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=== <h3> Links, URLs ===</h3>

<tr valign="top"><td>Sue is reading the [[video <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Video policy">Video policy]]</a>.*<ul><li>First letter of target is automatically capitalized.*</li><li>Internally spaces are automatically represented as underscores (typing an underscore has the same effect as typing a space, but is not recommended).</li></ul><p>Thus the [[link]] <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Link">Link</a> above is to <span class="fck_mw_nowiki" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="nowiki">http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_policy</nowikispan>, which is the page with the name "Video policy".</p>

<td><pre><nowiki>Sue is reading the [[video policy]].</nowiki></pre>

<p>Link to a section on a page, e.g.[[List_of_cities_by_country<a _fcknotitle="true" href="List of cities by country#Morocco">List of cities by country#Morocco]]</a>; when section editing does not work the link is treated as link to the page, i.e. to the top; this applies for:*</p><ul><li>links to non-existent sections*</li><li>links in redirects*</li><li>interwiki links</td><td><pre/li><nowiki/ul><pre>[[List_of_cities_by_country#Morocco]].</nowiki></pre></td>

<tr valign="top"><td>Link target and link label are different: [[<a href="User:Larry Sanger|">answers]]</a>. <p>(This is called a [[piped <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Piped link]]">Piped link</a>).</p>

<td><pre><nowiki>Same target, different name:[[User:Larry Sanger|answers]]</nowiki></pre>

<td>Endings are blended into the link: [[official <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Official position]]">Official position</a>s, [[gene]]<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Gene">Gene</a>s</td>

<pre><nowiki>Endings are blendedinto the link: [[official position]]s, [[gene]]s</nowiki></pre>

<p>Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: [[kingdom <a href="Kingdom (biology)|">kingdom]]</a>.</p><p>Automatically hide namespace: [[<a href="Wikipedia:Village pump|">Village pump]]</a>.</p>

<pre><nowiki>Automatically hide stuff in parentheses:[[kingdom (biology)|]]. </nowiki></pre><pre><nowiki>Automatically hide namespace:[[Wikipedia:Village pump|]].</nowiki></pre>

<p>you should sign it. You can do this by

: [[</p><dl><dd> <a href="User:Karl Wick|">Karl Wick]]</a></dd></dl><p>or four for user name plus date/time:: [[</p><dl><dd> <a href="User:Karl Wick|">Karl Wick]] </a> 08:10 Oct 5, 2002 (UTC)</dd></dl>

<td><pre><nowiki>When adding a comment to a Talk page,

: ~~~~</nowiki></pre>

<tr valign="top"><td>[[<a _fcknotitle="true" href="The weather in London">The weather in London]] </a> is a page that doesn't exist yet.*<ul><li>You can create it by clicking on the link.*</li><li>To create a new page:*#<ol><li>Create a link to it on some other page.*#</li><li>Save that page.*#</li><li>Click on the link you just made. The new page will open for editing.*</li></ol></li><li>Have a look at [[<a href="MediaWiki User's Guide: Starting a new page|">how to start a page]] </a> guide and the naming conventions page for your project.</li></ul>

<td><pre><nowiki>[[The weather in London]] is a pagethat doesn't exist yet.</nowiki></pre>

[[<p><a href="MediaWiki User's Guide: Using redirects|">Redirect]] </a> one article title to another by putting text like this in its first line.</p>

<td><pre><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[United States]]</nowiki></pre>

<p>A link to the page on the same subject in another language or, more generally, to a page on another wiki:

For more info see [[<a _fcknotitle="true" href="MediaWiki User's Guide: Interwiki linking]]">MediaWiki User's Guide: Interwiki linking</a>.</p>

<td><pre><nowiki>[[fr:Wikip�dia:Aide]], [[:fr:Wikip�dia:Aide]]</nowiki></pre></td>

<td>"What links here" and "Related changes" can be linked as:<br/>[[<p><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Special:Whatlinkshere/Wikipedia:How to edit a page]] ">Special:Whatlinkshere/Wikipedia:How to edit a page</a> and[[<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:How to edit a page]]">Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:How to edit a page</a></p>

<td><pre><nowiki>

Wikipedia:How to edit a page]]</nowiki></pre>

<tr valign="top"><td>External links: [<a href="http://www.nupedia.com ">Nupedia]</a>, [<a href="http://www.nupedia.com">[n]</a>

<td><pre><nowiki>External links:

[http://www.nupedia.com]</nowiki></pre>

*<ul><li>In the [[en<a href="En:URL|">URL]] </a> all symbols must be among: A-Z a-z 0-9 ._\/~%-+&amp;#?!=()@ \x80-\xFF. If a URL contains a different character it should be converted; for example, ^ has to be written &#160;%5E (to be looked up in [[en<a href="En:ASCII|">ASCII]]</a>). A blank space can also be converted into an underscore.</li></ul>

<td><pre><nowiki>Or just give the URL:http://www.nupedia.com.</nowiki></pre>

<p>To link to a bug in Mozilla's Bugzilla, use the <tt>bug</tt> template.<span class="fck_mw_template">{{bug|322603}}</span></p>

<pre><nowiki>{{bug|322603}}</nowiki></pre>

<p>To link to books, you can use [[en<a href="En:ISBN|">ISBN]] </a> links.ISBN 0123456789X See [[<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Help:ISBN links]]">Help:ISBN links</a></p>

<pre><nowiki>ISBN 0123456789X</nowiki></pre>

<p>Link to [[w<a href="W:Request for Comments|">Request for Comments]]</a>: RFC 123 (URL specified in [[mediawiki<a _fcknotitle="true" href="MediaWiki:Rfcurl]]">MediaWiki:Rfcurl</a>)</p>

<pre><nowiki>RFC 123</nowiki></pre>

<p>To include links to non-image uploads such as sounds, use a "media" link.<br/>[[<a href="Sg_mrob.ogg" class="new" _fck_mw_filename="Sg_mrob.ogg" _fck_mw_type="media:Sg_mrob" title="Sg mrob.ogg|">Sound]]</a></p>

</nowiki></pre>

<tr valign="top"><td>Use links for dates, so everyone can set their own display order. Use [[<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Special:Preferences]] ">Special:Preferences</a> to change your own date display setting.

<td><pre><nowiki>[[July 20]], [[1969]] , [[20 July]] [[1969]]

</nowiki></pre>will all appear as [[<a _fcknotitle="true" href="20 July">20 July]] [[</a> <a _fcknotitle="true" href="1969">1969]] </a> if you set your date display preference to 1 January 2001.