How to Link to a Wikipedia Article From Your Web Site

Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, provides free content to anyone with internet access. You can link to a Wikipedia article from your website. Providing the Wikipedia URL in your website and clicking on it will take you to the specific Wikipedia article. This can be useful when your website is creating an article on a particular subject and you want to provide a link to further content in Wikipedia. Here is how you can link to a Wikipedia article from your website.

Instructions

1. Enter the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page to enter the Main Page of Wikipedia.

2. Go to the search box and enter the name of the article to which you want to link. Click on 'Go' or press 'enter' to be directed to the requested article.

3. Check the URL of the article. For example, if you want to link to an article on 'film' in Wikipedia the URL would be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film.

4. Enter the same URL in your website. The URL should have the full address including http://.

5. Click on the URL from your website and you will be linked to the Wikipedia article.

Tips & Warnings

• Copying and pasting the entire URL minimizes errors.

• A single mistake in the URL will not allow you to link to Wikipedia from your website.