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<tr valign="top"><td>London has [[public transport]].
*First letter of target is automatically capitalized.
*Internally spaces are automatically represented as underscores (typing an underscore has the same effect as typing a space, but is not recommended).
Thus the link above is to <nowiki>http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_transport</nowiki>, which is the article with the name "Public transport". See also [[Wikipedia:Canonization]].
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<td><pre><nowiki>London has [[public transport]].</nowiki></pre>
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[[World Heritage Sites#New Zealand]]<br/>
is an example link to a section name on a page, see ''== headers =='' above.
Links to non-existent sections aren't broken, they are treated as links to the top of the page.</td><td>
<pre><nowiki>[[World Heritage Sites#New Zealand]]</nowiki></pre></td>.
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<tr valign="top"><td>Same target, different name:
[[wikipedia FAQ|answers]].
<br/>(This is a [[piped link]].)
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<td><pre><nowiki>Same target, different name:
[[wikipedia FAQ|answers]]</nowiki></pre>
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<td>Endings are blended into the link: [[test]]ing, [[gene]]s
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<pre><nowiki>Endings are blended
into the link: [[test]]ing, [[gene]]s</nowiki></pre>
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Automatically hide stuff in parentheses: [[kingdom (biology)|kingdom]].
<p>Automatically hide namespace: [[Wikipedia:Village Pump|Village Pump]].
<p>The server fills in the part after the | when you save the page. Next time you open the edit box you will see the expanded piped link. A [[Wikipedia:Show preview|preview]] interprets the abbreviated form correctly, but does not expand it yet in the edit box. Press Save and again Edit, and you will see the expanded version. The same applies for the following feature.
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<pre><nowiki>Automatically hide stuff in parentheses:
[[kingdom (biology)|]]. </nowiki></pre>
<pre><nowiki>Automatically hide namespace:
[[Wikipedia:Village Pump|]].</nowiki></pre>
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<td>When adding a comment to a Talk page,
you should sign it. You can do this by
adding three tildes for your user name:
: [[User:Montrealais|Montrealais]]
or four for user name plus date/time:
: [[User:Montrealais|Montrealais]] 08:10 Oct 5, 2002 (UTC)</td>
<td><pre><nowiki>When adding a comment to a Talk page,
you should sign it. You can do this by
adding three tildes for your user name:
: ~~~
or four for user name plus date/time:
: ~~~~</nowiki></pre>
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<tr valign="top"><td>[[The weather in London]] is a page that doesn't
exist yet.
*You can create it by clicking on the link.
*To create a new page:
*#Create a link to it on some other page.
*#Save that page.
*#Click on the link you just made. The new page will open for editing.
*Have a look at [[Wikipedia:How to start a page|how to start a page]] guide and Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions|naming conventions]].
*After creating a page, search for its title and make sure that everyone correctly links to it.
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<td><pre><nowiki>[[The weather in London]] is a page
that doesn't exist yet.</nowiki></pre>
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<tr valign="top"><td>[[Wikipedia:How to edit a page]] is this page.
[[Self link]]s appear as bold text when the article is viewed.</td>
<td><pre><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:How to edit a page]] is this page.</nowiki></pre>
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[[wikipedia:Redirect|Redirect]] one article title to another by putting text like this in its first line. Note that redirects to sections do not work yet. <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[United States#History]]</nowiki> will redirect to the [[United States]] page, but not to any particular section on it. It is possible this feature will be implemented in future, so such redirects could be used now for future compatibility.
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<td><pre><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[United States]]</nowiki></pre>
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Link to a page on the same subject in another language using a link like <nowiki>[[language code:Title]]</nowiki>.
It does not matter where you put these links while editing as they always show up in the same place when you save the page, but placement at the end of the edit box is recommended. See [[Wikipedia:Interlanguage links]] and [[Wikipedia:Complete list of language wikis available|list of languages and codes]].
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<td><nowiki>[[fr:Wikipédia:Aide]]</nowiki></td>
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<tr valign="top"><td>[[Wikipedia:External links|External link]]: [http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia]<br/>
This is an unnamed link. [http://www.nupedia.com]<br/>
This is a plain URL: http://www.nupedia.com
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<td><pre><nowiki>External link:
[http://www.nupedia.com Nupedia]</nowiki>
This is an unnamed link. [http://www.nupedia.com]
This is a plain URL: http://www.nupedia.com</pre>
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<tr valign="top"><td>Or just give the URL: http://www.nupedia.com.
*In the [[URL]] all symbols must be among: A-Z a-z 0-9 ._\/~%-+&#?!=()@ \x80-\xFF. If a URL contains a different character it should be converted; for example, ^ has to be written %5E (to be looked up in [[ASCII]]).
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<td><pre><nowiki>Or just give the URL:
http://www.nupedia.com.</nowiki></pre>
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<tr valign="top"><td>A picture: [[Image:Wiki.png|Wikipedia Encyclopedia]]
* Only images that have been uploaded to Wikipedia can be used. To upload images, use the [[Special:Upload|upload page]]. You can find the uploaded image on the [[Special:Imagelist|image list]]. See [[Wikipedia:Image use policy]] and [[Wikipedia:Image markup|Image markup]], [[Wikipedia:extended image syntax|extended image syntax]] for many more hints.
* Alternative text, used when the image isn't loaded, in a text-only browser, or when spoken aloud, is '''strongly''' encouraged. See [[Wikipedia:Alternate text for images|Alternate text for images]] for help on choosing it.
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<td><pre><nowiki>
A picture: [[Image:Wiki.png]]</nowiki></pre>
or, with alternate text
<pre><nowiki>[[Image:Wiki.png|jigsaw globe]]</nowiki></pre>
or, floating to the right side of the page and with a caption.
<pre><nowiki>[[Image:Wiki.png|right|jigsaw globe]]</nowiki></pre>
or, floating to the right side of the page ''without'' a caption.
<pre><nowiki>[[Image:Wiki.png|right|]]</nowiki></pre>
''Note the extra | after the word '''right'''. This is to make sure the image floats to the right side of the page, and not so that the alternate text is "right".''
More at [[Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax]].
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Clicking on an uploaded image displays a description page, which you can also link directly to: [[:Image:Wiki.png]]
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<td><pre><nowiki>
[[:Image:Wiki.png]]
</nowiki></pre>
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To include links to non-image uploads such as sounds, or to images shown as links instead of drawn on the page, use a "media" link.
<br/>[[media:Sg_mrob.ogg|Sound]]
<br/>
<br/>[[media:Tornado aircraft.jpg|Image of a Tornado]]
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<pre>
<nowiki>
[[media:Sg_mrob.ogg|Sound]]
[[media:Tornado aircraft.jpg|Image of a Tornado]]
</nowiki></pre></td></tr>
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To link to books, you can use [[Wikipedia:ISBN]] links. This is preferred to linking to a specific online bookstore, because it gives the reader a choice of vendors.
ISBN 0123456789X
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<nowiki>ISBN 0123456789X</nowiki>
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<td>"What links here" and "Related changes" can be linked as:<br/>
[[Special:Whatlinkshere/Wikipedia:How to edit a page]] and
[[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:How to edit a page]]
<td><nowiki>
[[Special:Whatlinkshere/Wikipedia:How to edit a page]] and
[[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:How to edit a page]]</nowiki>
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<td>Use links for dates, so everyone can set their own display order. Use [[Special:Preferences]] to change your own date display setting.
[[July 20]], [[1969]] , [[20 July]] [[1969]] and [[1969]]-[[07-20]]
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<td><pre><nowiki>[[July 20]], [[1969]] , [[20 July]] [[1969]]
and [[1969]]-[[07-20]]
</nowiki></pre>will all appear as [[20 July|20 July]] [[1969|1969]] if you set your date display preference to 15 January 2001, but [[20 July|July 20]], [[1969|1969]] if you set it to January 15, 2001. </td>
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