User:Doug Weller/Wikipedia Notes2

Searching Wikipedia
Searching Wikipedia - p 61 - Wiki search engine poor, use whatever site:en.wikipedia.org in google search box

Resources
Resources p. 79: WP:Current science and technology sources

WP:List of bibliographies

WP:WikiProject Resource Exchange

Who Wrote What:

Enhanced watchlist
Enhanced watchlist - page 112

Finding other uses of a link
Search for uses of a link - page 128 Special:Linksearch

How to restart an old talk page converstaion
Restarting an old conversation - p. 149

Placing material from the article on a talk page
Sometimes it is necessary to display a sentence or paragraph from the article on the talk page so that other editors can easily understand what is being discussed. Here are some methods of placing quoted material from an article to within the body of a talk page that are currently in use on Wikipedia talk pages.

You can place text in a light green colored box by copying and pasting the code below. Note: If copying and pasting an entire section, place the section title in boldface  Title  with three quotation marks on each side instead of equal signs  ==Title== . This will remove the editing link normally seen on the article page.

 Put copied and pasted quoted text here.

 This white box is the same as the one that can be used in the article.

Another method is to just indent one space. Include line breaks or it will run as one long line off the page to the right. This method is only effective for a small amount of text. Occasionally, this type of box is found on a talk page as an editing error and needs to have the indented space removed to keep it from running off the page.

Indent one space to quote words, phrases, or short sentences. You can also position text within the box. Left              Center                  Right

Editor's index to Wikipedia EIW

When no source is given
pp 186-187 See pages - if not reverting, add note to editor's talk page: add heading ==Articlename and text: Your recent contribution(s) to are very much appreciated. However, you did not provide references or sources for your information. Keeping Wikipedia accurate and verifiable is very important, and as you might be aware there is currently a drive to improve the quality of Wikipedia by encouraging editors to cite the sources they used when adding content. If sources are left unreferenced, it may count as original research, which is not allowed. Can you provide in the article specific references to any books, articles, websites or other reliable sources that will allow people to verify the content in the article? You can use a citation method listed at How to cite sources. Thanks!

Unreliable source
summary edit - add, eg source provided was not reliable

Getting the right wording, esp in controversial articles
p. 188 also Guidelines for controversial articles

Avoid weasel words

Words to avoid