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The template {} inserts one or more invisible anchor names (HTML fragment identifiers) in a page. The basic format is {{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]].
Link to an anchor in the same article using just the anchor name, e.g. [[#Anchor name]]. (In the Visual Editor, type #Anchor name into the link field.) From a different article, link to an anchor by specifying the article name, followed by a #, then the anchor name. e.g. [[Article name#Anchor name]]. The # will be visible in the link text.
Note that if you use it more than once on the same page, you'll need to use the |name= parameter every time after the first, and with a different name for each, so that the generated anchors are unique. A number or lowercase plain alphabet (non-accented) character is recommended - if you use an invalid character, it will be converted e.g. "x y ...
Link to an anchor in the same article using just the anchor name, e.g. [[#Anchor name]]. (In the Visual Editor, type #Anchor name into the link field.) From a different article, link to an anchor by specifying the article name, followed by a #, then the anchor name. e.g. [[Article name#Anchor name]]. The # will be visible in the link text.
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.
When a link contains a section title (as in the examples above), the title actually points to an HTML anchor on the target page. In addition to anchors created automatically by section titles, there are times when it's advantageous to create an anchor on a smaller unit of text, such as a specific paragraph (see § Linking to part of a section ...
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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]].