User:Ched/tools

My efforts to add to the project


 * IRC help via browser
 * scripts (click "Manage user scripts" at top of page to see all)
 * all sub-pages
 * Help:Special page
 * Help:Cheatsheet
 * User:Ched/reference-notes Tools, notes, examples
 * User:Ched/racing-reference Race
 * User:Ched/movie-reference Movies
 * WMF Labs tools index | people | page
 * list of all wmf labs hosted tools


 * User:Ched/sandbox, sandbox 2, sandbox 3
 * WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors
 * WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors

Admin things

 * CAT:UNBLOCK ~ WP:AIV ~ WP:RFPP ~ WP:REFUND ~ WP:PERM
 * WP:AfD ~ WP:CSD ~ WP:MfD ~

WP:Tools

 * https://web.archive.org/
 * purge page you're on, add ?action=purge to the end of the URL - and say "yes" to dialog, that should clear the cache and update the page for you. (edited) attribution to User:Ivanvector on en.wikipedia.org
 * Paragraph breaks parabr, pb, or paragraph vs Line breaks Break or


 * text formatting em or Strong
 * Dashboard
 * Obsolete Tags
 * dab Solver
 * sarcasm: the use of sarcasm works really well for online conversations see: WP:SARC
 * UND: for Undeleting files at WP:REFUND
 * User conduct problems (by User:Levivich) (buttons: User:Levivich/Helpbtn)


 * Links in articles
 * other uses
 * other uses2
 * main
 * about
 * distinguish (not to be confused with)
 * for
 * dab
 * tl (template link)
 * cl (category link) (ex.


 * Templates in articles
 * BLP talk page template
 * Section empty example:
 * see for larger page width template of no plot.
 * unreferenced - | pipe date = page width whole article
 * Unreferenced section - | pipe date also - page witdth
 * expand section - | pipe date  =
 * IMDb title example:
 * AFI film 1893-1993
 * allmovie
 * castlist
 * Col-floatCol-float-breakCol-float-end
 * Col-floatCol-float-breakCol-float-end


 * Stubs
 * general stub
 * film-stub
 * Silent-film-stub
 * 1910s-US-film-stub
 * 1920s-US-film-stub
 * 1930s-US-film-stub
 * 1940s-US-film-stub

from "see also" documentation:
 * straight quotes ("...") and straight apostrophes ('), not curly quotes (“...”) and curly apostrophes (’). (direct copy from page)
 * copy code:
 * * : Wikipedia guide MOS:CURLY calls for using straight quotes ("...") and straight apostrophes ('), not curly quotes (“...”) and curly apostrophes (’).
 * hyphens and dashes and more:
 * use – see:en dash to insert an "en" (short) dash: X–Y
 * use –  see:snd to insert a spaced (en) dash: X – Y
 * use — see:em dash to insert an "em" (long) dash: X—Y
 * , which produces a spaced bold interpunct ("middot"): "·"
 * , which produces a spaced bullet-point: " • "
 * , which produces a spaced (forward-)slash: " / "
 * en dash, which produces an (unspaced) en dash.
 * em dash, which produces an (unspaced) em dash.


 * add the "state=collapsed" to template to ... duh collapse it.
 * Short Descriptions:
 * d:Help:Description - (include director) ( d:Help:Description ) (edit summary)
 * d:WikiProject Movies/Properties - wikidata movie project
 * d:Help:Contents - General wikidata help

Backlogs and user links

 * WP:RFPP
 * WP:ANEW
 * Log deletion log
 * User rights log
 * Userpages
 * User creation
 * Reverts


 * User Links (use w/pipes)
 * User-orcp ex:
 * User ex:
 * User2 ex:
 * Admin ex:
 * IP ex:

User Templates

 * Barnstars
 * User talk templates and warnings
 * User:Ritchie333/How newbies see templates (insightful)

User Interactions

 * editor interaction

Summary of multiple tools
Edit Counters
 * wikichecker (good)
 * soxred93 (good)
 * orig (broken)
 * wannabe Kate (good when running)
 * summary (down)
 * ~river wikimedia (bare summary)
 * Mike's (?}
 * Admin Stats
 * all wiki
 * Media Wiki

Vandals
 * WP:Lupin

Editors
 * User:Cacycle/wikEd
 * Overlapping Edits
 * AfD votes

Admin
 * IP block search tool


 * Search News Archives:
 * Google News Archive search
 * Chronicling America
 * NY Times archive
 * SmallTownPapers
 * Directory of Historical Newspapers on the Internet
 * US News Archives on the Web
 * Historical Newspapers Online
 * Free Newspaper Archives in the US

Article Tools Photos
 * CopyPatrol copyvio check
 * another copyvio tool
 * Articles that have certain EL
 * Article history - editors (good overview)
 * Article history (sortable)
 * stalk - Article with common editors (temp)
 * Monitor Section of Editor Index
 * history tools at EIW
 * plagiarism checker PAY (WP:PLAGIARISM)
 * WikiBlame Who wrote what?
 * readability
 * CCI/copyvio tool
 * Search Flickr for free images

Download WP
 * Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Torrent Project
 * Snapshots
 * Database download
 * Wikipedia-CD/Download

Misc
 * Special:Export
 * Special:Import
 * Page stalker/watcher (aka centijimbos) (404)
 * wikimedia url shortener
 * identify pages created by
 * short description

ref stuff
Help:Footnotes
 * WP:SFN ~ sfn = sfn
 * WP:EXPLNOTE ~ efn
 * WP:LDR
 * User:Ucucha/HarvErrors
 * cite Google Books
 * Template:Efn
 * Help:Using the Wayback Machine using web.archive refs
 * Webarchive
 * Verify credibility =
 * check dead links (and add archive if available)
 * see also: IABot
 * IABot fixes


 * Note (typography)
 * Help:Footnotes
 * WP:REFGROUP - use to get 2nd set of refs.
 * WikiProject NASCAR
 * Examples of mine:
 * 1956 NASCAR Grand National Series
 * blacklisted refs:
 * sample fixed

Examples:
 * Cool Hand Luke (a lot of errors)
 * Richard Nixon
 * Curzon Street Baroque (very good examples - 3 sets of ref styles)
 * Heraclitus (simple sample - 2 refs, 3 areas)
 * Oliver Hardy good sample with few refs.
 * Adolf Hitler (meh - a bit complicated/convoluted)
 * Informational notes (efn) .. Citations (sfn) .. sources (broken into 2 parts)


 * The Wall Street Whiz is a good simple bibliography => to ref example.


 * r examples no page numbers:  bare ref name - replaces:   or -
 * or   - when page numbering is needed. note: "r" works with sfn too.
 * Template:Cleanup bare URLs
 * https://tools.wmflabs.org/refill/ wmf labs tool to fix bare URL - Whole Page
 * https://tools.wmflabs.org/refill/ng/ - wmf labs tool to expand bare URL - Single URL
 * User:Zhaofeng Li/reFill
 * see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#accessdate_missing_url for missing access date on books
 * Template:Cite web

Talk Page refs

 * talkref - for use on talk pages when you want to use refs

Anchors - linking

 * Help:Link
 * WP:ANCHOR
 * Section link such as: Section linking or
 * example: renders:
 * Anchor
 * External/Google: Highlight text, right click, choose "Copy Link to Selected Text" - then paste as needed.
 * example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ched/tools#:~:text=page%20width%20whole%20article add brackets and text will render: with single brackets and text

Boxes
 Toolbox

Notability

 * WP:GNG - general
 * WP:SNG (list of possible guidelines)
 * WP:NSPORTS


 * WP:CSD

Better editing
 (copied from User:Tony1's page at User:Tony1/How to improve your writing per WP:CC-BY-SA) 


 * The Online English phrase checker . This is very useful and worth bookmarking: enter the phrase in the search window to check any word or phrase on the Internet using the alltheweb search engine; for example, should "up-regulated" be hyphenated? Survey usage with and without the hyphen in just seconds, and make your own informed decision.
 * Editing exercises . A set of problem sentences with click-and-show solutions, for undergraduates, from the MacEwan Centre, University of Calgary, Canada; accessed 12 August 2006.
 * Ask Oxford . A free online dictionary resource, with a search box for looking up the Compact Oxford English Dictionary, information on better writing (including tips on spelling, grammar and plain English), a huge database of FAQs on the language, and a section on global English.
 * The Owl at Purdue . Treatment of many writing issues; part of Purdue University's wide-ranging site for writers.
 * Better editor . A rich resource of style and grammar guides, dictionaries, free software downloads and other tools for serious editors.
 * Bartleby's Indo-European roots . A fascinating list of linked Indo-European roots to explore. What tickles me is discovering the variety of modern English words that are derived from each of these roots—connections you'd never have dreamt of suddenly become logical.
 * The American heritage book of English Usage . We disagree with the approach on much of this site, based as it is on traditional grammar; however, we've included the address because of its search box, which enables you to access online information on your chosen topic in several popular texts; for example, you can compare what the self-appointed authorities say about the so-called split infinitive.
 * The Guardian style guide . A good read, set out as short entries in alphabetical order. Some eccentricities, though!
 * The Internet grammar of English . An online course in English grammar, written primarily for university undergraduates but more widely applicable; it assumes no prior knowledge of grammar.
 * World Wide Words . Writer and lexicographer Michael Quinion writes about international English from a British viewpoint—indexed articles, Q&A, reviews, topical words, turns of phrase, weird words, funnies.
 * Onelook dictionary search . Enter a word (AmEng spelling) to search for dictionary websites that include that word.
 * Acronym finder . Find out what any acronym, abbreviation, or initialism stands for.
 * Merriam-Webster online dictionary and thesaurus
 * The international system of units (SI)
 * Rowlett's online Dictionary of units of measurement
 * After Deadline Notes from the New York Times newsroom on grammar, usage and style—a weekly column
 * quote
 * quote box will take you to: Template:Quote box
 * Template:Rquote fancy quote box
 * WP:FA? FA criteria ~ User:Physchim62/Situation Normal: All FACked up essay
 * WP:GA? good article criteria
 * WP:A?
 * Peer review for articles

Editing templates

 * in use and Under construction if you intend to edit the same article for a bit.
 * From WP:V there's WP:FAILEDVERIFICATION. Can be tagged failed verification.  There's also fact, citation needed, or cn  There's also dubious.
 * See Template messages/Cleanup for all sorts of cleanup templates, but beware Tag bombing
 * clear - clears all previous formatting and starts new
 * Stack end - stacks photos

Article templates

 * other uses to add dab info at top of page

Talk - Indents

 * Explanation by
 * example
 * Colons and asterisks - RexxS detailed explanation.
 * example
 * Colons and asterisks - RexxS detailed explanation.

Deleting

 * WP:AFD .. | .. WP:CSD .. | .. WP:PROD
 * WP:REFUND (undeletion)
 * User:Kudpung/Article deletion - Kudpung essay on AfD
 * Template:AfD in 3 steps (How to)

Help:Searching

 * Research (some links copied from user:Softlavender)


 * Google News Search Archives
 * Google News Search
 * Google News Timeline Search
 * Google Books Search
 * Google Scholar Search
 * Google Book Citation Tool
 * Google Ngram Viewer
 * World Cat
 * The Free Library
 * Magazine Search
 * Pub Med Search
 * PDF Search
 * Legal Search
 * Wiki Search
 * Web Page Archive search
 * US State Archives search
 * TV News Archive
 * Rolling Stone mag search
 * News Library
 * New York Times
 * Bloomberg Businessweek profiles


 * Forbes
 * Fortune
 * WSJ
 * Bloomberg
 * Businessweek (quotation marks don't seem to work)
 * Barron's
 * HighBeam
 * Questia
 * Financial Times
 * Guardian
 * Telegraph
 * Independent
 * TIME
 * Newsweek
 * Answers.com
 * Books about companies
 * Books About Companies (main)
 * Films
 * Google Ngrams



More Tools, emoji, stubs, personal attacks and such

 * User Templates
 * 3 step AfD
 * Deletion process
 * Reference Generator
 * Protected titles
 * template messages for user talk
 * Page edit counter tool
 * Autoblock search
 * Contrib Compare
 * WStalk tool
 * chm's tools -rangeblock calc
 * soxred tools
 * Philcha Article checking tools
 * Toolserver tools
 * Scottywong tools
 * Short description helper
 * centijimbo
 * global preferences
 * find backlinks
 * Enterprisey tools
 * vote pattern for single RfA
 * another good user review edits etc.


 * emoji
 * bulb or bulb =
 * Flashing bulb or bulb2=
 * Like =
 * whole page at: Template:Bulb2 see also: Template:Smiley
 * Pings and user links
 * u pings a user ~
 * ping (adds @ symbol) -
 * redirects for "Reply to" / Reply to (also adds @ symbol)
 * Pings and user links
 * u pings a user ~
 * ping (adds @ symbol) -
 * redirects for "Reply to" / Reply to (also adds @ symbol)
 * redirects for "Reply to" / Reply to (also adds @ symbol)


 * rto, re, Reply, reply, yo
 * userlinks ex:
 * tq quotes with serif,
 * Hp is a hidden ping. It still pings the person, but the ping text is not displayed on the post: example: Message text. ~
 * noping and Np links username but doesn't ping
 * - aka. friendly banter, don't block
 * Personal attacks and such
 * RPA =
 * RBLPV =
 * redacted =


 * Stubs
 * Film-stub
 * silent-film-stub
 * NASCAR-stub
 * race-sports-stub
 * Stub types ~ short list of stub types
 * Film stubs by genre
 * Sports stubs
 * Sports stubs

'' try using "subst:" for things with the –  braces. ''
 * Shame on you
 * WP:TROUT
 * Whale
 * Minnow
 * User:Darwinbish/Stockfish


 * Misc
 * tps =
 * tpw =
 * pipe "|" v =

Quotes
and it will move to the next line once the template is closed with 2nd set of braces.
 * note - that pipes are used after template name to add desired text.
 * tq is for "talk quote" and renders green text = this is something in tq
 * tq2 is for this: =
 * xt = inline positive example text, in green, with serif font
 * xt2 = same as xt ... but for blocks of text Note: that I've added two breaks to this sample text to force a move to the next line.
 * bxt = looks like this using bold and a sans serif font
 * mxt = looks like this, same as xt, but uses mono-spaced font (especially useful in source code)
 * !xt for inline = negative example text, in red, with serif font
 * !xt2 =
 * !bxt = uses boldface and looks like this
 * std is deprecated and replaced - do not use.
 * xtd = text like this in grey
 * bxtd = same as the xtd above, but uses boldface
 * mxtd = uses mono-spaced font
 * xtn = sample text perhaps deprecated - doesn't seem to do anything}}
 * bxtn same as xtn but it still applies a CSS class, and adds boldface; example: not simple boldfacing
 * strongbad – for introducing something as deprecated or issuing some other warning in documentation, e.g.: Not for use in mainspace.
 * quote standard quote - "just add the pipe and you'll get this"
 * Quote frame = and it will also moves to the next line once the template is closed with 2nd set of braces.
 * Rquote = Must add a some sort of break to move to next line or it will put next text beside quote. This will be the continued test and will continue as a paragraph.  To go below the Rquote you can add the clear at the end.

Also moves to the next line once the template is closed with 2nd set of braces. Further samples and quote template info (such as adding lists to quotes) can be found at Template:Quote.
 * talk quote block =

Race specific tools, templates, etc

 * Motorsport season - see: 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
 * Infobox NASCAR driver - see Mark Martin
 * Infobox person - see John Wayne

Short-cuts and Reminders
Behavior issues ignored. Self serving license requiring attribute with name and website link to a MyProPics.com type of redirect to facebook page. Commons ignored it. Meta ignored it. People making excuses for and whitewashing the WP:EW, WP:DE, WP:NPA, WP:SPA, WP:SPAM, WP:SELFPROMOTE (from our COI guideline, even though a recent RfA tanked because of COI issues), and though I'm loathe to even mention this one WP:CIVIL.
 * Wiki wants self-promotional subject matter when it comes to commons/pics
 * ANI


 * Ignore all dramas
 * Don't remind others of past misdeeds
 * User:WereSpielChequers/Going off the boil?
 * Old-fashioned Wikipedian values


 * WP:OUT = Alternative outlets Alternate sites if Wikipedia isn't right for you. Not to be confused with WP:OUTING.


 * see also
 * WP:MOS our manual of style guidelines
 * WP:ABC for a list of common shortcuts/redirects to various policies, guidelines, and sometimes essays.
 * MOS:ABBR or Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations
 * WP:WP or Wikipedia:Shortcut index
 * WP:TERM or informal terminology used in discussions on wiki

Legend

 * Main Page, (or WP:Main Page) is the primary entry point to the English version of Wikipedia when no specific article or internal page is specified.
 * PR = Peer reviewed, (or Peer review) Are articles that are reviewed, discussed, and improved by multiple editors working together to present an interesting and high quality article for our readers.
 * FA = Featured articles: The highest quality articles we have. These have been peer reviewed from top to bottom, for prose, flow, spelling, and accurate references.  Multiple editors are involved in this process prior to an article receiving this honor.
 * GA = Good articles: These articles are also peer reviewed for proper spelling, sufficient content, proper prose, flow, and references. Not as highly scrutinized as FA, but "the next best thing".
 * TFA = Today's featured article Refers to the placement of a FA on the Main Page, or primary entry point to the English Wikipedia, usually for 24 hours.
 * DYK = Did you know. A section on the Main Page for new or recently expanded articles that have been peer reviewed, and feature interesting facts and blurbs.
 * OTD = Selected anniversaries, or On this day. Articles that focus on anniversaries, holidays, events in history, or time centric articles.  These are also peer reviewed and then listed on the Main Page.
 * FAR = Featured article review: A process where older Featured Articles are reviewed to current, and increasingly stringent, standards. Articles are either demoted from FA, or improved to meet the current requirements and then passed to keep the FA designation.

Accounts on other wiki pages

 * note: Many of these would not exist were it not for the SUL that started circa 2015
 * front end
 * WP:Main Page
 * Wikimedia sister projects
 * Help:Interwikimedia links
 * Meta list


 * Accounts: (use colon before name of sister wiki) ex: commons:User:Ched


 * Ched @ Meta
 * meta:User:Ched
 * Ched @ Commons
 * commons:User:Ched
 * Ched @ Wikidata
 * d:User:Ched
 * Ched @ Simple English
 * simple:User:Ched (put colon before simple)
 * wikimedia:User:Ched
 * Ched @ MediaWiki
 * Ched @ WikiBooks
 * Ched @ Wictionary
 * Ched @ WikiNews
 * Ched @ WikiQuote
 * Ched @ WikiVersity
 * Ched @ WikiVoyage
 * Ched @ WikiSource
 * Ched @ WikiSpecies
 * Ched @ Test Wiki
 * my home page on Italian (it.wikipedia.org) (very friendly wiki) - Embassy
 * Spanish
 * French


 * * Ched SUL
 * * Chedzilla SUL
 * * User:Chedzilla @ en.wp (alt. @ English WP)
 * * User:Ched! @ en.wp (alt. @ English WP)


 * WMF
 * User:Ched!
 * User:Ched ?
 * User:Ched (public)
 * 2eschew surplusage
 * The 1Lone Wolf

sister links
Use prefix abbreviation (example: d:User:Ched, meta:User:Ched
 * wp:sister projects
 * see also example:
 * Wikisource






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