Help:Wiki linking

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How to link

Description	You type	You get
Internal link	[[Main Page]]	Main Page
Piped link	[[Main Page|different text]]	different text
External link	http://mediawiki.org	http://mediawiki.org
External link, different title	[http://mediawiki.org MediaWiki]	MediaWiki
External link, numbered	[http://mediawiki.org]	[1]
Anchor link	[[#See also]]	#See also
Anchor link at another page	[[Help:Images#See also]]	Help:Images#See also
Category link	[[:Category:Virtual Worlds]]	Category:Virtual Worlds
Internal link to image file	[[media:example.jpg]]	media:example.jpg
Internal link to pdf file	[[media:example.pdf]]	media:example.pdf
Interwiki link	[[Wikipedia:MediaWiki]]	Wikipedia:MediaWiki
mailto link	[mailto:info@example.org email me]	email me
redirect	#REDIRECT [[Main Page]]	→ Main Page