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In addition to Wikitext, some [[Wikipedia:HTML element|HTML element]]s are also allowed for presentation formatting. See [[Help:HTML in wikitext]] for information on this.

 

==Links and URLs==

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New York also has [[Wikipedia:public transport|public transportation]].

====Automatically rename links====

 

* See [[Wikipedia:Help:Pipe trick|Pipe trick]] for details.

 

 

* [[Wikipedia:Redirect|Redirect]] one article title to another by placing a directive like the one shown to the right on the ''first'' line of the article (such as at a page titled "[[Wikipedia:US|US]]").

 

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*The full page name should be included in double square brackets.

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===Link to the same article in another language (interlanguage links)===

{{notice|After the launch of [[Wikipedia:Wikidata|Wikidata]], interlanguage links are now added through it. Links in articles should exist only in special cases, for example when an article in one language has two articles in another language.}}

 

* 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".

 

 

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===Interwiki link===

 

* Note that interwikimedia links use the internal link style, with double square brackets.

* See also [[Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects|Wikimedia sister projects]].

 

 

*Single square brackets indicate an external link. Note the use of a ''space'' (not a pipe |) to separate the URL from the link text in a named link. Square brackets may be used as normal punctuation when not linking to anything – [like this].

:*Use the link button [[File:OOjs UI icon link-ltr.svg]] on the enhanced editing toolbar to encode the link; this tool will add the bracket markup and the linked text, which may not always be desirable.

:*Or manually encode the URL by replacing these characters:

| %20 || %22 || %27 || %2c || %3b || %3c || %3e || %3f || %5b || %5d

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* See [[Wikipedia:External links]] for style issues, and [[:Category:External link file type templates]] for indicating the file type of an external link with an icon.

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<code><nowiki>[http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]</nowiki></code>

 

===Automatic links===

 

Magic links are automatic links for certain unique identifiers that require no markup. They can be used for ISBN numbers, RFC numbers, and PMID numbers.

====RFC number====

 

 

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====Links partially italicized====

 

 

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<code><nowiki>[[Hindenburg disaster|''Hindenburg'' disaster]]</nowiki></code>

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==Images==

 

See the Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Image use policy|image use policy]] for the policy used on Wikipedia.

 

==References and citing sources==

 

Making a reference citing a printed or online source can be accomplished by using the {{tag|ref}} tags. Inside these tags details about the reference are added.

==Templates and transcluding pages==

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Examples for templates: <nowiki>{{pad|...}}, {{math|...}}, {{as of|...}}, {{edit}}</nowiki>

They are specified by putting the template's name in <nowiki>{{double braces}}</nowiki>. Most templates are pages in the [[wikipedia:WP:Template namespace|Template namespace]], but it is possible to transclude mainspace pages (articles) by using <nowiki>{{:colon and double braces}}</nowiki>.

 

They determine whether or not wikitext renders, either in its own article, which we will call "'''here'''", or in another article where it is transcluded, which we will call "'''there'''".

* '''<nowiki><noinclude></nowiki>: ''' the content '''will not be rendered ''there'''''. These tags have no effect ''here''.

* '''<nowiki><onlyinclude></nowiki>: ''' the content '''will render ''here''''' and '''will render ''there''''', but it will only render ''there'' what is between these tags.

There can be several such section "[[Wikipedia:HTML#Elements|elements]]". Also, they can be nested. All possible renderings are achievable. For example, to render ''there'' one or more sections of the page ''here'' use '''<nowiki><onlyinclude></nowiki>''' tags. To append text ''there'', wrap the addition in '''<nowiki><includeonly></nowiki>''' tags before, within, or after the section. To omit portions of the section, nest '''<nowiki><noinclude></nowiki>''' tags within it.

{{anchor|NOWIKI}}

{{redirect|wikipedia:WP:NOWIKI|the essay about the name "Wiki"|Wikipedia:Don't abbreviate "Wikipedia" as "Wiki"!}}

 

In order for the software to interpret wiki markup, its parser first scans the page. When it sees its nowiki tags

:{{tag|nowiki|s}} (escapes the interpretations it is designed to "break"),

it escapes its wikicode, so editors can document its markup ''using'' its markup.

<nowiki /># Ordered list

|<nowiki>A [[micro-]]second.</nowiki>

|<nowiki>A [[micro-]]<nowiki />second.</nowiki>

|<nowiki>a<nowiki>

 

:{{ ''pagename'' <nowiki />| {{ ''pagename'' }<nowiki />} }}

 

 

====Displaying wikilinks====

 

====Displaying magic words====

 

For input '''parameters''', {{{1}}}, {{{2}}}, just write them out, unless they have a default (which goes behind their pipe):

 

==Invisible text (comments)==

 

It's uncommon{{spaced ndash}}but on occasion acceptable for notes to other editors{{spaced ndash}}to add a hidden comment within the text of an article. These comments are visible only when editing or viewing the source of a page. Most comments should go on the appropriate [[Wikipedia:Talk page|Talk page]]. <!-- This is an example of text that is not visible except in "edit" mode. --> The format is to surround the hidden text with "<code>&lt;!--</code>" and "<code>--&gt;</code>" and may cover several lines, e.g.:

{{main|Help:HTML in wikitext}}

 

 

==Notes==