link in certain circumstances. The next time you open the edit box you will see the expanded piped link. When 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. ·    Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: [[kingdom (biology)|]]  >>>   kingdom ·    Automatically hide the comma and following text [[Seattle, Washington|]]  >>>   Seattle ·    Automatically hide namespace [[Wikipedia:Village pump|]] >>>  Village pump Or both [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (headings)|]]  >>>  Manual of Style But this doesn't work for section links [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Links|]]   [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Links|]] Blend link ·    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 the <nowiki /> tag, which may be desirable in some instances. Blending active San Francisco also has [[public transport]]ation. Examples include [[bus]]es, [[taxicab]]s, and [[tram]]s.  San Francisco also has public transportation. Examples include buses, taxicabs, and trams. Blending suppressed A [[micro-]]<nowiki />second.  >>>  A micro-second Link to a section of a page ·    The part after the hash sign (#) must match a 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 beginning of the page. ·    Include "| 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". You can use the pipe and retype the section title to display the text without the # symbol. Example #1 [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Italics]] is a link to a section within another page. Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Italics is a link to a section within another page. Example #2 [[#Links and URLs]] is a link to another section on the current page. [[#Links and URLs|Links and URLs]] is a link to the same section without showing the # symbol. #Links and URLs is a link to another section on the current page. Links and URLs is a link to the same section without showing the # symbol. Example #3 [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Italics|Italics]] is a piped link to a section within another page. Italics is a piped link to a section within another page. Interwiki link Interwiki links are links to any page on other wikis. Interwikimedia links link to other Wikimedia wikis. Note that interwikimedia links use the internal link style, with double square brackets. By adding a prefix to another project, internal link style ("prefixed internal link style") can be used to link to a page of another project. A system of short-handed link labels is used to refer to different projects, in the context of interproject linking, as seen within the actual source text. Most common wikiprojects:

NOTE: These links are treated specially, and don't show up in the body of the text, but in a special sidebar section "Languages" listed by language name. They can go anywhere in the article source as their placement does not alter the visual appearance of the links on the rendered page except for the order. However, the convention is to put them at the bottom of the page. Remember, you only need these type links if you are overriding the information from Wikidata, otherwise you should edit the links on the Wikidata entry.