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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|wikilink]] connects to another page on the encyclopaedia and ties the whole thing together.

In general, wikilinks should be added for the [[MOS:LINK|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>.

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>.

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

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

:<code><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Tutorial/Wikipedia_links#Categories|Categories]]</nowiki></code> displays as [[Wikipedia:Tutorial/Wikipedia_links#Categories|Categories]]

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