Editing Help:Interlanguage links (section)

==== Syntax ====
:{{A note}} The syntax for the side bar and running text are slightly different. See next section for the syntax within the running text.
Although they are useful only in rare cases, you can force the generation of one of these local interlanguage [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking|link]] overrides in the article using the following form:

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">[[language code:Title]]</syntaxhighlight>

where the language code is the two-letter code as per [[ISO 639-1]]. (see [[m:list of Wikipedias|complete list of language Wikipedias available]]. English is "en", German is "de", etc.) So for example in the English language article on [[plankton]], which is available on many other wikis, the "local" interlanguage links (if you were to want to generate them) might look like this:

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
[[ar:عوالق]]
[[el:Πλαγκτόν]]
[[fa:پلانکتون]]
[[he:פלנקטון]]
[[ja:プランクトン]]
[[ko:플랑크톤]]
[[ru:Планктон]]
[[ta:மிதவைவாழி]]
[[te:ప్లవకాలు]]
[[th:แพลงก์ตอน]]
[[zh:浮游生物]]
</syntaxhighlight>

:{{A note}} '''Typically these links do not need to be generated manually like this, and will not show up in the page’s source text .''' These links are usually generated by the wiki software language selector extension in a special sidebar section or drop-down menu, "{{int:otherlanguages}}", listed by language name.

To force the "local" generation in the Languages list of the article of all the languages of a different Wikidata item, use [[:Template:Interwiki extra]]. For example, the [[Murder of Kitty Genovese]] automatically links languages listed at {{Q|Q18341392}}; to add the language links at {{Q|Q238128}},  use <code><nowiki>{{Interwiki extra|Q238128}}</nowiki></code>.  Links to non-English Wikipedia articles to both topics will then appear in the Languages list.