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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 ...
Interlanguage links are links from a Wikipedia article in one language to a corresponding page in another language. These links are accessible through the language dropdown menu, which appears as: XX languages , in the upper right corner of the page when using the default Vector 2022 skin.
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".
Remember that an interlanguage link should be preceded by a colon if it is to be displayed, where it is inserted in the text, as an inline interlanguage link; otherwise it will be displayed in the list of interlanguage links at the side of the page (which is appropriate only if it is the most closely corresponding page in the other language ...
For some languages this is still the case). Links to all the different language versions for that page will be displayed. A lack of interlanguage links indicates that there is no equivalent page in any other language. Other language versions are usually written independently rather than being a translation.
The text needs to make sense to readers who cannot follow links. Users may print articles or read offline, and Wikipedia content may be encountered in republished form, often without links. Refrain from implementing colored links that may impede user ability to distinguish links from regular text, or color links for purely aesthetic reasons.
For help showing snippets of text in another language in a Wikipedia article, see: Template:lang-x; Template:Language with name/for; For help linking a word or phrase to an article in Wikipedia in another language, see Help:Interlanguage links. For help showing which languages you understand on your personal Wikipedia user page, see Template ...
Link to other Wikipedias or Wikidata if an article in the English Wikipedia doesn't exist. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Article name 1 Name of the English Wikipedia page, or suggested name if the page does not exist Page name required Link text lt Text displayed for the link to the English Wikipedia article, if not the same as the article title ...