Interwiki

Interwiki

MediaWiki

Interwiki

Description

Create internal aliases to link to external sites

wiki.gg availability

This extension is installed by default on all wikis. Admins can request this extension if their wiki does not have it.

Interwiki is an extension that is available on wiki.gg.

Summary

Interwiki is a way to display hyperlinks to various websites or to other related wikis. Interwiki is commonly used for translations to easily switch between various languages that your wiki offers to the community of readers/editors.

Manual

SitesTranslations

1. Visit Special:Interwiki
2. Press "Add a local interwiki or language prefix"
   1. Prefix: stardew
   2. Forward: Leave unchecked
      1. Transclude: Check
   3. URL: https://www.stardewvalleywiki.com/$1

Upon creating an interwiki, you can now use [[stardew:article_name]] to link content that isn't featured in your wiki. For example, put [[stardew:Stardew Valley|Stardew Valley]] it will generate a hyperlink to that game page on that wiki.

Example

1. Visit Special:Interwiki
2. Press "Add a local interwiki or language prefix"
   1. Prefix: gghelp
   2. Forward / Transclude: Leave unchecked
   3. URL: https://www.support.wiki.gg/wiki/$1
3. Example: [[gghelp:DPL|Extension:DynamicPageList]]

Multilevel Interwiki Links

To create single instances of interwiki links for other wiki.gg or fandom wikis without creating a new prefix, use Multilevel Interwiki syntax:

1. Use the wiki.gg prefix: wgg
2. Input a colon, the source wiki prefix, and colon: :ARK:
3. Input article name: Armor
4. Input a pipe and alternate text, if desired: |ARK Wiki: Armor
5. Example: [[wgg:ARK:Armor|ARK - Armor]] results in: ARK - Armor

For translations interwikis, it's a bit different.

1. Visit Special:Interwiki
2. Press "Add a local interwiki or language prefix"
   1. Prefix: insert_language_code
   2. Forward: Checked | Transclude: Leave unchecked
   3. URL: https://insert_wiki_name.wiki.gg/wiki/$1/insert_language_code

For the list of language codes and how to properly link content on English counterpart, visit Translation guidelines.

Related

• Interwiki Dropdown Button