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Wikilinks allows an article to be pointed to by enclosing the article's title in square brackets . This allows the editor to link to another article without having to type in the URL of the article or enclose it in HTML anchor tags .

This article is an attempt to gather information supporting the assertion that wikilinks are harmful to Wikipedia . Convenience is often cited as the reason for using wikilinks . Certainly , it offers a useful shortcut to creating links and allows the links to point to the same article regardless of article moves . This helps to tie many articles of similar interest together .

Somewhat ironically , this page is a perfect example of the harms of wikilinks .