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The article ArticleName links here. --> so that if another user edits the title of that section, they can fix the incoming links (or, in cases where a section has a large number of incoming links, use {} on the anchor page). To link to a section within the same article, write: [[#Promotion to rook or bishop|§ promotion to a rook or bishop]].
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 format a link with the section sign (§) instead of a # (e.g. Page name § Section name rather than Page name#Section name), use the template {{Section link}} (or {}):
You can "deep link" to a section of an article (or other Wikipedia page), using a hash character (#), then the section's title, with underscore characters (_) replacing spaces.
External links and references are two important elements of Wikipedia that newcomers sometimes find trouble with. This page is designed to cover only the technical aspects of linking and referencing; it is essential that editors also familiarize themselves with Wikipedia:External links, Wikipedia:Reliable sources and Wikipedia:Citing sources, as well as Wikipedia's various other policies ...
Within the Tools section at the top-right of every page (in the standard view) is a link labeled "What links here". This is used to see a list of the pages that link to (or redirect to, or transclude ) the current page.
To link to a section in the same page you can use [[#section name|displayed text]], and to link to a section in another page [[page name#section name|displayed text]]. The anchors disregard the depth of the section; a link to a subsection or sub-subsection etc. will be [[#subsection name]] and [[#sub-subsection name]] etc.
A useful expansion of this is done by separating what you want linked, from what you want displayed, with a pipe character ("|"), to create a "piped link". Thus: [[Wikipedia|encyclopedia]] produces encyclopedia , with the displayed text linking to the article, Wikipedia .
Note that each section link anchor name must be different from every other in the page (this includes heading names), to create valid XHTML and allow proper linking. Example of a map link to a row See also: Template:USA image map in page and where it is transcluded.