This is an
explanatory essay about the
policy on reusing Wikipedia content. This page provides additional information about concepts in the page(s) it supplements. This page is not one of
Wikipedia's policies or guidelines as it has not been
thoroughly vetted by the community. |
Linking to Wikipedia from your own website
You are welcome to link to Wikipedia articles (and other Wikipedia pages, such as this one) from your own website. You do not need to ask us first.
Canonical Wikipedia article
URLs (web addresses) look like: /info/en/?search=Kitten
(that's a link to
Kitten).
Links for articles which have spaces in their titles replace those spaces with underscores; for
Top Cat, for example, the URL is /info/en/?search=Top_Cat
You can "deep link" to a section of an article (or other Wikipedia page), using a hash character (#
), then the section's title, with underscore characters (_
) replacing spaces. For example, both /info/en/?search=Kitten#External_links
and [[Kitten#External_links]]
, link to the
External links section of
Kitten. However, be aware that section heading names are case sensitive (i.e., 'External' and 'external' are treated differently). Also, section headings may be renamed or deleted and so such links may break.
You may also link to a specific version of an article, ignoring any subsequent changes.
The URL https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Kitten&oldid=4526501
links to
the article as it appeared at 12:20 (
UTC), 9 July 2004. Specific links like this can be found in the
history tab of each page.
When linking to a section of an old article, the section name has to be added at the very end of the URL, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Kitten&oldid=4526501#Caring_for_kittens
.
You are, of course, welcome to use Wikipedia content on your own website instead of linking to it, because Wikipedia content uses an open licence ( CC-by-SA 3.0). If you wish to do that, our page on reusing Wikipedia content has further advice.
If you wish to cite Wikipedia in your work, see Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia.
This is an
explanatory essay about the
policy on reusing Wikipedia content. This page provides additional information about concepts in the page(s) it supplements. This page is not one of
Wikipedia's policies or guidelines as it has not been
thoroughly vetted by the community. |
Linking to Wikipedia from your own website
You are welcome to link to Wikipedia articles (and other Wikipedia pages, such as this one) from your own website. You do not need to ask us first.
Canonical Wikipedia article
URLs (web addresses) look like: /info/en/?search=Kitten
(that's a link to
Kitten).
Links for articles which have spaces in their titles replace those spaces with underscores; for
Top Cat, for example, the URL is /info/en/?search=Top_Cat
You can "deep link" to a section of an article (or other Wikipedia page), using a hash character (#
), then the section's title, with underscore characters (_
) replacing spaces. For example, both /info/en/?search=Kitten#External_links
and [[Kitten#External_links]]
, link to the
External links section of
Kitten. However, be aware that section heading names are case sensitive (i.e., 'External' and 'external' are treated differently). Also, section headings may be renamed or deleted and so such links may break.
You may also link to a specific version of an article, ignoring any subsequent changes.
The URL https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Kitten&oldid=4526501
links to
the article as it appeared at 12:20 (
UTC), 9 July 2004. Specific links like this can be found in the
history tab of each page.
When linking to a section of an old article, the section name has to be added at the very end of the URL, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Kitten&oldid=4526501#Caring_for_kittens
.
You are, of course, welcome to use Wikipedia content on your own website instead of linking to it, because Wikipedia content uses an open licence ( CC-by-SA 3.0). If you wish to do that, our page on reusing Wikipedia content has further advice.
If you wish to cite Wikipedia in your work, see Wikipedia:Citing Wikipedia.