User:Jeremy Butler/Things to Remember When Wikiing
Stuff I constantly have to look up.
Shortcuts
Interwiki
For Interwiki links, use shortcuts based on a prefix. E.g., the prefixes Wikipedia and Wiktionary may be used thus:
[[Wikipedia:Apple]]
results in Apple.[[Wiktionary:cinematography]]
results in Wiktionary:cinematography[[Wiktionary:cinematography | cinematography]]
results in cinematography
Here's a few other prefixes and the URL they call up:
- Google = http://www.google.com/search?q=$1
- GoogleGroups = http://groups.google.com/groups?q=$1
- WikiPedia = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$1
- Wiktionary = http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/$1
- Wikiquote = http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/$1
Style guides
Vanity
Shortcuts: WP:VAIN or WP:VANITY
Writing style
Policies
Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines
Things to avoid
Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not
External links policy
Shortcut: [[WP:EL]]
Trivia
Wikipedia:Avoid trivia sections in articles
Shortcut: [[WP:TRIV]]
Template: {{Template:Trivia}} =
This article contains a trivia section. Content in this section should be integrated into other appropriate areas of the article or removed, and the trivia section removed.
Punctuation and quotation marks
English Wikipedia prefers the British style of punctuation (aka, "logical" quotation). See this section of the Manual of Style: MOS:INOROUT.
Arbitration
Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration
Templates
Multiple issues
{{Article issues}} =
This article or section has multiple issues. Please help improve the article or discuss these issues on the talk page.
Template:Article issues comes with a pre-fab example listing all the improvement
Needs an expert
{{Expert}} =
This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself if you can.
Needs references
{{Citation needed|{{subst:DATE}}}}
=
[citation needed] (date appended as a tooltip)
{{Citation needed|reason=Your explanation here|{{subst:DATE}}}}
=
[citation needed] (reason and date appended as a tooltip)
{{unreferenced}} =
This article does not cite its references or sources. You can help Wikipedia by including appropriate citations.
{{Primarysources}} =
This article does not cite sources or references that appear in a credible publication and are not primary sources, such as websites and publications affiliated with the subject of the article. You can help Wikipedia by including appropriate citations.
{{subst:Fact-now}} =
[citation needed] (also includes the date)
Dead link/Link rot
{{Dead link|date=February 2017}} (optional: include the date) =
[dead link]
Links to Wikipedia:Link rot
There is also a bot that'll scan a page for link rot and amend the link with a pointer to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. Add a page to be scanned by IAbot to this Web form.
Clean-up
This is the preferred tag, with an appropriate date added. Shortcut: WP:CU
{{cleanup|date=May 2008}} =
This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. (May 2008)
Other clean-up tags are also available:
Wikipedia:Template_messages/Cleanup#Cleanup_.E2.80.94_specific_issues
Such as:
{{copyedit}} =
This article or section needs copy editing for proper spelling, grammar, usage, tone, style, and voice. You can help by editing it now. A guide is available, as is general editing help.
and {{cleanup-laundryrack}} =
It has been suggested that this list should be changed into a table format to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. This list may be better presented as a table. Please help improve this list, prune it, or discuss it on the talk page.
which is similar to {{Examplefarm}} =
This article or section seems to contain too many examples (or of a poor quality) for an encyclopedia entry. Lists of examples in articles should be of limited size, not exhaustive lists, and should contain only pertinent examples.
Here's the old, basic tag:
{{cleanup}} =
This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. See How to Edit and Style and How-to for help, or this article's talk page.
Neutral PoV
{{POV-check}} =
This article may not conform to the neutral point of view policy. A Wikipedian has nominated this article to be checked for its neutrality. Discussion of this nomination can be found on the talk page.
POV-check be added to an article which you feel needs to be edited for neutrality. However, it is generally preferred that you use the neutrality dispute template:
{{NPOV}} =
The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see discussion on the talk page.
Film stub
{{film-stub}}
Further info:
Television stub
{{tv-stub}}
Further info:
Magazine & Journal stub
{{mag-stub}}
Generic stub
{{stub}}
Spoilers
Current policy recommends against spoiler tags: Wikipedia:Spoiler (shortcut: WP:SPOILER).
{{spoiler}} =
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
{{Endspoiler}} =
Spoilers end here.
Too much plot
{{plot|date=May 2009}} =
The plot summary in this article is too long or detailed compared to the rest of the content. Please edit the article to focus on discussing the work rather than merely reiterating the plot.
Optional:
{{plot|section|date=May 2009}}
Not enough plot
{{More plot|date=July 2013}} =
This article needs an improved plot summary. (July 2013)
Optional:
{{More plot|section|date=May 2009}}
IMDb links
{{imdb title|id=|title=}}
Explained here: Wikipedia:IMDb
Infobox Film
Explained here: Template:Infobox Film
Syntax:
{{Infobox Film | name = | image = | caption = | director = | producer = | writer = | starring = | music = | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = | released = | runtime = | language = | budget = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | imdb_id = }}
Infobox musical artist
Explained here: Template:Infobox musical artist
Syntax (for band; individual musician is different):
{{Infobox musical artist | name = | image = | alt = | caption = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | background = **Mandatory** Use one: group_or_band, cover_band, classical_ensemble, or temporary | alias = | origin = | genre = | years_active = <!-- {{start date|YYYY}}–{{end date|YYYY}} (or –present) --> | label = | associated_acts = | url = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | current_members = | past_members = }}
Television series infobox
Explained here: Template:Infobox television
{{Infobox Television | show_name = | image = | caption = | format = | camera = | picture_format = | audio_format = | runtime = | creator = | developer = | producer = | executive_producer = | starring = | narrated = | theme_music_composer = | opentheme = | endtheme = | country = | language = | network = | first_aired = | last_aired = | num_episodes = | list_episodes = | chronology = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | website = | imdb_id = | tv_com_id = }}
Disambiguation
{{ otheruses4|topic|other topic|location }} =
This article is about topic. For other topic, see location.
For more info, see Wikipedia:Template messages/General.
Unsigned
{{ subst:unsigned | user name or IP | time, date }} =
—Preceding unsigned comment added by user name (talk • contribs) time, date
For more info, see Template:Unsigned.
Fan Site
{{Fansite|date=August 2008}}
This article or section resembles a fansite.
How to add pronunciations
Full instructions are here. And automated IPA transcriptions are here.
{{IPAc-en|audio=De-de-Carl-Laemmle.ogg|ˌ|k|r|l|.|l|ɛ|m|.|l|i}}
Template:IPAc-en
Talk page header
{{talkheader}} =
This is the talk page for discussing changes to the BLANK article.
* This is not a forum for general discussion about BLANK. * Please sign your posts by typing ~~~~ (four tildes). * Place new comments after existing ones (but within topic sections). * Separate topic sections with ==A descriptive header==. * New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Frequently Asked Questions.
Talk page guidelines
* Respect etiquette * Assume good faith * No personal attacks * Be nice * Don't bite the newbies
Other Mark-Up
InterWiki linking
To link from, e.g., Screenpedia to Wikipedia without full URL:
- [[wikipedia:ARTICLENAME]]
To remove "wikipedia" from the link, use the pipe:
- [[wikipedia:ARTICLENAME | ARTICLENAME]]
See Interwiki data on Screenpedia's special pages.
Categories
To add a page to a category:
- [[Category:Category name]]
To list a category instead (note extra colon):
- [[:Category:Category name]]
Common abbreviations
A list of abbreviations commonly used in the edit-summary description: Wikipedia:Edit summary legend. Summarized here: Wikipedia:Edit summary legend/Quick reference.
Citing references
Templates:
{{Book reference}} replaced by {{cite book}}, February 2006. See Template talk:Cite book for more info.
Short version:
{{cite book | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = | title = | publisher = | location = | id = }}
Long version:
{{Citation | last = | first = | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title = | place = | publisher = | series = | volume = | orig-year = | year = | month= | edition = | chapter = | chapter-url = | page = | pages = | language = | url = | archive-url = | archive-date = | doi = | id = | isbn = | mr = | zbl = | jfm = }}
{{cite journal | first = | last = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = | month = | title = '''REQUIRED''' | journal = | volume = | issue = | pages = | id = | url = }}
{{cite web | url = | title = | last = | first = | date = | website = | publisher = | access-date = | quote = }}
For more info, see Wikipedia:Citing sources and Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles.
Footnotes
According to Wikipedia:Footnotes
- To make a single use footnote:
- <ref>text of note</ref> at the in-text place.
- To make a multiple use footnote:
- <ref name="foo">text of note</ref> at each in-text place. (Quotation marks are only required for names of more than one word.)
- Alternatively <ref name="foo" /> A self-closing tag on every use after name="foo" has been defined.
- <ref name="foo">text of note</ref> at each in-text place. (Quotation marks are only required for names of more than one word.)
- To add a References section to the end of the article
- Preferred: <references/> under the References heading, or
- {{reflist}} under the References heading.
Further info:
Redirect
To redirect a page (1) to a different page (2), enter on the top of page 1:
#REDIRECT [[NAME OF PAGE 2]] #REDIRECT [[NAME OF PAGE 2]] {{R from alternate name}} #REDIRECT [[NAME OF PAGE 2]] {{R from misspelling}} #REDIRECT [[NAME OF PAGE 2]] {{R for alternate capitalisation}}
Further info:
Merge
{{merge|OTHER PAGE}} {{mergefrom|SOURCE PAGE}} {{mergeto|DESTINATION PAGE}}
Further info:
Revert
Further info:
Candidates for speedy deletion
Non-admins can ask for an admin to delete a page, either by listing it on speedy deletions, or by adding a {{deletebecause|Reason}} or a {{Db-reason|Reason}} header.
Authors can use speedy-delete on their own pages.
Further info:
Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion
Vandalism warning templates
- {{subst:test}} or {{subst:test1}}
Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks.
- {{subst:test2}}
Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you.
- {{subst:test2a}} (a variant suitable for blanking vandalism)
Please stop removing content from Wikipedia; it is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you.
- {{subst:test3}}
Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia.
- {{subst:test4}}
This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia
- {{subst:test5}}
You have been temporarily blocked from editing for vandalism of Wikipedia. Please note that page blanking, addition of random text, deliberate misinformation, and repeated and blatant violation of WP:NPOV are considered vandalism. If you wish to make useful contributions, you may come back after the block expires.
Further info: Wikipedia:Vandalism
To insert an image in an article:
For example:
Limited options are available for positioning the image: Wikipedia:Extended image syntax.
Gallery tag allows responsive image embedding and you can set the HEIGHTS of the images: Template:Pre2 results in:
The statue of Washington outside Federal Hall in New York City, looking on Wall Street.
Construction on the George Washington portrait at Mount Rushmore, c. 1932.
Gallery template: Template:Pre2 Template:Gallery
More info:
Images and Fair Use
Wikipedia policies regarding fair use can be found here: Wikipedia:Non-free content. For example, it does not approve of images in television episode lists or screenshots to identify actors.
Fair use comment to insert in article:
<!-- FAIR USE of IMAGENAME.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:IMAGENAME.jpg for rationale -->
Template: Rationale for fair use to insert in image description:
The template {{Non-free media rationale}} facilitates creating a rationale with the necessary components.
{{Non-free media rationale
| Description=
| Article=
| Source=
| Portion=
| Low_resolution=
| Purpose=
| Replaceability=
| other_information=
}}
other_information is optional and can be left out.
For example:
== Summary == {{Non-free media rationale | Description = Screenshot from "Ratatouille" trailer depicting Remy controlling Linguini | Article = Ratatouille | Source = Screenshot from "Ratatouille" trailer | Portion = Single screenshot | Low_resolution = 640px | Purpose = Identification of characters, key plot element | Replaceability = No free replacement; no images of characters or plot element available outside of trailer at present | other_information = }} == Licensing == {{Non-free film screenshot}}
Film screenshot tag to insert in image description:
{{Non-free film screenshot}}
TV screenshot tag to insert in image description:
{{Non-free television screenshot}}
Publicity or promo photo tag to insert in image description:
Template:Tl—for publicity photographs of people or events, such as headshots or posed shots, from a press kit. See Wikipedia:Publicity photos.
Template:Tl—for poster images of reduced quality.
Other stuff to add to Image Description page
Wikipedia:Image description page
"Clearing" below an image with CSS
<br style="clear: both;">