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As a general rule, it is preferable, particularly in cases where a section has a large number of backlinks, to use {{subst:Anchor}} in the HTML element of the header. To link to a section within the same article, one can simply prefix the name of the section header with the pound sign ("#") nested in square brackets, for example ("#"):
[[a | b]] appears as "b" but links to page "a", thus: 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 characters immediately after a wikilink's closing brackets—with no intervening space—become part of its displayed link text. The target is ...
A permanent link (or permalink) is a link to a specific version of a wiki page. Normal links always lead to the current version of a page, but the permalink leads to the text as it was at the time; the text does not include any edits made since. Unlike what the name suggests, the permalink does not show exactly the same page, though; only the ...
Specific links like this can be found in the history tab of each page. When linking to a section of an old article, the section name has to be added at the very end ...
If you want to link to an article, but display some other text for the link, you can use a pipe | divider (⇧ Shift+\): [[target page|display text]] You can also link to a specific section of a page using a hash #: [[Target page#Target section|display text]] Here are some examples: [[link]] displays as link
This template is used to generate a link to a certain section of a local wiki page and render an appropriate section mark (§). This template may generate consecutive links to several sections of the same page. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Page name 1 Name of the page to which the link must be created. Leave empty to link to the current page. Doing ...
A permanent link to the present version of the page can be accessed by clicking "Permanent link" under "tools" on the left side of the page. The version ID is unique across all pages; the title parameter here has no effect, and can be omitted.
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 ...