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The format for a piped link is [[Article#Section|name of link]]. For example, to link to the "Culture" subsection of the article Oman, type: [[Oman#Culture|culture of Oman]], which displays as culture of Oman. The section name is case-sensitive, unlike article titles which are case insensitive.
Omitting the page name is recommended when linking to a section in the same page because the link will work as expected when previewing changes or after moving the page. To format a link with the section sign (§) instead of a # (e.g. Page name § Section name rather than Page name#Section name), use the template {{Section link}} (or {}):
This template creates a link to a section of an article. It can be used both in an article and its corresponding talk-page. It also can be used with two parameters to link to a different article. The only visible text is the section's name. It has three advantages: It is not necessary to type the section name twice.
If the template has a separate documentation page (usually called "Template:template name/doc"), add [[Category:Section and anchor link formatting templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Section and anchor link formatting templates]]</noinclude>
Make a nicely formatted section link with multiple nested section names, for links that would otherwise lack context. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Page 1 The page name Page name optional Section 1 2 The first-level section name Line suggested Section 2 3 The second-level section name Line optional Section 3 4 The third-level section name Line ...
This template creates a link to a section of an article. It can be used both in an article and its corresponding talk-page. It also can be used with two parameters to link to a different article. The only visible text is the section's name. It has three advantages: It is not necessary to type the section name twice.
This template is used to generate a link to a certain section of a local wiki page and render an appropriate section mark (§). This template may generate consecutive links to several sections of the same page. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Page name 1 Name of the page to which the link must be created. Leave empty to link to the current page. Doing ...
Linking to existing Wikipedia pages is done by placing doubled square brackets around the name of the page. Thus, [[Wikipedia]] produces Wikipedia.A useful expansion of this is done by separating what you want linked, from what you want displayed, with a pipe character ("|"), to create a "piped link".