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==Linking to another Wikia== | ==Linking to another Wikia== | ||
There are two kinds of wikia-link markup. To link to the article "Supergate" on the "Stargate" wikia, use this format; | There are two kinds of wikia-link markup. To link to the article "Supergate" on the "Stargate" wikia, use this format; | ||
<nowiki>[[Stargate:Supergate]]</nowiki> | |||
Examples: | |||
[[ | *[[Stargate:Supergate]] | ||
*[[MemoryAlpha:James T. Kirk]] | |||
The other format, used by many older wikis, includes | The other format, used by many older wikis, includes a 'wikia:c:' prefix, a holdover from Wikia's 'Wikicities' days. To link to the article "Shipwreck" on the "Gijoe" wikia, use this format; | ||
<nowiki>[[wikia:c:gijoe:Shipwreck]]</nowiki> | |||
[[Category: Help]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div> | Example: | ||
*[[wikia:c:gijoe:Shipwreck]] | |||
[[Category:Help]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div> | |||
Revision as of 00:50, 12 June 2008
Interwiki linking (linking to an article on another wikia or Wikipedia) is medium-complicated, but not that hard to learn.
Linking to Wikipedia
To link to the Wikipedia article "Trains" type;
[[Wikipedia:Trains]]
Linking to another Wikia
There are two kinds of wikia-link markup. To link to the article "Supergate" on the "Stargate" wikia, use this format; [[Stargate:Supergate]]
Examples:
The other format, used by many older wikis, includes a 'wikia:c:' prefix, a holdover from Wikia's 'Wikicities' days. To link to the article "Shipwreck" on the "Gijoe" wikia, use this format; [[wikia:c:gijoe:Shipwreck]]
Example:
