User:Speeda psx/Notes

These are mostly links I find useful to myself while editing, but of course if anyone else finds them useful, that is cool! They need some better organizing though... Originally found at User:Collectonian/Links

Basics

 * The five pillars of Wikipedia
 * Where to ask a question
 * Community Portal
 * Follow Wikipedia etiquette
 * Practice civility
 * Help pages
 * Other ways to contribute: Articles for creation, Did you know, User:SuggestBot, Requests for feedback, Reward board, New pages patrol (Special:NewPages)
 * Special:PrefixIndex - for finding user subpages
 * Naming conventions
 * User Page Design Center

Templates

 * WP:TEMP - template messages
 * Drmmt - lesser known template useful for reminding folks not to detag just to detag
 * Gamecleanup - clean that video game article!
 * Template messages/User talk namespace
 * spa - to note a single purpose account in a discussion
 * - redirect templates
 * R from merge - use this template when doing merge redirects!
 * R to list entry - for merging redirects to lists
 * CharR to list entry - for character redirects to lists
 * ER to list entry - for episode redirects to lists
 * Double image - for putting two images side by side for comparison (and Triple image for three)
 * AutoArchivingNotice - giving notice a page is automatically archived
 * WikiProjectBannerShell - collapse lots of banners
 * Book list - for regular book series

Personal templates/subpages

 * User:Speeda psx/Box
 * User:Speeda psx/Navigation

Citing

 * WP:CITE for how to cite
 * Citation templates for helpful citation templates
 * Cite book
 * Cite web
 * Cite DVD-notes
 * Category:Attribution templates
 * episode for noting that an episode citation is needed
 * Reliable sources/Noticeboard - when questioning a source
 * Wikipedia Signpost/2008-06-26/Dispatches excellent dispatch discussion on reliable source evaluation

Manuals of Style

 * Manual of Style - the big manual of style
 * WP:LOW - list of works style guide
 * Manual of Style (dates and numbers)
 * WP:MOSFILM - WikiProject Films/Style guidelines
 * WikiProject Television/Style guidelines - TV MOS
 * WikiProject Universities/Article guidelines - university guidelines
 * Manual of Style (anime- and manga-related articles)
 * MOS for schools
 * WikiProject Cities/Guideline - US City articles
 * WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/Style guide - still WIP, but finally something
 * Manual of Style (biographies)

Writing best practices

 * WP:PUNC
 * Manual of Style - the big manual of style

Anime

 * WikiProject Anime and manga
 * Manual of Style (anime- and manga-related articles)
 * Template:Graphic novel list
 * Template:Japanese episode list
 * Template:Infobox animanga
 * Template talk:ER to list entry
 * Template talk:CharR to list entry
 * WikiProject Deletion sorting/Anime and manga

Television

 * WikiProject Television
 * WikiProject Television/Style guidelines
 * WikiProject Television/to do TV Project to do
 * WikiProject Television/Assessment
 * Category:Television stubs
 * WikiProject Deletion sorting/Television
 * Template:Episode list
 * Template talk:ER to list entry
 * Template talk:CharR to list entry

Films

 * WikiProject Films
 * Template:Infobox_Film - Infobox Film template
 * Template:WikiProject_Films_tasks Film Project Tasks
 * BoxOfficeMojo - for getting gross earnings of films
 * WikiProject Deletion sorting/Film
 * WP:MOSFILM - WikiProject Films/Style guidelines

Others

 * WikiProject Texas
 * WikiProject Biography
 * WikiProject Cartoon Network

Article feedback, review, promotion

 * Peer review
 * Requests for feedback
 * Good article reassessment
 * Featured articles
 * Featured list candidates
 * WP:LOTD

Copyediting

 * WP:1FAPQ - has list of copyeditors
 * User talk:Scartol - worked with on Meerkat Manor, Tokyo Mew Mew
 * User talk:Keeper76 - did List of Naruto characters
 * User talk:Malleus Fatuorum - started Hustler film article in place of Keeper
 * Peer review/volunteers
 * WikiProject League of Copyeditors - inactive, but participant list sometimes useful
 * WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/List of participants - I guess a replacement of the League or something, but more active anyway

Policies and Guidelines

 * WP:NOR - no original research
 * WP:COPYVIO and WP:Copyrights - copyrights must be observed and no linking to violations either
 * WP:NPOV - keep it neutral, not just your feelings
 * WP:VERIFY - must be verifiable, not some stuff you made up
 * WP:IUP - image use policy
 * WP:OWN - you may baby it, but you don't own it so don't stop other folks doing legitimate editing
 * WP:NOT - what Wikipedia isn't
 * WP:VANDAL - stupid vandals
 * WP:SIG - when you yap, sign your yaps!
 * WP:TALK - talk page etiquette
 * H:MW - the magic words
 * WP:DP - deletion policy and how to recommend
 * WP:CAT-R - categorizing of redirects, when to and when not to
 * Redirect - redirect guideline

Notability guidelines

 * WP:N - the main one
 * WP:PROF - specifically for professors and others working in the academic field, which are not actually covered in bio
 * WP:BIO - general people notability guideline
 * WP:FICT - fictional topics
 * WP:EPISODE - episodes of series

Dealing with problems

 * Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents - for complex issues not easily handled via other methods
 * Administrators' noticeboard/3RR
 * Administrator intervention against vandalism
 * Requests for page protection
 * Requests for comment
 * Third opinion
 * Help desk - get general help with using or editing Wikipedia

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