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'''Linking''' through [[Wikipedia:Hyperlink|hyperlinks]] is an important feature of the UniWiki (and MediaWiki software in general. Internal links bind the project together into an interconnected whole. [[Wikipedia:Interwiki links|Interwiki links]] bind the UniWiki to other useful resources such as [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], [[Wikipedia:Wiktionary|Wiktionary]], and external links bind the UniWiki to the [[Wikipedia:World Wide Web|World Wide Web]]. | '''Linking''' through [[Wikipedia:Hyperlink|hyperlinks]] is an important feature of the UniWiki (and MediaWiki software in general). Internal links bind the project together into an interconnected whole. [[Wikipedia:Interwiki links|Interwiki links]] bind the UniWiki to other useful resources such as [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], [[Wikipedia:Wiktionary|Wiktionary]], and external links bind the UniWiki to the [[Wikipedia:World Wide Web|World Wide Web]]. | ||
Appropriate links provide instant pathways to locations within and outside the project that are likely to increase readers' understanding of the topic at hand. Whenever writing or editing an article, it is important to consider not only what to put in the article, but what links to include to help the reader find related information, as well as which other pages should carry links ''to'' the article. Care should be taken to avoid both [[# | Appropriate links provide instant pathways to locations within and outside the project that are likely to increase readers' understanding of the topic at hand. Whenever writing or editing an article, it is important to consider not only what to put in the article, but what links to include to help the reader find related information, as well as which other pages should carry links ''to'' the article. Care should be taken to avoid both [[#Overlinking and underlinking|underlinking]] and [[#Overlinking and underlinking|overlinking]], as described below. | ||
This page provides guidelines as to when links should and should not be used, and how to format links. Detailed information about the syntax used to create links can be found at [[Wikipedia:Help:Link]]. The rules on linking applicable to [[Wikipedia:WP:Disambiguation|disambiguation]] pages are set out in the [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages|disambiguation style guide]]. | This page provides guidelines as to when links should and should not be used, and how to format links. Detailed information about the syntax used to create links can be found at [[Wikipedia:Help:Link]]. The rules on linking applicable to [[Wikipedia:WP:Disambiguation|disambiguation]] pages are set out in the [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages|disambiguation style guide]]. | ||
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* Relevant connections to the subject of another article that will help readers understand the article more fully (see the example below). This can include people, events, and topics that already have an article or that clearly deserve one, so long as the link is relevant to the article in question. | * Relevant connections to the subject of another article that will help readers understand the article more fully (see the example below). This can include people, events, and topics that already have an article or that clearly deserve one, so long as the link is relevant to the article in question. | ||
* Articles with relevant information, for example: "{{xt|see [[Wikipedia:Fourier series|Fourier series]] for relevant background}}" | * Articles with relevant information, for example: "{{xt|see [[Wikipedia:Fourier series|Fourier series]] for relevant background}}" | ||
* Articles explaining words of technical terms, jargon or slang expressions/phrases—but you could also provide a concise definition instead of or in addition to a link | * Articles explaining words of technical terms, jargon or slang expressions/phrases—but you could also provide a concise definition instead of or in addition to a link. | ||
Do not be afraid to create links to potential articles that do not yet exist ''(see {{section link||Red links}} below)''. | Do not be afraid to create links to potential articles that do not yet exist ''(see {{section link||Red links}} below)''. | ||
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*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Links to (disambiguation) pages|Wikipedia:Links to (disambiguation) pages]] | *[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Links to (disambiguation) pages|Wikipedia:Links to (disambiguation) pages]] | ||
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Orphan|Wikipedia:Orphan]], pages without incoming links | *[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Orphan|Wikipedia:Orphan]], pages without incoming links | ||
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Red link|Wikipedia:Red link]] ([[ | *[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Red link|Wikipedia:Red link]] (example [[red link]]) | ||
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Walled garden|Wikipedia:Walled garden]] | *[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Walled garden|Wikipedia:Walled garden]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||