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The template {} inserts one or more invisible anchor names (HTML fragment identifiers) in a page. The basic format is {{subst:anchor|Anchor name}}. To link to an anchor from within the same page, use [[#Anchor name|display text]]. To link to an anchor from another page, use [[Article name#Anchor name|display text]].
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 ...
If the target of a link is the same as the page on which it appears (a self-link), it is displayed in bold font, as with: Help:Link. Yes, its wiki code is actually [[Help: Link]]. But it is not in the usual link colour and does not react like a link when clicked or when the mouse pointer passes over it.
Anchor names must be unique on a page, and must not duplicate any heading titles. Duplicate anchors will not work as expected since the #location links go to the first anchor with that name. Duplicate anchors result in invalid HTML; you can check for duplicate anchors by running the page through the W3C Markup Validation Service.
The HTML specification does not have a specific term for anchor text, but refers to it as "text that the a element wraps around". In XML terms (since HTML is XML), the anchor text is the content of the element, provided that the content is text. [3] Usually, web search engines analyze anchor text from hyperlinks on web pages.
See also: {{Anchor comment}} Redirects to anchors are usually created when the anchor covering a particular term which has insufficient independent scope to write a section about, much less a whole article, but the term is nonetheless important within the field, and useful to link from other articles in the field of expertise.
An internal link is a type of hyperlink on a web page to another page or resource, such as an image or document, on the same website or domain. [1] [2] It is the opposite of an external link, a link that directs a user to content that is outside its domain. Hyperlinks are considered either "external" or "internal" depending on their target or ...
The default anchor ID is suitable for use with {} and {} templates. Since April 2020, the parameter / keyword pair |ref=harv has no special meaning; this deprecated setting should not be used and may be removed from existing cs1|2 templates. To inhibit anchor ID creation, set |ref=none. Aliases: none.