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__NOTOC__An '''interwiki link''' is a link to another wiki. This link is often to another Wikia wiki, but can be to any other wiki listed on the [[MetaWikiPedia:Interwiki map|interwiki map]]. Interwiki links are shortcuts that prevents you needing to use the full URL, and will prevent links from breaking if a wiki later changes its address.
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An '''interwiki link''' is a [[Help:Links|link]] to another community. This link is often to another Wikia community, though can also to any other wikia listed on the {{#NewWindowLink:homepage:w:MediaWiki:Interwiki map|interwiki map}}. Interwiki links are shortcuts that mean you don't have to use the full URL, and they can help simplify the maintenance of links if a community later changes its URL.
   
 
==Linking to another Wikia community==
==Step-by-step==
 
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* To create an interwiki link from your wikia to another, use the format <code><nowiki>[[w:c:wikianame:pagename]]</nowiki></code>. So for example if you wanted to link to the Jedi page on Wookieepedia, you would use [[w:c:starwars:Jedi|<code><nowiki>[[w:c:starwars:Jedi]]</nowiki></code>]].
===Linking to another Wikia wiki===
 
*To create an interwiki link from your Wikia wiki to another, use the format <tt><nowiki>[[w:c:wikiname:pagename]]</nowiki></tt>. So for example if you wanted to link to the Jedi page on Wookiepedia, you would use <tt><nowiki>[[w:c:Starwars:Jedi]]</nowiki></tt>.
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* If you would like to modify the displayed text, follow the same format as with all [[Help:Links|links]], and add a '|' after the link along with the text you want. So for example, <code><nowiki>[[w:c:starwars:Jedi|test]]</nowiki></code>, would appear as [[w:c:starwars:Jedi|test]].
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* Note that non-English communities often have a language code prefix. A German community will often have a URL like <code>de.wikianame.wikia.com</code>, while Spanish communities come under <code>es.wikianame.wikia.com</code>. When you link to one of these communities, simply include the language code prefix. Example: <code><nowiki>[[w:c:fr.wikianame:Page]]</nowiki></code> (note the dot between "fr" and the wikianame).
*If you would like to modify the display text, follow the same format at with all [[Help:Links|links]], and add a | after the link with the text you want displayed. So for example, <tt><nowiki>[[w:c:Starwars:Jedi|test]]</nowiki></tt>, would appear as [[w:c:Starwars:Jedi|test]].
 
   
=== Linking to another language version of your wiki (Interlanguage links) ===
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==Linking to another language version of your community (interlanguage links)==
*To link to another language version of your wiki, use <tt><nowiki>[[</nowiki><var>languagecode</var>:<var>pagename</var>]]</tt>, e.g.<tt>[[<var>fr</var>:<var>fromage</var>]]</tt> will link to the "fromage" article on the French-language version of that wiki.
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* To link to a version of your community in different language, use <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki><var>languagecode</var>:<var>pagename</var>]]</code>, e.g.<code>[[<var>fr</var>:<var>fromage</var>]]</code> will link to the "fromage" article on the French-language version of that community.
*If you leave off the pagename, it will use the pagename of the article the interwiki link is placed on.
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* If you leave off the pagename, it will use the pagename of the article that the interwiki link is placed on.
 
* Generally such links are placed alphabetically by language code at the end of an article.
 
* Note: because different languages can use different names (such as the English cycling.wikia.com and the French cyclisme.wikia.com), interlanguage linking must be manually activated by the Wikia community team. If your topic has another language version at Wikia, and you would like to activate interlanguage linking, please leave a request on the {{#NewWindowLink:homepage:w:project:Interlanguage_link_requests|Interlanguage link requests}} page on Community Central.
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* See [[Help:Interlanguage links]] for more information about this kind of link.
   
 
==Linking to an external wiki community==
*Generally such links are placed alphabetically by language code at the end of an article, and will show up in the sidebar. See [[Help:Interlanguage links]] for more information.
 
 
* Sites listed in the ''{{#NewWindowLink:homepage:w:MediaWiki:Interwiki map|interwiki map}}'' can be linked via <code><nowiki>[[prefix:pagename]]</nowiki></code>. For example, <code><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Jedi]]</nowiki></code> will be converted to link to the English Wikipedia's "Jedi" article: [[Wikipedia:Jedi]]. Such interwiki links are not styled as external links.
*Note: because different languages can use different wiki names (such as the English cycling.wikia.com and the French cyclisme.wikia.com), interlanguage linking must be manually activated by the community team. If your topic has another language version at Wikia, and you would like to activate interlanguage linking, please leave a request on the [[w:c:c:project:Interlanguage_link_requests|Interlanguage link requests]] page on Community Central.
 
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* <code><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:es:India]]</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>[[wp:es:India]]</nowiki></code> will be converted to link to the Spanish Wikipedia's "India" article: [[Wikipedia:es:India]]
 
* Note that the name used in the interwiki link is not always exactly the same as the domain or sub-domain, e.g. [[MetaWikipedia:]] vs. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki. Wikia's interwiki map also supports [[MetaWikiMedia:]] and [[m:]] for this community.
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* Many (off-Wikia) MediaWiki help pages are kept on http://mediawiki.org/wiki/, which can be linked to with [[mw:]]. Don't confuse this with the [[Special:Allmessages|MediaWiki:]] [[Help:Namespace|namespace]] for [[Help:System messages|system messages]].
   
===Linking to any other non-English Wikia wiki===
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==Linking to a Wikia site from an off-Wikia community==
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*You can generally link to any Wikia using the syntax:
*The international Wikia wikis have a country code prefix. German wikis for example have the servername <code>de.<wikiname>.wikia.com</code>. Spanish wikis can be found under <code>es.<wikiname>.wikia.com</code>. Etcetera
 
 
:<code><nowiki>[[Wikia:c:wikianame:pagename]]</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>[[Wikiasite:wikianame:pagename]]</nowiki></code>
*When you link to one of these wikis, you need to add the country code prefix. Example: <code><nowiki>[[w:c:fr.<wikiname>:Page]]</nowiki></code> (Note the dot between "fr" and the wikiname!)
 
 
*For example, <code><nowiki>[[Wikia:c:starwars:Jedi]]</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>[[Wikiasite:starwars:Jedi]]</nowiki></code> from a community outside Wikia would link to {{#NewWindowLink:http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jedi}}
   
 
==See also==
===Linking to an external Wiki===
 
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* [[Help:Shared help|Shared help]] and {{lc:[[Help:Shared templates|Shared templates]]}} are special cases of interwiki links
*Sites listed in the interwiki map can be linked via <tt><nowiki>[[wiki prefix:page name]]</nowiki></tt>. For example, <tt><nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Jedi]]</nowiki></tt> will be converted to link to the English Wikipedia's "Jedi" article: [[Wikipedia:Jedi]].
 
 
* To request a specific interwiki link for your community, please visit {{#NewWindowLink:homepage:w:Community Central:Interlanguage link requests|this page}}.
*Note that the name used in the interwiki link is not always exactly the same as the domain or sub-domain, e.g. [[MetaWikipedia:]] vs. http://meta.wikimedia.org
 
 
* {{#NewWindowLink:MetaWikipedia:Help:Interwiki linking}}
*See the [[w:c:c:MediaWiki:Interwiki map|Interwiki map]] on Community Central for interwiki prefixes for an ever-growing list of individual external wikis.
 
 
===Link to a Wikia site from an external wiki===
 
*If the wiki is in the interwiki map of another wiki, you can link to any Wikia using the syntax:
 
:<nowiki>[[Wikia:c:Wiki name:Page title]]</nowiki> or <nowiki>[[Wikiasite:Projectname:Page title]]</nowiki>
 
*For example, <tt><nowiki>[[Wikia:c:Starwars:Jedi]]</nowiki></tt> or <tt><nowiki>[[Wikiasite:Starwars:Jedi]]</nowiki></tt> from a wiki outside Wikia would link to http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jedi
 
 
== See also ==
 
* To request a specific interwiki link for your wiki, please visit [[w:Community Central:Interlanguage link requests|this page]].
 
* Adjust the [[Help:Changing the style of interwiki links|style of interwiki links]]
 
* [[Help:Interwiki link/technical]] - detailed list of interwiki link types
 
* [[MetaWikipedia:Help:Interwiki linking]]
 
* [[MetaWikipedia:Redirected user pages considered harmful]]
 
   
 
==Further Help & Feedback==
 
==Further Help & Feedback==
 
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Revision as of 02:43, 17 April 2016

An interwiki link is a link to another community. This link is often to another Wikia community, though can also to any other wikia listed on the {{#NewWindowLink:homepage:w:MediaWiki:Interwiki map|interwiki map}}. Interwiki links are shortcuts that mean you don't have to use the full URL, and they can help simplify the maintenance of links if a community later changes its URL.

Linking to another Wikia community

  • To create an interwiki link from your wikia to another, use the format [[w:c:wikianame:pagename]]. So for example if you wanted to link to the Jedi page on Wookieepedia, you would use [[w:c:starwars:Jedi]].
  • If you would like to modify the displayed text, follow the same format as with all links, and add a '|' after the link along with the text you want. So for example, [[w:c:starwars:Jedi|test]], would appear as test.
  • Note that non-English communities often have a language code prefix. A German community will often have a URL like de.wikianame.wikia.com, while Spanish communities come under es.wikianame.wikia.com. When you link to one of these communities, simply include the language code prefix. Example: [[w:c:fr.wikianame:Page]] (note the dot between "fr" and the wikianame).

Linking to another language version of your community (interlanguage links)

  • To link to a version of your community in different language, use [[languagecode:pagename]], e.g.[[fr:fromage]] will link to the "fromage" article on the French-language version of that community.
  • If you leave off the pagename, it will use the pagename of the article that the interwiki link is placed on.
  • Generally such links are placed alphabetically by language code at the end of an article.
  • Note: because different languages can use different names (such as the English cycling.wikia.com and the French cyclisme.wikia.com), interlanguage linking must be manually activated by the Wikia community team. If your topic has another language version at Wikia, and you would like to activate interlanguage linking, please leave a request on the {{#NewWindowLink:homepage:w:project:Interlanguage_link_requests|Interlanguage link requests}} page on Community Central.
  • See Help:Interlanguage links for more information about this kind of link.

Linking to an external wiki community

  • Sites listed in the {{#NewWindowLink:homepage:w:MediaWiki:Interwiki map|interwiki map}} can be linked via [[prefix:pagename]]. For example, [[Wikipedia:Jedi]] will be converted to link to the English Wikipedia's "Jedi" article: Wikipedia:Jedi. Such interwiki links are not styled as external links.
  • [[Wikipedia:es:India]] or [[wp:es:India]] will be converted to link to the Spanish Wikipedia's "India" article: Wikipedia:es:India
  • Note that the name used in the interwiki link is not always exactly the same as the domain or sub-domain, e.g. MetaWikipedia: vs. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki. Wikia's interwiki map also supports MetaWikiMedia: and m: for this community.
  • Many (off-Wikia) MediaWiki help pages are kept on http://mediawiki.org/wiki/, which can be linked to with mw:. Don't confuse this with the MediaWiki: namespace for system messages.

Linking to a Wikia site from an off-Wikia community

  • You can generally link to any Wikia using the syntax:
[[Wikia:c:wikianame:pagename]] or [[Wikiasite:wikianame:pagename]]

See also

  • Shared help and shared templates are special cases of interwiki links
  • To request a specific interwiki link for your community, please visit {{#NewWindowLink:homepage:w:Community Central:Interlanguage link requests|this page}}.
  • {{#NewWindowLink:MetaWikipedia:Help:Interwiki linking}}

Further Help & Feedback