Interwiki link standard: Difference between revisions
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In a [[wikitext standard]], an '''interwiki link standard''' refers to articles in wiki form stored in another service. Protocol and editing functions are assumed to be similar, so the '''interwiki link standard''' is a bit simpler than the [[standard wiki URI]] for linking into a wiki from non-wiki space. It consists only of: | In a [[wikitext standard]], an '''interwiki link standard''' refers to articles in wiki form stored in another service. Protocol and editing functions are assumed to be similar, so the '''interwiki link standard''' is a bit simpler than the [[standard wiki URI]] for linking into a wiki from non-wiki space. It consists only of: | ||
[ [ language:service:namespace_within_service:page/subpage#section ] ] | <s>[ [ language:service:namespace_within_service:page/subpage#section ] ]</s> | ||
<pre>[ [ service:language:namespace_within_service:page/subpage#section ] ]</pre> | |||
'''This approach is more workable since it happens to work on this [[wiki]] and other [[wikis]] too without any [[MediaWiki modifications|changes]] to [[MediaWiki|the underlying software]]''' | |||
For example [[Wikipedia:fr:Commerce �quitable]] or [[w:fr:Commerce �quitable]] map correctly, as would <nowiki>[[fr:Commerce �quitable]] map to http://fr.consumerium.org/ if this domain existed and would be enabled in the interwiki maps stored in the database. | |||
''Note it omits the "http://" protocol and "/wiki/" subprotocol designations as redundant.'' | ''Note it omits the "http://" protocol and "/wiki/" subprotocol designations as redundant.'' | ||
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''See [http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.phtml?title=interwiki_link_standard Wikinfo:interwiki link standard] for more on this and integration into [[GetWiki]].'' | ''See [http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.phtml?title=interwiki_link_standard Wikinfo:interwiki link standard] for more on this and integration into [[GetWiki]].'' | ||
'''See [[Wiki linking]] for practical information how similar linking is done right now.''' | '''See [[Wiki linking]] for practical information how similar linking is done right now.'''</nowiki> | ||