Wikipedia:Tip of the day/May 4

Time-saving links II

Sometimes you may be editing an article and want to link a plural to its singular form. For example, to link "Fred Foo was famous for his study of puddles" to puddle, you could link it like so: puddles. However, you can save time instead by writing puddles.

This also works with adjectives (for example, Japanese ), regular verbs in present or past tense (for example, dances or danced ) and any other suffixes or prefixes.

However, this method does not work with spelling changes, for example: tryied does not work; you have to enter tried. It also does not work with possessives, so you may want to use Fred Foo's to get Fred Foo's. Using Fred Foo's will look like Fred Foo's, i.e. the possessive suffix unlinked, in plain text, and black instead of blue.

Note: if a redirect exists from puddles to puddle you don't actually need to do any piping, it's fine to link puddles too.

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