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How to Link

The Basics

When you want to make a link to another page on the site (called a wiki link) you have to put it in double square brackets, like this (but without the extra space in between the brackets):

[ [Article X] ]

If you want the link to the article to show text other than the article title, you can add an alternative name by adding after the pipe "|" divider (SHIFT + BACKSLASH on most keyboards).

For example, if you wanted to make a link to the above example, but wanted it to say "my text" you would write it as such (without the extra space between the brackets):

To view the article, [ [Article X|my text] ] ...

It would appear as:

To view the article, my text ...

but would link to "Article X".

What do I link to?

The hardest part of linking is figuring out what to put as the link. The secret is to use the page title. If you're editing a page, this is the very first text field on the page. If you're viewing a page, the title is immediately to the left of the View, Edit and Outline buttons at the top. Note that capitalization does not matter.

For example, the Firewing Drake page is located at http://www.sprucestreetgamers.com/books/creatures-faerun/drake-firewing. However, it's title is "Drake, Firewing". So create a wiki-link to that page you should "drake, firewing" e.g.

[ [drake, firewing] ]

Automatic Linking via CamelCase

The site will automatically create a wiki-link for any words that are CamelCased. According to Wikipedia:

CamelCase (also spelled "camel case") or medial capitals is the practice of writing compound words or phrases in which the elements are joined without spaces and are capitalized within the compound—as in LaBelle, BackColor, MacGyver, or iPod. The name comes from the uppercase "bumps" in the middle of the compound word, suggestive of the humps of a camel.

The word CamelCase is an example of something written in CamelCase.