User:UsagiM/help

This is only my personal help page, to have a quick reference for Wikipedia-tools...

On article pages (wiki's)

 * For advertising : .
 * For disambiguation pages: .
 * For a page under construction: .
 * For a page "in need of attention": .
 * For a page "in need of attention, see talk": .
 * When the page needs to be categorized: .
 * For starting articles with not enough information yet, so called 'stubs' use:  . (See also list of stub types!)
 * For in need of citations/verifications:  (gives: "This article needs additional citations for verification").
 * For cleanup to Wikipedia's standards:  (gives: "This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards").
 * For speedy deletion:  . But it's appreciated to add a reason, e.g.:   . Check the Criteria for speedy deletion for more info...

On user pages (warnings and welcoming)

 * For advertising :  gives:
 * Please do not add commercial links or links of your own private websites to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. See the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks.


 * For registered newcomers : 
 * For newcomers with ip :  (automatically identifies anonymous or registered users).


 * For vandalism from ip : .
 * For try-outs (messing around) in an article:  name article ("your test worked...") or <font color="#209020"> name article ("...has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive.").

Click here for more welcome templates.

On user pages (good things!)

 * Cookies: spread the goodness of cookies by adding to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat this cookie on the giver's talk page with  !

Signing

 * <font color="#209020"> -- Usagi M  . gives: -- Usagi M   19:45, 4 Jan 2010 (UTC).

Links

 * See ALL templates (takes a while!)
 * List of Stub types
 * Special characters
 * Admins' reading list
 * Reporting vandalism

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