Help:Links
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[edit] Internal Links
To link to a RationalWiki page use a wikilink with double square brackets:
- [[User:Human]] produces User:Human.
If you want to give the link a different designation use the pipe symbol:
- [[User:Human|speakers]] which will show as speakers.
The 'pipe' symbol is on most keyboards at SHIFT/BACKSLASH. Note: wiki article names are case-sensitive, except for the first letter.
If you want to use a plural or otherwise extended form an article name for your link, just continue the name after the closing brackets.
- [[Fundamentalist]]s produces Fundamentalists, likewise, [[evolution]]ary makes evolutionary.
Alternatively, you could use the plural or other variant, since, in many cases, there will be a redirect page linking this to the article. If it comes up as a red link, it will only take a moment to create the redirect page. See here for more help on creating redirect pages.
A link for which the target page doesn't exist will show as a red link.
[edit] Section links
You can link to a specific section by typing #Section name after the page name:
- [[RationalWiki#History]] produces RationalWiki#History which takes you to the History section of the RationalWiki article.
If you want to link to a section on the same page, omit the page name to prevent a reload:
- [[#General website links]] produces #General website links which takes you to the General website links section of this page.
[edit] Categories and images
- See Help:Images for more information.
Links to Categories and Images are different than normal links. A link to a category will be removed from the text and will cause the page to be placed into that category. A link to an image will place the image onto the page.
To create a normal link to these, add a colon (:) at the beginning:
- [[:Category:Help]] produces Category:Help.
- [[:File:Stilton.jpg]] produces File:Stilton.jpg.
[edit] Interwiki links
Pages on Conservapedia, A Storehouse of Knowledge, and Wikipedia can be entered by including "cp:","ask:", or "wp:" (note the colon) before the page name. Pages referred in this manner will be subject to change by the site editors and may not be the page you intend.
- [[wp:evolution]] produces wp:evolution. A link like this can also be piped to chosen text:
- [[wp:evolution|Conservapedia's nightmare]] produces Conservapedia's nightmare
Note permalinks and difflinks to wiki pages should be treated as General website links.
- Template:wpa (qv) allows the text: "See the Wikipedia article on ..." to be included, normally as a footnote.
[edit] General website links
General web pages can be referred by simply including the full address in the text:
- http://www.secularism.org.uk/ produces: http://www.secularism.org.uk/
Enclosing the web address in single square brackets will reduce it:
- [http://www.secularism.org.uk/] produces [1]. The number increments down the page.
To give a different designation, leave a space at the end of the address and insert the wording required:
- [http://www.secularism.org.uk/ UK secularist organisation] produces UK secularist organisation
