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Welcome to my tips page, where I store anything that I find useful which other editors may find useful as well. The contents of this page have neither been endorsed nor vetted by the community, and are not to be taken as guidelines or policies.
General
[edit]PSAs
[edit]- WP:BRD is an essay and an optional process. WP:3RR is the only authoritative policy.
- Pings must be added to a new line to work. If you add the {{ping}} template to an existing line of code, or modify an existing {{ping}} template to add or change users, it will not go through.
- Pings also do not work with IP users. To get their attention, you'll need to post a {{Talkback}} message on their talk page.
- If a script isn't working for you, make sure you are using the Source Editor with syntax highlighting turned off. Most scripts don't work with VisualEditor or the 2017 wikitext editor.
- In American English, it's spelled "canceled" with one L but "cancellation" with two L's. See this Grammarly article for more.
- "External links modified" notices posted by IABot can be removed to declutter talk pages, per this RfC.
- Per this RfC, use {{Cite magazine}} for magazine-associated websites and {{Cite news}} for newspaper-associated websites. Do not use {{Cite web}}.
Frequently miscited shortcuts
[edit]Before invoking these shortcuts in discussions, it's a good idea to see where they actually point to. Misusing shortcuts is neither helpful nor appropriate, may confuse inexperienced users, and will likely attract a rebuttal from aggressive editors.
- WP:OSE – Likely the most often miscited shortcut of all time. OSE specifically pertains to AfDs and "inherited" notability; it does not apply to arguments that "another article also does this, so this article should too". In fact, the relevant shortcut, WP:SSE, says precedent on other articles may be relevant when resolving content or style disputes.
- WP:IDONTLIKEIT – Similar to OSE, this shortcut only relates to AfDs. The more general-purpose shortcut is WP:IJUSTDONTLIKEIT.
- WP:TRIVIA – This shortcut has nothing to do with the inclusion of trivial information in an article; it discusses avoiding the creation of dedicated "trivia" sections. WP:TRIVIAL links to a different page but isn't relevant either; that relates to significant vs. "trivial" coverage in reliable sources. Instead, select a more specific rationale from WP:NOT, such as WP:INDISCRIMINATE or WP:NOTGUIDE.
Common PAG violations
[edit]Links
[edit]- Per WP:DUPLINK, a term should only be linked once in its first instance
- Per WP:OVERLINK, do not link widely understood common terms
- Per WP:NOTBROKEN, there is no reason for valid redirects to be piped
- Per WP:EASTEREGG, do not pipe terms with a link that would astonish readers
Article titles
[edit]- Per WP:NATURAL, natural disambiguation is preferred over parenthetical disambiguation
- Per WP:SMALLDETAILS, minor distinctions may be sufficient to disambiguate between topics
- Per MOS:TITLECAPS, prepositions are capitalized if they contain five or more letters
- Per WP:PFILM, films should not be partially disambiguated
Behavior
[edit]- Per WP:3RR, more than three reverts on the same page within 24 hours constitutes edit-warring, regardless of who is in the wrong
- Per WP:STATUSQUO, the status quo before a dispute arose should be retained during discussion
Talk pages
[edit]- Per WP:IMPLICITCONSENSUS, consensus does not always stem from talk page discussions
- Per WP:POLL, consensus is determined not by the number of raw votes, but by the strength of the arguments presented
- Per MOS:INDENTMIX, do not change bullet styles
- Per WP:TALKGAP, do not add line breaks between comments
Film
[edit]- Per MOS:ACCLAIMED, superlatives such as "critically acclaimed" must be attributed to multiple highly reliable sources
- Per MOS:FILMGENRE, only the primary genre should be noted in the lead
- Per MOS:PLOTBLOAT, plot summaries for films should limit between 400 and 700 words
Highly recommended scripts
[edit]- User:Alex 21/script-categoriessort – sort categories in alphabetical order
- User:Amorymeltzer/crathighlighter – highlight administrators in blue
- User:Amorymeltzer/scripts § User Info – see user statistics on userpages
- User:Andy M. Wang/massretarget – retarget redirects after a page move
- User:Andy M. Wang/pageswap – perform round-robin move (page mover right required)
- User:Anomie/unsignedhelper – semi-automatically sign unsigned talk page comments
- User:DemonDays64/Scripts/Dumb quotes – convert curly quotes to dumb quotes
- User:Evad37/duplinks-alt – highlight duplicate links to be fixed
- User:PrimeHunter/Source links.js – vastly superior alternative to What Links Here
- User:Q28/Edit Keeper – be alerted of edit conflicts
- User:Qwertyytrewqqwerty/DisamAssist – disambiguate pages on disambiguation pages
- User:TMg/autoFormatter – general cleanup of pages
- User:TheTVExpert/rmCloser – close requested move discussions
How to create a timeline
[edit]- Wikipedia:Timeline – Overview of timelines on Wikipedia
- Category:Generic timeline templates – Full list of timeline templates
- mw:Extension:EasyTimeline – EasyTimeline extension on MediaWiki
- Help:EasyTimeline syntax – List of parameters
- {{Graphical timeline}} – Vertical timeline template
- {{Include timeline}} – Getting started with {{Graphical timeline}}
- {{Horizontal timeline}} – Horizontal timeline template
- {{Include timeline}} – Getting started with {{Horizontal timeline}}
- Category:Graphical timeline templates – Templates that are timelines
- Category:Graphical timelines – Articles that are timelines
Sources
[edit]General
[edit]- ABC News
- Associated Press
- BBC News
- Bloomberg News
- CNN
- Los Angeles Times
- NBC News
- Reuters
- The Daily Telegraph
- The Guardian
- The Hill
- The Independent
- The New York Times
- The Times
- The Wall Street Journal
- The Washington Post
- Time
- USA Today
- Yahoo! News
Movies & TV
[edit]- /Film
- Collider
- ComicBook.com
- Comic Book Resources
- Deadline Hollywood
- Empire
- Entertainment Weekly
- Film Music Reporter
- GamesRadar+
- IGN
- IndieWire
- Inverse
- io9
- Marvel.com
- Rolling Stone
- Screen Rant
- The A.V. Club
- The Hollywood Reporter
- TheWrap
- Total Film
- TVLine
- Variety
- Vulture
Business & technology
[edit]- 9to5Google
- Ars Technica
- Business Insider
- CNBC
- Engadget
- Fast Company
- Financial Times
- Forbes
- Fortune
- Gizmodo
- Mashable
- PCMag
- TechCrunch
- The Verge
- Wired
- XDA Developers
Citations
[edit]Determining article titles
[edit]- Sources:
- Dictionaries:
- Style guides:
- Film titles:
How to determine if a site is reliable
[edit]- Is the source listed on one of the lists here?
- Is the source widely cited by other reliable sources?
- Does the source have a history of reporting factual inaccuracies or unsubstantiated rumors?
- Does the source's website look sketchy?
- Has the source been in use on high-quality Wikipedia articles for years?
- Is the source a so-called "scooper" or "leaker"?
Lists of reliable sources
[edit]- Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources
- Wikipedia:New page patrol source guide
- Wikipedia:External links/Perennial websites
- Wikipedia:Potentially unreliable sources
- Wikipedia:Deprecated sources
- Category:WikiProject lists of reliable sources
Everything needs to be sourced except ...
[edit]- The lead, per WP:LEADCITE
- The infobox, per WP:INFOBOXREF
- Plot information, per WP:PLOTCITE
- Universally-known facts, per WP:BLUESKY
When to use |url-access=
[edit]Limited
[edit]- Bloomberg News
- Business Insider ‡
- Esquire
- Fast Company
- Forbes ‡
- Intelligencer
- Los Angeles Times
- MarketWatch
- Men's Health
- MIT Technology Review
- New York
- Reuters
- Rolling Stone
- San Francisco Chronicle
- Sports Business Journal
- The Atlantic
- The Boston Globe
- The Daily Telegraph
- The Economist
- The Independent ‡
- The Intercept
- The New Republic
- The New York Times
- The New Yorker
- TheStreet
- The Sydney Morning Herald ‡
- The Washington Post
- TheWrap ‡
- Time
- Vanity Fair
- Vulture
- Wired
Subscription
[edit]- Ad Age
- Axios (premium articles)
- Billboard (premium articles)
- Business Insider (premium articles)
- Chicago Tribune (premium articles)
- CNBC (premium articles)
- Financial Times
- Forbes (premium articles)
- Fortune
- Fox News (premium articles)
- New Scientist (premium articles)
- Puck
- The Ankler
- The Independent (premium articles)
- The Information
- The Spectator World
- The Sydney Morning Herald (premium articles)
- The Times
- The Verge (premium articles)
- The Wall Street Journal
- TheWrap (premium articles)
- Variety (premium articles)
Registration
[edit]How to bypass paywalls
[edit]- Hit Esc before the page finishes loading. This doesn't work for all publications, and it doesn't work if you don't hit Esc fast enough. On mobile, hit the ✕ button.
- Search for an archived copy at the Wayback Machine. This may not work for Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Barron's, or Puck; try archive.today instead for those.
- Install an extension to block paywalls. I use this one, which I find highly effective. Note that this doesn't work for publications with "hard" paywalls.
- Copy a portion of the preview text which you can read for free, and look it up. Find a mirror website which has more-or-less the same article.
Common ISSNs
[edit]- Financial Times –
|issn=0307-1766
- Los Angeles Times –
|issn=0458-3035
- The Daily Telegraph –
|issn=0307-1235
- The Economist –
|issn=0013-0613
- The Guardian –
|issn=0261-3077
- The New York Times –
|issn=0362-4331
- The Times –
|issn=0140-0460
- The Wall Street Journal –
|issn=0099-9660
- The Washington Post –
|issn=0190-8286
Unreliable film sources
[edit]- Average Socialite
- Charles Murphy
- ComicBookMovie.com
- Cosmic Book News
- Daniel Richtman
- FandomWire
- Giant Freakin Robot
- Grace Randolph
- Heroic Hollywood
- IMDb
- Inside the Magic
- Laughing Place
- Looper
- LRM Online
- Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
- MCU Exchange
- Midgard Times
- Murphy's Multiverse
- MyTimeToShineHello
- Production List
- Small Screen
- Sportskeeda
- The Cosmic Circus
- The Direct
- The DisInsider
- TheGWW
- The Illuminerdi
- We Got This Covered
- What's on Disney Plus
Advice
[edit]How to deal with edit-warring
[edit]- An editor makes an unconstructive edit.
- Revert the edit, preferably with an edit summary that explains your objection. In more egregious cases, consider leaving a {{uw-disruptive1}} warning on the editor's talk page. Do not accuse them of vandalism per WP:NOTVAND; if it is truly and unequivocally vandalism, you are permitted to make as many reverts as you would like until the offender is blocked or the page is protected, per WP:NOT3RR.
- The editor reverts your revert.
- Consider the editor's edit summary, or lack thereof. Check the article and user's talk pages to see if the editor has left any comment explaining their actions; if so, do not re-revert and engage in the discussion(s). If the editor has not made any attempts at discussion and you still find the edit unconstructive, revert the edit a second time. In your edit summary, advise the editor to discuss on the article's talk page per WP:BRD, and address their previous edit summary or lack thereof. Leave a {{uw-disruptive2}} warning on their talk page; do not use {{Uw-vandalism2}} per NOTVAND.
- The editor reverts a second time.
- Check the article and user's talk pages to see if the editor has left any comment explaining their actions; if so, do not re-revert and engage in the discussion(s). If the editor has not made any attempts at discussion and you still find the edit unconstructive, revert the edit a third time. In your edit summary, warn the editor that they are now edit-warring, with a link to WP:EW. Advise them again to discuss on the article's talk page, and remind them WP:COMMUNICATION is required if their previous edit summaries have been empty or nonsensical. Leave a {{Uw-disruptive3}} or {{Uw-ew}} warning on their talk page.
- The editor reverts a third time.
- Now this is where things get tricky.
- If all previous three reverts were performed by you, do not revert a fourth time, or else you yourself would be in violation of WP:3RR and an WP:ANEW report would produce a WP:BOOMERANG effect. Leave a {{Uw-3rr}} warning on their talk page, and start a discussion on the article's talk page if this has not already happened. Ping the editor using {{ping}} if they are registered; leave a talkback message on their talk page using {{please see}} if they are an IP user. If the editor replies on either their talk page or the article's talk page, hold your fire and engage in the discussion(s). If not, wait until a third editor comes along and reverts the IP's third revert. If neither of these happen, wait for at least 24 hours before reverting a fourth time, citing the editor's failure to respond in your edit summary.
- If one of more of the previous three reverts were performed by a third editor, revert the edit a third time. In your edit summary, reiterate that the editor is edit-warring and should discuss on the article's talk page. Leave a {{Uw-3rr}} warning on their talk page, and start a discussion on the article's talk page if this has not already happened. Ping the editor using {{ping}} if they are registered; leave a talkback message on their talk page using {{please see}} if they are an IP user. If the editor replies on either their talk page or the article's talk page, hold your fire and engage in the discussion(s). If not, wait for at least 24 hours before reverting a fourth time, citing the editor's failure to respond in your edit summary.
- Now this is where things get tricky.
- The editor reverts a fourth time.
- The editor has now breached 3RR. If you are currently discussing with the editor and you believe they are acting in good faith, advise them to self-revert per 3RR. If the editor has replied on neither their talk page or the article's talk page, or if it is clear from your discussion that they are acting in bad faith, file a report at ANEW. If you followed the above steps correctly, you should be able to fill out the entirety of the ANEW form. Be sure to mention WP:CIR and/or COMMUNICATION if they are applicble. Leave a {{AN3-notice}} notice on the editor's talk page, and await for disciplinary action to be taken against them.
How to write a convincing argument
[edit]- Do your research.
- Dig into talk page archives to see if your argument has been discussed before. Read through those discussions thoroughly, and be sure to mention those prior discussions in your argument and say how your new proposal addresses those concerns, or why those discussions came to the wrong conclusion. Also don't forget to look for talk page discussions on related articles, WikiProjects, noticeboards, etc.
- Reference policies and guidelines.
- Your argument has a stronger chance of being supported if you refer to Wikipedia policies, guidelines, manuals of style, essays, etc. Make sure you've read all relevant guidelines pertaining to your argument, as those hold the most weight to the Wikipedia community. If you have a good reason to believe a guideline doesn't apply or should be ignored, mention that.
- Provide evidence.
- Use tools such as Pageview Analysis, Google News, Google Scholar, and more. Look for usage in reliable sources. Find evidence of consensus, implicit or explicit, among editors who edit articles pertaining to your argument. If you find a very old discussion from many years ago in which editors came to a consensus contrary to your view, explain why that no longer applies and bring up WP:CCC.
- Consider the readers.
- Wikipedia is for the readers. Put yourself in a reader's shoes, someone who has little to no knowledge of how Wikipedia works. Describe how your argument would benefit readers and/or how the current state of things does more harm than good. Discuss what a normal person would likely do, and how that proves your argument is the right step forward.
Film
[edit]Studio press sites
[edit]- Disney
- Media Kits (alternate)
- General Entertainment
- Disney+
- UK & Ireland
- DMED (archived)
- WDS Media File (archived)
- Warner Bros.
- Comcast
- Paramount
- Sony (archived)
- Lionsgate
- Apple
- Amazon
Disney release calendar
[edit]For years, the Walt Disney Studios posted a PDF of the release calendar for their upcoming films on their website. In July 2022, however, Walt Disney Studios overhauled their website, and their release calendar PDFs were no longer available for public viewing. Here is the most recent version of the PDF before the overhaul, dated April 19, 2022. For a more complete, albeit outdated, version which includes films from 2021 and the first half of 2022, see here, dated January 22, 2021. A screenshot offering us a partial look at Disney's latest release calendar can be found here, last updated February 7, 2024.
There are two key takeaways from this. First, you'll notice that films produced by Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm are labeled as "Disney" in the second column, whereas films produced by 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures are labeled as "20th" and "Searchlight", respectively. This is a clear indicator that 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures films are NOT distributed under the Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures banner, rather they retain their pre-acquisition distributor labels. See also this RfC from 2019 as well as this talk page thread. Secondly, you'll also notice that certain films are titled Untitled _____
, such as "Untitled Deadpool Movie" and "Untitled Star Wars", while others are titled _____ [#]
, such as "Inside Out 2" and "Avatar 3". It would be inaccurate to state on Wikipedia that films temporarily titled _____ [#]
are "untitled", when Disney has literally assigned the film an official, placeholder title. It would also be inaccurate to title films marked as Untitled _____
as _____ [#]
, when Disney themselves have declared that the film currently has no official title.
Official screenplays
[edit]- Read the Screenplay (films)
- It Starts on This Page (TV)
Marvel Cinematic Universe
[edit]Timeline of the MCU on Wikipedia
[edit]- October 16, 2004Marvel Studios is created. (diff) – The article
- June 23, 2006Iron Man (2008 film), is created. (diff) – The first MCU film article,
- May 11, 2008Iron Man (2008 film) is promoted to Good Article status. (diff) – The article
- May 10, 2010Marvel Cinematic Universe is created. (diff) – The article
- December 21, 2010{{Marvel Cinematic Universe}} template is created. (diff) – The
- January 27, 2010Thor, is listed on the Main Page. (diff) – The first MCU Did You Know entry, centered on
- July 4, 2010Phil Coulson, is created. (diff) – The first MCU character article,
- August 29, 2012S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV series), is created. (diff) – The first MCU television series article,
- April 12, 2014Marvel Cinematic Universe is promoted to Good Article status. (diff) – The article
- October 30, 2014Avengers: Infinity War - Part II is created. (diff) – The article
- October 30, 2014Talk:Marvel Cinematic Universe/Drafts is created. (diff) – The page
- April 5, 2015Marvel Cinematic Universe films is promoted to Good Topic status. (diff) – The topic
- November 18, 2019Marvel Cinematic Universe films is demoted from Good Topic status. (diff) – The topic
- November 18, 2019Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is created. (diff) – The article
- June 7, 2021Marvel Cinematic Universe task force is established. (diff) – The
MCU "based on" credits
[edit]Extended content
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Phase One[edit]
Phase Two[edit]
Phase Three[edit]
Phase Four[edit]
Phase Five[edit]
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Surprise MCU cast members
[edit]- Ant-Man –
Anthony Mackie
- Black Widow –
Olga Kurylenko
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings –
Ben Kingsley
- Spider-Man: No Way Home –
Andrew Garfield
,Tobey Maguire
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever –
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania –
Corey Stoll
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 –
Linda Cardellini
A word on MCU character names
[edit]- Brock Rumlow never been referred to as "Crossbones". While he is credited as "Brock Rumlow / Crossbones" in Captain America: Civil War, the current consensus is to not include that alias.[1]
- There is no evidence that Liz's last name is "Allan" or "Toomes", as her full name is neither stated in dialogue nor the end credits of Spider-Man: Homecoming. There is, however, evidence from reliable sources which indicate she is based on the comics character Liz Allan.[2]
- Prior to the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Michelle's last name is neither stated to be "Jones" in dialogue nor the end credits of Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home. However, there was evidence from reliable sources that her last name is "Jones". No Way Home resolves the matter by revealing the character's full name to be "Michelle Jones-Watson".[3]
- There is no evidence that Dmitri's last name is "Smerdyakov", as his full name is neither stated in dialogue nor the end credits of Spider-Man: Far From Home. There is also no convincing evidence that he is based on the comics character Chameleon.[4]
- While Sylvie's last name is neither stated to be "Laufeydottir" in dialogue nor the end credits of Loki, Marvel.com confirms her full name is "Sylvie Laufeydottir".[5]
- Rick Mason is never named in Black Widow, and he is credited simply as "Mason". Nonetheless, there is evidence from cast interviews and reliable sources that the character's full name is "Rick Mason".[6]
- There is no evidence that Katy's last name is "Bashir" or "Chen", as her full name is neither stated in dialogue nor the end credits of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. There is also no convincing evidence that she is based on the comics character Katy Bashir.[7]
- The Earth-838 versions of Charles Xavier and Reed Richards are neither referred to as "Professor X" or "Mister Fantastic" in dialogue nor the end credits of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.[8]
- There is no evidence that Ted's last name is "Sallis", as his full name is neither stated in dialogue nor the end credits of Werewolf by Night. "Man-Thing" is not stated in the special, but it is in the end credits.
MCU promotional sites
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