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==How to link==
{{See also|Help:
For example:
{{Wikisource|The Wind in the Willows|''The Wind in the Willows''}}
Links to sister projects are made in several ways:
* by linking images and other files hosted by Commons. See [[Wikipedia:Picture tutorial]] for more;
* through inline links such as this link to [[
* through templates, which may produce either larger boxes or simpler one-line links. See the next section for how and where to place them; Templates are found in [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Sister projects]] and [[:Category:Interwiki link templates]];
* through standard links directly to the URL, exactly like any other website, such as [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Wind_in_the_Willows ''The Wind in the Willows'']. However this form is [[deprecated]] in favour of links using <code><nowiki>[[</nowiki>''sister-project:sister project name|display name'']]</code>.
==Where to place links==
{{see also|MOS:INTERWIKI}}
{{shortcut|WP:MOSSIS}}
Sister project links should generally appear in the "External links" section, or where appropriate in [[WP:CITE|citations]]. Two exceptions are links to [[Wiktionary]] and [[Wikisource]] that may be linked [[wikt:inline|inline]] (e.g. to an unusual word or the text of a document being discussed).
{{commons category|Wikipedia logos}}
[[File:Sister link template columns problem.jpg|thumb|A box-type template can result in excessive white space when the section is laid out in columns.]]
Most box-type templates such as {{tlx|Commons}} shown at right should be put at the beginning of the ''last section'' of the article (which is usually, but not necessarily, the "External links" section) so that boxes will appear next to, rather than below, the list items.
Sometimes box-type templates are not aesthetically pleasing, either because there are no external links except sister project ones, or because they result in an odd layout, such as a long sequence of right-aligned boxes hanging off the bottom of the article or excessive white space when the section is laid out in columns. In such cases, consider using "inline" templates, such as {{tl|Commons-inline}}, in the "External links" section, so that links to sister projects appear as list items, like this:
* {{commons category-inline|Wikimedia Foundation}}
===Notes===
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== Soft redirects from Wikipedia to a sister project ==
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Sometimes an entry is more appropriate on some other [[Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects|sister project]] than on Wikipedia because they are of a non-encyclopedic scope (e.g. they can never be expanded beyond a simple [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary|dictionary definition]], or call for a level of detail more appropriate to a [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a textbook|textbook]]). Normally, such articles are copied to the more appropriate sister using the [[m:Help:Transwiki|transwiki]] process, and deleted from Wikipedia afterwards.
However, if a word or phrase is commonly wikified, it is quite likely that the deleted entry will be quickly re-created again by well-meaning users. The re-created article is likely to again become non-encyclopedic.
To avoid this, do not delete after transwiki'ing. One solution, as suggested by [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy#Other projects|Wikipedia deletion policy]], is to instead [[Wikipedia:Redirect|normally redirect]] the word to a relevant article within Wikipedia. For instance, [[Organize]] could redirect
If this is not possible, turn a Wikipedia page into a [[Wikipedia:Soft redirect|soft redirect]] to a sister project.
#It brings the sister projects closer together
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=== Specialized soft redirect templates ===
{{shortcut|WP:SSRT}}
Please keep in mind that only topics with a ''less-than-encyclopedic scope'' that are '''commonly wikified words''' or that are '''repeatedly recreated''' should become soft redirects. We don't need a soft redirect for every possible word or phrase to be included in Wikipedia.
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*{{tl|Wiktionary redirect}}; [[:Category:Redirects to Wiktionary]]
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==Linking between projects==
{{shortcut|WP:SISTERLINK|WP:SISLINK}}
{{Main article|Help:
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==See also==
* [[List of Wikipedias]]
* [[:Category:Interwiki link templates]]
* [[:Category:Transwiki templates]]
* [[Help:Interlanguage links]]
* [[Help:
* [[m:Interwiki map]]
* [[Wikipedia:List of templates linking to other free content projects]]
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[[Category:Wikipedia-related projects|Sister projects]]
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