Help:Link

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Here's how to add links:

Contents 1 Internal 2 External 3 Appearances 4 Link colors 5 Link symbols

Internal

To add a link to an internal page (in the wiki), use these link styles:

For an article page:

[[This one normal page]]

For a page in another namespace:

[[Namespace:Page name]]

However, links to images and categories (without using the image on the page, or adding the page to the category) must be linked like this:

[[:Image:Image name]]

or

[[:Category:Category name]]

External

To link to a common external page, like the fanstuff wiki or the Homestar Runner website, use a namespace-style link with one of the special prefixes.

To link externally (outside the wiki), use one bracket pair instead of two, as well as an absolute path:

[http://www.website.com/]

To link to someone's email, use the mailto: prefix:

[mailto:joe_person@email.com]

Appearances

To change the appearance of an internal or familiar link, use the vertical line symbol:

[[This page|This neat page]]

To change the appearance of an external link or an email link, insert a space after the link:

[http://www.website.com/ A neat site]

In a link with a namespace (or an interwiki link), the prefix is removable with the pipe (|) symbol:

[[Wikipedia:Main Page|]]

In a link with trailing parentheses (()), the parentheses, as well as the words inside them, are removable with the pipe (|) symbol:

[[Homestar Runner (flash cartoon)|]]

Link colors

If you see a deep blue link, it means it's a link within this wiki.

If you see a light blue link, it means it's an interwiki link.

If you see a red link, it means it's not a real wiki page, or it's not a correctly typed link.

Link symbols

Figuring out what the symbols next to some links mean. Go to Help:Icon to see them.

If you see a light blue link with an arrow next to it, it means it's an external link.

If you see a light blue link with the Homestar Runner logo next to it, it means it's a link to the Homestar Runner website.

If you see a light blue link with the Thorax logo next to it, it means it's a link to the Thorax Corporation website.

If you see a light blue link with the Videlectrix logo next to it, it means it's a link to the Videlectrix website.

If you see a light blue link with the YouTube logo next to it, it means it's a link to a YouTube video.