User:JGHowes/Notes

Fair Use uploads

 * For canned FUR's, see Category:Non-free use rationale templates
 * For non-free license tags, see Category:Wikipedia non-free file copyright templates
 * For logos:
 * Summary:
 * Licensing:
 * (note: for school logos, add Category:PreK through Grade 12 public and private school logos)


 * Deceased persons:
 * Summary:
 * Licensing:

Some MoS key points
"Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and encyclopedias bring knowledge created by others into one place, they do not create new knowledge"
 * Lead should summarize the rest of the article, not introduce topics not discussed in the rest of the article WP:LEAD.
 * Per WP:CONTEXT and WP:MOSDATE, months and days of the week generally should not be linked. Years, decades, and centuries should normally not be linked (2008 change), per WP:UNLINKDATES.
 * Avoid using words/phrases that indicate time periods relative to the current day, i.e., replace "last year" with specific dates/times.
 * Per WP:WIAFA, Images should have concise captions.
 * Per WP:MOSNUM, there should be a non-breaking space between a number and the unit of measurement. For example, instead of 18mm, place between 18 and mm, i.e., which renders 18 mm.
 * Per WP:MOSNUM, use standard abbreviations: for example, miles -> mi, kilometers squared -> km2, and pounds -> lb. For time, use "8 p.m."
 * For punctuation and quotations, see WP:PUNC
 * Per WP:MOSNUM, spell out source units of measurements in text; for example, "the Moon is 380,000 kilometres (240,000 mi) from Earth.
 * Per WP:CONTEXT and WP:BTW, years and/or full dates should NO LONGER be linked.
 * per WP:MOSDATE, dates shouldn't use th; for example, instead of using "January 30th was a great day", use "January 30 was a great day".
 * Per WP:MOS#Headings, headings generally do not start with the word "The". For example, ==The Biography== would be changed to ==Biography==.
 * Per WP:MOS#Headings, headings generally should not repeat the title of the article. For example, if the article was Ferdinand Magellan, instead of using the heading ==Magellan's journey==, use ==Journey==.
 * Watch weasel words per WP:AWT: specify exactly who supports, considers, believes, etc. Weasel words- "it has been", "allege", "correctly", "apparently".
 * Don't overuse additive terms like “also”, “in addition”, “additionally”, “moreover”, and “furthermore”; altho sometimes useful, overuse when not necessary can detract from the brilliancy of an article.

Some copyright key points
See also commons:COM:CV for copyvious
 * Coin images do not fall under Bridgeman v. Corel and hence are copyrighted.
 * An original which "happens to include" copyrighted or trademarked package should not be considered infringement. Such cases should be handled on a case-by-case basis if the copyright holder complains.
 * The US does not honor the rule of the shorter term. Works still copyrighted in the US should not be hosted on Wikimedia servers, even if PD in country of origin.
 * Extemporaneous (spontaneous, not from notes) speeches may be PD in countries (such as the U.S.) that require a work to be "fixed" or recorded in a tangible medium by the author.. "Bootleg" (live) music recordings are specifically prohibited in the US as an exception to this general rule.
 * All works hosted at WikiMedia projects must be legal to publish in the U.S. This also applies to non-English WikiMedia projects.

article tags

 * POV
 * tone
 * citations missing

avoid line break
use & nbsp; (without space after "&")

formatting quotations:
See also Template:Quote

"cquote": This is an example

"Quote box":

Quote box2:

"quotation":

Poems and song lyrics:

✅ and ❌
Use ✅ and ❌

Wiki Icons
icons Emoticons

Citing references

 * see also WP:CIT
 * For all articles, use or

multiple use of a reference:

then, for subsequent ibids., use:
 * for different pages, use rp, as in
 * for pages 319-320 in previously cited source "whatever"

example of book reference:

cite book

spacing with dot:
use & bull; results in:

text &bull; text

Interaction tool
interaction analyser

Fix HTML
see How to fix bunching

Fair Use rationale for promotional photos (if person is dead)
See example at Image:D James Kennedy.jpg

use with license

Fair Use template (historic event)

 * for example, see Image:Scout Jamboree 1937.jpg
 * for explanation, see Template:Non-free media rationale

General Fair Use rationale (with auto-link)

 * name of article, with name of article as parameter

Promotional image licensing
Template:promotional    Template:promotional

Copyright character
 © 

Panorama images
Panorama of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve on October 12 1934: PRR Horseshoe.jpg

HABS image tag
see Image:NYP LOC3.jpg for example

US News & World Report free images
Use PD-USNWR license tag at Commons for 1952-1986 collection at  Library of Congress

Time magazine covers
Time failed to renew the copyrights of many early issues. See TIME magazine Public Domain issues

The following issues of Time magazine are in the public domain:
 * March 3, 1923 to January 22, 1934.
 * January 7, 1935 to June 29 1936.
 * July 3, 1939 to May 13, 1940
 * January 7, 1945 to January 29, 1945.

use at Commons only

Table of Contents

 * To hide/switch: Template:TOChidden    Template:TOChidden
 * Suppress completely:
 * To place TOC in a particular place, use in desired sequence.

The Table of contents can be forced onto a floating table on the right hand of the screen with the code below:

Article order
See Guide to layout, the order of the standard appendices should be:
 * "See also"
 * "Notes" (containing the template)
 * "References"
 * "Further reading"
 * "External links"

Other useful items
for Wiktionary inline defs., use word for "word"

Multiple issues tag (example):

for article editing in progress, use or  to avoid edit conflicts.

for too parochial articles, use above article heading

for resolved issue, use

fixed =

to avoid a line break, use & nbsp; (no space between & and n)

For Galleries&mdash; to add caption, use:  for "n" pix per row (default is 4), use  for panoramas, use

Colors
to add color to font, e.g.,  red , use


 *  Green 
 *  Blue 
 * Orange  use 

Wikipedia page background color is #F8FCFF

$\color{Red} \oplus$ gives $\color{Red} \oplus$

Multiple columns
2 columns or more:


 * First column listing here
 * Second column listing here
 * Second column listing here
 * Second column listing here

Alternative method:
 * left column listing here
 * right column listing here
 * right column listing here
 * right column listing here

Metric
16&prime; = 16 ft.

16&Prime; = 16 in.

To show metric along with English measurements: 74 in = 74 in Parameters: see also Template:convert
 * "0" or "1" for decimal places;
 * "sp=us" for U.S. spelling ("meters" instead of "metres", etc.);
 * "sing=on" for singular (e.g., "50 foot");
 * "abbr=on" to abbreviate

Emoticons
{     =>      {

=>

Charts

 * see also wikitable example.

Navbox
= temp. article header to avoid edit conflicts during major edit

FA criteria

 * Article development
 * Featured article criteria
 * Featured article advice
 * "The perfect article"
 * Suggestions
 * Objections to featured status and how to avoid them
 * How to satisfy Criterion 1a

Editor evaluation tools

 * JGHowes edit summary
 * JGHowes edit summary

OTRS
To document approval/release of images, send to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org. The email must clearly identify:


 * The name and email address of the person (or organization) who authored and owns the copyright to the image
 * The permission given (preferably licensed under cc-by-sa-4.0 or released into the public domain, though any "free" license is acceptable)
 * The URL where the image has been uploaded
 * If uploading a file to Commons with OTRS pending, add (OTRS pending)

See also:
 * OTRS
 * Requesting copyright permission
 * Commons:Licensing

Ellipsis (...)
see also WP:MOS

Three unspaced periods (...). This is the easiest way, and gives a reliable appearance in HTML. Recommended

Use an ellipsis if material is omitted in the course of a quotation, unless square brackets are used to gloss the quotation (see above, and the next point below). Put a space on each side of an ellipsis, except at the very start or end of a quotation. Sentence-final punctuation after an omission ellipsis is shown only if it is textually important (as is often the case with exclamation points and question marks, and rarely with periods); no space comes between the ellipsis and the terminal punctuation. Use non-breaking spaces only as needed to prevent improper line breaks, e.g.: To keep a quotation mark from being separated from the start of the quotation: "... we are still worried." To keep the ellipsis from wrapping to the next line: "France, Germany, ... and Belgium but not the USSR."

spacing
see also WP:NBSP:

hard space can be produced with the HTML code  instead of the space bar: 19& nbsp;kg yields a non-breaking 19 kg. Hard spaces can also be produced by using the  template: 8 sq ft produces a non-breaking 8 sq ft. This is especially useful for short constructions requiring two or more hard spaces, as in the preceding sentence

example: for 3 p.m., use 3& nbsp;p.m.

Article tables

 * background: #6699ff;
 * background: #66ff66
 * background: #ffff66
 * background: #ffaa66
 * background: #ff6666

Collapsible award infobox
Babe Ruth Award

Using translated Wikipedia content
Add to Talk Page of imported article on en-Wiki (example: using article Musikakademie Rheinsberg from de-Wikipedia):

Other WMF projects
sister, see also WP:SIS for link syntax

Image display syntax details
see WP:EIS

newspapers.com cites

 * (1) clip at newspapers.com and copy url link
 * (2) on cite news, use "newspaper=" instead of "work", enter url from (1), and add |via=Newspapers.com}}

DYK

 * When first starting a DYK review for QPQ, use


 * * to avoid e.c.

pdf cite to specific page
add as url suffix:
 * #page=[page number]

Admin levels

 * Admin service awards