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Template for URL insertion

{{url|http://wikipedia.org|Wikipedia}}
renders as
Wikipedia

Linking to the Table Of Contents

Same page       : [[#toc|See here]]
Different page  : [[page name#toc|See here]]

renders as

Same page: See here
Different page: See here

Linking to non-English sites

Add the template {{Language icon|<language code>|<language name>}} after the url, and outside the url template. For example,

[http://fr.wikipedia.org Wikipedia in French]{{in lang|fr}}
renders as
Wikipedia in French(in French)

See also: List of ISO 639-1 codes

Linking to Wikipedia sister projects

Wikitionary

[[wiktionary:article]] renders as wiktionary:article
[[wiktionary:article|]] renders as article
[[wiktionary:article|Any text]] renders as Any text

Linking to emedicine

{{EMedicine|article|article number|article name|subsection, ex., treatment}}

Tips regardingExternal links section

1. In the "External links" section, try to avoid separate links to multiple pages in the same website; instead, try to find an appropriate linking page within the site. See WP:ELPOINTS.
2. A website on a specific subject should usually not be linked from an article about a general subject. See WP:LINKSTOAVOID.

Adding hatnote

"For other uses"

{{Other uses|Target (disambiguation)}}

renders as

For other uses, see Target (disambiguation).

Custom text

{{Hatnote|CUSTOM TEXT}}

"See also"

{{See also|TOPIC PAGE|OTHER TOPIC PAGE}}

renders as

For other uses, see Target (disambiguation).

"About"

{{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2#SUBSECTION{{!}}PAGE2TITLE|USE3|USE3}}
(Using the {{!}} template to give the link a different title)

renders as

This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2TITLE. For USE3, see USE3.

{{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2|and|PAGE3}}

renders as

This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2 and PAGE3.

"For"

{{For}} can be used instead of {{About}} so as not to display "This page is about USE1".

This effect can also be achieved by using an empty first parameter in {{About}} as in:

{{About||OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1}}

"… redirects here. For other uses, see …"

{{Redirect|Disambiguation page}}

renders as

"Disambiguation page" redirects here. For other uses, see Disambiguation page (disambiguation).

{{Redirect|REDIRECT||PAGE1}}

"REDIRECT" redirects here. For other uses, see PAGE1.

"Not to be confused with …"

{{Distinguish|PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3|PAGE4}}

Other templates

For other people named NAME, see PAGE.
For other places with the same name, see PAGE.