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To test whether the wiki is big enough to have its own prefix, enter '''wikiname:articlename''' in our search box on the top left of this page. If it takes you to the appropriate page, then you can use that syntax in a link. If it just creates a search error, then you have to use the '''w:c:wikiname:articlename''' syntax. | To test whether the wiki is big enough to have its own prefix, enter '''wikiname:articlename''' in our search box on the top left of this page. If it takes you to the appropriate page, then you can use that syntax in a link. If it just creates a search error, then you have to use the '''w:c:wikiname:articlename''' syntax. | ||
====Beware the false blue link==== | ====Beware the false blue link==== | ||
Note that interwiki linking, whether by using a special prefix like <nowiki>[[wikipedia:articlename]] or the standard [[w:c:wikiname:articlename]] syntax</nowiki>, '''always''' produces a blue link. You must, therefore, go back and click the link you've made to ensure that it actually links properly. Just to illustrate, here are some obviously ridiculous page names that nevertheless appear to be valid links: | Note that interwiki linking, whether by using a special prefix like <nowiki>[[wikipedia:articlename]] or the standard [[w:c:wikiname:articlename]] syntax</nowiki>, almost '''always''' produces a blue link. You must, therefore, go back and click the link you've made to ensure that it actually links properly. Just to illustrate, here are some obviously ridiculous page names that nevertheless appear to be valid links: | ||
*[[wikipedia:adlfkjadfj3oiujeqwrjidaf2234232adlfkj]] | *[[wikipedia:adlfkjadfj3oiujeqwrjidaf2234232adlfkj]] | ||
*[[w:c:jamesbond:No, Mr. Dalton, I expect you to become Rassilon]] | *[[w:c:jamesbond:No, Mr. Dalton, I expect you to become Rassilon]] | ||
*[[memoryalpha:Logic insists that the Eighth Doctor | *[[memoryalpha:Logic insists that the Eighth Doctor was half-Vulcan]] | ||
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