Fix docs to say that Github wiki Internal link format doesn't match MediaWiki link format

[abdullin]

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What article on docs.github.com is affected?

https://docs.github.com/en/communities/documenting-your-project-with-wikis/editing-wiki-content

What changes are you suggesting?

Documentation says that github docs use MediaWiki syntax:

With MediaWiki syntax, the link syntax is [[Link Text|nameofwikipage]]. This is incorrect. While MediaWiki syntax is exactly the opposite, as documented in MediaWiki Links: [[nameofwikipage|Link Text]]

I suggest to make it explicit that Github wiki uses an ad-hoc interpretation of wikilinks, that isn't compatible with MediaWiki internal links or Wikipedia internal links.

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[cmwilson21]

@abdullin Thanks for opening an issue - I'm not sure why the bot closed your first one out, but we appreciate you opening another! 💛

I'll get this triaged for the team to take a look 👀

[abdullin]

@cmwilson21 thanks.

The bot was right - I forgot to fill the proper issue title :)

[cmwilson21]

@abdullin Gotcha! Thanks for letting me know. I was thinking our bot was on the fritz. 😄

[SiaraMist]

Thank you for your suggestion! ✨ You or anyone else can feel free to open a pull request to update the example in the Adding Links section to say [[nameofwikipage|LinkText]], instead of the current order.

[matthew0420]

Submitted a fix at https://github.com/github/docs/compare/main...matthew0420:docs:patch-1

[cmwilson21]

@matthew0420 Thanks for making a fix. ✨

Can you open a pull request for it? ⚡

[matthew0420]

@cmwilson21 Pull request should be up, link here: https://github.com/github/docs/pull/19710