User:Jeremy Butler/Things to Remember When Wikiing

Stuff I constantly have to look up.

Shortcuts
Shortcuts

Interwiki
For Interwiki links, use shortcuts based on a prefix. E.g., the prefixes Wikipedia and Wiktionary may be used thus:


 * displays as apple.
 * displays as apple.
 * displays as cinematography
 * displays as cinematography

Here's a few other prefixes and the URL they call up:


 * Google = http://www.google.com/search?q=$1
 * GoogleGroups =	 http://groups.google.com/groups?q=$1
 * WikiPedia = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$1
 * Wiktionary = http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/$1
 * Wikiquote = http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/$1

Vanity
Vanity guidelines

Shortcuts: WP:VAIN or WP:VANITY

Writing style
Manual of Style

Policies
Policies and guidelines

Things to avoid
What Wikipedia is not

External links policy
External links

Shortcut: WP:EL

YouTube links policy
YOUTUBE

Shortcut: WP:YOUTUBE or WP:YT

Trivia
Avoid trivia sections in articles

Shortcut: WP:TRIV

Template:  =

This article contains a trivia section. Content in this section should be integrated into other appropriate areas of the article or removed, and the trivia section removed.

Punctuation and quotation marks
English Wikipedia prefers the British style of punctuation (aka, "logical" quotation). See this section of the Manual of Style: MOS:INOROUT.

Titles of foreign films
The Manual of Style does not specify that all foreign films be referred to by their US/UK names. Rather, it calls for titles that are most commonly used in "reliable English-language sources"as explained in the guidance given for article titles under WP:COMMONNAME.

A related specification explains when to use definite or indefinite article at the beginning of a nameunder WP:THE.

Arbitration
Requests for arbitration

Short description
"The short description of a Wikipedia article... is a concise explanation of the scope of the page." It appears in the Wikipedia app and mobile browsers, but not in desktop browsers. According to Short description, short descriptions are to be added to the top of every Wikipedia article.

Multiple issues
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This article or section has multiple issues. Please help improve the article or discuss these issues on the talk page.

Template:Article issues comes with a pre-fab example listing all the improvement

Needs an expert
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This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself if you can.

Needs references
More information at Template:Citation needed.

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[citation needed] (date appended as a tooltip;  returns "auto value" of current month and year)

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[citation needed] (reason and date appended as a tooltip;  returns "auto value" of current month and year))

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Shorter version of: [citation needed] (date automatically appended as a tooltip)

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[citation needed] (also includes the date)

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(Spans a box around "Passage(s) to be sourced") [citation needed]

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[according to whom?] (include the date) "This tag is for placement after mention of a vague, third-party claim that is not sourced,       such as "considered", "noted as", "nicknamed", "lauded as the world's [best/largest/finest/etc.]",        "labeled", and the like."

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[This quote needs a citation] (include the date) "This template is for the cases where a quote is given without an attribution or citation."

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This article does not cite sources or references that appear in a        credible publication and are not primary sources, such as websites and publications affiliated with the subject of the article. You can help Wikipedia by including appropriate citations.

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This article does not cite its references or sources. You can help Wikipedia by including appropriate citations.

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This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. = [bare URL] as a superscript

Paste this after a bare-URL reference/link (i.e., just a URL and no other text). Can also go beside or within a REF tag. See Template:Bare URL inline. = the text needing the citation is changed to a dark slate-gray color while being encapsulated in an off-white box with a pale pink outline. Beetles constitute the largest order of insects, with.

Dead link/Link rot
(optional: include the date) =

[dead link]

Links to Link rot

There is also a bot that'll scan a page for link rot and amend the link with a pointer to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. Add a page to be scanned by IAbot to this Web form.

Clean-up
This is the preferred tag, with an appropriate date added. Shortcut: WP:CU

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This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. (May 2008)

Other clean-up tags are also available:

Template_messages/Cleanup

Such as:

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This article or section needs copy editing for proper spelling, grammar, usage, tone, style, and voice. You can help by editing it now. A guide is available, as is general editing help.

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It has been suggested that this list should be changed into a table format to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. This list may be better presented as a table. Please help improve this list, prune it, or discuss it on the talk page.

which is similar to =

This article or section seems to contain too many examples (or of a poor quality) for an encyclopedia entry. Lists of examples in articles should be of limited size, not exhaustive lists, and should contain only pertinent examples.

Here's the old, basic tag:

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This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. See How to Edit and Style and How-to for help, or this article's talk page.

Neutral PoV
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This article may not conform to the neutral point of view policy. A Wikipedian has nominated this article to be checked for its neutrality. Discussion of this nomination can be found on the talk page. POV-check be added to an article which you feel needs to be edited for neutrality. However, it is generally preferred that you use the neutrality dispute template: =

The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see discussion on the talk page.

Film stub
Further info:

Category:Film stubs

Television stub
Further info:

Category:Television stubs

Spoilers
Current policy recommends against spoiler tags: Spoiler (shortcut: WP:SPOILER).

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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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Spoilers end here.

Too much plot
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The plot summary in this article is too long or detailed compared to the rest of the content. Please edit the article to focus on discussing the work rather than merely reiterating the plot.

Optional:

Not enough plot
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This article needs an improved plot summary. (July 2013)

Optional:

IMDb links
Explained here: IMDb

Infobox Film
Explained here: Template:Infobox Film

Syntax:

Infobox musical artist
Explained here: Template:Infobox musical artist

Syntax (for band; individual musician is different):

Television series infobox
Explained here: Template:Infobox television

Disambiguation
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Use a pipe | when referring to a disambiguation page. See Disambiguation

Unsigned
user name or IP =

—Preceding unsigned comment added by user name (talk • contribs) time, date

For more info, see Template:Unsigned.

Fan Site
This article or section resembles a fansite.

How to add pronunciations
Full instructions are here. And automated IPA transcriptions are here.

Née: name at birth
Name

née Name

Talk page header
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This is the talk page for discussing changes to the BLANK article.

* This is not a forum for general discussion about BLANK. * Please sign your posts by typing ~ (four tildes). * Place new comments after existing ones (but within topic sections). * Separate topic sections with ==A descriptive header==. * New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Frequently Asked Questions. Talk page guidelines

* Respect etiquette * Assume good faith * No personal attacks * Be nice * Don't bite the newbies

InterWiki linking
To link from, e.g., Screenpedia to Wikipedia without full URL:


 * ARTICLENAME

To remove "wikipedia" from the link, use the pipe:


 * ARTICLENAME

See Interwiki data on Screenpedia's special pages.

Categories
To add a page to a category:



To list a category instead (note extra colon):


 * Category:Category name

Common abbreviations
A list of abbreviations commonly used in the edit-summary description: Edit summary legend. Summarized here: Edit summary legend/Quick reference.

Citing references
Templates:

replaced by, February 2006. See Template talk:Cite book for more info.

Short version:

Long version:

For more info, see Wikipedia:Citing sources and Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles.

According to Footnotes

 * To make a single-use footnote:
 *   at the in-text place.
 * To make a multiple-use footnote:
 *   at each in-text place. (Quotation marks are only required for names of more than one word.)
 * Alternatively    A self-closing tag on every use after name="foo" has been defined.
 * To deal with repeated use of the same source, see: Citing_sources
 * One option is inline page numbers, created via the  or   templates to specify the page. See Help:References_and_page_numbers
 * This adds a superscripted page number after the named reference.
 * For example:
 * The brontosaurus is thin at one end. Then it becomes much thicker in the middle.
 * renders as (see bottom of page for References)
 * The brontosaurus is thin at one end. Then it becomes much thicker in the middle.
 * To add a References section to the end of the article
 * Preferred:   under the References heading, or
 *   under the References heading.

Further info:

help:footnotes

Redirect
To redirect a page (1) to a different page (2), enter on the top of page 1: #REDIRECT NAME OF PAGE 2 #REDIRECT NAME OF PAGE 2 #REDIRECT NAME OF PAGE 2 #REDIRECT NAME OF PAGE 2

Further info:

Redirect

Merge
Further info:

Merge

Revert
Further info:

Revert

Candidates for speedy deletion
Non-admins can ask for an admin to delete a page, either by listing it on speedy deletions, or by adding a or a  header.

Authors can use speedy-delete on their own pages.

Further info:

Criteria_for_speedy_deletion

Vandalism warning templates
Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks.
 * or

Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you.

Please stop removing content from Wikipedia; it is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you.
 * (a variant suitable for blanking vandalism)

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.

This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia

You have been temporarily blocked from editing for vandalism of Wikipedia. Please note that page blanking, addition of random text, deliberate misinformation, and repeated and blatant violation of WP:NPOV are considered vandalism. If you wish to make useful contributions, you may come back after the block expires.

Further info: Vandalism

To insert an image in an article:
scroll

For example:

scroll

Limited options are available for positioning the image: Extended image syntax.

Gallery tag allows responsive image embedding and you can set the HEIGHTS of the images: {{pre2|scroll|

Gallery template: {{pre2|scroll| {{Gallery }} }} {{Gallery }}
 * title=Cultural depictions of George Washington
 * width=160
 * height=170
 * lines=4
 * align=center
 * File:Federal Hall NYC 27.JPG|alt1=Back of statue facing a city building whose facade is Greek columns covered by a huge U.S. flag|The statue of Washington outside Federal Hall in New York City, looking on Wall Street.
 * File:Mount Rushmore2.jpg|alt2=Profile of stone face jutting out from a mountainside. Three workers clamber over it, each about the height of the face's upper lip.|Construction on the George Washington portrait at Mount Rushmore, c. 1932.
 * File:2006 Quarter Proof.png|alt3=Shiny silver coin with profile of Washington bust. He faces left regally and wears a colonial-style queue in his hair. "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" is at top, "QUARTER DOLLAR" at bottom, "LIBERTY" at left, and "IN GOD WE TRUST" above "S" at right. Just below the bust is "JF uc" in tiny letters.|Washington is commemorated on the quarter.
 * File:George Washington Presidential $1 Coin obverse.png|alt4=Gold coin with bust of Washington facing slightly left of but looking sternly straight at the viewer. "GEORGE WASHINGTON" is above, "1st PRESIDENT 1789–1797" below, and "JFM" in tiny letters at the bust's base.|Washington is also commemorated on some dollar coins.
 * title=Cultural depictions of George Washington
 * width=160
 * height=170
 * align=center
 * File:Federal Hall NYC 27.JPG|alt1=Back of statue facing a city building whose facade is Greek columns covered by a huge U.S. flag|The statue of Washington outside Federal Hall in New York City, looking on Wall Street.
 * File:Mount Rushmore2.jpg|alt2=Profile of stone face jutting out from a mountainside. Three workers clamber over it, each about the height of the face's upper lip.|Construction on the George Washington portrait at Mount Rushmore, c. 1932.
 * File:2006 Quarter Proof.png|alt3=Shiny silver coin with profile of Washington bust. He faces left regally and wears a colonial-style queue in his hair. "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" is at top, "QUARTER DOLLAR" at bottom, "LIBERTY" at left, and "IN GOD WE TRUST" above "S" at right. Just below the bust is "JF uc" in tiny letters.|Washington is commemorated on the quarter.
 * File:George Washington Presidential $1 Coin obverse.png|alt4=Gold coin with bust of Washington facing slightly left of but looking sternly straight at the viewer. "GEORGE WASHINGTON" is above, "1st PRESIDENT 1789–1797" below, and "JFM" in tiny letters at the bust's base.|Washington is also commemorated on some dollar coins.

More info:

Picture tutorial

Wikipedia policies regarding fair use can be found here: Non-free content. For example, it does not approve of images in television episode lists or screenshots to identify actors.

Fair use comment to insert in article:

Template: Rationale for fair use to insert in image description:
The template facilitates creating a rationale with the necessary components.

other_information is optional and can be left out.

For example:

== Summary ==

Publicity or promo photo tag to insert in image description:
Non-free promotional—for publicity photographs of people or events, such as headshots or posed shots, from a press kit. See Publicity photos.

Non-free poster—for poster images of reduced quality.

Other stuff to add to Image Description page
Image description page

"Clearing" below an image with CSS
  

Cropping a Wikimedia Commons image
Look for the Crop Tool link in the Tools menu at the left.