A full URL will point absolutely to one specific page in one specific wiki from any wiki.
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For example, "en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" will always navigate to the "Earth" page in "en.wikipedia.org" regardless of whether the current wiki is "en.wikipedia.org", "en.wiktionary.org" or "simple.wikipedia.org"
See <ahref="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/UI/Address_bar/Shortcuts.html"id="xolnki_2"title="App/UI/Address bar/Shortcuts">shortcuts</a> for more information.
An http format url allows for copying and pasting directly from Firefox or other applications.
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For example:
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Right click on any link to wikipedia
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Select "Copy Link Location"
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Press Ctrl-V to paste the link into the address bar. This will paste the full url of "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth"
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Press Enter. You will be redirected to "en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth"
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Alternatively, instead of Ctrl-V and Enter, you can also middle-click on the URL bar. This will:
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Delete all text
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Paste whatever's on your clipboard into the Address bar
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Automatically try to open the page
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On a similar note, you can also copy and paste urls of the format "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/The_Blue_Marble.jpg". This will be converted to commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The Blue Marble.jpg
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Note that http format also works for urls with the format of http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earth
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