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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: [[puddle|puddles]]. However, you can save time instead by writing [[puddle]]s.

This also works with adjectives (for example, [[Japan]]ese), regular verbs in present or past tense (for example, [[dance]]s or [[dance]]d) and any other suffixes or prefixes.

However, this method does not work with spelling changes, for example: [[try]]ied does not work; you have to enter [[try|tried]]. It also does not work with possessives, so you may want to use [[Fred Foo|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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English varieties and other things

Hello, thanks for your copyedits at French Polynesia. However, please don't change English varieties per the relevant guidelines. Graham87 04:59, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

Also, don't put hatnotes on already-disambiguated pages, as you did at Rachel Nichols (actress) and Rachel Nichols (journalist), or link to anchors, as you did at Teak, unless absolutely necessary. Graham87 09:31, 11 January 2019 (UTC)