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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 ...
To link to a corresponding page in another language, use the form: [[language code: Foreign title]]. It is recommended interlanguage links be placed at the very end of the article. Interlanguage links are NOT visible within the formatted article, but instead appear as language links on the sidebar (to the left) under the menu section "languages".
Click on Edit links to add links to the Wikidata page. Wikidata is a sister project of Wikipedia; it is a collaboratively edited knowledge base. Part of this project is to centralize the interlanguage links for all the Wikipedia projects. The "Languages" list for a page contains a list of links to a version of that page in different languages.
By setting your preferred language and location, you can stay informed with the latest local headlines, weather forecast and date formats displayed. 1. Login to your AOL account. 2. Click your profile to access your Account info. 3. From the Language menu, select your desired language and region. Still need help?
To link to a Wikipedia article in a particular language inline (as opposed to the links in the sidebar), use [[:language code:Title]]. To link to a page on a different project in a particular language, expand the above syntax with a code for the project from the table below in § Prefix codes for linking to projects, as in [[:project:language ...
Download the "Microsoft Office Word Add-in For MediaWiki" from Microsoft Download Center, and install it. Save the document as "MediaWiki (*.txt)" file type. Copy the text from the (*.txt) file into your Wiki page; Note that this extension does not work for Word 2013 by default, however it can be made to work with a registry change. See this page.
Note that the current default size depends on context and enclosing formatting: For example, footnotes and references default to displayed in a slightly smaller-than-usual font, and headings (of various levels) default to displaying in a slightly larger font.
Linking through hyperlinks is an important feature of Wikipedia. Internal links bind the project together into an interconnected whole. Interwikimedia links bind the project to sister projects such as Wikisource, Wiktionary and Wikipedia in other languages, and external links bind Wikipedia to the World Wide Web.