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@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]
 WikiLinks provide easy linking between pages of the wiki. To create a
 [[WikiLink]], just put the name of the page to link to in double brackets.
 For example `\[[WikiLink]]`.
@@ -8,9 +9,6 @@ wikilink, just prefix it with a `\`, like `\\[[WikiLink]]`.
 There are some special [[SubPage/LinkingRules]] that come into play when
 linking between [[SubPages|SubPage]].
 
-Also, if the file linked to by a WikiLink looks like an image, it will
-be displayed inline on the page.
-
 WikiLinks are matched with page names in a case-insensitive manner, so you
 don't need to worry about getting the case the same, and can capitalise
 links at the start of a sentence, and so on.
@@ -20,16 +18,12 @@ name as the link text. For example `\[[foo_bar|SandBox]]` links to the SandBox
 page, but the link will appear like this: [[foo_bar|SandBox]].
 
 To link to an anchor inside a page, you can use something like
-`\[[WikiLink#foo]]`
-
-## Preprocessor directives and wikilinks
-
-ikiwiki has two syntaxes for
-[[preprocessor_directives|PreprocessorDirective]].  The older syntax
-used spaces to distinguish between preprocessor directives and
-wikilinks; as a result, with that syntax in use, you cannot use spaces
-in WikiLinks, and must replace spaces with underscores.  The newer
-syntax, enabled with the `prefix_directives` option in an ikiwiki
-setup file, prefixes directives with `!`, and thus does not prevent
-links with spaces.  Future versions of ikiwiki will turn this option
-on by default.
\ No newline at end of file
+`\[[WikiLink#foo]]` .
+
+If the file linked to by a WikiLink looks like an image, it will
+be displayed inline on the page.
+
+---
+
+You can also put an url in a WikiLink, to link to an external page.
+Email addresses can also be used to generate a mailto link.