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*Generally, only link to an article once. If "damage" is mentioned five times on a page, it should only link to <code><nowiki>[[damage]]</nowiki></code> the first time. The exception is if the page is very long, in which case it can be linked again near the start of a later section. If helpful to readers, links may be repeated in infoboxes, tables, images, image captions, and footnotes. | *Generally, only link to an article once. If "damage" is mentioned five times on a page, it should only link to <code><nowiki>[[damage]]</nowiki></code> the first time. The exception is if the page is very long, in which case it can be linked again near the start of a later section. If helpful to readers, links may be repeated in infoboxes, tables, images, image captions, and footnotes. | ||
*Use efficient links, especially for plurals and verb forms. | *Use efficient links, especially for plurals and verb forms. | ||
**There are many different templates that can be used to allow links to be shortened so they avoid taking up too much space, including: {{t|SSB}}, {{t|SSBM}}, {{t|SSBB}}, {{t|SSB4}}, {{t|s}}, {{t|b}}, {{t|Sm}}, {{t|t}} | **There are many different templates that can be used to allow links to be shortened so they avoid taking up too much space, including: {{t|SSB}}, {{t|SSBM}}, {{t|SSBB}}, {{t|SSB4}}, {{t|s}}, {{t|b}}, {{t|Sm}}, and {{t|t}}. | ||
**Example: <code><nowiki>[[grab]]s</nowiki></code> instead of <code><nowiki>[[grab|grabs]]</nowiki></code> | **Example: <code><nowiki>[[grab]]s</nowiki></code> instead of <code><nowiki>[[grab|grabs]]</nowiki></code> | ||
*Similarly to the above, linking to a redirect that is an abbreviation or a redirect that links to a section of another page is acceptable (and often preferred), unless an abbreviation isn't appropriate in the context. | *Similarly to the above, linking to a redirect that is an abbreviation or a redirect that links to a section of another page is acceptable (and often preferred), unless an abbreviation isn't appropriate in the context. | ||