User:Ryft/Wiki aids

This page was created to serve as a central location where I can store, and later find, some of the more important or fundamental Wikipedia aids, such as help with Wikitext or templates for specific Reference types, etc. Will be constantly updated or in various ways altered as I find new information that is in some way helpful to me.

Wiki markup help
For further information on wikitext help:


 * How to edit a page
 * Wikitext examples
 * Manual of Style

Some useful templates:


 * Cleanup: Expand and add

For further information on Userpage help:


 * User Page Design Center: Style
 * User Page Design Center: Decor

Hard-to-find wikitext tricks:


 * To remove the arrow image from the external link:

Example


 * To place text within a scrolling box:

Text goes here.


 * To set two Sections in side-by-side columns:

Sections go here.

Creating new "Talk" page
To create a new "talk" page,

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Xxx_Xxxxx&action=edit&section=new

Replace "Xxx_Xxxxx" with title of article.

Citation Templates
Further information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_templates

Web
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web

News
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_news

Press release
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_press_release

Journal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal

Television, radio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_episode

Wikipedia: Useful Wikimedia projects

 * Wikimedia Commons
 * Wikiquote
 * Wikinews