MediaWiki editing

Links

Desire and solution	Example text	Example result
Link directly to an uploaded file without embedding it via use of the "Media" pseudo-namespace.	[[Media:LookForAnswers.jpg\|dankamongwikis logo]]	dankamongwikis logo
Link to an uploaded file's description page without embedding it via prefixing "File" with a ':' character.	[[:File:LookForAnswers.jpg\|logo file page]]	logo file page
Link to another registered wiki by using the registered name and a ':' (other wikis must be registered by the MediaWiki administrator).	[[wikipedia:Tab_(soft_drink)\|TaB at Wikipedia]]	TaB at Wikipedia
Make one page merely redirect to another using #REDIRECT.	#REDIRECT [[Pages]]	N/A
Generate a full link to a file as text using {{FILEPATH}}.	{{FILEPATH:LookForAnswers.jpg}}

Desire and solution	Example text	Example result
Reformat and interpret special characters, but not wikitext, using `<nowiki>`	<nowiki>[[This will not become a link]]</nowiki>	[[This will not become a link]]
Interpret special characters only, and used fixed-width fonts, using `<pre>`	<pre>This will not be formatted</pre>	This will not be formatted