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| − | + | There are a number of red links to 'common' topics, such as [[communist]] or [[language]]. Rather than fill up our NSwiki with a bunch of ''(probably-contested)'' terminology, it makes sense to link such things directly to the Wikipedia entry. The easy way is like this: | |
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| + | :"It is a <tt><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:communist|]]</nowiki></tt> nation." | ||
| + | :→ "It is a [[Wikipedia:communist|communist]] nation." | ||
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| + | Or make it specific to a nation, as [[Constantinopolis]] has done. | ||
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| + | :"That Constantinopolite is a <tt><nowiki>[[Communist Party of Constantinopolis|Communist|]]</nowiki></tt>." | ||
| + | :→ "That Constantinopolite is a [[Communist Party of Constantinopolis|Communist]]." | ||
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| + | Take special note of the ''pipe'' ( '''<nowiki>|</nowiki>''' ) symbol before the final brackets. Add the pipe, and the word after the colon gets piped directly out. You don't see the Wikipedia or Constantinopolis reference. If you prefer, you can change the text after the pipe: | ||
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| + | :"Our national language is <tt><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Sindarin|Elvish]]</nowiki></tt>." | ||
| + | :→ "Our national language is [[Wikipedia:Sindarin|Elvish]]." | ||
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Revision as of 00:31, 29 October 2004
Linking common terms to Wikipedia
There are a number of red links to 'common' topics, such as communist or language. Rather than fill up our NSwiki with a bunch of (probably-contested) terminology, it makes sense to link such things directly to the Wikipedia entry. The easy way is like this:
- "It is a [[Wikipedia:communist|]] nation."
- → "It is a communist nation."
Or make it specific to a nation, as Constantinopolis has done.
- "That Constantinopolite is a [[Communist Party of Constantinopolis|Communist|]]."
- → "That Constantinopolite is a Communist."
Take special note of the pipe ( | ) symbol before the final brackets. Add the pipe, and the word after the colon gets piped directly out. You don't see the Wikipedia or Constantinopolis reference. If you prefer, you can change the text after the pipe:
- "Our national language is [[Wikipedia:Sindarin|Elvish]]."
- → "Our national language is Elvish."
More info: NSwiki:Page editing
NSwiki:Tip of the day archive
