User:Tom.Reding/Useful



Astronomy related/reference material

 * ADSabs ★ NED ★ SIMBAD
 * ToolServer.org ★ WP:Astronomy Cleanup Listing ★ Wikimedia Commons
 * Cite journal ★ Cite arXiv ★ Cite book ★ Cite web ★ Convert ★ Infobox galaxy ★ Infobox galaxy cluster ★ Infobox supercluster ★ Inline tags ★ Help:CS1_errors
 * WP:Manual of Style/Layout ★ WP:Cheatsheet ★ WP:Tools/Editing tools ★ WP:Vital articles/Expanded/Physical sciences
 * Help:Displaying a formula ★ Help:Special characters ★ Help:HTML in wikitext ★ Help:Table ★ Help:Wiki markup
 * Unicode character synonyms (☉ = &amp;#9737; = &amp;#x2609;, etc.)
 * WP:AutoWikiBrowser/User manual
 * All(?) 5 minor planets with a number designation but a common-name article-title: Ceres (dwarf planet) (1), Pluto (134340), Haumea (136108), Eris (dwarf planet) (136199), Makemake (136472).

WikiData

 * Preview  on any page to display all WikiData attached to it.
 * WD API, for.
 * Find  via WP API.
 * mw:Extension:Wikibase Client/Lua
 * mw:Extension:Scribunto/Lua reference manual
 * mw:Extension:Scribunto/Lua reference manual

Quarry/SQL

 * wikitech:Help:MySQL queries for sample WMFLabs' Quarry tool queries.
 * QLever for super-fast, high-volume queries.

Template parser functions, calculation, and logic (not formatting related)

 * mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions & meta:Help:Calculation &mdash;,  ,  , etc.
 * mw:Extension:Variables &mdash;,  , etc.
 * wikidot.com:code:tags-as-variables

Other

 * MediaWiki:Titleblacklist &mdash; Regex protections for page titles.
 * MediaWiki:API:Properties &mdash; What info you can get about a WP page, and how.
 * Search by edit summary, editor interactions, pages created; article revision & AfD stats.

Unit conversion, notation, and special characters

 * → 22:06:15
 * → 331.5625°


 * → °N, -28.4375°W
 * → 23 Mpc
 * → 281 +/-


 * → 19.0$$ Mpc (61.9$$ Mly)


 * &rarr;
 * &rarr; $$
 * &rarr; $19 Mpc$
 * → 1014
 * → 1.44
 * → $61.9 Mly$   &mdash; A template I made for things measured using various values for the dimensionless Hubble parameter


 * → &#58; &#91; &#93; &#123; &#124; &#125;
 * → - – &mdash; & &sigma; &Sigma; &lambda; &Lambda; &#42;
 * ± &#8776; &#8777; &#8799; &#8800; &#8801; &#8802; &#8803; &#8804; &#8805;
 * &#8806; &#8807; &#8808; &#8809; &#8810; &#8811; &#8812; &#8813; &#8814; &#8815;
 * &#8816; &#8817; &#8818; &#8819; &#8820; &#8821; &#8822; &#8823; &#8824; &#8901;
 * × &#9737; &#9795; ⊕ &#9790;
 * × &#9737; &#9795; ⊕ &#9790;

Formatting

 * Columns:
 * → usually the best list-option—continuously determines how many columns best fit the page.
 * → splits that list up dynamically(!) into 3 (forced) columns.
 * ... ...  →  for custom column-breaks
 * See for more variants.
 * → is an easy way to lay pictures horizontally rather than vertically.
 * → forces horizontal white space until next section, usually after a picture.
 * → Non     -     Breaking     SPace. Ascii chr 160, instead of ascii 32 (typical keyboard space).
 * → inserts a variable size picture and caption text.
 * ★  ★   →  (usually) prettifies things.
 * → Begins a scrolling list.
 * → date
 * • # some
 * • # some

• # ordered

• # list →

• # some

• # ordered

• # list

Template documentation background



(shortlist of alts based on context: bf, cadlisp, clojure, css, latex, logtalk, prolog, scheme, tcl)

Citations & links

 * → links directly to subsections of an article.
 * to be used to link to 's in-page position.
 * for  linking when special characters are used.
 * ...  →  to name your refs for easy reref'ing later in the same article.
 * or →  use occasionally.
 * → use liberally.
 * → links to wikisky (not whiskey). Put after references. 321000000 = lightyears (for zoom level!).
 * makes nice-looking in-line talk-quotes.
 * / →  Easy WP:PERMALINK to diffs.

Other wikicode

 * Standardish archive settings: + either, , or similar.
 * + →  to create a redirect.
 * ,, , →  make everything above.
 *  &#60;tt>&#60;nowiki> blah <&#47;nowiki><&#47;tt>  → or this (which doesn't highlight the background).