User:Markbassett/Sandbox/sandbox2
General formatting lessons, tips & demo
Welcome !
[edit]A welcome other than just WP:WELCOME can be posted to ip users who do more than one edit ... Saw this one from CupcakePerson13 and the next from NK1406
style guide site:uk capitalisation
Oxford style guide Gov.UK Imperial College London
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Talkpage advice
[edit]er MOS:LISTGAP (which I linked for you in my edit summary), please don't use leading bullets in unbulleted sections.
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- A lot of those talkpage comments require no response. As much as possible, always go armed with a load of references, especially from their approved venues....and keep things as short and sweet as possible to avoid acrimonious entanglements. In verbal conversations, few ever listen anyway, often talking past each other...but in online written discussions, this is even worse. At my job I have found that most people I chat with require me to repeat something twice if communicated verbally, and 4 times if done by email, and I even try to dumb things down for them so they get it. Wikipedia is worse even than that many times.--MONGO (talk) 19:14, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
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good hints. Though I still suspect there may be cases of topic selectivity, where some folks just don't want to or are congitively unable to talk about some concerns. That seems just the nature of the world these days Thanks again, the tips might help where it's not a strong block. Cheers Markbassett (talk) 19:27, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
TABS and LAYOUT
[edit]Wiki - doing quick links and tabs like a GUI. Template guide at WP:TABS. See example at WP:VPR too.
- The leftside quicklinks are from the wiki config,
Main page / Community portal / Journal / etcetera list could be diff on private sites but mostly they are functionally useful and familiar so want 'recent changes' and 'help' and toolbox 'what links here', 'upload file', etc too ... maybe add more at bottom ???
- A rightside inclusion can be made with templates, e.g. User:Markbassett/Sandbox/sandbox2/Vital links
- Tabs may be done with links ... these actually go to different articles wiki/Enterprise_strategy, wiki/Strategy, wiki/partners - and a second top tab is Enterprise strategy/Vital links - and a third tab is Partners/Toplinks
--- ---- -----
Tab1 Tab2 Tab3
Left : left : Intro text Vital links left : Blah blah box / list left : Blah Blah left : left : See links #waybelow and [othersite] or article left :
TOC area ish
{{title= First Section}}
{{Editable table|: ....
{{editor |John Doe ...
ALSO try (each in double braces )
TabsTop
Tab1|TEAM|size=15.4 T
Tab2|FAQs |size=15.4
Tab3|Nomore|size=15.4
TabsBottom
NESTED TABS
[edit]Alternatively one can fake going down a breadcrumb trail of articles or fwd/back links e.g. Top page > Subtopic > Detail
The top tabs can have a second row below them
i.e. tab 3 goes to article 3 which has the same row at top
and a SECOND row of tabs below it...
linking to articles named as if sub pages, wiki/Partners/Staff, wiki/Partners/Talking points, etc
{{fps tabs}} does both rows ....
The Staff supporting is ....
With office hours of 9 to 5 EST
Template tabs - See WP:TABS. For example, at top of wikipage put these lines within double braces,
and result is three tabs with middle tab seeming active TabsTop Tab2|tablabel Tab1|[[middle tab Tab4|tablabeltoo TabsBotom
.... be good to have a cookbook entry for variations on this, enable and guide good navigation norms & typical in outside use too ... perhaps a row of tabs example, or two rows; or tabs that are pulldowns ?
EMBEDDED IMAGES
[edit]A banner can be done with series of images, such as 'Image:ABCD.jpg' in double bracket.
Caution - be sure to record information about the image. (or any upload)
e.g. see the hoohaw at Donald Trump The image here and cropped version [1] from whitehouse.gov reference here -- had different information, neither with anything they were based on and before that from scanned brochure airbrushed and colorized info here. .... that said senate photo ... without WP:V basis for that either. colorized and airbrushed here then coped here
And since there was a longstanding 'how bout this photo!' feeling of wanting the official photo, the editors inputting this one _named_ it 'official' and made such a caategory ... when it wasn't from the trump transition sites was that wrong ? right ? who defines 'official' and how ? who checks / enforces ?
TABLES
[edit]Example two columns
| Guidance Area | Tools used |
|---|---|
| Collaboration and Workflow |
Metastorm TeamWorx SharePoint |
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CM Tools (also see Configuration Management (CM) |
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| Requirements Management Tools |
Telelogic DOORS |
Example three columns
Management & Team
[edit]| Position Title | Name | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Team Leader | John Doe | 555-1234 ext 789 |
| Team Admin | Jane Doe | 555-1234 ext 788 |
| Worker Bee, a very long post to make things lap around a bit. Just to see how it looks. With gaps included and so forth. May have much more than 2 lines, I guess if one wants to edit for something textual e.g. Tool name/ General Info & Advantages / General Disadvantages / Platforms & Ease of Use / Cost.
|
Jude Roe | 555-1234 ext 222 |
And example sortable 4-columns
| Ref ID |
Title |
Date |
Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3011A | Engine | 12 May 2015 | $ 6677 |
| 3019A | Dog house | 11 May 2016 | $ 667 |
| 301 | Wheels | 12 April 2015 | $ 999 |
| 601 | Miscellaneous | 12 November 2015 | $ 999.50 |
Tricks
[edit]Brackets User:x pings that user lt sup gt bracket mailto:email word end /sup e.g. mail
Use of intitle -- Link to search in Crusade (disambiguation) there is a link to list of
or as this
Use of other wikilinks
- User talk User talk:Markbassett
- Special:Contributions Contribs
Book citation at Sod's Law - a URL archive.org will display the page
A slightly different form of it is "the degree of failure is in direct proportion to the effort expended and to the need for success."[1]
- ^ Dickson, Paul (1978). The Official Rules. Delacorte Press. ISBN 9780385287432.