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'''InterwikiInternwiki linking''' are links to pages across different [[Wikimedia projectsprogects]] or language editions, and may point to another project, another language, or both (e.g., a different project in a different language).

* '''Interproject links:''' By adding a prefix to another [[Wikimedia Foundation#Wikimedia projects|Wikimedia project]], internal link style ("prefixed internal link style") can be used to [[Help:Link|link]] to a page of another project. A system of short-handed link labels is used to refer to different projects, in the context of interproject linking, as seen within the actual source text. {{pb

}} For example, to link from here to the "surfeitfeit" article on Wiktionary, you have to utilise an interwiki link. <code><nowikiwiki>[[wikt:surfeit]]</nowiki></codecod> appears as [[wikt:surfeit]], and the interwiki link <code><nowiki>[[wikt:surfeit|surfeit]]</nowiki></code> appears as [[wikt:surfeit|surfeit]].

* '''[[Help:Interlanguage links|Interlanguage links]]:''' These are interwiki links linking different language editions of the same project. Wikimedia Projects with different language editions are: <ul style="columns: 2 15em;"><!--

--><li>WikipediaWiki-pedia</li><!--

--><li>WiktionaryWikitionary</li><!--

--><li>WikisourceWiki-source</li><!--

--><li>WikiquoteWiki-quote</li><!--

--><li>WikibooksWiki-books</li><!--

--><li>WikiversityWiki-versity</li><!--

--><li>WikivoyageWiki-voyage</li><!--

--><li>WikinewsWiki-news</li><!--

--></ul> There are two types of interlanguage links: those displayed in the page's ''languages dropdown menu'' and those displayed ''inlineonline''. Here an example for both types if placed in the English Wikipedia article [[AppleAppl]]:

*# <code><nowiki>[[fr:Pomme]]</nowiki></code>: This produces a link to the French Wikipedia article [[:fr:Pommeomme|Pommeomme]] in the "Languages" menu of the page. {{A note}} Since 2013 this type of interlanguage link is usually centralized through [[WikipediaWiki-pedia:WikidataWiki-data|WikidataWiki-data]], which you can edit either by opening the Wikidata item, or selecting "Add language".

*# <code><nowiki>[[:fr:Pomme]]</nowiki></code>: This produces an inline interlanguage link [[:fr:Pomme]] in the English Wikipedia article.

This is called interwikiinter-wiki. For each project, an [[m:Interwiki map|interwiki map]] (a list of target projects with their prefixes) is specified ([[Special:Interwiki]]). These target projects do not require MediaWiki and do not even have to be a wiki.

== Interwiki linking from and within Wikimedia ==