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{{hatnote|For technical information about link formatting, see [[Wikipedia:Help:Link].}} | {{hatnote|For technical information about link formatting, see [[Wikipedia:Help:Link]].}} | ||
{{hatnote|For information on adding external links to articles, see [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:External links|Wikipedia:External links]].}} | {{hatnote|For information on adding external links to articles, see [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:External links|Wikipedia:External links]].}} | ||
{{UMoS guideline}} | {{UMoS guideline}} | ||
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===General points on linking style=== | ===General points on linking style=== | ||
*As explained in more detail at [[Wikipedia:Help:Link|Wikipedia:Wikilinks | *As explained in more detail at [[Wikipedia:Help:Link|Wikipedia:Wikilinks]], linking can be "direct" (<code><nowiki>[[Exploration]]</nowiki></code>, which results in {{xt|[[Exploration]]}}), or "piped" (<code><nowiki>[[Exploration|exploring]]</nowiki></code>, which results in {{xt|[[Exploration|exploring]]}} in the text, but still links to the article "[[Exploration]]" (though [[Wikipedia:Help:Pipe trick|Pipe trick]] is an easier way to create this particular link). | ||
*Section headings should not themselves contain links; instead, a {{tl|main}} or {{tl|see also}} template should be placed immediately after the heading. | *Section headings should not themselves contain links; instead, a {{tl|main}} or {{tl|see also}} template should be placed immediately after the heading. | ||
*Links should not be placed in the [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Lead section#Format of the first sentence|boldface reiteration of the title]] in the opening sentence of a lead.<ref>Many, but not all, articles repeat the article title in bold face in the first line of the article. Linking the article to itself produces '''boldface text'''; this practice is discouraged as page moves will result in a useless circular link through a redirect. Linking ''part'' of the bolded text is also discouraged because it changes the visual effect of bolding; some readers will miss the visual cue which is the purpose of using bold face in the first place.</ref> | *Links should not be placed in the [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Lead section#Format of the first sentence|boldface reiteration of the title]] in the opening sentence of a lead.<ref>Many, but not all, articles repeat the article title in bold face in the first line of the article. Linking the article to itself produces '''boldface text'''; this practice is discouraged as page moves will result in a useless circular link through a redirect. Linking ''part'' of the bolded text is also discouraged because it changes the visual effect of bolding; some readers will miss the visual cue which is the purpose of using bold face in the first place.</ref> | ||