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[[File:Boldness and links tutorial.ogv|thumb|thumbtime=1|A video tutorial about the basics of wiki markup, including creating links]]

'''Wikilinks''' are one of the key components of Wikipedia. A [[help:wikilink|wikilinkWikilink]]s connectsconnect pages to anothereach pageother, on the encyclopedia and tiestying the whole thingencyclopedia together.

In general, wikilinks should be added for the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking|first occurrencemention]] of important or unfamiliar concepts forin thean topicarticle.

Typically, wikilinks use square brackets, like this: <code><nowiki>[[target&nbsp;page]]</nowiki></code>. You can also insert them by clicking the [[File:OOjs UI icon link-ltr.svg|20px|class=skin-invert|link=|alt=Chain icon]] icon.

In general, wikilinks should be added for the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking|first occurrence]] of important concepts for the topic.

All Wikilinks are based on using square brackets like: <code><nowiki>[[target&nbsp;page]]</nowiki></code>

If you want to link to an article, but display some other text for the link, you can use a [[Help:Link#Piped&nbsp;link|pipe]] <code><nowiki>|</nowiki></code> divider ({{key press|Shift|\}}):

<br><code><nowiki>[[target&nbsp;page|display&nbsp;text]]</nowiki></code>

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You can also link to a specific section of a page using a hash <code>#</code>:

<br><code><nowiki>[[Target&nbsp;page#Target&nbsp;section|display&nbsp;text]]</nowiki></code>

Here are some examples:

:*<code><nowiki>[[link]]</nowiki></code> displays as [[link]]

:*<code><nowiki>[[Android (operating system)]]</nowiki></code> displays as [[Android (operating system)]], whereas:

:*<code><nowiki>[[Android (operating system)|Android]]</nowiki></code> displays as [[Android (operating system)|Android]]

:*<code><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Tutorial/Wikipedia_linksEarth#CategoriesChemical composition|CategoriesChemistry of the Earth]]</nowiki></code> displays as [[Wikipedia:Tutorial/Wikipedia_linksEarth#CategoriesChemical composition|CategoriesChemistry of the Earth]]

You may also encounter '''[[Help:A quick guide to templates|templates]]''', which allow frequently used elements to be included on multiple pages. These are designated by curly brackets like: <code><nowiki>{{template&nbsp;name|parameters}}</nowiki></code>

For instance, to insert the {{citation needed|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}} [[Template:Citation needed|tag]], you can type this code:

Editing around them can be complicated, and is generally best avoided until you become more experienced.

{{tnull|Citation needed|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}. The [[File:OOjs UI icon puzzle-ltr.svg|20px|class=skin-invert|link=|alt=Puzzle piece icon]] icon works, too.

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