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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 ...
These section anchors are automatically used by MediaWiki when it generates a table of contents for the page, and therefore when a section heading in the ToC is clicked, it will jump to the section. Also, the section anchors can be manually linked directly to one section within a page.
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 {}):
Inline link: the link shown by the content enclosed in <ref>...</ref>; shown in superscript and enclosed in brackets; coded in the MediaWiki message as $2; Backlink: the link shown in the references section; a single link is shown as a caret; coded as $2; Backlink label: multiple backlinks are shown as a caret followed alpha character labels
sources in the article will appear where {{reflist}} is put, typically under a level 2 section heading (see below) towards the bottom of the page; text between {{}} is for a template.
Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Italics is a link to a section within another page. [[# 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 ...
An alternative, supplementary method has been to add a hidden comment to the target section such as <!-- "Quark" links here --> [e] so that someone changing the title of that section can fix the incoming links. This method is weaker, since it puts the workload on the editor seeking to change the section title.
This template produces an interwiki link to mediawiki.org, and also a "hidden external link", to allow it to be found by Linksearch, e.g. . Anywhere on page Meta-Wiki