Editing Help:Link (section)

===Specifics===

When a link contains a section title (as in the examples above), the title actually points to an HTML ''[[HTML element#Anchor |anchor]]'' on the target page. In addition to anchors created automatically by section titles, there are times when it's advantageous to create an anchor on a smaller unit of text, such as a specific paragraph (see {{section link ||Linking to part of a section}} below). This can be done using {{tl2|Anchor|anchor name}}, or alternatively, the [[HTML]] code {{nowrap|<code><nowiki><span id="anchor name">...</span></nowiki></code>}} (see {{tl|Anchor}} syntax). Anchors are also used when renaming a section, yet still allowing links to the old name to function, or similarly, allowing linking to a section using an abbreviation; see [[MOS:HEADINGS]] for more info. Links to anchors can also be added to external URLs and to interwiki links, again using the <code>#</code> syntax.

Section links still work through page names that are [[Help:Redirect|redirects]]. For example, if [[Danzig]] redirects to [[Gdańsk]], then [[Danzig#History]] will link to the "History" section of the article Gdańsk. It is also possible for the target of a redirect to be defined as a specific section or anchor of a page (these work only if JavaScript is enabled). Indeed, [[MOS:SECTLINK |according to the Manual of Style]], it may be preferable to define such redirects, and use them when linking to those sections/anchors, rather than linking using the {{nowrap |<code><nowiki>[[Page name#Section or anchor name|displayed text]]</nowiki></code>}} or {{nowrap |<code><nowiki>{{Section link|Page name|Section name}}</nowiki></code>}} syntax. This way, if the section or anchored text later becomes its own article, links via the redirect won't need to be rewritten.

For example, [[Wikipedia:Section link]] redirects specifically to the section [[Help:Link#Section linking (anchors)]] on this page. A quirk of the way this works is that if one were to add a section name when using such a link, it would override the section specified by the redirect. So [[Wikipedia:Section link#Interwiki links]] would go to the "Interwiki links" section of this page. Such overriding of section redirects should be avoided.

The {{tl|Visible anchor}} template can be used to create {{visible anchor|Visible anchor example|text=an anchor that is highlighted when is linked to}} ([[#Visible anchor example|click here for an example]]).  The template's first parameter will be used as both the anchor and the display text ({{para|text}} can be used to provide different display text).