I propose here a change or addition to Fedwiki to make the integration with Wikipedia (and Other MediaWikis), more seamless.
The idea here is to make it possible to make simple links that point to Wikipedia articles, but also enable Future Linking to imported local articles.
To be precise: * If there exists an internal Fedwiki Page we link there * if not we link to an external Wikipedia Article via the existing / a modified form of the Create New Blank Page screen.
This would allow bulk importation of useful links using tools such as the Mediawiki Transport tool. Currently Wikipedia links are imported as internal Fedwiki links in order to faciitate further import of content. however this means we fail to preserve existing links to Wikipedia content in cases where we have not bothered to create / import these additional pages - which is a pity.
# Proposed Syntax
This new proposal aims to facilitate the integration of Transporter functionality into the core Fedwiki text markup by introducing a new concept: extensible tranporter links.
We ask, how might we merge the interface features of the Transport plugin with persistent foreign servers that could support continued on-demand transclusions of large hypertexts.
Below we explain how to make the wikilink, interwiki link, or external web link (as hyperlinks) connections on Wikipedia, which give readers one-click access to other Wikipedia pages, other Wikimedia projects, and external websites - wikipedia 