How does one edit a page/Add links

Adding links

Let's say that you're editing a page about sports, and you mention soccer. Well, there's probably a Wiki page about soccer (and if there isn't, there should be) and you want to make the word a link to that article. Simple: type double square brackets around it [[like this]] and continue editing. That's it! If the page already exists, a link will be made to it. If the page doesn't already exist, a link will be made that allows someone to create it. Add links liberally--that's what makes Wikipedia powerful.

There are a few rules about making these links that you might run into. Foreign characters and punctuation cannot be used in the text of a link, so if you want to make a link to "Plato's Republic", you'll have to leave out the apostrophe. Also, the Wiki software will link to a page title that is the same as the text of your link, except that the first letter will be uppercased, and spaces may be condensed. For example, if you type [[card game]],
it will be linked to a page entitled "Card game".

Older versions of the Wiki software only made one-word links LikeThis, and didn't require the brackets to make them links. You may encounter these as you edit older pages. Please don't create new links like that, but you may want to leave the existing ones in place until you're more comfortable editing pages to fix them. See Free Links for more information about those. The naming conventions page contains hints about useful page names. For example, it is handy to use singular words like "game" rather than "games", because that makes it easier to create links in other pages.

Finally, sometimes the text you would like to make into a link just doesn't make a good page title. In that case, you can specify both inside the brackets separated by a vertical bar like this: [[Page link|text of link]]. This will appear as "text of link", but will link to a page entitled "Page link".

Examples of Good links:

[[my new page]]

[[My new page]]

JimboWales

[[Platos Republic]]

[[Platos Republic|Plato's Republic]]

Bad links:

[[my_new_page]] (underscores not necessary)

[[My_new_page]] (underscores not necessary)

jimbowales (needs two capital letters or brackets)

[[Plato's Republic]] (will not link to the page you want it to link to)