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*<nowiki>[[XML|eXtendable Markup Language]]</nowiki>, which would be presented like this [[XML|eXtendable Markup Language]] | *<nowiki>[[XML|eXtendable Markup Language]]</nowiki>, which would be presented like this [[XML|eXtendable Markup Language]] | ||
*Remember <nowiki>[[reality first|what ever you want people to see second]]</nowiki> if you have trouble remembering which way it is. | *Remember <nowiki>[[reality first|what ever you want people to see second]]</nowiki> if you have trouble remembering which way it is. | ||
This is called [[anchor text]] and is usually best avoided, as it does not reinforce the name of the page in the end user's mind. | |||
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===Linking to other language Wikipedias=== | ===Linking to other language Wikipedias=== | ||
Should anyone have the need to link to Wikipedia in languages other than English, just stick in the language code like so: [[Wikipedia:fr:Commerce | Should anyone have the need to link to Wikipedia in languages other than English, just stick in the language code like so: [[Wikipedia:fr:Commerce équitable]] or [[w:fr:Commerce équitable]]. | ||
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===Proposed | ===Proposed Interwiki link standard=== | ||
''Please use alternate anchor text to simulate an [[interwiki link standard]] for now, e.g. [http://recyclopedia.info/wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Recyclopedia:avoid_anchor_text en: Recyclopedia: avoid anchor text]. Eventually this should be directly supported in software.'' | ''Please use alternate anchor text to simulate an [[interwiki link standard]] for now, e.g. [http://recyclopedia.info/wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Recyclopedia:avoid_anchor_text en: Recyclopedia: avoid anchor text]. Eventually this should be directly supported in software.'' | ||
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==Linking to URLs that use apostrophes (')== | ==Linking to URLs that use apostrophes (')== | ||
Directly writing the apostrophe to the url does not work and the apostrophe (') should be replaced by "%27" instead of the apostrophe, in the URL. Ugly but it works. | Directly writing the apostrophe to the url does not work and the apostrophe (') should be replaced by "%27" instead of the apostrophe, in the URL. Ugly but it works. | ||