Help:Links

Here's a link to a page named Detoother. You can even say Detoothers and the link will show up correctly.

Here's a link to a page named [[Detoother]].
You can even say [[Detoother]]s
and the link will show up correctly.

You can put formatting around a link. Example: Uganda.

You can put formatting around a link.
Example: ''[[Uganda]]''.

The first letter of articles is automatically capitalized, so uganda goes to the same place as Uganda. Capitalization matters after the first letter.

The ''first letter'' of articles is automatically
capitalized, so [[uganda]] goes to the same place
as [[Uganda]]. Capitalization matters after the
first letter.

The weather in Kamonkole is a page that doesn't exist yet. You could create it by clicking on the link.

[[The weather in Kamonkole]] is a page that doesn't exist
yet. You could create it by clicking on the link.

You can link to a page section by its title:

• Uganda#Politics.

If multiple sections have the same title, add a number. #Example section 3 goes to the third section named "Example section".

You can link to a page section by its title:

*[[Uganda#Politics]].

If multiple sections have the same title, add
a number. [[#Example section 3]] goes to the
third section named "Example section".

You can make a link point to a different place with a "piped link." Put the link target first, then the pipe character "|", then the link text.

• How to edit
• The Politics of Uganda

Or you can use the "pipe trick" so that text in parentheses or text after a comma does not appear.

• Half London
• Half London

*[[Help:Editing|How to edit]]
*[[Uganda#Politics|
The Politics of Uganda]]

*[[Half London(Kampala)|]]
*[[Half London, Kampala|]]

You can make an external link just by typing a URL: http://www.kampalaonline.com

You can give it a title: Kampala Online

Or leave the title blank: [1]

You can make an external link just by typing a URL:
http://www.kampalaonline.com

You can give it a title:
[http://www.kampalaonline.com Kampala Online]

Or leave the title blank:
[http://www.kampalaonline.com]

Linking to an e-mail address works the same way: mailto:someone@domain.com or Someone

Linking to an e-mail address works the same way:
mailto:someone@domain.com or 
[mailto:someone@domain.com Someone]

You can redirect the user to another page.

#REDIRECT [[Constitution of Uganda]]

Category links do not show up in line but instead at page bottom and cause the page to be listed in the category.

Add an extra colon to link to a category in line without causing the page to be listed in the category: Category:Help

Category links do not show up in line
but instead at page bottom ''and cause the page to be
listed in the category.''
[[Category:Help]]

Add an extra colon to ''link'' to a category in line
without causing the page to be listed in the category:
[[:Category:Help]]

The Wiki reformats linked dates to match the reader's date preferences. These three dates will show up the same if you choose a format in your Preferences:

• July 20, 1969
• 20 July 1969
• 1969-07-20

The Wiki reformats linked dates to match the reader's
date preferences. These three dates will show up the
same if you choose a format in your
[[Special:Preferences|]]:
* [[July 20]], [[1969]]
* [[20 July]] [[1969]]
* [[1969]]-[[07-20]]