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* <nowiki>{{File:Gale_Flirting.png|alt=Gale sings while sitting at lake.}}</nowiki> | * <nowiki>{{File:Gale_Flirting.png|alt=Gale sings while sitting at lake.}}</nowiki> | ||
== | == Linking == | ||
Be careful not to underlink or overlink on the wiki. Generally, a link to a specific | Link to other articles when they have relevant additional information. Be careful not to underlink or overlink on the wiki. Only use links when they're helpful to the reader – every word that has an article does not need to be linked. | ||
=== Duplicate links === | |||
Generally, a link to a specific target should only appear once per article, when the relevant word is first mentioned. | |||
Exceptions to this include infoboxes, navboxes, tables, lists and, in some cases, the description of spells or special abilities. In these cases, multiple links per article may be appropriate. | Exceptions to this include infoboxes, navboxes, tables, lists and, in some cases, the description of spells or special abilities. In these cases, multiple links per article may be appropriate. | ||
In very long or technical articles, it may sometimes it may also be appropriate to link to a subject introduced at the start of a section, even if the target article has already been linked to previously in that article. | |||
Section headers should never have links in them. | === What to avoid === | ||
* Do not unnecessarily link to other articles – the mere mention of a word with an article is not reason enough to link to it. | |||
* Do not link to disambiguation pages, except in hatnotes. | |||
* Section headers should never have links in them. Use {{t link|hatnote}} or {{t link|see also}} instead. | |||
* Do not place links immediately next to each other. Either omit one of the links or rephrase the sentence so that the links aren't adjacent. | |||
=== Linking to other wikis === | === Linking to other wikis === | ||