User:Macrakis/tools

Text formatting

 * Non-breaking space: { }
 * Zero-width space: {&#8203;}
 * Word joiner: {&#8288;}
 * Zero-width joiner: {&zwj;}
 * Soft hyphen: {&shy;}
 * LTR {&lrm;} and RTL {&rlm;} marks
 * text → text
 * don't break across lines

Edit summaries

 * WP:REFERS: Use "is", not "refers to"
 * MOS:FIRST: Article title does not need to appear verbatim in the lead
 * WP:OBVIOUS: Lead should state essential information.
 * WP:TERSE: Articles should use only necessary words
 * WP:EXCESSDETAIL: Too much detail
 * WP:COAT: Don't lose sight of the topic; don't hang irrelevant material onto article to make a point
 * WP:OFFTOPIC: Stay on topic
 * MOS:SINGLE: Format definitions as "dog" 'chien'
 * MOS:WAW: Use italics to talk about the word
 * WP:INTEGRITY: Don't misrepresent what the source says; cf. WP:HONEST
 * WP:INTEGRITY: Don't change the text so it no longer reflects the footnoted source; cf. WP:HONEST
 * WP:NOTDICT: WP discusses topics, not words
 * WP:NOTHOWTO: WP is not a how-to manual
 * WP:NOTRECIPE: don't include recipes
 * WP:NOTTRAVEL: WP is not a travel guide
 * WP:CONTENTFORK: one subject, one article
 * WP:PEACOCK: avoid peacock terms
 * WP:PUFFERY: avoid promotional language
 * WikiProject Food and drink/Original, authentic, and traditional: don't say "traditional"--be specific
 * WP:RS: Use reliable sources
 * WP:NOR: Don't rely on your personal knowledge and opinions; find good sources
 * WP:PRIMARY: Primary sources generally need to be interpreted by secondary sources
 * WP:SYNTH: Don't make inferences not supported by sources
 * WP:FRINGE: Don't overemphasize far-from-mainstream views
 * WP:SUBCAT: an article should be categorised as low in the category hierarchy as possible, without duplication in parent categories above it; WP:CAT: "articles should rarely be placed in both a given category and any of its sub- or parent (super-) categories"
 * MOS:': WP uses straight rather than curly apostrophes and quotation marks (unfortunately!)
 * WP:GLOSSES: Use single quotes 'x' for glossing
 * WP:TITULAR: Avoid 'titular' and 'eponymous'
 * WP:PRESERVE: Don't delete uncited content; improve it
 * WP:SDAVOID: Avoid "former", "defunct", etc.

Hatnotes



 * ||Stuff
 * ||For other uses, see Thispage (disambiguation).
 * ||Not to be confused with A.
 * ||Not to be confused with A.
 * ||For other uses, see Thispage (disambiguation).
 * ||This page is about A. For other uses, see Thispage (disambiguation).
 * ||This page is about A. For other uses, see B.
 * ||This page is about A. For B, see Thispage (disambiguation).
 * ||This page is about A. For B, see C.
 * ||This page is about A. For B, see C. For D, see Thispage (disambiguation).
 * ||"A" redirects here. For other uses, see A (disambiguation).
 * ||"A" redirects here. For B, see C.
 * ||This page is about USE1. For USE2, see A.
 * ||For other people named Thispage, see Thispage (disambiguation).
 * }
 * ||This page is about A. For B, see Thispage (disambiguation).
 * ||This page is about A. For B, see C.
 * ||This page is about A. For B, see C. For D, see Thispage (disambiguation).
 * ||"A" redirects here. For other uses, see A (disambiguation).
 * ||"A" redirects here. For B, see C.
 * ||This page is about USE1. For USE2, see A.
 * ||For other people named Thispage, see Thispage (disambiguation).
 * }
 * ||"A" redirects here. For B, see C.
 * ||This page is about USE1. For USE2, see A.
 * ||For other people named Thispage, see Thispage (disambiguation).
 * }
 * ||For other people named Thispage, see Thispage (disambiguation).
 * }

Articles, inline

 * Xref interwiki articles in other languages: Giovanni Sardix → Giovanni Sardix; lt=
 * Quote box on grey background: →
 * Quote box on grey background: →


 * → (a.k.a. "unclear")
 * → 59.91389°N, 10.75222°W
 * 59.23423°N, 10.4444°W → 59.23423°N, 10.4444°W
 * See also other templates
 * → (a.k.a. "unclear")
 * → 59.91389°N, 10.75222°W
 * 59.23423°N, 10.4444°W → 59.23423°N, 10.4444°W
 * See also other templates
 * 59.23423°N, 10.4444°W → 59.23423°N, 10.4444°W
 * See also other templates
 * See also other templates

Articles, boxes

 * (whole article, box)
 * (this section, box)
 * (article, box)

Images

 * filename.jpg Grand_Canal_18a_(7241026178).jpg
 * See also Extended image syntax

Talk pages



 * -- gentle caution
 * -- explicitly says vandalism
 * -- stern warning
 * -- very sharp warning
 * -- only warning, further disruption means block