Help:Introduction to the Manual of Style/linking quiz

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Links

Example of good wikilinking, with only the first occurrence of each key term linked.

Linking with hyperlinks is an important feature of Wikipedia. Internal links (or "wikilinks") bind the project together into an interconnected whole. Links provide instant pathways to locations within the project that are likely to increase our readers' understanding of the topic at hand. You learned how to add them during the Editing section of this tutorial.


To determine how many internal links to include in an article, ask yourself, "Would a reader of this subject be interested in that other article? Does it help explain a concept that is only briefly described in this article, or that may be unfamiliar to a reader?". Typically, the first instance of an important word should be linked to the relevant article on that topic.


External links (to websites other than Wikipedia) can be added in the "External links" section, along with a short description. These should be included only if they are highly relevant or provide more detail than the article has space for. Websites used as references to support the article's content should instead be put in the "References" section.


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Example exercise question to test what you've learnt

In the Andy Warhol article, which of the following words should have wikilinks, and to what pages?
"In 1979, Warhol was commissioned by BMW to paint a Group 4 Race Version of the elite supercar BMW M1 for the fourth installment in the BMW Art Car Project."

Hint
There's "chain linking" here: click on one (or two) of the links and you'll arrive at an article that in turn links to one of the others. Better to give the readers just one option—usually the narrower in scope.
A solution

In 1979, Warhol was commissioned by BMW to paint a Group 4 Race Version of the elite supercar BMW M1 for the fourth installment in the BMW Art Car Project.

Click on either BMW M1 or BMW Art Car Project and you'll immediately find a chain link to BMW. Even if the reader chooses not to follow the second link in the chain, the two specific links provide an explanation of what BMW is: a prestige German car manufacturer.




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