User:Marc Kupper/Wikipedia

Articles
As I read them I'm collecting articles on WP editing here as a reference sheet. Usually what happens is I remember something about an article but not the exact article. This page helps me track down the article while also organizing them.

Core Wikipedia policy

 * Verifiability (WP:V, WP:VERIFY, WP:SOURCE)
 * Burden of evidence (WP:BURDEN, WP:PROVEIT, WP:BOP)
 * Sources (WP:SOURCES)
 * Self-published sources (online and paper) (WP:SPS, WP:V)
 * Self-published and questionable sources as sources on themselves (WP:SELFPUB)
 * Wikipedia and sources that mirror or source information from Wikipedia (WP:CIRCULAR)
 * Non-English sources (WP:RSUE, WP:VUE, WP:NONENG)
 * Exceptional claims require exceptional sources (WP:REDFLAG)
 * No original research (WP:OR, WP:NOR)
 * Neutral point of view (WP:NPOV, WP:NEU)
 * Explanation of the neutral point of view (WP:YESPOV)
 * A simple formulation (WP:ASF)
 * Article structure (WP:STRUCTURE)
 * Undue weight (WP:DUE, WP:UNDUE, WP:Undue weight, WP:WEIGHT, WP:UNDUEWEIGHT)
 * Giving "equal validity" (WP:GEVAL)
 * Let the facts speak for themselves (WP:MORALIZE, WP:LTRD)
 * Attributing and substantiating biased statements (WP:SUBSTANTIATE)
 * Making necessary assumptions (MNA)
 * Pseudoscience and related fringe theories (WP:PSCI, WP:Psci)

Official English Wikipedia policy

 * Policies and guidelines (WP:PG, WP:POL, WP:POLICY, WP:GUIDE)
 * Biographies of living persons (WP:LIVE, WP:BOLP, WP:BLP)
 * BLPSTYLE (WP:BLPSTYLE)
 * Presumption in favor of privacy
 * Consensus (WP:CON, WP:CONS)
 * Consensus can change (WP:CCC)
 * Exceptions (WP:CONEXCEPT)
 * Community discussions (WP:PRACTICAL)
 * Criteria for speedy deletion (WP:CSD, WP:SD, WP:SPEEDY)
 * Non-criteria (WP:NOTCSD)
 * Naming conventions (WP:NAME, WP:NC, WP:TITLE)
 * Use common names of persons and things (WP:NCCN, WP:COMMONNAME)
 * No legal threats (WP:NLT, WP:LEGAL, WP:THREAT, WP:LAWSUIT)
 * Perceived legal threats (WP:NPLT)
 * Sock puppetry (WP:SOCK, WP:SOCKS)
 * Voting and other shows of support (WP:STUFF)
 * Meatpuppets (WP:MEAT)
 * Sharing of an IP address (WP:SHARE, WP:FAMILY, WP:ROOMMATE, WP:COWORKER)
 * Administrative sock puppets (WP:ADMINSOCK)
 * Avoiding scrutiny (WP:SOCK)
 * "Good hand, bad hand" accounts (WP:GHBH)
 * Legitimate uses of alternative accounts (WP:SOCK)
 * Checkuser (WP:FALSENEGATIVE)
 * What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT)
 * Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia (WP:NOTPAPER, WP:PAPER)
 * Wikipedia is not a dictionary (WP:NOTDICDEF, WP:NOTDICTIONARY)
 * Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought (WP:NOTFANSITE, WP:NOT, WP:NOT, WP:NOTFORUM, WP:NOT, WP:NOT)
 * Wikipedia is not a soapbox (WP:NOTSOAPBOX, WP:NOTADVOCATE, WP:NOTOPINION, WP:NOTSCANDAL, WP:NOTADVERTISING, WP:PROMOTION, WP:SOAP)
 * Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links, images, or media files (WP:NOTLINK, WP:NOTMIRROR, WP:NOTREPOSITORY, WP:LINKFARM)
 * Wikipedia is not a blog, webspace provider, social networking, or memorial site (WP:NOTBLOG, WP:NOTFACEBOOK, WP:NOTWEBHOST, WP:MYSPACE, WP:NOTMYSPACE, WP:NOTLINKEDIN, WP:NOTMEMORIAL)
 * Wikipedia is not a directory (WP:NOTDIRECTORY, WP:NOTCATALOG, WP:NOTDIR, WP:NOPRICES, WP:NOTYELLOW)
 * Wikipedia is not a manual, guidebook, textbook, or scientific journal (WP:NOTGUIDE, WP:NOTMANUAL, WP:NOTAMANUAL, WP:NOTHOW, WP:NOTHOWTO, WP:NOTTRAVEL, WP:NOTTEXTBOOK, WP:NOT PAPER, WP:NOT PAPERS, WP:NOTCASE)
 * Wikipedia is not a crystal ball (WP:NOTCRYSTAL, WP:CBALL, WP:BALL, WP:FUTURE, WP:SPECULATION, WP:CRYSTAL)
 * Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information (WP:IINFO, WP:INDISCRIMINATE, WP:NOT, WP:PLOT, WP:NOT, WP:NOT, WP:NOT, WP:NOTNEWS)
 * Wikipedia is not a censored (WP:NOTCENSORED, WP:CENSORED)
 * Wikipedia is not a democracy (WP:DEMOCRACY, WP:NOTDEMOCRACY, WP:NOT)
 * Wikipedia is not a bureaucracy (WP:BURO, WP:NOTBUREAUCRACY, WP:NOTSTATUTE, WP:NOTLAW)
 * Wikipedia is not a battleground (WP:NOTBATTLEGROUND, WP:BATTLE)
 * Wikipedia is not an anarchy (WP:NOTANARCHY, WP:NOTFREESPEECH)
 * Wikipedia is not a xxx (WP:NOT, WP:NOT, WP:NOT)
 * And finally... (WP:NOTSTUPID, WP:BADIDEA)
 * Vandalism (WP:VAN, WP:VAND, WP:VANDAL)
 * Tracing IP addresses (WP:WHOIS)
 * What is not vandalism (WP:VAND, WP:NOTVAND)

Guidelines

 * Policies and guidelines (WP:PG, WP:POL, WP:GUIDE)
 * Naming conventions (people) (WP:NCP, WP:NC-P, WP:NC (P), WP:NAMEPEOPLE)
 * Nicknames, pen names, stage names, cognomens

English Wikipedia content guidelines

 * Reliable sources (WP:RS, WP:RELY, WP:RELIABLE)
 * User page (WP:UP, WP:USER, WP:USERPAGE)
 * What about user subpages? (WP:UP)
 * What may I not have on my user page? (WP:UP)
 * Copies of other pages (WP:UP)
 * Simulated MediaWiki interfaces (WP:SMI)
 * Ownership and editing of pages in the user space (WP:UP)
 * Removal of comments, warnings (WP:UP, WP:BLANKING)
 * Creating user subpages (WP:USERSUBPAGE, WP:CREATEUSER)

English Wikipedia editing guidelines

 * Category:Wikipedia editing guidelines
 * Help:Edit summary (H:ES, WP:ES, WP:EDSUM)
 * Redirect (WP:R, WP:RDR, WP:REDIRECT)
 * Redirect (WP:R, WP:RDR, WP:REDIRECT, WP:R2D)
 * Shortcut (WP:SC, WP:SHORT, WP:SHORTCUT)
 * Link boxes (WP:LINKBOXES, WP:SHORTCUTBOX, WP:TWOSHORTCUTS, WP:2SHORTCUTS)

Wikipedia notability guidelines

 * Category:Wikipedia notability guidelines
 * Notability (WP:N, WP:NN, WP:NOTE)
 * Notability (academics) (WP:PROF, WP:ACADEMIC, WP:TEACHER, WP:TEACH, WP:PROFESSOR)
 * Notability (books)
 * Notability (criminal acts)
 * Notability (films)
 * Notability (music)
 * Notability (numbers)
 * Notability (organizations and companies)
 * Notability (people)
 * Notability (web)

Wikipedia style guidelines

 * Category:Wikipedia style guidelines
 * Notability (WP:N, WP:NN, WP:NOTE)
 * Citing sources (WP:CS, WP:CITE, WP:REF)

Wikipedia essays

 * Policies and guidelines (WP:ESSAYS) - Official policy on essays.
 * Wikipedia essays - Essay about Wikipedia essays.
 * meta:Category:Essays - similar essays, at the Meta-Wiki
 * Category:Wikipedia essays (WP:ESSAY, CAT:E) - List of the Wikipedia essays.


 * Avoid instruction creep (WP:CREEP, WP:KUDZU)
 * No-no (WP:NONO)
 * Tendentious editing (WP:TE, WP:TEND, WP:TEDIOUS)
 * Silence and consensus (WP:SILENCE)
 * Single-purpose account (WP:SPA, WP:SPU)

User essays

 * Wikipedia essays mostly written by a single person, and not frequently referenced, may be userfied. At present there are well over 700 user essays.
 * Category:User essays - List of the user space essays.
 * Category:User essays on IRC
 * Category:User essays on BLP
 * Category:User essays on civility


 * Recentism (WP:RECENT, WP:RECENTISM)

Proposed Guidelines

 * Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point (WP:POINT, WP:DISRUPTPOINT)

General
These articles are not as organized as policy and guidelines. For example, there do not seem to be any categories related to them and it's not clear where they fall in the scheme of things.
 * Article creation (WP:ACR, WP:ACRE, WP:NEW)
 * Starting an article (summarized in [[Wikipedia:Your first article) (WP:SAA)
 * Your first article (summary of [[Wikipedia:Starting an article) (WP:YFA, WP:FIRST, WP:1ST)
 * Wikipedians (WP:EDIANS, WP:USERS, WP:EDITORS)


 * right to vanish (RTV)
 * RightToVanish
 * WikiMindWipe

Help
These articles are not as organized as policy and guidelines. For example, there do not seem to be any categories related to them and it's not clear where they fall in the scheme of things.
 * Help:Starting a new page

Deleting articles

 * Articles for deletion (WP:AFD)
 * Deletion review (WP:DRV, WP:DELREV)
 * Before nominating an article for deletion (WP:BEFORE)
 * Notability Hatting template for notability to be applied per WP:BEFORE. Use with |date=
 * How to list pages for deletion (WP:AFDHOWTO)
 * How to list multiple related pages for deletion (WP:BUNDLE)
 * Special:Log (used to view previous deletions). Note that articles created before mid-2007 do not have an "N" record at the beginning.
 * Proposed deletion (WP:PROD)
 * Proposed deletion (WP:CONTESTED)
 * WikiProject Deletion sorting (WP:DELSORT, WP:DS)
 * WikiProject Deletion sorting/Authors
 * WikiProject Deletion sorting/Science fiction
 * Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:AADD, WP:ATA)
 * Just a vote (WP:JUSTAVOTE, WP:NOREASON)
 * Per nominator (WP:PERNOMINATOR, WP:PERNOM)
 * Just unencyclopedic (WP:UNENCYCLOPEDIC, WP:UNENCYC)
 * Just not notable (WP:JNN, WP:ITSNOTABLE)
 * Just pointing at a policy or guideline (WP:JUSTAPOLICY, WP:JUSTA, WP:VAGUEWAVE)
 * I like it (WP:ILIKEIT, WP:LIKE)
 * I don't like it (WP:IDL, WP:IDONTLIKEIT, WP:ITSCRUFT, WP:ITANNOYSME, WP:ITBOTHERSME)
 * It's interesting (WP:INTERESTING, WP:BORING, WP:APATHY, WP:WHOCARES)
 * It's useful (WP:ITSUSEFUL, WP:USEFUL, WP:USELESS, WP:WEDONTNEEDIT)
 * It doesn't do any harm (WP:NOHARM, WP:HARMLESS, WP:NOGOOD)
 * It's funny (WP:ITSFUNNY)
 * It looks good (WP:PRETTY)
 * It contains valuable information (WP:VALINFO)
 * Surmountable problems (WP:PROBLEM, WP:NOTCLEANUP)
 * Poorly written article (WP:RUBBISH, WP:UGLY)
 * Nobody's working on it (WP:NOEFFORT)
 * Existence (WP:ITEXISTS, WP:BUTITEXISTS)
 * Google test (WP:GOOGLEHITS, WP:GHITS)
 * Pageview stats (WP:POPULARPAGE, WP:NOBODYREADSIT)
 * Arbitrary quantity (WP:BIG, WP:NOTBIGENOUGH, WP:BIGNUMBER, WP:THISNUMBERISHUGE)
 * Subjective importance (WP:LOCALFAME, WP:IKNOWIT, WP:IDONTKNOWIT, WP:UNKNOWNHERE)
 * Crystal ball (WP:ATA)
 * Notability is inherited (WP:ITSA, WP:INHERITED, WP:NOTINHERITED)
 * Lots of sources (WP:SOURCESEARCH, WP:LOTSOFSOURCES)
 * What about article x? (WP:WAX, WP:OTHERSTUFF, WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS, WP:OTHERCRAP)
 * All or nothing (WP:ALLORNOTHING)
 * Wikipedia should be about everything (WP:EVERYTHING, WP:ABOUTEVERYTHING)
 * Do not lose the information or the effort (WP:LOSE, WP:EFFORT)
 * Better here than there (WP:BHTT)
 * That's only a guideline or essay (WP:ONLYESSAY, WP:ONLYGUIDELINE)
 * Arguments to the person (WP:ADHOM, WP:ATTP)
 * Repeated nominations (WP:NOTAGAIN, WP:KEEPLISTING, WP:KEEPLISTINGTILITGETSDELETED)
 * How to save an article proposed for deletion (WP:SAVE)

Afd Survival guide
If you have something in mind that can establish that someone or something is notable then simply state the evidence on the AfD page. Most wikipedians want to keep the articles, but only if the subject is notable per WP:N. For example How To Be Bad being optioned is a good in that it's at least something though is not the sort of thing that will slam-dunk an article into the "keep" category. You may be interested in How to save an article proposed for deletion and Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions.
 * You may be interested in WP:SAVE and WP:ATA.

Also, even if an article is deleted all is not lost. If you later run across solid evidence of notability then post the evidence on your user page so that the admins can see it and and ask that the article be undeleted citing the new evidence. See Viewing and restoring deleted pages and Undeletion policy. Note that you don't need to first post that solid evidence of notability but it will increase the odds greatly plus it means you'll have the material already set up to instantly drop into the restored article. Good luck.


 * Comment: I'm concerned that WP:BEFORE was not followed. The editor who created this page needs to be made aware of WP:BURDEN and WP:PEOPLE. It's a new editor, no need to WP:BITE him or her. Nominating editor, I would strongly encourage you to immediately withdraw the AfD and to give the editor creating this article a couple of weeks to say something. If he or she ignores you then WP:PROD.

Manually setting up an AfD
To add the xyzzy article to the AFD queue you would In more detail this is 1. Hat xyzzy
 * 1) Hat xyzzy.
 * 2) Create Articles for deletion/xyzzy or Articles for deletion/xyzzy (2nd nomination).
 * 3) Update WP:AFD/t by adding a line to Articles for deletion/Log/.
 * 4) Post user warnings.
 * &lt;!-- Please do not remove or change this AfD message until the issue is settled --&gt;
 * &#123;&#123;AfDM|page=xyzzy|logdate=2009 September 9|substed=yes&#125;&#125;
 * &lt;-- For administrator use only: &#123;&#123;oldafdfull|page=xyzzy|date=|result=keep&#125;&#125; --&gt;
 * &lt;-- End of AfD message, feel free to edit beyond this point --&gt;
 * Alternative hats are:
 * &#123;&#123;subst:afd&#125;&#125;
 * &#123;&#123;subst:afdx&#125;&#125;
 * &#123;&#123;subst:afd&#125;&#125;
 * &#123;&#123;subst:afdx&#125;&#125;

2. Create Articles for deletion/xyzzy or Articles for deletion/xyzzy (2nd nomination)
 * Add this to the page
 * &#123;&#123;subst:afd2|pg=&#123;&#123;subst:SUBPAGENAME&#125;&#125;|cat=P|text=Explain the nomination&#125;&#125;
 * Or you can add
 * ===&#91;&#91;xyzzy&#93;&#93;===
 * &#123;&#123;REMOVE THIS TEMPLATE WHEN CLOSING THIS AfD|B&#125;&#125;
 * &#58;&#123;&#123;la|xyzzy&#125;&#125; – &#60;includeonly&#62;(&#91;&#91;Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/xyzzy|View AfD&#93;&#93;)&#60;/includeonly&#62;&#60;noinclude&#62;(&#91;&#91;Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2009 September 9&#123;&#123;anchorencode:xyzzy&#125;&#125;|View log&#93;&#93;)&#60;/noinclude&#62;
 * &#58;(&#123;&#123;findsources|xyzzy&#125;&#125;)
 * Explain the nomination &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126;
 * Explain the nomination &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126;

3. Update WP:AFD/t by adding a line to Articles for deletion/Log/
 * &#123;&#123;Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/xyzzy)&#125;&#125;
 * &#123;&#123;Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/xyzzy (2nd nomination)&#125;&#125;
 * &#123;&#123;Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/xyzzy (3rd nomination)&#125;&#125;

4. Post user warnings
 * AfD nomination of &#91;&#91;xyzzy&#93;&#93;
 * &#60;div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0"&#62;&#91;&#91;File:Ambox warning pn.svg|42px&#93;&#93;&#60;/div&#62;An article that you have been involved in editing, &#91;&#91;xyzzy&#93;&#93;, has been listed for &#91;&#91;Wikipedia:Deletion policy|deletion&#93;&#93;. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at &#91;&#91;Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/xyzzy&#93;&#93;. Thank you.&#123;&#123;-&#125;&#125;Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message.&#60;!-- Template:Adw --&#62; --&#126;&#126;&#126;&#126;
 * or for a 2nd nomination it would be
 * &#60;div class="floatleft" style="margin-bottom:0"&#62;&#91;&#91;File:Ambox warning pn.svg|42px&#93;&#93;&#60;/div&#62;An article that you have been involved in editing, &#91;&#91;xyzzy&#93;&#93;, has been listed for &#91;&#91;Wikipedia:Deletion policy|deletion&#93;&#93;. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at &#91;&#91;Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/xyzzy (2nd nomination)&#93;&#93;. Thank you.&#123;&#123;-&#125;&#125;Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message.&#60;!-- Template:Adw --&#62; --&#126;&#126;&#126;&#126;

Wikipedia Dispute Resolution

 * 1) Requests for comment (WP:RFC)
 * 2) Requests for mediation (WP:RFM)
 * 3) Arbitration/Requests (WP:RFAR, WP:RFARB, WP:ArbReq, WP:A/R, formerly [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration)

Inline Templates

 * [Wikipedia:WikiProject Inline Templates]
 * ec Used on talk pages and adds

Dealing with other editors

 * Welcome - Use as ~ or  ~
 * Welcome-anon - Use as ~

Researching web sites

 * Special:LinkSearch generates a list of links to the specified external web site. Think of it as a What links there.
 * Google for  though this is not as reliable as Special:LinkSearch.
 * http://www.alexa.com/ can be used to get rank numbers to see if a site may be "notable".

Dealing with problem users

 * Administrator intervention against vandalism (WP:AIV, WP:AIAV, WP:RVAN) Used to deal with vandals in real time.
 * Guide to administrator intervention against vandalism (WP:GAIAV, WP:GAIV, WP:GRVAN)
 * Sockpuppet investigations (WP:SPI, WP:RFCU, WP:SSP)

Talk page templates
Tags for giving visual hints to readers of talk page items, making it easier to spot open, stalled, or resolved issues. It is hoped that the tags will encourage resolution of items on a talk page.

See Template:Check_mark/doc for a list of check and cross marks.

Need cleanup
Toolbox

Youtube

WikiMedia / Wikipedia
After a brief spate of irritation about images for some of the pages I have an interest in being deleted or proposed for deletion I started to appreciate the process as I realized that many of these images and supporting text were unsourced/uncited resulting in a quiet "revision of history through good intentions" in that someone adds text/images to Wikipedia which later gets copied to other sites and then cited. That said - here are some links collected as I develop an interest in the process.


 * Bureaucrats
 * Stewards (it's not clear why this is not Stewards)
 * Administrators
 * Administrators%27 how-to guide
 * Administrators' noticeboard
 * Articles for deletion
 * Vandalism
 * Blocking policy
 * Protection policy
 * No personal attacks
 * Requests for CheckUser
 * Block Templates
 * The deletion log's deletion reason said that it didn't have a fair use rationale. The deletion log can be difficult to find; it's a little easier for admins. Special:Log/delete is the special page where all deletion entries can be found. This is the entry you're looking for. In the undeletion log (only available to admins), it shows that User:Lee M uploaded the image on Dec. 31, 2004. I hope that clarifies the situation. Cheers. --MZMcBride 04:33, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Maintenance tags
 * Template:Prod - Propose an article for deletion - use reason
 * Template:tfd - Propose a template for deletion - use
 * Template:Prod - Propose an article for deletion - use reason
 * Template:tfd - Propose a template for deletion - use

Wiki things I need to catch up on...

 * WikiProject user warnings
 * Block log
 * Newest articles
 * Special:Prefixindex/Wikipedia:
 * Special:Prefixindex/WP:

Core Policies

 * Articles for deletion/Common outcomes
 * Avoid weasel words
 * Cite sources
 * Help%2C my article got nominated for deletion%21
 * Image tags
 * Inherent notability
 * List of shortcuts
 * Listcruft (WP:LC, WP:LISTCRUFT)
 * No original research (shortcuts WP:OR WP:NOR)
 * Primarysources
 * Notability %28academics%29
 * Notability %28books%29
 * Notability %28fiction%29
 * Notability %28films%29
 * Notability %28in popular culture%29
 * Notability %28music%29
 * Notability %28numbers%29
 * Notability %28organizations and companies%29
 * Notability %28people%29
 * Notability %28religious figures%29
 * Notability %28web%29
 * Notability
 * Notabilty %28sports%29
 * Policies and guidelines
 * Polling is not a substitute for discussion
 * Project shortcuts
 * Recent changes patrol and New pages patrol, /patrolled pages
 * Relevance of content
 * Reliable sources - WP:RS redir)
 * Dispute Resolution
 * School and university projects
 * Shortcut
 * Shortcuts to talk pages
 * Deletion Guide (log)
 * Template Messages
 * Three revert rule
 * Vandalism in progress
 * Verifiability
 * WARN Warning templates
 * Welcome template table
 * What Wikipedia is not
 * Wikipedia is not a dictionary
 * Wikipedia is not for things made up one day

Shortcuts

 * WP:WP -> WP -> List of shortcuts
 * WP:SHC WP:SHORT -> Shortcut
 * WP:3RR -> WP:TRR -> 3RR -> Three-revert rule
 * WP:AIV Vandal/abuse reporting.
 * WP:BITE redir to Please do not bite the newcomers
 * WP:BB WP:BOLD WP:BeBold WP:SOFIXIT -> Be bold
 * WP:CHU WP:RENAME CHU -> Changing username
 * WP:CITE
 * WP:CITE
 * WP:CIVIL
 * WP:COOL Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot
 * WP:DICDEF
 * WP:DICT
 * WP:FUN -> Fun
 * WP:LS WP:LEAD WP:LEDE WP:LEA -> LEAD -> Lead section
 * WP:MADEUP
 * WP:MOS WP:STYLE -> Manual of Style
 * WP:NFT
 * WP:OR WP:NOR -> No original research
 * WP:NOT
 * WP:OR redir to No original research
 * WP:OWN -> OWN -> Ownership of articles
 * WP:RFM -> RfM -> Requests for mediation
 * WP:RS redir to Reliable sources
 * WP:RULES Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines
 * WP:SHC
 * WP:SHORT
 * WP:SOURCE
 * WP:UR WP:UWLS WP:UWS -> UW -> WikiProject user warnings
 * WP:VER
 * WP:WINAD
 * WP:WPR
 * WP:WTSHORTCUTS

Categories

 * Category:Citation templates such as Cite news and cite web - See MS Explorer which uses this
 * Category:Wikipedia categories
 * Category:Wikipedia official policy
 * Category:Wikipedia policies and guidelines
 * Category:Wikipedia proposals
 * Category:Wikipedia

Article block tags

 * Category:Citation and verifiability maintenance templates
 * disputed (use with Accuracy dispute

Article tagging (in-line)

 * See Category:Inline templates for a list.

Category:Citation and verifiability maintenance templates

 * fact

Inline templates

 * Cite quote, for "actual quotations" which need citations to make them proper
 * Page number, request a page number for an existing citation
 * List fact, request a citation of a source which justifies inclusion of a given entry in a list
 * Clarifyme, request clarification of wording or interpretation
 * Reference necessary, wrapper for a portion of a paragraph to highlight it as needing citation

Incomplete citations

 * Page needed, in-line request for the page number or page numbers in a work such as journal for an existing citation.
 * Season needed, similar to page needed, for missing TV season & episode number
 * Volume needed, similar to page needed, for missing journal, newspaper, comic, etc., volume and issue numbers)

Verification

 * Dead link, request a fix for a dead external link within a paragraph or a reference citation.
 * Failed verification, source was checked, and did not contain the cited material
 * Request quotation, request a direct quote from an inaccessible source, for verification purposes
 * Self-citation, flag a source that cites another Wikipedia article
 * Verify credibility, flag a source as possibly being unreliable and/or unverifiable
 * Verify source, request that someone verify the cited source backs up the material in the passage

Content

 * Dubious – flag something as suspected of being incorrect
 * or – flag something as possibly containing original research
 * POV-statement – dispute the neutrality of a passage
 * weasel-inline – Avoid weasel words.
 * who – for placement after descriptions of a group of persons.
 * whom – placement after mention of a vague third party claim that is not sourced.

Article message box (hatting) templates

 * Unreferenced, article/section has no sources/references/citations given at all
 * Refimprove, article/section has weak or incomplete sources/references/citations
 * Citecheck, article/section may have inappropriate or misinterpreted citations

Category:Neutrality templates)

 * who

Templates

 * Creation Sometimes people ask something along the lines of "how do you add a new page onto wikipedia?" This template provides the answer.
 * dn -> Template:Ambiguous link
 * fact (use ) - this template also says "Unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material about living persons should be removed immediately, not tagged. See this section of WP:BLP."
 * inuse Tags that a section or page is being actively edited. Used to avoid edit conflicts.
 * tl Template:Tl Used to document Template Links
 * or inserts [ original research? ]
 * underconstruction inserts block about page or section being under construction and also adds the page to Category:Articles actively undergoing a major edit.
 * Unreferenced inserts block about that the section contains no references. Usage
 * AfD footer Template:AfD footer Mark an article for deletion

Other

 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=&namespace=4
 * things I.27ve seen lately on Wikipedia Smartest things I've seen lately on Wikipedia
 * edits Wikipedia Edit Counter

Wiki tools

 * a Firefox addon: "Resurrect pages" finds dead web pages) or
 * a "Wayback" bookmarklet from this site: Jesse's Bookmarklets (also for dead web pages)
 * CommonsHelper - Helps in migrating data to Commons

Wikipedia Requests

 * search for request pages
 * Requests for page protection (WP:RFPP, WP:RFP, WP:RPP)
 * Requests for page protection (WP:RFUP, WP:RFPU, WP:RUP)

Text formatting
Html italics or bold. Wikitext italics or bold. Line break with. The only thing that seems to work are &amp;code; characters.
 * The following do not work inside &lt;nowiki&gt;:
 * Unordered lists.
 * 1) Ordered lists.
 * Some versions of mediawiki do not seem to have a sandbox.
 * Some versions of MediaWiki do not support footnotes.

Irrationales
The entire Wikipedia rationale thing seems rather bogus with random robots nit picking away and people essentially creating boilerplate rationales to satisfy the robots as the actual instructions about what to do are so crappy. I've spent hours trying to understand the mumbo jumbo and as I upload images so rarely it's deja vue all over again which I try to figure out a rational rationale.


 * Fair_use_rationale_guideline
 * Template:Book rationale - A generic book rationale
 * Template:Cover rationale - A generic cover rationale (I think this is for product covers?)
 * Image:Black_medicine.jpg - An image someone uploaded that can be used as a prototype rationale
 * Image:Tarzan_twins.jpg - another image
 * Image:The_City_and_the_Stars_hardcover.jpg - The most recent image I've tried to rationalize

Speculative Fiction
Use Google
 * Category:Speculative fiction
 * Category:Speculative fiction writing circles
 * Category:World War III speculative fiction
 * Category:Speculative fiction novels
 * Category:Alternate history novels
 * Category:Science fiction novels
 * Category:Paranormal romance novels
 * Category:Horror novels
 * Category:Fantasy novels
 * Category:Crossover novels
 * Category:Dystopian novels see Dystopia
 * Category:Atlas Shrugged see Atlas Shrugged
 * Category:Bas-Lag
 * Category:Nineteen Eighty-Four see Nineteen Eighty-Four
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 * Category:Marvel Comics novels see Marvel Comics
 * Category:Wild Cards novels see Wild Cards
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