Help:Magic links

Magic links are automatic links for certain unique identifiers that require no markup. This functionality is expected to be removed from the MediaWiki software; users are encouraged to use the corresponding templates.

ISBN
The following instructions are deprecated. Editors should use the ISBN template to link ISBNs.

The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a unique numeric commercial book identifier. The created link is to Special:BookSources. The allowable formats are:


 * 10 or 13 digits
 * optional delimiting hyphens or spaces
 * 1 check character

See Category:Pages using ISBN magic links.

PMID
The following instructions are deprecated. Editors should use the PMID template to link PMIDs.

A PMID (PubMed identifier or PubMed unique identifier) is a unique number assigned to a PubMed record.

See Category:Pages using PMID magic links.

RFC
The following instructions are deprecated. Editors should use the IETF RFC template to link IETF RFCs.

A Request for Comments (RFC) is a memorandum published by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

See Category:Pages using RFC magic links.

Suppressing the link
The following instructions will no longer be necessary when magic links are disabled.

If no link is desired, insert between the identifier and the value.

Or alternatively, wrap  around the entire magic link:

Technical
Magic links are rendered by. The links for PMID and RFC are rendered by MediaWiki interface pages:
 * PMID: MediaWiki:Pubmedurl
 * RFC: MediaWiki:Rfcurl