Outreach Wiki outreachwiki https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.47.0-wmf.2 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Wikimedia Wikimedia talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk TimedText TimedText talk Module Module talk Translations Translations talk Topic 0 1227 276385 7770 2026-05-17T21:14:11Z Pharos 84 start, based on [[m:Meta:About]] 276385 wikitext text/x-wiki Welcome to the '''Wikimedia Outreach-Wiki''' (often shortened to '''Outreach-Wiki''' or simply '''Outreach'''), a wiki for coordinating outreach and collaboration initiatives between Wikimedians and outside partners. 8ktu46mc3z6u2jzep5o7y6trmd57jfq 276386 276385 2026-05-17T21:18:45Z Pharos 84 276386 wikitext text/x-wiki Welcome to the '''Wikimedia Outreach-Wiki''' (often shortened to '''Outreach-Wiki''' or simply '''Outreach'''), a wiki for coordinating outreach and collaboration initiatives between Wikimedians and outside partners. It was first launched in 2011, with a [[GLAM]] portal established that year, and also an [[Education]] portal that was active from 2019-2023. t9cpixyct7m7h3b39n03w72328z9xd0 276387 276386 2026-05-17T21:20:19Z Pharos 84 276387 wikitext text/x-wiki Welcome to the '''Wikimedia Outreach-Wiki''' (often shortened to '''Outreach-Wiki''' or simply '''Outreach'''), a wiki for coordinating outreach and collaboration initiatives between Wikimedians and outside partners. It was first launched in 2011, with a [[GLAM]] portal established that year, and also an [[Education]] portal that was active from 2019-2023. The project's flagship for the last several years has been the [[GLAM/Newsletter]]. n39lu5cozvd0emi16k1aaioh7tazoxd 276388 276387 2026-05-17T22:00:09Z Pharos 84 276388 wikitext text/x-wiki Welcome to the '''Wikimedia Outreach-Wiki''' (often shortened to '''Outreach-Wiki''' or simply '''Outreach'''), a wiki for coordinating outreach and collaboration initiatives between Wikimedians and outside partners. It was first launched on 28 October 2009, though the [[Main Page]] was not started until 2011. A [[GLAM]] portal was established that year, and also an [[Education]] portal that was active from 2019-2023. The project's flagship for the last several years has been the [[GLAM/Newsletter]]. 9ztzfjz6htebugnlh45fuu46con7c3c 276389 276388 2026-05-17T22:00:32Z Pharos 84 276389 wikitext text/x-wiki Welcome to the '''Wikimedia Outreach-Wiki''' (often shortened to '''Outreach-Wiki''' or simply '''Outreach'''), a wiki for coordinating outreach and collaboration initiatives between Wikimedians and outside partners. It was first launched on 28 October 2009, though the [[Main Page]] was not started until 2011. A [[GLAM]] portal was established that year, and also an [[Education]] portal was active from 2019-2023. The project's flagship for the last several years has been the [[GLAM/Newsletter]]. 7o67lq516x80ikmkggd389z1an0fn49 276390 276389 2026-05-17T22:17:09Z Pharos 84 276390 wikitext text/x-wiki Welcome to the '''Wikimedia Outreach-Wiki''' (often shortened to '''Outreach-Wiki''' or simply '''Outreach'''), a wiki for coordinating outreach and collaboration initiatives between Wikimedians and outside partners. It was first launched on 28 October 2009, with its first major initiative being the [[Bookshelf Project]]. There was a reorganization in 2011, with the first [[Main Page]] and a renewed [[Bookshelf]]. A [[GLAM]] portal was established that year as well, and an [[Education]] portal was later active from 2019-2023. The project's flagship for the last several years has been the [[GLAM/Newsletter]]. r70nmaa5195rskbhu4n444qvaijluif 276391 276390 2026-05-17T22:17:43Z Pharos 84 276391 wikitext text/x-wiki Welcome to the '''Wikimedia Outreach-Wiki''' (often shortened to '''Outreach-Wiki''' or simply '''Outreach'''), a wiki for coordinating outreach and collaboration initiatives between Wikimedians and outside partners. It was first launched on 28 October 2009, with its first major initiative being the [[Bookshelf Project]]. There was a reorganization in 2011, with the first [[Main Page]] and a renewed [[Bookshelf]]. A [[GLAM]] portal was established in 2011 as well, and an [[Education]] portal was later active from 2019-2023. The project's flagship for the last several years has been the [[GLAM/Newsletter]]. 2mg7wrkknwikvycjutccszl31ka9385 276392 276391 2026-05-17T22:27:29Z Pharos 84 276392 wikitext text/x-wiki Welcome to the '''Wikimedia Outreach-Wiki''' (often shortened to '''Outreach-Wiki''' or simply '''Outreach'''), a wiki for coordinating outreach and collaboration initiatives between Wikimedians and outside partners. It was launched on 28 October 2009, with its first major initiative being the [[Bookshelf Project]]. There was a reorganization in 2011, with the first [[Main Page]] and a renewed [[Bookshelf]]. A [[GLAM]] portal was established in 2011 as well, and an [[Education]] portal was later active from 2019-2023. The project's flagship for the last several years has been the [[GLAM/Newsletter]]. 10x0q28wlat5sw7pgkyhr46opm3ytzs 276393 276392 2026-05-17T22:32:27Z Pharos 84 276393 wikitext text/x-wiki Welcome to the '''Wikimedia Outreach-Wiki''' (often shortened to '''Outreach-Wiki''' or simply '''Outreach'''), a wiki for coordinating outreach and collaboration initiatives between Wikimedians and outside partners. It was launched on 28 October 2009, with its first major initiative being the [[Bookshelf Project]]. There was a reorganization in 2011, with the first [[Main Page]] and a renewed [[Bookshelf]]. A [[GLAM]] portal was established in 2011 as well, and an [[Education]] portal was later active from 2019-2023. The [[GLAM/Model projects]] sub-portal spawned [[Edit-a-thon]] and other pages. The project's flagship for the last several years has been the [[GLAM/Newsletter]]. 4l527dcr3ba7runz5tvcmyjswn3s723 276394 276393 2026-05-17T22:35:07Z Pharos 84 276394 wikitext text/x-wiki Welcome to the '''Wikimedia Outreach-Wiki''' (often shortened to '''Outreach-Wiki''' or simply '''Outreach'''), a wiki for coordinating outreach and collaboration initiatives between Wikimedians and outside partners. It was launched on 28 October 2009, with its first major initiative being the [[Bookshelf Project]]. There was a reorganization in 2011, with the first [[Main Page]] and a renewed [[Bookshelf]]. A [[GLAM]] portal was established in 2011 as well, and an [[Education]] portal was later active from 2019-2023. [[GLAM/Model projects]] also historically spawned several pages beyond GLAM such as [[Edit-a-thon]]. The project's flagship for the last several years has been the [[GLAM/Newsletter]]. 7anj1arkbiw8azqrsgkvhebtevehe1u 12 30925 276396 124169 2026-05-18T00:17:15Z CommonsDelinker 14432 Replacing Interlanguage_links_provided_by_WikiData.png with [[File:Interlanguage_links_provided_by_Wikidata.png]] (by [[:c:User:CommonsDelinker|CommonsDelinker]] because: [[:c:COM:FR|File renamed]]: Wikidata is not spelled in CamelCase). 276396 wikitext text/x-wiki {{For|linking from one Wikimedia project to another (e.g. Wikipedia to Wiktionary)|Help:Interwikimedia links}} {{For|a list of interlanguage codes|List of ISO 639-1 codes|meta:List of Wikipedias}} {{Shortcut|H:IL|H:ILL}}{{Linking and page manipulation|linking and diffs}} '''Interlanguage links''' are links from a page in one [[Wikipedia]] language to an equivalent page in another language. These links can appear in two places: # In the "Languages" list – a sidebar that appears on the left side (default position) of the current page. # Inline, in the text of a page. These two types of links are created and handled differently and are discussed in different sections below. ==The list of links== Pages on Wikipedia can have a list of equivalent pages in other languages. For example, the Irish Wikipedia has a page on Ireland titled "Éire", so the English Wikipedia article on Ireland will link to the Irish one, and vice versa. For most people this list is shown on the left of the page, but this can be changed by changing the skin the site uses. This list is maintained in two places, Wikidata and the text of the page itself. ===Wikidata=== {{main|Wikipedia:Wikidata}} [[File:Interlanguage links provided by Wikidata.png|thumb|The link to edit the Wikidata page.]] Wikidata is a separate project to create a collaboratively edited knowledge base. Part of this project is to centralize the interlanguage links for all the Wikipedia projects. The Wikidata entry for a page contains (among other things) a list of links for that entry in different languages. This list of links is then used for the list shown on the page in Wikipedia. ==== Adding a new link ==== At the bottom of the Wikidata language list is a link labelled 'Edit links'. Clicking on this will reveal two text boxes, one for the language and another for the article title. In the first box type in the language code, for example, for Irish use the code "ga". In the second box, type the name of the article as it appears in that language's Wikipedia. Then click save. You can get directly to the Wikidata entry for a page by clicking the link labelled 'Data item' in the Toolbox section of the sidebar. The link does not appear on pages that haven't been linked to an item. If you get a message like "Site link ... is already used by item Q....", this means that there is already an item in Wikidata pointing to the article you are trying to link to. Wikidata does not allow more than one item to point to a single article in a Wikipedia. There are two cases: *Either the two items really are the same, and should be merged: see [[:d:Help:Merge]]. *Or the scope of the two items is not in fact the same (typically, the article in one language is wider in scope than the article in the other language) and then they should not be linked. Unfortunately, there is no mechanism in Wikidata at present for linking articles that are related, but different in scope; it is possible to do it with [[#Local links|local links]]. ==== Editing a link ==== To edit an entry on Wikidata, click on the edit link next to the entry you wish to edit. A textbox will appear allowing you to edit the entry. Click on save when you are done. ==== Removing a link ==== You can remove a page from the list of Wikidata's links. To do so click edit, then click on the remove link. ===Local links=== Before Wikidata, interlanguage links had to be recorded in the text of the page itself. The problem with this approach was that each language had to maintain its own separate lists. So for example, if the name of a page on the English Wikipedia changed, then each language that linked to that page would have to separately notice this fact and then change their own links. For most pages, these links are no longer needed and can be safely removed, but you should verify that the local list and the Wikidata lists match before doing so. There is an [[d:Wikidata:Tools/User scripts#Userscripts for Wikipedia|automated tool]] to help with that. The local links do however still serve some purposes: * They override the information that comes from Wikidata. * They are required if more than one article (or redirect) in one language should point to a target article in another language. * They are required in order to explicitly link to or from redirects. This can be used to level semantical or organizational differences between articles in different Wikipedias so that the links can go to the exact equivalent term in another language rather than to an article with a somewhat different scope or only related topic. * They are required in order to link to sections of articles. For example, corresponding to the English article [[Spot welding]], in Italian there is only a section rather than a full article, so [[Spot welding]] includes the local link <code><nowiki>[[it:Saldatura#Saldatura a punti]]</nowiki></code>. ====Syntax==== The local interlanguage [[Wikipedia:Links|links]] take the following form: <pre><nowiki>[[language code:Title]]</nowiki></pre> where the language code is the two-letter code as per [[ISO 639-1]]. (See [[m:List of Wikipedias|Complete list of language Wikipedias available]]. English is "en", German is "de", etc.) So for example in the English language article on [[Plankton]], which is available on many other wikis, the interlanguage links might look like this: <pre><nowiki> [[ar:عوالق]] [[el:Πλαγκτόν]] [[fa:پلانکتون]] [[he:פלנקטון]] [[ja:プランクトン]] [[ko:플랑크톤]] [[ru:Планктон]] [[ta:மிதவைவாழி]] [[te:ప్లవకాలు]] [[th:แพลงก์ตอน]] [[zh:浮游生物界]]</nowiki></pre> '''NOTE: These links are treated specially, and don't show up in the body of the text, but in a special sidebar section "{{int:otherlanguages}}" listed by language name.''' They can go anywhere in the article source as their placement does not alter the visual appearance of the links on the rendered page except for the order. However, the convention is to put them at the bottom of the page. Remember, you only need these type links if you are overriding the information from Wikidata, otherwise you should edit the links on the Wikidata entry. ===Featured articles and good articles=== Featured or good articles are represented via Wikidata. ==Inline links== ===Purpose=== Links between English Wikipedia pages and corresponding pages in the Wikipedias of other languages are handled via Wikidata; they are displayed in the "Languages" bar to the left of the article. To include, in some article, a link to a topic that is not covered by an article on the English Wikipedia but that does have a page in another language version of Wikipedia, there are three possible approaches: # Use a [[WP:RED|red link]] pointing to a possible future article on the English Wikipedia; # Use an interlanguage link pointing to the existing article on the other Wikipedia, as described in the next section; # Use {{tl|ill}}, {{tl|ill2}}, or {{tl|ill-WD}} to show both a redlink and an interlanguage link (ill and ill-WD will both hide the interlanguage link should the redlink turn blue). The advantage of the first approach is that the red link informs readers that the page does not exist locally, thus inviting its creation, and avoiding directing readers to a page that many of them will not understand. The disadvantage is that it conceals the existence of the foreign-language page, which might in itself be of interest to some readers, and may also be valuable to anyone wishing to create a corresponding English Wikipedia article. It is sometimes possible to combine the two approaches, giving a local red link in addition to an interlanguage link explicitly marked as such. For example: ''"...the plans were drawn up by German architect [[Hans Knoblauch]] ([[:de:Hans Knoblauch|de]])..."'' The templates {{tl|ill}}, {{tl|ill2}}, and {{tl|ill-WD}} are designed to assist this combined approach. If a red link is not appropriate locally for whatever reason, such as because the subject does not appear to be [[WP:N|notable]], then linking a page in another language may be useful. Interlanguage links may also be useful outside of the [[WP:MAINSPACE|mainspace]] for convenience, such as from one's userpage to a page frequently visited or that like-minded visitors might want to go to. ===Method=== {{see also|WP:MOSSIS|label 1=Guideline on use of inline links}} You can create a clickable link that will be visible in your text by adding a colon before and after the [[List of Wikipedias|language abbreviation]]: :<code><nowiki>[[:fr:Jeux olympiques]]</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>[[:ja:東京都]]</nowiki></code> These links look like this: [[:fr:Jeux olympiques]] or [[:ja:東京都]]. The language abbreviation is displayed, so the reader knows that they are links to the French article on the Olympic Games and the Japanese article on Tokyo. But if you wish you can use the pipe to show only the title: :<code><nowiki>[[:fr:Jeux olympiques|Jeux olympiques]]</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>[[:ja:東京都|東京都]]</nowiki></code> Which would look like this in your text: [[:fr:Jeux olympiques|Jeux olympiques]] or [[:ja:東京都|東京都]] You can also use the [[Help:pipe trick|pipe trick]] to simplify this to: <code><nowiki>[[:fr:Jeux olympiques|]]</nowiki></code>. <br/>This gives the same result: a link to [[:fr:Jeux olympiques|Jeux olympiques]] on the French Wikipedia. To link to a [[WP:namespace|namespace]] other than the main article namespace, add the namespace after the language abbreviation. For example, the page for general discussions on the Japanese Wikipedia is located in the Wikipedia namespace. You can link to it as follows: :<code><nowiki>[[:ja:Wikipedia:井戸端]] </nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>[[:ja:Wikipedia:井戸端|Wikipedia:井戸端]]</nowiki></code> * On [[Wikipedia:Talk pages|Talk pages]] and on [[Wikipedia:Meta|Meta]], you can omit the leading colon. An interlanguage link like <code><nowiki>[[fr:Jeux olympiques]]</nowiki></code> will appear inline in the text, like a regular link. * An inline link to a Wiktionary entry, such as <code><nowiki>[[wikt:model|]]</nowiki></code>, can be directed to another language's Wiktionary like so: <code><nowiki>[[wikt:fr:modèle|]]</nowiki></code>. ==Links to pages that do not exist== On the English Wikipedia, links to pages that do not exist are displayed in a different color (usually red). But this check is not performed for links to pages on another wiki (including other [[Wikimedia Foundation]] sites). Unlike internal links, these links do not indicate whether the target page exists or not.<ref>[[bugzilla:11|Bug 11]]</ref> If the target page does not exist, the link leads a message on the target wiki informing you that the page does not exist and inviting you to create it. If you find interlanguage links to non-existent pages on the English Wikipedia, they may be deleted as having no content. Alternatively, you can create at least a [[Wikipedia:Stub|stub]] page on the target wiki before adding an interlanguage link to it. Later, interested people can complete the rest of the page. '''Note''': if the language prefix is wrong, it is considered to be part of the name of a page on the English Wikipedia. This page will probably not exist, so the link will be displayed in red. ==Linking with external links== {{main|Wikipedia:External links}} You can also link to Wikipedia pages in other languages by using external links, in the same way as linking to other sites on the Internet. This method should not be used in the body of an article, but it may be useful on User pages or Talk pages. For example, this method can be used to link to [[Help:Diff|diff pages]] that show the editing history of a page on another Wikipedia. The following code: :<code><nowiki>Tokyo 2020 was added to the French page on the Olympics in [//fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeux_olympiques&diff=96480208&oldid=96417677 this diff].</nowiki></code> renders as: :Tokyo 2020 was added to the French page on the Olympics in [//fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeux_olympiques&diff=96480208&oldid=96417677 this diff]. Templates {{tlx|Cross-wiki language diff}} and {{tlx|Cross-wiki language free diff}} are also available to construct diffs for other languages and projects, as is the [[WP:SPEC|special-page]] term <code>:Diff/</code>: <code><nowiki>[[:fr:Special:Diff/96480208]]</nowiki></code> will show the [[:fr:Special:Diff/96480208|same diff]] as above. ==See also== * [[Help:Contents/Links]] * [[Help:Interwikimedia links]] * [[Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects]] * [[Wikipedia:Babel]] – Userpage language proficiency banners ==Notes== <references/> ==External links== * [[meta:Help:Interwiki linking]] * [[meta:Interlanguage links]] for details on linking different languages on Meta. * [[wikt:Wiktionary:Interlanguage links|Wiktionary:Interlanguage links]] * [[wikt:Interwiki]] {{Wikipedia technical help|collapsed}} [[Category:Wikipedia how-to|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Wikipedia multilingual coordination|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Wikipedia link help]] jz8jah30fw6qc4ngoyvxta8v6gltb9g 12 31035 276397 124442 2026-05-18T00:17:17Z CommonsDelinker 14432 Replacing Interlanguage_links_provided_by_WikiData.png with [[File:Interlanguage_links_provided_by_Wikidata.png]] (by [[:c:User:CommonsDelinker|CommonsDelinker]] because: [[:c:COM:FR|File renamed]]: Wikidata is not spelled in CamelCase). 276397 wikitext text/x-wiki {{For|linking from one Wikimedia project to another (e.g. Wikipedia to Wiktionary)|Help:Interwikimedia links}} {{For|a list of interlanguage codes|List of ISO 639-1 codes|meta:List of Wikipedias}} {{Shortcut|H:IL|H:ILL}}{{Linking and page manipulation|linking and diffs}} '''Interlanguage links''' are links from a page in one [[w:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] language to an equivalent page in another language. These links can appear in two places: # In the "Languages" list – a sidebar that appears on the left side (default position) of the current page. # Inline, in the text of a page. These two types of links are created and handled differently and are discussed in different sections below. ==The list of links== Pages on Wikipedia can have a list of equivalent pages in other languages. For example, the Irish Wikipedia has a page on Ireland titled "Éire", so the English Wikipedia article on Ireland will link to the Irish one, and vice versa. For most people this list is shown on the left of the page, but this can be changed by changing the skin the site uses. This list is maintained in two places, Wikidata and the text of the page itself. ===Wikidata=== {{main|Wikipedia:Wikidata}} [[File:Interlanguage links provided by Wikidata.png|thumb|The link to edit the Wikidata page.]] Wikidata is a separate project to create a collaboratively edited knowledge base. Part of this project is to centralize the interlanguage links for all the Wikipedia projects. The Wikidata entry for a page contains (among other things) a list of links for that entry in different languages. This list of links is then used for the list shown on the page in Wikipedia. ==== Adding a new link ==== At the bottom of the Wikidata language list is a link labelled 'Edit links'. Clicking on this will reveal two text boxes, one for the language and another for the article title. In the first box type in the language code, for example, for Irish use the code "ga". In the second box, type the name of the article as it appears in that language's Wikipedia. Then click save. You can get directly to the Wikidata entry for a page by clicking the link labelled 'Data item' in the Toolbox section of the sidebar. The link does not appear on pages that haven't been linked to an item. If you get a message like "Site link ... is already used by item Q....", this means that there is already an item in Wikidata pointing to the article you are trying to link to. Wikidata does not allow more than one item to point to a single article in a Wikipedia. There are two cases: *Either the two items really are the same, and should be merged: see [[:d:Help:Merge]]. *Or the scope of the two items is not in fact the same (typically, the article in one language is wider in scope than the article in the other language) and then they should not be linked. Unfortunately, there is no mechanism in Wikidata at present for linking articles that are related, but different in scope; it is possible to do it with [[#Local links|local links]]. ==== Editing a link ==== To edit an entry on Wikidata, click on the edit link next to the entry you wish to edit. A textbox will appear allowing you to edit the entry. Click on save when you are done. ==== Removing a link ==== You can remove a page from the list of Wikidata's links. To do so click edit, then click on the remove link. ===Local links=== Before Wikidata, interlanguage links had to be recorded in the text of the page itself. The problem with this approach was that each language had to maintain its own separate lists. So for example, if the name of a page on the English Wikipedia changed, then each language that linked to that page would have to separately notice this fact and then change their own links. For most pages, these links are no longer needed and can be safely removed, but you should verify that the local list and the Wikidata lists match before doing so. There is an [[d:Wikidata:Tools/User scripts#Userscripts for Wikipedia|automated tool]] to help with that. The local links do however still serve some purposes: * They override the information that comes from Wikidata. * They are required if more than one article (or redirect) in one language should point to a target article in another language. * They are required in order to explicitly link to or from redirects. This can be used to level semantical or organizational differences between articles in different Wikipedias so that the links can go to the exact equivalent term in another language rather than to an article with a somewhat different scope or only related topic. * They are required in order to link to sections of articles. For example, corresponding to the English article [[Spot welding]], in Italian there is only a section rather than a full article, so [[w:Spot welding|Spot welding]] includes the local link <code><nowiki>[[it:Saldatura#Saldatura a punti]]</nowiki></code>. ====Syntax==== The local interlanguage [[w:Wikipedia:Links|links]] take the following form: <pre><nowiki>[[language code:Title]]</nowiki></pre> where the language code is the two-letter code as per [[ISO 639-1]]. (See [[m:List of Wikipedias|Complete list of language Wikipedias available]]. English is "en", German is "de", etc.) So for example in the English language article on [[w:Plankton]], which is available on many other wikis, the interlanguage links might look like this: <pre><nowiki> [[ar:عوالق]] [[el:Πλαγκτόν]] [[fa:پلانکتون]] [[he:פלנקטון]] [[ja:プランクトン]] [[ko:플랑크톤]] [[ru:Планктон]] [[ta:மிதவைவாழி]] [[te:ప్లవకాలు]] [[th:แพลงก์ตอน]] [[zh:浮游生物界]]</nowiki></pre> '''NOTE: These links are treated specially, and don't show up in the body of the text, but in a special sidebar section "{{int:otherlanguages}}" listed by language name.''' They can go anywhere in the article source as their placement does not alter the visual appearance of the links on the rendered page except for the order. However, the convention is to put them at the bottom of the page. Remember, you only need these type links if you are overriding the information from Wikidata, otherwise you should edit the links on the Wikidata entry. ===Featured articles and good articles=== Featured or good articles are represented via Wikidata. ==Inline links== ===Purpose=== Links between English Wikipedia pages and corresponding pages in the Wikipedias of other languages are handled via Wikidata; they are displayed in the "Languages" bar to the left of the article. To include, in some article, a link to a topic that is not covered by an article on the English Wikipedia but that does have a page in another language version of Wikipedia, there are three possible approaches: # Use a [w:Wikipedia:RED|red link]] pointing to a possible future article on the English Wikipedia; # Use an interlanguage link pointing to the existing article on the other Wikipedia, as described in the next section; # Use {{tl|ill}}, {{tl|ill2}}, or {{tl|ill-WD}} to show both a redlink and an interlanguage link (ill and ill-WD will both hide the interlanguage link should the redlink turn blue). The advantage of the first approach is that the red link informs readers that the page does not exist locally, thus inviting its creation, and avoiding directing readers to a page that many of them will not understand. The disadvantage is that it conceals the existence of the foreign-language page, which might in itself be of interest to some readers, and may also be valuable to anyone wishing to create a corresponding English Wikipedia article. It is sometimes possible to combine the two approaches, giving a local red link in addition to an interlanguage link explicitly marked as such. For example: ''"...the plans were drawn up by German architect [[w:Hans Knoblauch]] ([[:de:Hans Knoblauch|de]])..."'' The templates {{tl|ill}}, {{tl|ill2}}, and {{tl|ill-WD}} are designed to assist this combined approach. If a red link is not appropriate locally for whatever reason, such as because the subject does not appear to be [[WP:N|notable]], then linking a page in another language may be useful. Interlanguage links may also be useful outside of the [[WP:MAINSPACE|mainspace]] for convenience, such as from one's userpage to a page frequently visited or that like-minded visitors might want to go to. ===Method=== {{see also|WP:MOSSIS|label 1=Guideline on use of inline links}} You can create a clickable link that will be visible in your text by adding a colon before and after the [[w:List of Wikipedias|language abbreviation]]: :<code><nowiki>[[:fr:Jeux olympiques]]</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>[[:ja:東京都]]</nowiki></code> These links look like this: [[:fr:Jeux olympiques]] or [[:ja:東京都]]. The language abbreviation is displayed, so the reader knows that they are links to the French article on the Olympic Games and the Japanese article on Tokyo. But if you wish you can use the pipe to show only the title: :<code><nowiki>[[:fr:Jeux olympiques|Jeux olympiques]]</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>[[:ja:東京都|東京都]]</nowiki></code> Which would look like this in your text: [[:fr:Jeux olympiques|Jeux olympiques]] or [[:ja:東京都|東京都]] You can also use the [[w:Help:pipe trick|pipe trick]] to simplify this to: <code><nowiki>[[:fr:Jeux olympiques|]]</nowiki></code>. <br/>This gives the same result: a link to [[:fr:Jeux olympiques|Jeux olympiques]] on the French Wikipedia. To link to a [[WP:namespace|namespace]] other than the main article namespace, add the namespace after the language abbreviation. For example, the page for general discussions on the Japanese Wikipedia is located in the Wikipedia namespace. You can link to it as follows: :<code><nowiki>[[:ja:Wikipedia:井戸端]] </nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>[[:ja:Wikipedia:井戸端|Wikipedia:井戸端]]</nowiki></code> * On [[Wikipedia:Talk pages|Talk pages]] and on [[w:Wikipedia:Meta|Meta]], you can omit the leading colon. An interlanguage link like <code><nowiki>[[fr:Jeux olympiques]]</nowiki></code> will appear inline in the text, like a regular link. * An inline link to a Wiktionary entry, such as <code><nowiki>[[wikt:model|]]</nowiki></code>, can be directed to another language's Wiktionary like so: <code><nowiki>[[wikt:fr:modèle|]]</nowiki></code>. ==Links to pages that do not exist== On the English Wikipedia, links to pages that do not exist are displayed in a different color (usually red). But this check is not performed for links to pages on another wiki (including other [[w:Wikipedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] sites). Unlike internal links, these links do not indicate whether the target page exists or not.<ref>[[bugzilla:11|Bug 11]]</ref> If the target page does not exist, the link leads a message on the target wiki informing you that the page does not exist and inviting you to create it. If you find interlanguage links to non-existent pages on the English Wikipedia, they may be deleted as having no content. Alternatively, you can create at least a [[w:Wikipedia:Stub|stub]] page on the target wiki before adding an interlanguage link to it. Later, interested people can complete the rest of the page. '''Note''': if the language prefix is wrong, it is considered to be part of the name of a page on the English Wikipedia. This page will probably not exist, so the link will be displayed in red. ==Linking with external links== {{main|Wikipedia:External links}} You can also link to Wikipedia pages in other languages by using external links, in the same way as linking to other sites on the Internet. This method should not be used in the body of an article, but it may be useful on User pages or Talk pages. For example, this method can be used to link to [[w:Help:Diff|diff pages]] that show the editing history of a page on another Wikipedia. The following code: :<code><nowiki>Tokyo 2020 was added to the French page on the Olympics in [//fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeux_olympiques&diff=96480208&oldid=96417677 this diff].</nowiki></code> renders as: :Tokyo 2020 was added to the French page on the Olympics in [//fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeux_olympiques&diff=96480208&oldid=96417677 this diff]. Templates {{tlx|Cross-wiki language diff}} and {{tlx|Cross-wiki language free diff}} are also available to construct diffs for other languages and projects, as is the [[WP:SPEC|special-page]] term <code>:Diff/</code>: <code><nowiki>[[:fr:Special:Diff/96480208]]</nowiki></code> will show the [[:fr:Special:Diff/96480208|same diff]] as above. ==See also== * [[w:Help:Contents/Links|Help:Contents/Links]] * [[w:Help:Interwikimedia links|Help:Interwikimedia links]] * [[w:Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects|Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects]] * [[w:Wikipedia:Babel:Wikipedia:Babel]] – Userpage language proficiency banners ==Notes== <references/> ==External links== * [[meta:Help:Interwiki linking]] * [[meta:Interlanguage links]] for details on linking different languages on Meta. * [[wikt:Wiktionary:Interlanguage links|Wiktionary:Interlanguage links]] * [[wikt:Interwiki]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Wikipedia_technical_help&action=edit Wikipedia technical help collapsed] [[Category:Wikipedia how-to|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Wikipedia multilingual coordination|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Wikipedia link help]] jom5rf4asuf24cl69prkw8x41pb86j7 1 72628 276395 276249 2026-05-17T22:35:54Z Pharos 84 /* interesting decision to have this redirect */ Reply 276395 wikitext text/x-wiki == interesting decision to have this redirect == Hi! I see in history that this decision to have just redirect to [[Main page]]? It was done by a user who was very quickly in/up-ranks/out here https://guc.toolforge.org/?by=date&user=Rock+drum I wonder if this should be changed sometimes soon and actually describe a bit of history and intention of this wiki - no? [[User:Zblace|Zblace]] ([[User talk:Zblace|talk]]) 02:03, 29 April 2026 (UTC) :Yes indeed, I think it would make sense to develop a page like this further. [[User:Pharos|Pharos]] ([[User talk:Pharos|talk]]) 02:22, 5 May 2026 (UTC) :Given the history a rough first draft now. [[User:Pharos|Pharos]] ([[User talk:Pharos|talk]]) 22:35, 17 May 2026 (UTC) hjezq2n5a3hyjf0xgrydjyyfl9cmnkx