User:HouseOfChange/WikiToolsEtc

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Useful stuff for editing Wikipedia. Top of the list, 3 templates I often use:

  • <ref name="citeWeb">{{Cite web |url=xxxx |title=xx | last=xx |first=xx |work=xx |quote=xx |date=xx |access-date=May 30, 2022}}</ref>
  • <ref name="citeJnl">{{cite journal |url= xxxx |title= | last= |first= |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |date=|access-date=May 30, 2022 |quote=}}</ref>
  • <ref name="citeBook">{{cite book |url= xxxx |title= | last= |first= |location= |publisher= |page= |isbn= |date= |quote= }}</ref>

Creating some categories:

DYK stuff[edit]

Did you know?
Introduction and rules
IntroductionWP:DYK
General discussionWT:DYK
GuidelinesWP:DYKCRIT
Reviewer instructionsWP:DYKRI
Nominations
Nominate an articleWP:DYKCNN
Awaiting approvalWP:DYKN
ApprovedWP:DYKNA
April 1 hooksWP:DYKAPRIL
Preparation
Preps and queuesT:DYK/Q
Prepper instructionsWP:DYKPBI
Admin instructionsWP:DYKAI
Main Page errorsWP:ERRORS
History
StatisticsWP:DYKSTATS
Archived setsWP:DYKA
Just for fun
Monthly wrapsWP:DYKW
AwardsWP:DYKAWARDS
UserboxesWP:DYKUBX
Hall of FameWP:DYK/HoF
List of users ...
... by nominationsWP:DYKNC
... by promotionsWP:DYKPC
Administrative
Scripts and botsWP:DYKSB
On the Main Page
WP:ErrorsWP:Errors
To ping the DYK admins{{DYK admins}}

Resources for creating/improving articles[edit]

BLP policies[edit]

  • WP:BLP policy) (and WP:BLPHELP advice on how to proceed) (and WP:CRYBLP for what NOT to do)
  • WP:BALASP : "For example, discussion of isolated events, criticisms, or news reports about a subject may be verifiable and impartial, but still disproportionate to their overall significance to the article topic. This is a concern especially in relation to recent events that may be in the news."
  • WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV : Expression of non-neutral opinion in article? Only if it specifies whose opinion is being reported.
  • WP:OPINIONCAT: "Please note, however, the distinction between holding an opinion and being an activist, the latter of which may be a defining characteristic (see Category:Activists)."

Other relevant policies[edit]

Using references[edit]

Using other-language articles[edit]

  • This looks cool, to use articles in other languages: there's a way to link to articles on other wikis using the inter language link template {{ill}}. For example: {{ill|Johann Bendel|de}} renders as Johann Bendel [de].
  • Template to put on an article Talk page if that article is a translation from another wiki: {{Translated|sv|Johan Eberhard Carlberg}}

Categories[edit]

Other[edit]

Women hold up half the sky[edit]

Other AfD stuff[edit]

The AfD process adds {{Find sources AFD}} with the article name, e.g. {{Find sources AFD|Newell W. Spicer}} at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Newell W. Spicer. You can manually change the name afterwards or add a second {{Find sources AFD}} (I don't know whether this is ever done). Articles are supposed to use the common name and I don't think an automatic algorithm could make a meaningful choice to change the name.

Resources for interacting with other editors[edit]

Thanks sign

Do not hop on Pop, and also No Fighting, No Biting[edit]

  • WP:NOT About a million things Wikipedia is not.
  • WP:BITE Do not bite new editors (or anybody else, really.)
  • WP:ANI Try every possible avenue of dispute resolution before WP:ANI
  • Hat trick for off-topic etc. {{Collapse top}}... lots of text ...{{Collapse bottom}}

Wisdom from editors who have been here longer than I have[edit]

  • Wikipedia:WikiProject_Countering_systemic_bias
  • "Remember that we here to build an encyclopedia - this isn't a project to write "this is wrong" content, or "this is right" content, ... this is a place to write neutral content. If this causes problems in certain topic areas for you, then you shouldn't be contributing to those topics and instead should be editing articles in different areas. This way, neutrality is maintained and the content added to articles reflect the highest quality and neutrality that can be created and published." From User talk:Oshwah
  • User:Antandrus/observations_on_Wikipedia_behavior
  • User:Jytdog/How Very useful longform essay that would be a good resource to show new editors (and of course to be mindful of myself.) This sentence especially says a lot in a little: "What we do here, is summarize sources."
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:HouseOfChange/WikiToolsEtc&oldid=1093095467"