User:Evensteven/wpPointers

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Reference

 * The Wikipedia Library
 * The Wikipedia Library/OA open access
 * MOS Manual of Style
 * par. 2: "avoid ambiguity, jargon, and vague or unnecessarily complex wording."
 * Simplified Manual of Style Simplified Manual of Style
 * 5P the five pillars of Wikipedia
 * Subpages • how to create a subpage • how to delete a subpage
 * The perfect article
 * Notability
 * Stub
 * Article development how to develop articles
 * Articles for creation
 * Help:Template
 * Template "od": used to draw an outdent line in a talk page where indenting has gone too far
 * Template messages
 * Special:Tags
 * Citing sources
 * Link rot
 * Biographies of living persons
 * WP:ARCHIVE how to archive a talk page
 * Creating controversial content essay
 * Make technical articles understandable essay?
 * Overlink crisis essay
 * WP:NULLEDIT Null edit: to purge cache for a page
 * Help:Dummy edit Non-null edit that does not display but allows edit comment
 * WP:LDR List of named references for an article: especially good organization for when there are many of them

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 * Wikipedia is in the real world the wider community is the whole world (especially in English)
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 * Assume good faith
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 * No legal threats
 * Dispute resolution Conflict resolution
 * WP:NOTBATTLEGROUND
 * AVOIDEDITWAR "In general, communication is the key to avoiding conflict. See Editing policy."
 * Three-revert rule
 * WP:SNOW is a polite suggestion based on prediction, not a policy
 * WP:STEAM is a joke, not a policy
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 * Requests for administrator attention
 * Requests for page protection
 * Tendentious_editing "extreme-viewpoint contributors"
 * Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents grievances regarding other editors
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Editorial Policy

 * WP:IGNORE Ignore all rules: "If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it."
 * WP:NOR No Original Research
 * WP:V Verifiability
 * WP:RS reliable sources for content support
 * WP:BIASED biased reliable sources
 * WP:CONTEXTMATTERS reliability depends on context; more source fact checking = higher reliability
 * WP:OTTO on reliability in newspapers
 * WP:RS/AC claim of "academic consensus" requires reliable source that says so
 * WP:HISTRS indentifying reliable sources for history articles
 * WP:WEASEL unsupported attributions
 * NPOV neutral point of view
 * Ambiguous words (essay)
 * "Words with multiple definitions tend to cause the greatest problems, because the individual definitions may not be ambiguous. The ambiguity arises because the reader may not be certain as to which definition is intended by the editor. In such cases, always provide sufficient context or explanation to make it clear to any reader which definition is intended."
 * WP:FRINGE give no "undue weight" to ideas not "broadly supported" by scholars
 * WP:LABEL "value-laden" labels


 * Copyrights
 * Non-free content
 * Image use policy
 * External links
 * Deletion policy


 * Recourse for editor discipline

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 * WikiProject: describes what they are and are not; basics
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 * Eastern Orthodoxy Project (talk) • Christianity Project (talk) • Measurement Project (talk)

Tools

 * Main tool page: toolserver.org


 * Tools
 * Translation
 * WikiBlame - Search for time and editor of specified article text/content
 * Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
 * Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
 * Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links
 * Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles
 * Article lists - Make lists of articles of given importance and quality for a project
 * Duesentrieb's CatScan – Tool designed to show category hierarchies, and list articles within them
 * User:Anomie/linkclassifier - Classify wikilinks
 * page hits tool
 * User:Beeblebrox/signs - icons for application in user talk messages.

Categories

 * Categorization

Miscellaneous

 * m:Help:Unified login: Unified login help
 * Special:MergeAccount: Unified login
 * Username policy
 * User page
 * Talk page
 * WikiProject User scripts
 * Cleanup: General cleanup
 * WikiProject Spam
 * Cleaning up vandalism

Personal

 * Stats

Essays

 * Why Wikipedia cannot claim the earth is not flat

Online Resources

 * Orthodox Christian Information Center
 * St. Pachomius Library : alternate location
 * WorldCat Library Catalog

A Collection of Links

 * Orson Scott Card - science fiction writer; Ender's Game series (Enderverse)
 * Majipoor series - by Robert Silverberg, including Lord Valentine's Castle

How to handle redirect pages
Use template SEARCHNAME to create a link (not a wikilink) to the page (redirect page), which takes the form SEARCHNAME. Use the link just like any wikilink. Alternatively, see WP:EDRED.

To change a redirect, go to the redirect page and just click the edit button.

Example: First-day Sabbatarianism

the Page from the Browser Buffer
Or bypass your cache. On Internet Explorer, hold down the Ctrl key and click the Refresh or Reload button.

Temporary Links at Other Wiki Projects

 * 1) paid contributions discussion
 * 2) -sche's Wnary talk page
 * 3) Ernio48's talk page on Orthodox population file

Source Text Comments Not for Display
Open bracket for commenting out text: :Close bracket for commenting out text

Text Not Interpreted by Wiki Software
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Indents and Middle Dots

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 * bbbbb
 * indented bbbbb
 * aaaaa
 * bbbbb
 * indented bbbbb

Colored Text
red text  bold red text 

Magic Words
See comments in source text.

Useful Templates

 * : Creates display text and a wikilink for a template, as demonstrated.
 * : Creates display text and a wikilink where placed - - plus a notification to the user that s/he has been mentioned, and where.
 * : Creates display text and a wikilink where placed - - plus a notification to the user that s/he has been mentioned, and where. Generally used in place of whisperback or talkback.
 * and : "Collapse top" and "collapse bottom", bridges a text segment that can be collapsed into a thin rectangular box that has a title and an open/close toggle.
 * : Announce on the page any of the common wikibreak types; if not on break, announce use of the template to do so. Some common status values:
 * off (not on break) :: on (short break) :: long (long break) :: busy :: nointernet :: holiday :: vacation :: health :: semiretired :: retired


 * : Creates display text and a wikilink for the Catechism of the Catholic Church, as demonstrated.















Hink-Pink Game

 * The hink-pink game is for two or more people, of (at least somewhat) matched abilities, that can be targeted at a level suitable for any age. Each person in turn becomes "the poser" who poses a riddle to the rest ("the guessers"). The riddle is a short (one-or-a-few-word) clue to the answer. It is a clue, not a definition, and need not be absolutely precise, but it should lead naturally to the answer (in the opinion of the guessers). The winner is the one who guesses the answer correctly (in full), or if no one guesses before all give up, the poser wins. Credit for a win is by mutual agreement.
 * Each guesser gets only one guess in each round, and if not successful, must remain silent and non-signaling throughout the remainder of the round, except by common consent.
 * The answer is in two rhyming parts, and may be one of three types, identified by the poser when announcing the riddle:
 * A "hink-pink": two rhymed words, or even one word of two rhyming syllables.
 * Example: The poser introduces, "a hink-pink for a partial liquid measure". Now a Canadian might be prompted to think of "a U.S. gallon", which matches the clue (compared to an Imperial gallon), but s/he realizes it has no rhyme, no single syllable in each part, no good. A Britisher might be playing in a pub and think "half pint", which scores on syllables, but is found missing on both the rhyme and the draught. An American might be thinking instead of the barkeep, about whom he's long had suspicions of a light touch, and come up with "short snort". And if I had been the poser, that would be a win for the guesser.
 * Example: "a hink-pink for doorbell". Got nothing? After a while, you'll see your way faster to "gong bong".
 * A "hinky-pinky": two rhyming parts (as always), each part of two syllables, formed of single words or two-word phrases or a mix. (It's not good form to move from one part to the other in the middle of a word, though. Keep the separations direct.)
 * Example: The poser introduces, "a hinky-pinky for diminutive". If one word works for the clue, it's better than more words. Short clues are always good, but they must give enough to guess from. And if the inevitable answer comes back "itsy bitsy", that's a win, if I'm the poser. What a disappointment to the one who came up with "teeny weeny", for he must have been thinking of something else! Credits all 'round for a good try. But still no cigar; the guess must match what the poser was thinking of.
 * Example: "a hinky-pinky for a dislocated finger". There can only be one answer: yes, a hinky pinky.
 * A "hinkity-pinkity": two rhyming parts, each in three or more syllables, formed of single words or phrases or a mix. Single words are commonest and most often sought, but not required, and not always best.
 * Example: The poser announces, "a hinkity-pinkity for polling". Another one-word clue. Is it a noun, or a verb form? The poser does not say, and does not have to. Pick one, choose something, make a guess, sink or swim. It can be cutthroat. The winner guesses "opinion dominion", whose only flaw as an answer lies in being somewhat staid. The poser really has the toughest role.
 * Example: "a hinkity-pinkity for the Declaration of Independence". Now you're getting into fancy territory with "revolution elocution".
 * Example: "a hinkity-pinkity for a fine French cross-dresser". Eventually, every game gets a somewhat tortured but ultimately obvious entry. What do you think of "Cannes' best white transvestite"?
 * Example: "a hinkity-pinkity for a diet book". Less obtuse, that's nice. But easier. Still, not necessarily transparent: "rotundity profundity".
 * There is no scoring, unless it is by general acclamation, for cleverness, or wittiness, or sheer entertainment value.

Initial Discussion Commentary

 * : Template:user : For identifying a "user (talk · contribs)" on a talk page.
 * : Template:checkuser : Creates a long list of "user (talk · contribs)"-type wikilinks for investigating.
 * For example:
 * : Template:Duck = : In reference to WP:DUCK/WP:QUACK, the WP duck test.

From Template:Uw-delete3 (one of a series)

 * This template should always be substituted – use ~
 * Gives warnings at various levels about blanking or unexplained removal of content

From Template:Uw-3rr

 * This template should always be substituted – use ~

For IPs, follow with Template:Shared IP advice

 * This template should always be substituted – use

Tools to Assist in Investigating and Reporting Events

 * Template
 * WHOIS: tool that identifies source information on an IP address

Editing Rules Violated; Procedure for Making Reports

 * Edit warring (3-revert rule) : Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring (WP:3RRN)
 * Suspected sock-puppetry : Sockpuppet investigations (WP:SPI)

Interesting Quotes
on ridicule on creation on conscience on blame on the apocalypse on pride on old age on home, and on confession on education (Socrates) on comprehension of the infinite It all adds up to -1/12. comments on democracy on Ghandi on being thought ridiculous

Toolbox
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 * Template messages/Sources of articles
 * Wikipedia - Template messages - Cleanup - Verifiability - Inline
 * WikiChecker

Categorization

 * Special:CategoryTree
 * Categorization
 * WP:CATEGRS
 * WP:OVERCAT
 * Categories for discussion

The lead section
As explained in detail at Elements of the lead section, the lead section may contain optional elements presented in the following order:
 * 1) disambiguation links (dablinks)
 * 2) maintenance tags
 * 3) infoboxes
 * 4) images
 * 5) navigation templates
 * 6) introductory text
 * 7) table of contents moving to the heading of the first section.

Order of appendices & footers
WP:ORDER Where present, appendix and footer sections are presented in this order.
 * 1) Works or publications
 * 2) See also
 * 3) Notes and references
 * 4) Further reading
 * 5) External links
 * 6) Navigation templates (footer navboxes)
 * 7) Geographical coordinates (if not in Infobox) or coord missing
 * 8) Authority control template
 * 9) Persondata template
 * 10) Defaultsort
 * 11) Categories
 * 12) Stub template

Disambiguation pages
Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages