User:GeeBee60/edit wisdom

Over time I've learned some edit tricks that are really helpful, and am starting to compile them so I don't have to sewarch all over the place. At present they are copied transcripts. GeeBee60 (talk) 17:28, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Placing footnotes in talk
Teahouse 3 May 2018

Hi I added some Talk comments for the Talk:Winter of 1946-47 in the United Kingdom. Below my comments appear two footnote references from an earlier section, not mine. Is there a way to have those ref's appear at the end of that section? Alternately, is there a preferred way of separating last comments from earlier references (other than a couple more hits, soon rather messy)? Thanks, GeeBee60 (talk) 13:17, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi, GeeBee60. There is a way to fix this. I've added the template at the section where those references belong. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 13:21, 3 May 2018 (UTC) Or rather, credit goes to DESiegel who was quicker than me! – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 13:22, 3 May 2018 (UTC) Yes, in this edit. Any time that a construct is used on a talk page, GeeBee60, should appear later in that section, most usually at the end of he section.. This is for future reference. Anyone may add that template anywhere it is needed. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 13:26, 3 May 2018 (UTC) Thanks to both Finnusertop and DES for your prompt help! GeeBee60 (talk) 13:38, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

Linking to old versions
Teahouse 13 Sept 2018

Greetings. I've been sidetracked in WP (How could that happen?) by a physics / math article with a poor lede. I wrote up a message in the article's Talk section, but need help formating a link.

In my post I tried to place a link to an old (very old) version for discussion's sake. However, clicking that link brings up the current version. The link URL is correct, leads to the page if I paste it into the address bar. The clunky alternative is for me to post the address w/o a bracketed link, but I'm sure there is some fine point I'm missing. Thanks, GeeBee60 (talk) 15:57, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * You can link something like special:diff/859367690, using the revision number you want. Chris857 (talk) 16:01, 13 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Possibly you can just use the Oldid template? Try this:  to get this link:
 * --CiaPan (talk) 16:04, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * signing again after correcting the ping address --CiaPan (talk) 16:13, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * signing again after correcting the ping address --CiaPan (talk) 16:13, 13 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Additional thing you're missing is that external link (those starting with http://) are formatted with single squared brackets (not doubled, like internal links) and the link label is separated with a space (not a vertical bar):
 * this is a : local link to the Main Page
 * this is an : external link to the Main Page
 * --CiaPan (talk) 16:12, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * signing again after correcting the ping address --CiaPan (talk) 16:13, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you and . Yeah, I figured out that | yields very differnt results in http links. Ciapan, your suggestion about the Oldid template is perfect and I pasted it exactly into my talk message. And, this whole string of advice I'm gonna paste into my reference sheet on WP edit helps. Gracías, GeeBee60 (talk) 17:04, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Interlanguage_links#Inline_links
It is sometimes possible to combine the two approaches, giving a local red link in addition to an interlanguage link explicitly marked as such. For example: "...the plans were drawn up by German architect Hans Knoblauch (de)..." is coded as  The template ill was designed to assist this combined approach.

Managing multiple citations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Citation_merging