Thread:Fossiliferous/@comment-29694704-20160831031021/@comment-24668482-20160831093637

Help:Links gives a run through of linking on the wiki though it is geared towards editing articles so doesn't always answer the questions of people posting on profiles/the forum.

To link a word, you just highlight that word and then select the 'link' option in the editor and fill in the link into box that opens. Depending on which editor you use, this button might look different.

In the classic visual editor:



The editor takes over the entire page (loads a new page). There is a top menu that contains formatting options, link is the third option with a symbol of a diagonal link chain.



The box that opens has 2 fields: "Target page or URL" is where you put your link, in this case "Message_Wall:Katlovrno1", which links to Kat's message wall; and "Text to display" is the text that will appear as the blue link when you are finished, in this case "Katlovrno1".

In the new visual editor:



The editor appears within the page itself (doesn't load a new page). The main formatting buttons are still at the top of the editor, and the link is the third option with a symbol of a horizontal chain.



If you already have the text highlighted when you select the link, then the only option you get in the box that appears in is the target URL (where link will go), in this case "Message_Wall:Katlovrno1".

Notice that in both the above examples, I have used:

Message_Wall:Katlovrno1

as the link, not:

http://the-secret-society.wikia.com/wiki/Message_Wall:Katlovrno1

That is because it is an internal link, the long URL is completely unnecessary. To create the link, you just need what ever comes after /wiki/ in URL that appears in your browser.

i.e. to link the this thread you could type

Thread:236215

instead of

http://the-secret-society.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:236215

or to link to the article about gifting you could type:

Gifting

instead of

http://the-secret-society.wikia.com/wiki/Gifting

Both work, but adding the "http://the-secret-society.wikia.com/wiki/" is just unnecessary since you are already on that site and are just linking to another page on that site. Note that the long form would work fine if typed into the link boxes in the example pictures above, I just can't bring myself to use it since a bit of a pet peeve. So if you are copy/pasting from browser you could just copy/paste whole URL and it would work fine. My pet peeves are mine alone, so don't let that put you off.

I don't really know what you mean by 'stuff' you find on the net. If you are reposting someone else's work or material owned by someone else, then check the original source to see what lisencing they use and follow it. We use CC-BY-SA, which means everything posted on the wiki can be reproduced by others as long as they attribute the work to the wiki. If you are taking something from someone using that license, the you should link back to the original even if you feel it has been significantly changed from original. If they use stricter licenseing that requires permission to repost, then you should get permission. If in doubt, then assume it is not okay to reproduce.