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Hi there! This is Lapper from the recent changes patrol. I noticed you had a question and I'm here to help. Here's how to add links:

1. To add a link to an internal page (in the wiki), use these link styles:

For a normal page:
[[This_one_normal_page]]

For a user page, put User: before the link name.
For a user talk page, put User_talk: before the link name.
For a template page, put Template: before the link name.
For a help page, put Help: before the link name.
For a special page, put Special: before the link name.

2. To link externally (outside the wiki), use one bracket pair instead of two, as well as an absolute path:
[http://www.website.com/]
3. To link to someone's email, use the mailto: prefix:
[mailto:joe_person@email.com]
4. To link to Wikipedia, use the Wikipedia: prefix:
[[Wikipedia:This_wikipedia_page]]
5. To change the appearance of an internal or Wikipedia link, use the vertical line symbol:
[[This_page|This neat page]]
6. To change the appearance of an external link or an email link, insert a space after the link:
[http://www.website.com/ A neat site]

7. Figuring out what the link colors mean:

If you see a deep blue link, it means it's a link within this wiki.
If you see a light blue link, it means it's a link to Wikipedia.
If you see a light blue link with an arrow next to it, it means it's an external link.
If you see a red link, it means it's not a real wiki page, or its not a correctly typed link.


If you need any more help, leave me a message on my talk page. See you around.

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