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 WikiLinks provide easy linking between pages of the wiki. To create a
 [[WikiLink]], just put the name of the page to link to in double brackets.
 WikiLinks provide easy linking between pages of the wiki. To create a
 [[WikiLink]], just put the name of the page to link to in double brackets.

-For example "\[[WikiLink]]".
+For example `\[[WikiLink]]`.

 
 

-If you ever need to write something like "\[[WikiLink]] without creating a
-wikilink, just prefix it with a "\", like "\\\\[[WikiLink]]".
+If you ever need to write something like `\[[WikiLink]]` without creating a
+wikilink, just prefix it with a `\`, like `\\[[WikiLink]]`.

 
 

-Note that there are some special [[SubPage/LinkingRules]] that come into
-play when linking between [[SubPage]]s.
+There are some special [[SubPage/LinkingRules]] that come into play when
+linking between [[SubPages|SubPage]].

 
 

-WikiLinks can be entered in any case you like, the page they link to is
-always lowercased.
+Also, if the file linked to by a WikiLink looks like an image, it will
+be displayed inline on the page.

 
 

-While a WikiLink is limited to alphanumerics and only a few special
-charaters, it is possible to create page names containing other characters:
+WikiLinks are matched with page names in a case-insensitive manner, so you
+don't need to worry about getting the case the same, and can capitalise
+links at the start of a sentence, and so on.

 
 

-* To display a page name with a space in it, use "_" in the WikiLink, for
-  example, "\[[Multi\_Word\_Page\_Name]]". 
-* For any other special character, you can use "__nnnn__" where `nnnn` is the
-  unicode character number. For example,
-  "\[[This\_page\_name\_is\_\_44\_\_\_uselessly\_\_44\_\_\_a\_complete\_sentence\_\_46\_\_]]"
-  Limiting use of this to when you really need it is a good idea.
+It's also possible to write a WikiLink that uses something other than the page
+name as the link text. For example `\[[foo_bar|SandBox]]` links to the SandBox
+page, but the link will appear like this: [[foo_bar|SandBox]].

 
 

-Note that if the file linked to by a WikiLink looks like an image, it will
-be displayed inline on the page.
+To link to an anchor inside a page, you can use something like
+`\[[WikiLink#foo]]`
+
+**Note that you cannot use spaces in WikiLinks**. Replace spaces with
+underscores. The presence of spaces is used to distinguish between a
+[[PreprocessorDirective]] and a WikiLink.