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In the context of a link from an anchor to a target, it is the starting place. In the context of the {} 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:
The template {{Visible anchor}} inserts one or more HTML anchors in a page. Those locations can then be linked to using [[#link|...]] syntax. Unlike {{Anchor}}, the first parameter will be visible text on the page. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Anchor name, and text to display 1 This will become an anchor. The characters ", #, | and = must be ...
[[Category:Section and anchor link formatting templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Section and anchor link formatting templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.
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]].
[[Category:Internal link templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Internal link templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.
This formats an example wikilink to show how it would be entered in wiki markup. The first parameter is the link destination. E.g. {{elc|Cookie}} renders as [[Cookie]], the wiki markup for the wikilink Cookie.
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This template is used on approximately 973,000 pages, or roughly 2% of all pages. To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage.