Help:Linking to people

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Linking to people is usually not difficult. For most people, just typing the person's name with two brackets around it will create a working link. For example:

  • [[Barry Zito]] will successfully link to the pitcher: Barry Zito


However, for people who share a name with another player, this will not always work as you might expect it to. For example, if you want to link to the pitcher Dave Smith from the 1980s:

  • [[Dave Smith]] will not work. It creates this link: Dave Smith, which goes to a page that lists all Dave Smiths.
  • [[Dave Smith (born 1955)]] is the correct link. It looks like this: Dave Smith (born 1955).
  • [[Dave Smith (born 1955)|Dave Smith]] goes to the same place, but looks like this: Dave Smith.


If there is one person with a particular name that is much more notable, the name will link directly to him. For example, although Cal Ripken, Sr. was known as Cal Ripken during his playing days, typing [[Cal Ripken]] will link to his son, since he is now the more notable player.

  • [[Cal Ripken]] links to Cal Ripken, Jr, and looks like this: Cal Ripken
  • [[Cal Ripken, Jr.]] also links to Cal Ripken, Jr, and looks like this: Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • [[Cal Ripken, Sr.]] links to Cal Ripken, Sr, and looks like this: Cal Ripken, Sr.
  • [[Cal Ripken, Sr.|Cal Ripken]] links to Cal Ripken, Sr, and looks like this: Cal Ripken
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