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-===Internal Links (Linking to a Page within this Wiki)===
+{{TOCright}}
-While editing a wiki page, put double square brackets around the text you wish to become a link.  Example:
+One of the fundamentals of the internet or 'web' is being able to link to other pages or sites on the web.  This is also true for [[wiki]]s.  This '''WikiIndex:Wiki Links''' page describes how to create said links.
-:'''<nowiki>[[Brand New Page]]</nowiki>'''
+===Internal links (linking to a page <u>within</u> this wiki)===
+While editing a [[wiki]] page, put double square brackets around the text you wish to become a link.  Example:
+:'''<tt><nowiki>[[Brand New Page]]</nowiki></tt>'''
 will create a new link that will function like this:
 :[[Brand New Page]]
-If you want to display a different phrase than the page name, you can use a pipe (|). The text before the pipe (|) is the page name.  The text after the pipe is the label for that particular link.  For example:
+If you want to display a different phrase than the page name, you can use a pipe (<tt>|</tt> – next to the left shift key on your keyboard).  The text before the pipe (|) is the actual page name.  The text after the pipe is the displayed label for that particular link.  For example:
-:'''<nowiki>[[Brand New Page|My Page]]</nowiki>'''
+:'''<tt><nowiki>[[Brand New Page|my article page]]</nowiki></tt>'''
 will display like this:
-[[Brand New Page|My Page]]
+:[[Brand New Page|my article page]] — hover your mouse cursor over this link, and it will still display 'Brand New Page'.
-* If the term that is double brackted exists as an article in the wiki, then the link will show in blue and be immediately functional.
+*If the term that is double brackted exists as an article in the wiki, then the link will show in blue and be immediately functional.
+*If the term that is double bracketed is ''not'' an existing page in the wiki, the link is "dangling" and shows in red.  In a typical website, this might be considered a "broken" or dead link, but in a wiki, it is simply an invitation for someone to create that needed article by clicking on the red link.  Check the [[Special:Wantedpages|Wanted Pages]] for a list of 'red link' articles that this wiki needs.
-* If the term that is double bracketed is not an existing page in the wiki, the link is "dangling" and shows in red.  In a typical website, this might be considered a "broken" link, but in a wiki, it is simply an invitation for someone to create that needed article by clicking on the red link.  Check the [[Special:Wantedpages|Wanted Pages]] for a list of articles that the wiki needs.
+====Section links====
+Large or long web pages may usually be sub-divided into 'sections' by using section headings.  If you wish to link to a particular section (rather than the whole page), you can do so by using the hash (<tt>#</tt>).  So for example, if you wanted to link to the 'Redirects' section at the foot of this page, you would type:
+:'''<tt><nowiki>[[WikiIndex:Wiki Links#Redirects]]</nowiki></tt>'''
+which will display: [[WikiIndex:Wiki Links#Redirects]]
-===External Links (Linking to a page on another website)===
+This can also be piped to display a different or 'neater' name – such as:
-While editing a wiki page, put square brackets around the URL and the description text you wish to become a link.  Example:
+:'''<tt><nowiki>[[WikiIndex:Wiki Links#Redirects|Redirects section on WikiLinks]]</nowiki></tt>'''
+displaying: [[WikiIndex:Wiki Links#Redirects|Redirects section on WikiLinks]]
-:'''<nowiki>[http://www.wikiindex.com Official This Wiki]</nowiki>'''
+If you wish to use section links on the <u>same</u> page, you can ommit the page name from the link, as in:
+:'''<tt><nowiki>[[#Redirects]]</nowiki></tt>'''
+===External links (linking to a page on <u>another</u> website)===
+While editing a wiki page, put single square brackets around the URL; and the description text you wish to become a link.  Example:
+:'''<tt><nowiki>[http://www.wikiindex.com Official WikiIndex website]</nowiki></tt>'''
 will create a new link that will function like this:
+:[http://www.wikiindex.com Official WikiIndex website] — note the 'double arrow' at the end of this; indicating that it is an 'off-site' link.
-:[http://www.wikiindex.com Official This Wiki]
+Section links detailed [[#Section links|above]] for internal wikilinks can also work on external link URLs.
 ===Redirects===
-Sometimes there may be two or more names for the same article.  For example, ISOC and Internet Society. One of them should redirect to the other. To create a redirect, type #REDIRECT followed by a link to the page to be redirected to in a blank page. Redirects are automatically created when pages are moved using the "move" tab.
+Sometimes there may be two or more names, or similar names for the same article.  For example, ISOC and Internet Society.  One of them should [[Special:ListRedirects|'redirect']] to the other.  To create a redirect, click on <code>#REDIRECT</code> at the foot of the page or type <tt>#redirect</tt> – followed by a link to the page to be redirected to in a blank page.  Redirects are automatically created when pages are moved using the "move" tab at the top of the screen for existing pages.
-[[category:WikiIndex]]
+[[Category:WikiIndex]]
 [[Category:Help]]
-[[category:FAQ]]
+[[Category:FAQ]]