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 :<tt><nowiki>[[Main Page]]</nowiki></tt>
-If you want to use words other than the article title as the text of the link, you can add an alternative name by adding it after a pipe "|" divider (SHIFT + BACKSLASH on English-layout and other keyboards).
+If you want to use words other than the article title as the text of the link, you can add an alternative name by adding it after a pipe "|" divider (Shift + Backslash on most English keyboards).
 For example, if you wanted to make a link to the [[Main Page]], but wanted it to say "home page" you would write it as such:
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 :[[Party Ball]]s release many [[item]]s.
-In some cases, links can lead to places that aren't stated in the brackets, such as <tt><nowiki>[[PK Thunder 2]]</nowiki></tt>, which will lead to the [[PK Thunder]] page. A prime example is character pages; the usage of <tt><nowiki>{{SSB|Pikachu}}</nowiki></tt>will lead to the {{SSB|Pikachu}} page, so writing <tt><nowiki>[[Pikachu (SSB)|Pikachu]]</nowiki></tt> is unnecessary and clutters the page. If this is seen, it is best to replace it with the correct format.
+Several templates exist for the purpose of shortening commonly-used link patterns. An example of this is the {{t|SSBM}} template, which can be used to shorten <tt><nowiki>[[Mario (SSBM)|Mario]]</nowiki></tt> into <tt><nowiki>{{SSBM|Mario}}</nowiki></tt>; the two both look and act the same when viewed on a page ([[Mario (SSBM)|Mario]] and {{SSBM|Mario}}), but one is simpler to type than the other. Make sure to preview edits using shortcut link templates so you know you've used them properly.
 ===Interwiki links===