[Mediawiki-l] Linking to page sections

[Tim Ware]

Running v1.8.2.

My pages are like an index, with the first line of each entry being,  
for example:

Earp, Wyatt (1848-1929)

If I set this as a header of any type, I can link to it by specifying

[[#Earp, Wyatt (1848-1929)]]

My Question: Entering links from other pages to the Earp section of  
its page, can I use a shortened version of the link call? It's too  
cumbersome for users to have to enter an entire link title, so I'm  
wondering if there's a shorthand as to how to markup the header or  
change to link to that header?

I'm considering this approach instead of how I'm now doing it, which  
is each entry title is just bolded and assigned an ID via a div:

<div id="earp">'''Earp, Wyatt (1848-1929)'''<br />

Thanks. Tim