User:Thnidu/wiki tool notes

List

 * Special:UserLogin
 * WP:ESL (Wikipedia:Edit summary legend) could be useful to link to abbreviations, e.g.,
 * WP:Userboxes
 * WP:Notifications "Mentions" feature. Link a username, and leave a 4tilde signature in the same "save". (#Where.27s_the_template|Note below)
 * replyto aka ping: e.g.,   
 * WP:Extended_image_syntax
 * Deleting a sandbox subpage: use 
 * Citing sources
 *  for, with yellow as.
 *  for ; redirects to :Template:Underline.
 *     for
 * If you would like to discuss this with me, please me. User:Thnidu|Thnidu (User talk:Thnidu|talk) 00:31, 26 March 2018 (UTC) [with current timestamp]
 *     for
 * To discuss this, please me. -- For use in Teahouse and any other WP forum page where the   is required at posting time.


 *  =Interlanguage link Linking inline to articles in other-language Wikipedias (See also Template:Interlanguage link multi):
 * When there is no English article, and its name would be the same as in the foreign language Wikipedia:
 * Usage:
 * Result:
 * When there is no English article, and its name would be different from the foreign language Wikipedia:
 * Usage:
 * Result:
 * Once the English article is created, the other language link won't be shown:
 * Example:
 * Result:
 * reFill (formerly Reflinks) is a tool that expands bare references semi-automatically, hosted on Tool Labs. It adds information (page title, work/website, author and publication date, if metadata is included) to bare references, and does additional fixes as well (e.g. combining duplicated references).
 * Special:CentralAuth/Global account information on a user
 * – The title of the page.
 * – The ID or keyword that is used against the base ID. Possible keywords are:
 * – compare with the current version of a page.
 * – compare with the previous version of a page.
 * – compare with the next version of a page.
 * id – This should be larger than.
 * – The base ID onto which the diff is generated.
 * – Text to display as link. No label will give a numbered link.
 * yes – Displays the page comparisons only. Parameter name required.
 * All parameters other than page and diff are optional. Omitted parameters must be empty (by using a double pipe). You can also use the named parameters,  ,  , and.
 * Template:Angle brackets ~  
 * Generates a pair of left (open) and right (close) Bracket#Angle brackets|angle brackets (also called chevrons) that will display correctly, even on operating systems and browsers that normally cannot display these characters when they are used in text. The angle brackets will surround whatever you insert as a parameter after the pipe (|) symbol.
 * Examples:
 * displays as $⟨ŋ⟩$
 * displays as $⟨foo⟩$
 * You can also insert (nest) a text- or character-producing template as the parameter. Examples:
 * displays as $⟨⟩$
 * displays as $⟨ŋ⟩$
 * displays as $⟨⟩$
 * '''Template:Spaced en dash ~
 * Template:Section link ( or )
 * One section: generates
 * Multiple sections }} generates
 * Section on the current page generates
 * For other pages, as the last parameter can be used to suppress the page name.
 * Author requests deletion: Template:Db-self
 * Done et sim.: "Done" templates by shape and color
 * Find duplicate links: User:Evad37/duplinks-alt This Duplinks-alt (source) script highlights links that occur more than once in an article.
 * Template:Hide
 * Template:Unreferenced
 * Citing sources
 * Page Curation/Help
 * Done et sim.: "Done" templates by shape and color
 * Find duplicate links: User:Evad37/duplinks-alt This Duplinks-alt (source) script highlights links that occur more than once in an article.
 * Template:Hide
 * Template:Unreferenced
 * Citing sources
 * Page Curation/Help

 Where's the template for "I've mentioned you at Page, please go look there"?
(originally on Village pump, 130614)

I remember a month or two ago being advised that there was a fairly new template I could use to facilitate discussion, but I can't remember the name and I can't find it. The idea is
 * 1) User A edits an article or writes on a talk page, etc.
 * 2) User B adds or changes or comments, and wants to tell User A about it without rehashing the whole thing.
 * 3) User B puts the template on User A's talk page, with parameters that specify where the discussion is and maybe some more, as well as User B's username. The template produces a banner (or whatever) that says something like "User B has written something at  location  and would like you to look at it. You can delete this banner."
 * 4) User A sees the banner, clicks on the link, sees the edit, comment, whatever. S/he takes whatever action s/he pleases and probably deletes the banner once s/he's done.

Can someone please point me to it? And is there a simple way I've overlooked to find such things, or is there really a problem with proliferation without adequate indexing? TIA.

Thnidu (talk) 03:40, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
 * The new method is the WP:Notifications "Mentions" feature.
 * All you have to do is link a username, and leave a 4tilde signature in the same "save".
 * So  User:Thnidu  and my signature, will ping you. (You can also use replyto aka ping, eg.   to do the same thing without typing "User:")  The old method that you mention above, is talkback. –Quiddity (talk) 03:48, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
 * (The only place I think they're listed is Template messages/User talk namespace.) –Quiddity (talk) 03:55, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks again for pointing me to 1½ years ago. I've added a twist of my own. See User:Thnidu/Template:pingme. --Thnidu (talk) 04:09, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

Editing talk page comments, including my own
(See Refactoring talk pages, WP:RTP for short.)

Teahouse

Speaking of insights, Thnidu, it is recommended that editors don't refactor comments not even their own without explicit explanation because that could be very confusing. For example, there are two signatures from you there. It looked as though someone had asked a question and forgot to sign and you had added two replies trying to help them, before I went through the history. In this case, a lot less confusing would have been if you'd just added that information about what you found at the bottom of your comment, in a separate comment. If you have to change what you've said in your comments itself, it should accompany an explanation. Put the words you need to erase between tags and add substitute words next to it. If you need to add without erasing anything, it's better to do it in a new comment, or maybe write an explanation in parenthesis at the beginning of the text that's newly added. Not saying there's a problem here specifically (you don't need to do anything about it in this thread), just a general note for the future. Happy editing! Usedtobecool ✉️ ✨ 06:58, 15 July 2019 (UTC)