Wikipedia:Linking dos and don'ts

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| guideline = Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking

| shortcut1 = WP:LINKDD

| main = Internal links tie Wikipedia together and help readers learn more about a topic.

| caption = Link to relevant pages that aid understanding of the subject, and generally:

| do1 = Check that your link points to the intended target

| do2 = Use piping to fit link text into prose

| do3 = make link targets clear from context

| do4 = link to sections of pages where appropriate

| do5 = add red links that would make useful articles

| do6 = create redirects from sub-topics or alternate titles

| do7 = link to obscure words in Wiktionary

| do8 = link to pages on sister projects where relevant

| do9 =

| do10 =

| dont1 = link to common words, dates, or units

| dont2 = link to disambiguation pages in articles

| dont3 = link to user, project, draft, or talk pages in articles

| dont4 = link to unexpected targets

| dont5 = put external links in article prose

| dont6 = put links in section headings

| dont7 = change the color of links

| dont8 = use action buttons for navigation

| dont9 =

| dont10 =

| project =

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