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Before you can add a link to a Wiki article - you must know the exact name of the Wiki article to which you are linking, and the section-name in it.

What to do

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With the article open in edit-mode :

  1. Scroll to the place you want the link
  2. Enter '[[article-name#section-name]]'  where 'article-name' is the name of a Wiki article, and 'section-name' is the name of the section
  3. Click the Save page button - the link is added to the Wiki article

Example - showing article-name, and section-name

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... see the ArticleName#SectionName section ...

Created by :

[[ArticleName#SectionName]]

Example - showing alternate-text

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... see the the section name section ...

Created by :

[[ArticleName#SectionName|the section name]]