Help:Links and categories
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Good links let readers follow the archive without guessing where a page lives. Categories group related records across different folders.
Link to another page
[[Ikuuna Canon]]
[[Solomonari:People Of Interest|People of interest]]
[[Help:Editing guide#Before you publish|Before publishing]]
[https://example.org Original source]
Use the full archive prefix for Solomonari, CotRH and other namespaces. The text after a pipe changes the visible label, not the destination. In the visual editor, select words and use the link control to choose the same targets.
A red link can be a useful planned page, but it can also be a typo. Check search, spelling and capitalisation before creating it. Prefer a clear label such as “character index” over “click here”.
Add a topic category
Put a category near the end of the source:
[[Category:People of interest]]
Choose a specific existing category such as Category:Articles, Category:Stories, Category:Poems, Category:Sermons, Category:Prayers or Category:Reports. Browse Special:Categories if unsure. In the visual editor, categories are managed through the page options menu.
To mention a category in a sentence without categorising the page, add a leading colon: [[:Category:Reports|Reports]].
A / in a page title makes a subpage where that namespace supports it; it does not automatically add a category. Status categories are supplied by the status template. Do not add them by hand to imply approval.
Redirect an alternative name
A redirect is a page that sends readers to the main title. Its source is:
#REDIRECT [[Ikuuna Canon]]
Use a real destination and avoid chains of redirects. If you are changing an existing article's name, use Move rather than replacing it with a copy.
Categories do not restrict access. Public pages and user sandboxes remain public. Keep private draft text and identifying links inside the private workspace; do not add them to public indexes.