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'''Interwiki linking''' (linking to an article on | '''Interwiki linking''' (linking to an article on [[Wikipedia:|Wikipedia]], a Wikia, or other wiki in general) is medium-complicated, but not that hard to learn. | ||
==Linking to | ==Linking to other wiki== | ||
To link to the Wikipedia article "Trains" type; <font face="monospace"><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Trains]]</nowiki></font> | To link to the Wikipedia article "Trains" type; <font face="monospace"><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Trains]]</nowiki></font> | ||
*[[Wikipedia:Trains]] | *[[Wikipedia:Trains]] | ||
==Linking to Wikias== | ==Linking to Wikias== | ||
There are two kinds of wikia-link markup. To link to the article "Supergate" on the "Stargate" wikia, use this format; <font face="monospace"><nowiki>[[Wikia: | There are two kinds of wikia-link markup. To link to the article "Supergate" on the "Stargate" wikia, use this format; <font face="monospace"><nowiki>[[Wikia:sgcommand:Supergate]]</nowiki></font> | ||
*[[Wikia: | *[[Wikia:sgcommand:Supergate]] | ||
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; | 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>: | <nowiki>[[wikia:c:gijoe:Shipwreck]]</nowiki>: | ||
*[[wikia:c:gijoe:Shipwreck]] | *[[wikia:c:gijoe:Shipwreck]] | ||
Several sites on Wikia, such as Memory Alpha, have their own domain and can be linked to using a similar pattern to non-Wikia wiki: <font face="monospace"><nowiki>[[MemoryAlpha:James T. Kirk]]</nowiki></font>: | |||
*[[MemoryAlpha:James T. Kirk]] | |||
{{stub}} | {{stub}} | ||
[[Category:Help]] | [[Category:Help]] | ||
Revision as of 22:25, 4 May 2010
Interwiki linking (linking to an article on Wikipedia, a Wikia, or other wiki in general) is medium-complicated, but not that hard to learn.
Linking to other wiki
To link to the Wikipedia article "Trains" type; [[Wikipedia:Trains]]
Linking to Wikias
There are two kinds of wikia-link markup. To link to the article "Supergate" on the "Stargate" wikia, use this format; [[Wikia:sgcommand:Supergate]]
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]]:
Several sites on Wikia, such as Memory Alpha, have their own domain and can be linked to using a similar pattern to non-Wikia wiki: [[MemoryAlpha:James T. Kirk]]:
