User:Alarob/ref

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Copy-editing

 * -- "a major edit for a short while"
 * -- more than one session
 * -- on talk page when done

Citation templates

 * Don’t forget

template

 * N.B. is deprecated. See   
 * Variables are name/value pairs, where name is always l.c.: | name=value
 * Vars include first, last, authorlink (no brackets), coauthors, title, series, journal, volume, issue, date, location, etc.
 * Most text vars (but not authorlink) can be wlinks with square brackets
 * Link vars: url, doi, isbn, issn, jstor, etc.

Harvard references:  and
Sfn (Short footnote) creates author-date footnotes linking to the references list.
 *   produces this note: 1. ^Turner 1851, pp. 10–11
 * Use either p= or pp=

Harv (Harvard reference) inserts parenthetical citations in the text. It supports multiple authors.
 *   produces (Adams et al. 2001, pp. 13-31)

Harvtxt is for direct reference to a work in the text.
 * asserted that....
 * Turner (1851) asserted that....

Harvnb is for direct reference without brackets or parens.
 * , not to be confused with....
 * Turner 1851, not to be confused with....

Did you know?
DYK is only for articles that have been created within the last 5 days. Ideally, they should have been listed on "New Pages" during that time, but former redirects, stubs, or other short articles that have been greatly expanded are also encouraged (as a guideline, an expansion of five-fold or more is acceptable; the decision on whether an expanded article is appropriate for the template will depend on the updating administrator's judgment). For those workpages first developed in user space, the date the workpage is posted to article namespace may be counted as the first day towards the DYK 5 day rule. You may wish to consider adding to the top of the workpage.

Pictures

 * Picture tutorial
 * Variables:
 * Image:(filename) [[Image:Picture.png|
 * |thumb creates framed, right-floating thumbnail
 * |(caption) always comes last; may be omitted
 * |NNNpx to specify width; optional
 * |right to float picture right within text
 * |left to float left
 * |none to suppress text wrapping and interrupt page flow
 * |frame draws frame around picture and caption (if present)
 * To stack pictures:

1stimage 2ndimage
 * Div should be 20px wider than widest image.
 * Alternate left and right images:


 * Last resort: 
 * Uploading images

Icons

 * Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
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 * [[Image:Symbol comment.svg|20px]] [[Image:Symbol comment .svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Symbol confirmed.svg|20px]] [[Image:Symbol confirmed .svg|20px]] ‎
 * [[Image:Symbol declined.svg|20px]] [[Image:Symbol declined .svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Symbol neutral vote.svg|20px]] [[Image:Symbol neutral vote .svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Symbol oppose vote.svg|20px]] [[Image:Symbol oppose vote .svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Symbol possible vote.svg|20px]] [[Image:Symbol possible vote .svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Symbol question.svg|20px]] [[Image:Symbol question .svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px]] [[Image:Symbol support vote .svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Symbol unrelated.svg|20px]] [[Image:Symbol unrelated .svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Symbol wtf vote.svg|20px]] [[Image:Symbol wtf vote .svg|20px]]
 * [[Image:Time2wait.svg|20px]] [[Image:Time2wait.svg|20px]]
 * Wikimedia icons:
 * [[Image:Wiki letter w.svg|44px]] [[Image:Wiki letter w.svg|44px]]
 * Ambox icons
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 * [[Image:Nuvola apps krec.png|22px]] [[Image:Nuvola apps krec.png|22px]]
 * And so on:
 * [[Image:School.svg|25px]] [[Image:School.svg|25px]]
 * [[Image:School.svg|25px]] [[Image:School.svg|25px]]

Advice

 * : Sofixit, Solookitup, etc.

Banner shell
Other flags: |blp=yes, |activepol=yes

Cleanup templates

 * Template messages/Cleanup
 * Template:Multipleissues "new syntax":
 * Templates for citing & references

Needs historical information
The HISTINFO template was deleted December 2017. In its place, use one of these:
 * Deprecated:
 * Deprecated:
 * Deprecated:
 * Deprecated:

Disambiguation
Naming: When there is no primary topic, a dab page should be called Topic, not Topic (disambiguation)

Linking: When deliberately linking to a dab page, always link to  Topic (disambiguation , whether or not the article actually includes (disambiguation) in its title.

This prevents the link from appearing as an error needing to be bot-fixed. It also lets attentive readers know that the link will take them to a disambiguation page. The policy is at WP:INTDABLINK.

Hatnotes
WP:DAB

Dab pages

 * at bottom of most pages
 * for bottom of a personal name dab page
 * at bottom of a geographical dab page

Inline templates

 * List of inline templates

Maintenance templates

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 * Maintenance templates

Prods

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 * Template:AfD in 3 steps for deliberative process.
 * Common outcomes

Shared IP header templates

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 *   for commercial ISPs.
 *   for mobile phone addresses.
 *   for schools.
 *   for schools known to use proxy servers.
 *   for public terminals (e.g., libraries).
 *   for U.S. military installations.
 *   for prolix version.
 * Address will be added to the category Shared IP addresses.
 * Add variable  |host=hostserver  if you want.
 * Also see

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 * Stub types

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 * usercat     = Adds a category to be added in userspace.
 * maincat     = Adds a category to be added in article mainspace.
 * subpage     = For categorization on subpages (default = no).
 * nocat       = Disables the automatically added category (default = no).

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What Wikipedia is not

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 * WP:NOT
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 * But see WP:BLP on living persons.

The Wikipedia community is not:

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