WikiTrain/External links

Wikilink formatting
Welcome! In this lesson, we'll learn how to use External links You use External links to link pages of non-Wikimedia sites. The code of external link is [URL Text].
Quick Tip(s)	Code	Result
On some Wikipedias it is discouraged to use external links in article body. You may need to check a Wikipedia's external linking policy.	http://www.example.org	http://www.example.org (Here it is used without any Wikicode)
	[http://www.example.org Example]	Example
	[http://www.iana.org/protocols IANA protocols]	IANA protocols

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#	Wikilink	Interwikilink	External links
Purpose	Link a page on the same Wikipedia	Link a page on another Wikimedia projects site	Link a page outside Wikimedia