Editing Help:Link (section)

== Special pages links ==
{{main|Help:Special page#Linking to or listing special pages}}
To create a link to a special page:

<code><nowiki>[[Special:PrefixIndex/HMS]]</nowiki></code> → [[Special:PrefixIndex/HMS]]

Because the ampersand character (&) is disallowed, it is not possible to create an ordinary link containing <code>&action=edit</code> or <code>&redirect=no</code> in the URL query string. In these cases, use templates or magic words, see [[#Links containing URL query strings]].

For example, you can use a template such as {{tl|Plain link}} to encode a Wikimedia url link, such as one pointing to a special page with parameters.
: <nowiki>{{Plain link|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=79269392|name=15:21, 8 December 2016}}</nowiki>
gives
: {{Plain link|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=79269392|name=15:21, 8 December 2016}}