User:Theoa/writing a Wikipedia article

Compare and Contrast

 * Featured_articles

Tips on the process of creating a biography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography#Tips_for_writing_biographies

Formatting Text

 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting
 * Help:Formatting

Comment / Hidden or invisible text Use standard HTML tags

Unformatted text Use nowiki tags

text text text

Quotes / Text in gray box insert space before text text text text

Indents insert colons before text


 * text text text

Horizontal line use

aaa bbb ccc

Layout
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout

Lead Section

 * Manual_of_Style/Lead_section

Because the lead will usually repeat information that is in the body, editors should balance the desire to avoid redundant citations in the lead with the desire to aid readers in locating sources for challengeable material. Leads are usually written at a greater level of generality than the body, and information in the lead section of non-controversial subjects is less likely to be challenged and less likely to require a source; there is not, however, an exception to citation requirements specific to leads. The necessity for citations in a lead should be determined on a case-by-case basis by editorial consensus. Complex, current, or controversial subjects may require many citations; others, few or none. The presence of citations in the introduction is neither required in every article nor prohibited in any article.


 * Manual_of_Style/Biographies

Infobox
Template:Infobox_person

'Please remove unused parameters, and do not insert trivia or dubious assertions in an attempt to fill all parameters. Only the most pertinent information should be included.'

Wikilinks OK

Hints:


 * thing1

thing2
 * Example.com

See Also Section
Manual_of_Style/Layout


 * A bulleted list of internal links to related Wikipedia articles.
 * As a general rule, the "See also" section should not repeat links that appear in the article's body or its navigation boxes.

Legacy Section
Biography articles with significant legacy sections


 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei#Legacy
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin#Legacy

Templates
Use the biography template
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:WikiProject_Biography

The only big choice: living vs not living.

Also subject might be part of a science, arts or sports sub group

Commons upload
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Upload

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Upload&uselang=experienced

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Information


 * Be aware what for 2D works like paintings only copyrights of the original artist are important so if the artist died more than 70 years ago most images found on the web or scanned from art books are OK.
 * However in case of sculptures and other 3D works information about the photographer is important to justify the license.

[[Category:]]

Categories
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization#Draft_pages

While in draft mode:


 * change to Category:Biologists )
 * comment them out:
 * insert "nowiki" tags:

Re-enable the categories when you move the draft back into article space.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiProject_Biography

Cite AV
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_AV_media

*

Cite Book
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book << start here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book

https://support.google.com/books/partner/faq/3396243?rd=1

Google Books Example with page number

Raw:

Formatted:

Cite Newspaper
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_news

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Citation/doc#IDs_must_be_unique

Use 2017a, 2017b if multiple from one year

Cite Web
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web

Tips
 * 'All parameter names must be in lowercase. Use the "|" (pipe) character between each parameter'
 * | format = PDF
 * | page = 23
 * author=
 * author-link=John Doe

Online sources

Most commonly used parameters in horizontal format

For references with author credit

For references without author credit

Example:

Vertical



Getting Help

 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nick_Moyes/Easier_Referencing_for_Beginners

Peer Review
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Peer_review/guidelines

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Peer_review

Or  << redirects to Peer Review

ask a volunteer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Peer_review/volunteers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Peer_review/Current

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_peer_review