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There are four sorts of links in MediaWiki:

  1. internal links to other pages in the wiki
  2. external links to websites
  3. inter-wiki links (links to other wikis)
  4. inter-language links to other language versions of the same wiki

To add an internal link, enclose the name of the page you want to link to in double square brackets. When you save the page, you'll see the new link pointing to your page. If the page exists already, it is displayed in blue, empty pages are displayed in red. Selflinks to the current page are not transformed in URLs but displayed in bold.

The first letter of the target page is automatically capitalized and spaces are represented as underscores (typing an underscore in the link will have a similar effect as typing a space, but is not recommended, since the underscore will also be shown in the text).

[edit] How to link

Description You type You get
Internal link [[Main Page]] Main Page
Internal link stored on intranet server [file:///\\server_name123\pubshare_name\internal_webpage.htm internal_webpage.htm] internal_webpage.htm
Category link [[:Category:Help]] Category:Help
Piped link [[Main Page|different text]] different text
Anchor link [[#External links|Anchor link]] Anchor link
External link http://mediawiki.org http://mediawiki.org
Internal link to image file [[media:example.jpg]] media:example.jpg
External link,

different title

[http://mediawiki.org MediaWiki] MediaWiki
External link,

unnamed

[http://mediawiki.org] [1]
External link,

same host unnamed

[http://{{SERVERNAME}}/pagename] [2]
Interwiki link [[Wikipedia:MediaWiki]] Wikipedia:MediaWiki
mailto mailto:info@example.org mailto:info@example.org
mailto unnamed [mailto:info@example.org] [3]
mailto named [mailto:info@example.org info] info
redirect #REDIRECT [[Main Page]] → Main Page
Tip for wiki admins: To remove the 'external link image' from next to each of the external links, add the following to the page located at MediaWiki:Monobook.css on your wiki. 
#bodyContent a.external,
#bodyContent a[href ^="gopher://"] {
        background: none;
        padding-right: 0;
}
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Adding links to your a page is a helpful way to connect wiki pages, expand content and help readers move through your wiki.

  • To link text you must be in edit mode, and start by highlighting the text you want to link. Then click on the File:Link_button.png button on the toolbar. A window will pop up that gives you two options for linking: an internal link or an external link.
  • An internal link is a link that goes from one page on your wiki to another.
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  • The article name is the name of the page you would like to link to. You do not need to enter the the http, www or full wiki page before the article name. Simply add the article name from the top of the page.
  • The link text is the text you would like to have hyper linked (this is generally what you have highlighted).
  • For internal links, the article name and link text are often the same, but this is not a requirement.

  • An external link is a link to a page outside of your wiki. This may be to another Wikia wiki, wikipedia or to any other website.
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  • The URL is the link for the page you want to link to. You must include the full URL.
  • The link text is the text you would like to show as the link (this is generally what you have highlighted). You can also choose to create a numbered link if you do not want to use text.


  • Remember to save the page when you are finished.
  • If your new link is red, this means the page you are linking to does not exist yet. You can click on this red link, and create the page if you like.


  • To unlink text, highlight the linked text, and click on the File:Un-link.png text button.

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