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~ Mangled 21:25, February 19, 2016 (UTC)

Links in chat
Hello everybody, it's Mangled here, showing you how to put a link in chat with alternate display text than the link itself. I'm doing this because it was discussed in main, and a lot of people were having difficulties understanding.

So without further adieu...

The first thing you're going to want to do is figure out where you're linking to. If it's a page on this wiki, follow tutorial section A. If it's a page on another wiki, follow tutorial section B. If it's a page on a completely different website, follow tutorial section C.

A)
 * Type [[
 * Type in the name of the page you want to link to exactly how it is spelt, spaces included.
 * Without putting a space, place a pipe. ( | )
 * Type the text you want the link to display as.
 * Close it off with a ]]
 * When you're done, it should look like this: Display text

B)
 * Type [[
 * Type w:c:
 * Type the part of the url of the wiki the page is on that precedes the .wikia. (This one is undertale-rp)
 * Put a :
 * Type in the name of the page you want to link to exactly how it is spelt, spaces included.
 * Without putting a space, place a pipe. ( | )
 * Type the text you want the link to display as.
 * Close it off with a ]]
 * When you're done, it should look like this: Display text

C)

Unfortunately, you can't do this directly with a completely external link, but you can use this handy tool to shorten the link for you: http://goo.gl/

Fun fact: This will work in the wiki mainspace too!

~ Mangled 21:25, February 19, 2016 (UTC)