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===Link specificity===
===Link specificity===
{{shortcut|WP:SPECIFICLINK}}


Always link to the article on the most specific topic appropriate to the context from which you link: it will generally contain more focused information, as well as links to more general topics.
Always link to the article on the most specific topic appropriate to the context from which you link: it will generally contain more focused information, as well as links to more general topics.
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! Specificity
! Specificity
|-
|-
| <code><nowiki>[[Icelandic orthography]]</nowiki></code> || [[Icelandic orthography]]
| <code><nowiki>[[Icelandic orthography]]</nowiki></code> || [[Wikipedia:Icelandic orthography|Icelandic orthography]]
| Specific
| Specific
|-
|-
| <code><nowiki>[[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]</nowiki> orthography</code> || [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] orthography
| <code><nowiki>[[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]</nowiki> orthography</code> || [[Wikipedia:Icelandic language|Icelandic]] orthography
| Related, but less specific
| Related, but less specific
|-
|-
| <code>Icelandic <nowiki>[[orthography]]</nowiki></code> || Icelandic [[orthography]]
| <code>Icelandic <nowiki>[[orthography]]</nowiki></code> || Icelandic [[Wikipedia:Orthography|orthography]]
| Unspecific
| Unspecific
|-
|-
| <code>the <nowiki>[[flag of Tokelau]]</nowiki></code>|| the [[flag of Tokelau]]
| <code>the <nowiki>[[flag of Tokelau]]</nowiki></code>|| the [[Wikipedia:flag of Tokelau|flag of Tokelau]]
| Specific
| Specific
|-
|-
| <code><nowiki>the [[flag]] of [[Tokelau]]</nowiki></code> || the [[flag]] of [[Tokelau]]
| <code><nowiki>the [[flag]] of [[Tokelau]]</nowiki></code> || the [[Wikipedia:Flag|flag]] of [[Wikipedia:Tokelau|Tokelau]]
| Unspecific
| Unspecific
|-
|-
| <code><nowiki>[[Requiem (Mozart)|Requiem]]</nowiki></code>|| [[Requiem (Mozart)|Requiem]]
| <code><nowiki>[[Requiem (Mozart)|Requiem]]</nowiki></code>|| [[Wikipedia:Requiem (Mozart)|Requiem]]
| Specific
| Specific
|-
|-
| <code><nowiki>[[Requiem]]</nowiki></code>|| [[Requiem]]
| <code><nowiki>[[Requiem]]</nowiki></code>|| [[Wikipedia:Requiem|Requiem]]
| Unspecific
| Unspecific
|}
|}
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If there is no article about the most specific topic, do one of the following things:
If there is no article about the most specific topic, do one of the following things:
*Consider [[Wikipedia:Starting an article|creating the article]] yourself.
*Consider [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Starting an article|creating the article]] yourself.
*If an article on the specific topic does not yet exist, create a redirect page to the article about a more general topic, as described in section {{section link||Redirects}}. For example, if no article yet exists on the song "Sad Statue" from the album ''Mezmerize'', create a new article called [[Sad Statue]] that is a redirect to the article ''[[Mezmerize (album)|Mezmerize]]''.
*If an article on the specific topic does not yet exist, create a redirect page to the article about a more general topic, as described in section {{section link||Redirects}}. For example, if no article yet exists on the song "Sad Statue" from the album ''Mezmerize'', create a new article called [[Wikipedia:Sad Status|Sad Statue]] that is a redirect to the article ''[[Wikipedia:Mezmerize (album)|Mezmerize]]''.
*If there is no article on a more general topic either, then create a [[redlink|red link]], but first read {{section link||Red links}} below.
*If there is no article on a more general topic either, then create a [[redlink|red link]], but first read {{section link||Red links}} below.


When neither a redirect nor a red link appear appropriate, consider linking to a more general article instead. For example, instead of {{xt|[[Baroque hairstyles]]}}, write {{xt|[[Baroque]] hairstyles}}, {{xt|Baroque [[hairstyle]]s}}, {{xt|Baroque hairstyles}}, or {{xt|[[hairstyle]]s of the [[Baroque]]}}
When neither a redirect nor a red link appear appropriate, consider linking to a more general article instead. For example, instead of {{xt|[[Wikipedia:Baroque hairstyles|Baroque hairstyles]]}}, write {{xt|[[Wikipedia:Baroque|Baroque]] hairstyles}}, {{xt|Baroque [[Wikipedia:Hairstyle|hairstyles]]}}, {{xt|Baroque hairstyles}}, or {{xt|[[Wikipedia:Hairstyle|hairstyles]] of the [[Wikipedia:Baroque|Baroque]]}}
(but not {{xt|[[Baroque]] [[hairstyle]]s}} as [[#Sea of blue|two adjacent links]]), depending on the context.
(but not {{xt|[[Baroque]] [[hairstyle]]s}} as [[#Sea of blue|two adjacent links]]), depending on the context.