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>Very low pending changes backlog: 1 pages according to DatBot as of 22:15, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To do

Drafts

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  • Draft:Grievance politics

Reminders

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Lint errors

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Shorten

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IRC

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Live IRC chat help channels: m:IRC/Channels

(consider redoing this section per the great tips section at fr:Utilisateur:Elnon

2021 Projects

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Needed Afds

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  • Embarazada

Needed translations

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Section moved to User talk:Mathglot/Translations needed.

Expand with fr article

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Watchlists

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Reviews

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Logs

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Standards and guidelines, style

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Behavioral and conduct

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Core principles

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Verifiability

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NPOV

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Wikipedia's voice

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Whether to use quotes or not, who says what, how and to whom to attribute something, etc.

  • WP:WikiVoice in WP:NPOV: '...opinions should not be stated in Wikipedia's voice. Rather, they should be attributed in the text to particular sources, or where justified, described as widespread views, etc. For example, an article should not state that "genocide is an evil action", but it may state that "genocide has been described by John X as the epitome of human evil." '
  • WP:Verifiability, not truth (WP:TRUTH, WP:NOTTRUTH) - essay: " It is the task of the Wikipedia editor to present opinions as opinions, not as facts stated in Wikipedia's voice; this is one reason Wikipedia's voice should be neutral."
  • Useful templates: {{According to whom}}, {{Specify}}, {{Weasel inline}},
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Afc

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Page creation

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Talk pages

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  • Do's (WP:TPYES):
    • Comment on content, not on the contributor. or, "Discuss content, not users."
Focus on article content during discussions, not on editor conduct; comment on content, not the contributor. WP:FOC: (at WP:DR)

Article talk

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Subpages: User talk:Mathglot/Austrian Romance

Suggested top section for Translated pages (once translation is complete):
{{skip to bottom}}
{{WikiProject Biography|living=yes|class= |importance= |listas=Lastname, Firstname}}
{{Talk header|search=no}}
{{WikiProjectBannerShell|1=

{{WP Politics|class= |importance= }}
{{WP Economics|class= |importance= }}
{{WikiProject Sexuality|class= |importance= }}
{{WikiProject LGBT studies| class= |importance= }}
{{WikiProject Discrimination|class= |importance= }}

}}
{{calm}}
{{controversial}}
{{not a forum}}
{{Ds/talk notice|topic=pa}}
{{Discretionary sanctions|pa|long}}
{{Annual readership |width=570 |days=182}}
{{Section sizes}}

Page views.

Notes:

  • BLP notice goes above the talk header and shell.
  • {{skiptoTOC}} – if header is long, and ToC below the fold
  • {{Talk header}} – search="yes" if there are archives
  • {{Calm}} – Please stay calm and civil while commenting...
  • {{Controversial}} – subject is controversial and content may be in dispute. When updating the article, be bold, but not reckless.
  • {{Ds/talk notice}} – topic=gg is ACDS Gender warning
  • {{Discretionary sanctions|pa|long}}ACDS Gender warning, no gamergate (Redirects to {{Ds/talk notice}})

Talk archives

Colons and asterisks

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Don't mix them. Wikipedia:Colons and asterisks.

Draft talk header

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{{Talk header}}
{{WikiProject banner shell |collapsed=yes |1=
<!-- {{WikiProject XXXXXX |class= importance= }} -->
 : (Replace list with {{tl|WikiProject}} links before release to mainspace.)
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Censorship]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Former countries]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject France]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject History]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Media]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Politics]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/World War II task force]]
}}
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{{Tmbox|text=
{{collapse top |bg=#F0F2F5 |title=Section sizes {{#if:{{{1|}}}|in {{{1}}}|}} }}
{{#invoke:section sizes|size|{{{1|Draft:{{BASEPAGENAME}}}}}}}
{{collapse bottom}}
}}<!-- end replacement code -->
{{Annual readership |width=570 |days=60}}

Page views since a fixed date (8/19/2022):

<span class="plainlinks">[https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=wiki.riteme.site&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&range=latest-{{#expr: {{JULIANDAY|2022|{{CURRENTMONTH}}|{{CURRENTDAY}}}} - {{JULIANDAY|2022|08|19}} -1}}&pages=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Emily_Willoughby_(2nd_nomination) Latest page views]</span> = Latest page views.

Draft categories

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Lorem ipsum...

Fakes

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Copy/move attribution

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This is for (non-required, helpful) Talk page attribution of copied material. (For required, edit summary attribution, see WP:CWW.)

{{Copied |from=Squirrel |from_oldid=345129608 |to=Tree squirrel |to_oldid=301353806 |to_diff=345159499 |date=01:00, 01 January 2011}}

Translated page translation attribution

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{{translated page|es|Gobierno de los Cien Días|version=85745439|insertversion=777610493|small=no}}

  • {{translated page|xx|SourceArticle|3=final comment|version=123456|insertversion=987654321|section=targetsection|small=no|partial=yes}}

Suggested ES: Translation of [[:es:Special:Permalink/85745439|Gobierno de los Cien Días]] ver 85745439.

  • French: fr:Modèle:Traduit de
    • {{Traduit de|en|Original title|date src|oldid src|oldidfr=|datefr=insert date}}
    • Example: {{Traduit de|en|The Day the Music Died |23/02/2016 |706538056 |oldidfr=124176100 |datefr=09/03/2016}}
Repairing insufficient attribution WP:RIA – after the fact

Suggested ES for repairing earlier en-wiki copy:
[[WP:RIA|Note:]] The earlier edit in revision [[Special:Diff/99999999|99999999]] of hh:mm, Month dd, YYYY [[WP:CWW|copied content]] from the article [[ARTICLE#SECTION]] rev. [[Special:Permalink/1111133333|1111133333]]; see that article's history for attribution.

Associated {{copied}}:
{{Copied|from=SRCARTICLE|from_oldid=1111133333|to=DESTTARTICLE|to_diff=88888888|to_oldid=|date=hh:mm, Month dd, YYYY}}

Suggested ES for repairing earlier xx-wiki translation:
[[WP:RIA|Note:]] The earlier edit in revision [[Special:Diff/99999999|99999999]] of hh:mm, Month dd, YYYY [[WP:TFOLWP|translated content]] from the LANGUAGE article [[xx:ARTICLE#SECTION]] rev. [[xx:Special:Permalink/111133333|111133333]]; see that article's history for attribution.

Associated {{translated page}}:
{{translated page|xx|ARTICLE|version=111133333|insertversion=555555555|small=no}}

Welcome templates

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  • Welcome templates including {{subst:welcome}}, {{subst:Welcome-anon-unconstructive}}, {{subst:welcome-anon-unsourced}}, {{subst:Welcome-anon-suboptimal}}, {{subst:W-graphical}}, etc.

User talk and user warnings

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  • pronouns to refer to user in TP comments: {{gender|PamD}} gives 'she', {{gender|Stephen}} gives 'he', {{gender|Mathglot}} gives 'they'. Likewise, {{they}}, {{their}}, {{theirs}}, {{them}}.

Vandalism

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Disruption

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dd.dd.dd.ddd (talk · contribs) makes lots of good edits, possibly by an unregistered bot. Shows AGF, but likes to make lots of useless white-space edits on article talk pages, also useless upper-case changes on template names, and non-broken redirect link fixes. Very similar is Other user (talk · contribs), although IP tends to do more Talk pages than them, but otherwise, their interests are similar: American politics, political parties, history, etc. IP geolocates to Naples, and user sports two {{userbox-2}}s about Italy and Italian, en-5, and it-N, which seems accurate.

Talk page tips

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Move, Merge, delete, redirect, disambig

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Move procedure

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Don't make controversial moves:

  • WP:TITLECHANGES (policy): Changing one controversial title to another without a discussion that leads to consensus is strongly discouraged. If an article title has been stable for a long time, and there is no good reason to change it, it should not be changed.
  • WP:RM#CM (procedure): Use this process if there is any reason to believe a move would be contested.
  • WP:BOLDMOVE (procedure): only if no prev discussion, and "unlikely that anyone would reasonably disagree".

Procedure:

  1. Create a discussion: add {{subst:requested move|NewName|reason=Detailed reasons. Do not sign this.}} at bottom of TP; reason can be complex and contain searches and Reflist-talk refs.
  2. Do not edit article; a bot will automatically add a move notice.
  3. Add notices to WikiProjects

See also:

Relisting a move:

  • Without using the RMcloser script, relisting is essentially done by appending the {{subst:relisting}} template at the end of the opening section/paragraph, after the OP's signature, in the article's talk page. (from u:robertsky, here.)

Merge procedure and templates

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  1. Create a discussion:
    • WP:MERGEPROP - propose a merger on the proposed destination page's talk page
    • notify users: {{subst:Mergenote|<source page>|<merger discussion talk page section>}}
    • notify WikiProjects, and consider listing at WP:PMGO.
  2. Tag the relevant pages
  3. Discuss the merger
  4. Close and determine consensus (WP:MERGECLOSE)
  5. Perform the merger (WP:MERGETEXT)

Templates

  • {{Merge}} {{Merge from}} {{Merge to}} ca de es fr it pt
  • {{Mergefrom|src page}} |discuss=Talk:OtherPage#Merge discussion |date=Mon yyyy - mark dest page with proposal
  • {{Mergeto|dest page}} - mark source page with proposal
  • {{subst:mergenote|ARTICLE}}
  • {{merged-from|source page name|date}} - mark merge dest page after merge to link to source
  • {{merged-to|destination page name|date}} - mark merge src page after merge to link to dest

Delete procedures and templates

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Deletion process cheat sheet (2.0)
  • Afd process: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion - controversial deletes
  • How to, step-by-step: see WP:AFDHOWTO to nominate a single page, ArticleName, for deletion; summary:
    1. Put del tag on article:
      • Insert {{subst:afd1}} at the top of the article. (no params)
      • Include in the edit summary: AfD: Nominated for deletion; see [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ArticleName]].
      • Do not mark the edit as minor. Save page. View and look for "Preloaded debate" link.
    2. Create deletion discussion page: (see WP:AFDHOW)
      • click "Preloaded debate" in the AfD page to create Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ArticleName
      • Add {{subst:afd2 |pg=ArticleName |cat=Category |text=DelReason}} ~~~~
      • Add Edit summary Creating deletion discussion for [[ArticleName]]. and save.
    3. Notify users -
    4. Notify WikiProjects:[c] via Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Compact using same template.
      • go back to deletion log above, and add one {{subst:delsort|Topic|~~~~}} to the nomination, for each WikiProject notified.

Notes

  1. ^ The page creator can be found by examining the page History, and clicking the 'oldest' link at the top of the page.
  2. ^ The main editors of the page can be found by going to the History tab, and clicking Page Statistics at the top of the page; then 'Top editors'.
  3. ^ Which WikiProjects should you notify? The ones listed (usually) at the top of the Talk page of the article.

Redirect procedures and templates

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Rcat Templates

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{{Rcat shell| {{R to section}} {{R from alternative name}} {{R from alternative spelling}} {{R from other capitalisation}} {{R from plural}} {{R from adverb}} {{R from long name}} {{R with possibilities}} {{R printworthy}} }}

Disambig

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WP:DISAMBIG (or WP:D), H:DIS. Ex: Aurora (disambiguation), Lift.

  • determining WP:DABNAME and WP:PRIMARYTOPIC
  • Top: Link to the primary topic (if there is one): A school is an institution for learning.
  • Intro: School may also refer to: followed by bullet list(s) of sentence fragments (no punct.)
  • Don't overexplain, just disambiguate.
  • Start with the linked term (if poss) and don't pipe, use full article title.
  • Avoid extra links, don't pipe (except: [[[WP:DABREDIR]])

Fr and other lang template equivalents

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Citation Templates

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Cite book

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  • {{cite book |lang=en |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |title= |trans-title= |publisher= |location= |isbn= |oclc= |url=}}
  • {{cite book}} {{cite book |lang=fr |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |title= |trans-title= |date= |orig-year=1st pub. [[PUB]] (yyyy) |url= |page= |chapter= |trans-chapter= |location= |publisher= |isbn= |oclc= |access-date= |quote= |trans-quote= |quote-page= }}
    • {{citec |last1=Doe |first1=John |year=1986 |anchor-year= |c=CHAPTER |in1=Tomlinson |p=00–99 |id=<!--opt:CITEREFDoe1986a--> |url=chapter_url}} — (example; Ui-citec template)
view copy/pastable {{cite book }} templates for ca, de, es, and fr
  • ca {{Ref-llibre |cognom= |nom= |autor= |enllaçautor= |cognom2= |nom2= |autor2= |enllaçautor2= |cognom3= |nom3= |autor3= |enllaçautor3= |títol= |títoltraduït= |url= |capítol= |urlcapítol= |editor= |format= |consulta= |llengua= |traductor= |volum= |edició= |editorial= |lloc= |data= |mes= |any= |pàgina= |pàgines= |col·lecció= |isbn= |oclc= |citació= }}
  • de {{Literatur |Sprache=en |Autor=F L, F L |Titel= |Kapitel= |Auflage=ed |Reihe=series |NummerReihe= |Verlag=pub |Ort= |Datum= |ISBN= |OCLC= |DOI= |Online=https |Seiten= |Abruf=accdate |Zitat=}}
  • es {{cita libro |idioma=inglés |apellido= |nombre= |título= |título-trad= |url= |edición= |año= |editor= |editorial= |lugar= |isbn= |oclc= |capítulo= |páginas= |urlarchivo= |fechaarchivo= |fechaacceso= |cita= }}
  • fr {{ouvrage |langue= |prénom1= |nom1= |lien auteur1= |titre=<!-- oblig --> |sous-titre= |lien titre= |numéro d'édition= |éditeur= |lien éditeur= |collection= |lieu= |année= |volume= |tome= |pages totales= |passage= |isbn= |consulté le= }}

Cite news

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  • {{Cite news}} {{cite news |lang=fr |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |title= |trans-title= |date= |url= |work=[[NY Times]] |publisher= |location= |url-status=live/dead |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |quote= |trans-quote= |quote-page= }}
view copy/pastable {{cite news}} templates for es, fr, and ca
  • es {{cita noticia |periódico= |idioma=en |apellido= |nombre= |autor= |enlaceautor= |título= |títulotrad= |url= |formato=HTML |agencia=[[Reuters]] |editorial=PUB |id= |páginas= |página= |número= |año= |issn= |fecha= |fechaacceso=dd de mes de aaaa |ubicación= |urlarchivo= |fechaarchivo= |cita=}}
  • fr {{Article |langue=en |périodique=[[NYT]] |nom1= |prénom1= |auteur1= |lien auteur1= |traducteur= |titre= |traduction titre= |volume= |numéro= |date= |pages= |issn= |lire en ligne=URL |archive-url= |archive-date= |consulté le=jj mmmmm aaaa |extrait= }}
  • ca {{ref-publicació |llengua=en |cognom= |nom= |enllaçautor= |article= |url= |format= |publicació= |editorial= |lloc= |volum= |exemplar= |data= |mes= |any= |pàgina= |pàgines= |issn= |doi= |citació= |consulta= 24 juny 2019 |ref= }}

Cite web

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  • {{Cite web}}{{cite web |lang=en |last1= |first1= |authorlink= |date= |title= |trans-title= |website= |publisher= |archive-url= |archive-date= |quote= |trans-quote= |quote-page= |access-date= |url= }}
  • {{subst:Cite web/French}} – interpets params from fr:Modèle:Lien web
view copy/pastable {{cite web}} templates for es , fr, pt and ca
  • es {{cita web |idioma= |título= |títulotrad= |url= |autor= |apellido= |nombre= |enlaceautor= |fecha= |año= |formato= |sitioweb= |editor= |editorial= |ubicación= |página= |páginas= |urlarchivo= |fechaarchivo= |fechaacceso=6 de mayo de 2017 |cita= }}
  • fr {{lien web |langue= |format= |nom1= |prénom1= |lien auteur1= |coauteurs= |url= |titre= |série= |jour= |mois= |date= |site= |éditeur= |isbn= |page= |citation= |consulté le=1 juin 2015 |id= |libellé= }}
  • ca {{ref-web |llengua= |cognom= |nom= |enllaçautor= |cognom2= |nom2= |enllaçautor2= |cognom3= |nom3= |enllaçautor3= |coautors= |url= |títol= |format= |obra= |pàgina= |pàgines= |lloc= |editor= |data= |mes= |any= |arxiuurl= |arxiudata= |citació= |consulta=6 maig 2017 }}
  • pt {{citar web |lingua=Inglês |titulo= |titulotrad= |ultimo1= |primeiro1= |autorlink= |ultimo2= |primeiro2= |url= |data=26 de abril de 2006 |website= |publicado= |arquivourl= |urlmorta=no/yes |arquivodata= |acessodata= |citacao=}}

Cite journal

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  • {{cite journal}} {{cite journal |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date= |title= |journal= |volume= |issue= |publisher= |issn= |pages= |doi= |url= }}
    • es:Plantilla:Cita publicación {{cita publicación |publicación= |idioma= |apellidos= |nombre= |enlaceautor= |título= |volumen= |número= |páginas= |editorial= |lugar= |año= |url= |issn= |oclc= |fechaacceso=nn de mes de yyyy}}
  • {{cite encyclopedia}} {{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia= |editor-last1= |editor-first1= |editor-link1= |title= |last1= |first1= |author-link1= |url= |date= |year= |publisher= |location= |edition= |series= |volume= |isbn= |oclc= |language= |trans-title= |pages= |access-date= |quote= }}


Per-language issues

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Catalan

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When citing Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana, place GEC into the sources section with a {{cite book}} or {{cite encyclopedia}} template including a "ref" param: |ref={{harvid|GEC}}, then use {{sfn}} with the GEC direct link and headword as a standard wiki single-bracketed external link inside the |loc= param of the {{sfn}}, thus (excerpt from Querimonia):

In the absence of an explicit agreement, the convinença became the default disposition[1] and the torneria. [2]

This will link "GEC" to the full citation in the Sources section, and the word itself to the entry at the encyclopedia.

==Sources==

  • Carbonell i de Ballester, Jordi; Carreras i Marti, Joan. Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana (in Catalan). Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana. OCLC 225886002. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

Full cut/paste example:

{{sfn|GEC|loc=[http://www.enciclopedia.cat/EC-GEC-<Entry-number>.xml <headword>]}} and

{{cite book |title=Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana |last1=Carbonell i de Ballester |first1=Jordi |last2=Carreras i Marti |first2=Joan |url=http://www.enciclopedia.cat |publisher=Enciclopèdia Catalana |location=Barcelona |oclc=225886002 |language=Catalan |ref={{harvid|GEC}} }}

Refn and cite bundling

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{{refn|name="many"|Multiple sources:{{R|Jones|Doe|Johnson|Smith|Anderson}}}} with refs in LDR.

References

List-defined references and notes

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List-defined notes:

How-to

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=== Notes ===
{{notelist|refs=

{{efn|name="Foo"|Text text text.}}

{{efn|name="Bar"|Text text text.{{sfn|Doe|2010|p=123}}}}

{{efn|name="Baz"|Text text text.{{sfnlink|Jones|1984|p=456}}}}

}}

Using nested references in list-defined notes

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Copy-paste model for list-defined explanatory notes using nested sfnlink citations, with instructions:

In the running text of the article, add a link to the explanatory note at the bottom, like this:

The meeting took place in 1945 and a good time was had by all.{{efn|name="Refname"}}

In the "Notes" section in the appendixes at the bottom of the article, add this:

{{efn|name="Refname"|1='''Keyword:''' Your explanatory footnote text goes here. {{sfnlink|Last1|Last2|YYYY|p=987)}} }}

Explanation:

  • Refname – the refname in the "Notes" section needs to be identical to the Refname in the article body.
  • |1= – optional, but recommended. If there's nothing squirrely in the Explanatory text, you can drop the |1= at the beginning. If you get a broken efn of some sort, leave it in. It never hurts to keep the |1=, and may avoid problems like the one that started this section.
  • Keyword – the bolded keyword is optional. I like to do this, because I'm someone who will actually sometimes browse a good "Notes" section (I'm the type who will read the dictionary sometimes, too), and the bold keyword is like a dictionary headword, and helps clue me in what I'm reading about. You can drop this if you don't find it helpful.
  • Explanatory text – The running text of your note, however long you want, with optional embedded sfnlinks.
  • Sfnlink – optional. if you want one (or more) of these, you can place them anywhere you would place an {{sfn}} template. Normally, you *would* just place an {{sfn}} here, but a mediawiki bug makes that impossible, so in this context, use {{sfnlink}} instead as a workaround for {{sfn}}. The parameters are designed to be (almost) the same, so just code your {{sfn}} template the way you normally would, and then change sfn to sfnlink and it should work. The |text= param isn't needed, unless you want to display link text that doesn't match the author/year info. A simple usage will generate parens around the year: {{sfnlink|Cotton|1946|pp=403–407}} → 'Cotton (1946) pp. 403–407'. If you want parens around the whole thing, just add them: ({{sfnlink|...}}). You might want to put a leading and trailing space around sfnlinks to keep them from bumping into running text, or each other, but that's up to you.

Interwiki

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Between projects

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Between languages

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And further replaced (2016) by {{illm}}, which has the 1st and 2nd args in reverse order (language, then article) and also allows multiple langs and articles, as *multi already did, thus: {{illm|Joke|fr|Blague|hu|Vicc|de|Witz}} (max: 5).

Looks like this is now being replaced by {{Interlanguage link}}, e.g. {{Interlanguage link|ja|Godzilla and The Tale of Genji|源氏物語}} gives Godzilla and The Tale of Genji [ja]-- stay tuned...

  • usage
    • {{Interlanguage link|no|Sigmund Jakobsen}} # article has same name in both languages
    • {{Interlanguage link|nl|Hooglede town hall|Gemeentehuis van Hooglede}} # different in 2 languages
    • {{Interlanguage link|de|Arno Schmidt (historian)|Arno Schmidt (Historiker)}} # different link text

Link from en to existing fr article which doesn't exist yet on (en) with {{link-interwiki}} :

  • {{link-interwiki|en=Haute Cour de Justice (France)|lang=fr|lang_title=Haute Cour (France)}} yields Haute Cour de Justice (France)(fr)

The other way (link from fr.wikipedia to an article existing only on en) using fr:Modèle:Lien :

  • {{Lien|Ordre Ouissam Alaouite|lang=en|trad=Order of Ouissam Alaouite}} yields Ordre Ouissam Alaouite (en)

Use {{Expand French|topic=geo|date=July 2013}} e.g., for articles in en wiki about Fr towns, or {{Expand French|date=June 2009|Ballade des pendus}} for a box including details of where to expand it from.

Scripts

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Scripts to consider: Wikipedia:Kill-It-With-Fire – mass reversion, mass undo (even when not latest revision)

Growth team and newcomer tasks

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Translation

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Interlang shortcut grid
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P Neutral point of view
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P Civility
CIVIL
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P No personal attacks
NPA
KPA
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NAP
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НО
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P Consensus
CONS
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P What Wikipedia is not
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P Blocking policy
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P Banning policy
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G Reliable sources
RS
FIABLE
SF
FF АИ FA
G Manual of Style
MOS
FORM
MOS
CdS
CDS
ME
MDE
ОС MDS
STILE
G Don't bite the newbies
BITE
VGN MORD...
NMPN
NMN
NOVA...
НННН
НЦН
MORD...
H Help:Editing
H:EDIT
H:SB MODIF A:ED КПС
КАК
A:Modif..
I Glossary
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H:G AJ
JARG
A:Glos... ГЛ
ГР
A:Glos...
N Admin noticeboard
AN
A/N
AN
BULA...
BA
TAB/M
TABM
Ф-А
ФА
N Sock investigations
SPI
CU/A
CUA
RCU SVU
TABM
ПП
ЧЮ
RCU
CU/R
N Arbitration Committee
ARBCOM
SG CA
CAR
CRC
TABM
АК
АРБ
 
E Deny recognition
DENY
Deneg... НУВ
E Coatrack articles
COAT
Perch... ВЕШ
T reply
ping
ping notif resp...
ping
reply...
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ping
T tl vorl… m ep tl tl
T user Benut...
user
u
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usuar...
user utente
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T cite book Liter... Ouvr... Cita l... cite b... Cita l...
T cite web cite w.. lien .. cita .. cite w.. cita w..
T en de fr es ru it

Legend: row type (column one):

X2 resources

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Old X2 stuff

CXT/PTR

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review help

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Find translators

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Lang code translation ISO-639

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  • {{#language:{{{langcode|fr}}}|en}} = French
  • {{#language:es}} = español
  • {{#language:chr}} = ᏣᎳᎩ
  • {{#language:chr|en}} = Cherokee
  • {{#language:de|en}} = German
  • {{#language:en|fr}} = anglais
  • {{#language:zz|en}} = zz
  • {{#ifeq: {{#language:zz|en}} | zz | equal | not equal}} equal
  • {{#ifeq: {{#language:fr|en}} | fr | equal | not equal}} not equal
  • {{lang|fn=is_ietf_tag|nv}} →true←
  • {{lang|fn=is_ietf_tag|xx}} →←
  • {{lang|fn=is_lang_name|navajo}} →true←
  • {{lang|fn=is_lang_name|xxxxx}} →←
  • {{lang|fn=name_from_tag|apa}} → Apache languages
  • {{lang|fn=tag_from_name|havasupai}} → yuf-x-hav

Guidelines and templates

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Translation and copy attribution

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Legal requirement (not a Guideline or Policy; note use of word 'requires'):

  • ...copying content from another page within Wikipedia requires supplementary attribution to indicate it.WP:CWW
  • To re-distribute text on Wikipedia in any form, provide credit to the authors either by including a) a hyperlink (where possible) or URL to the page or pages you are re-using, b) [a link to alternate page] , or c) a list of all authors.Wikipedia:Copyrights#Re-use of text
  • If you are copying text within Wikipedia, you must at least put a link to the source page in an edit summary at the destination page. It is encouraged to do the same thing at the source page, and to add notices at the talk pages of both.Wikipedia:Copyrights#Reusing text within Wikipedia
  • Translations of copyrighted text, even from other Wikimedia projects, are derivative works, and attribution must be given to satisfy licensing requirements. Also: use ES attrib in 1st edit, and add {{translated page}} to Talk. —WP:TFOLWP

Article page attribution, add Edit summary to first edit, from WP:TFOLWP and Wikipedia:Translation#How to translate:

  • Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at [[:fr:Exact name of French article]]; see its history for attribution.

Talk page attribution: add {{translated page}} (at completion?) from WP:TFOLWP and Wikipedia:Translation#How to translate]]:

  • {{translated page|fr|Droit d'auteur|version=123456789|insertversion=987654321 |small=no}}

Common wikiwords in other languages

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Spanish

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  • administrador[a] bibliotecario (admin), cabecera de sección, cambio menor, [[:Categoría:Nombre de categoría]], Conflictos de interés, Consenso, Discusión, Edición, Editar código, enfatizar texto, enlace interno, enlazar una palabra a un artículo, Escribir un resumen de edición (o, Ayuda:Espacio de nombres, etiquetas (tags), Firma, Fuentes fiables, guardar tus cambios, haz clic en el botón, grabar la página, Lista en viñetas (bullets), lista de seguimiento, Lista numerada, listas sin numerar (same), marcar la casilla ☑, Mostrar previsualización, Nombre de usuario, Plantilla, Plantilla:Cita requerida, {{quitar sangría|::::}} ({{od}}), #REDIRECCIÓN, redirigir, Ayuda:Referencia rápida, Referencias y notas al pie, Relevancia, resumir) en la caja, sangra una línea (indent), [[:es:WP:ME#Secciones|]], Subsección [inferior], Taller, Texto con sangría (threaded disc.), Texto subrayado, Texto tachado, transclusión, Trasladar, vigilar una página, wikitexto,
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See #Advanced search.

Template coding

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Note: for stripping html comments and nowiki delimiters, see Module:Wikitext Parsing.

Parser functions

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Parser functions: see mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions

  • String

Parser string functions

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Parser string functions: see mw:Help:Extension:ParserFunctions#StringFunctions

Module:String

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Selected template wrappers of Module:String:

Module:Wikt-lang

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See Module:Wikt-lang:

  • {{#language:fr}} ⟶ français (français)
  • {{#language:fr|de}} ⟶ Französisch (Französisch)
  • {{#language:fr|en}} ⟶ French (French)
  • {{#language:xx|en}} ⟶ xx (xx)
  • {{#language:French|en}} ⟶ french (french)
  • {{ucfirst: {{#language:French|en}}}} ⟶ French (French)
  • {{ucfirst: {{#language:fr|en}}}} ⟶ French (French)

Deferred action

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  • Put off interpreting a <noinclude>, <nowiki>, or other tag so it gets included this time (but not next time) embed in <nowiki>, or insert a self-closing tag inside it: <no<noinclude/>include>

Data structures

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Lua coding

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Extensions

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Extension tags and magic word #tag

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Extension tags extend normal syntax to add things like <inputbox> or <donation/>, etc. <ref> is built-in, but of the same order.

Extension tags do not support preSave transform (tilde-sig interpretation, substing, pipe trick, et al.), so, for example, |date={{subst:CURRENTMONTH}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} doesn't work within <ref> tags. However, #tag is a magic word that takes any extension tag (like <ref>) as param 1, tag content as param 2, and converts it into <tagname>content</tagname>, and any subst's (or sigs, or pipes) in content will be interpreted. That is to say, #tag performs the preSave transform (like a parser functions would) but that <ref> and other extension tags do not. Example:

Markup Renders as
Foo.<ref name=Doe-2024>Doe, John. time={{subst:TODAY}}</ref>

Bar.{{#tag:ref|Jones, James. date={{subst:TODAY}}|name=Jones-2024}}<!--'name=' must be last-->

==== Refs ====
{{reflist}}

Foo.[1]

Bar.[2]

Refs
  1. ^ Doe, John. time={{subst:TODAY}}
  2. ^ Jones, James. date=28 November 2024

Bots

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Maintenance banners

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Searching for subpages: use Special:PrefixIndex

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Adding images and graphics

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  • [[File:Wikipedesketch1.png|thumb|upright=0.7|alt=A cartoon centipede ... detailed description.|The Wikipede edits ''[[Myriapoda]]''.]]
  • Cropping and adding text to images: Template:Annotated image, Template:CSS crop
  • Non-caption images: [[File:Massacre d'Oradour-sur-Glane2.jpg|150px|right|Hover for caption]]
{{Annotated image
| image = without 'File:'
| image-width = 2x width, zooms x2; slightly larger to crop right
| image-left = <0 crops from left
| image-top = <0 crops from top
| width = 250<!--actual value-->
| height = actual value
| float = 
| caption = 
}}

Example image crop using annotated image:

Issue #1 of Résistance, from the Musée de l'Homme group, 15 December 1940
{{Annotated image<!--Crop out useless left and right edges from image-->
| image = Resistance_15_December_1940.jpg
| image-width = 350
| image-left = -31
| image-top = 0
| width = 280
| height = 330
| float = right
| annotations = 
| caption = Issue #1 of ''Résistance'', from the [[Groupe du musée de l'Homme|Musée de l'Homme]] group, 15 December 1940
}}
Uploading images to Commons
Translating labels on images with svg translate tool

See also {{CSS image crop}}

Ref help

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  • Makeref : Wmflabs makeref - make a reference by entering form fields
  • {{ref talk}} References for a particular section on a Talk page. {{Reflist-talk|title=|group=|colwidth=|refs=}}
  • WP:CITE Citing sources; H:FOOT
  • {{rp}} for same named ref, different page: <ref name=lama90/>{{rp|132}} (rare; use {{sfn}} instead)
  • {{r}} allows both the reference name and page number to be specified. {{r|aardvark|p=56}} expands to <ref name="aardvark"/>{{Rp|56}}.
  • WP:REFGROUP - separate groups of refs, e.g. Refs, Notes, etc
  • Nested references with <refn>: (Wikipedia:Nesting footnotes#What does not work)
    • <ref name="foo" group="lower-alpha"> will connect with {{efn name="foo"}}
    • {{refn|group=groupname|name=name|Contents of the footnote}}
    • {{refn|group=note|name=first|A note.<ref>An included reference.</ref>}}
    • Another example.{{refn|group=note|Another note.<ref>Another included reference.</ref>}}
  • WP:CITEPAGE - page numbers in citations.
    • <ref group=groupname>Content</ref>
    • {{reflist|group=groupname}}
  • Help:References and page numbers - different ways to cite same book, multiple page numbers
    • pg nbrs shown inline using {{rp}} after named ref: ...of cups<ref name=elk1972 />{{rp|5}}... and tips.<ref name=elk1972 />{{rp|6}} ...{{reflist|refs= <ref name=elk1972>{{cite... renders: ...of cups[1]5 and tips.[1]6 ... Refs: 1a b Elk full cite.
    • pg nbrs shown inline using List-defined references and {{r}}: {{r|elk1972|page1=6}} ... ==Refs=={{reflist|refs=<ref name=elk1972>{{cite ... renders: same as above.
    • fn nbrs inline, 'Auth (yyyy, pg)' in reflist, full cite after: See Shortened footnotes using {{harvtxt}} and {{harvnb}} or using {{sfn}}
    • hybrid, with full cite in ref 1, SRFs in subsequent: ...cups.<ref>{{cite book ... |year=1972a |ref=harv |page=5}}</ref> and tips.{{sfn|Elk|1972a|p=6}} ...{{reflist}} gives: ...cups[1] and tips[2]. ... 1^ Elk (full cite) ... 2^ Elk 1972a p6".
    • parenthetical (Harvard) short ref, pgnbr inline (no fn nbrs at all) using {{harv}}, {{refbegin}}, {{refend}}: ...cups{{harv|Elk|1972b|p=5}} and tips. {{harv|Elk|1972b|p=6}}. ...{{refbegin}} *{{cite ... |year=1972b |ref=harv}} {{refend}} gives: cups (Elk 1972b, p. 5) and tips. (Elk 1972b, p. 6). linked to bullet cite after.
  • {{sfn}}
    • Some information.{{sfn|Smith|2011}}
    • "A quote in a secondary source."{{sfn|Smith|2011|p=2|ps=, quoted in {{harvtxt|Jones|2010|p=343}} }}
    • Some information.<ref>{{harvnb|Smith|2011}}: "A quote verifying the information."</ref>
    • Add url for page: {{harv|Smith|2011|loc=[http://wiki.riteme.site chpt 3]}}
    • Add url for page: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.{{sfn|Smith|2011|p=[http://wiki.riteme.site 3]}}
    • Create an id for {{Citation}} ref param using {{harvid}}, and link to it from {{sfn}}:
      • Lorem ipsum dolor.{{sfn|BGI|1996}} ...
      • Then, in the ==Refs==section: {{cite book|title=Important Book|year=1996|publisher=Big Government Institution|ref={{harvid|BGI|1996}} }}
    • {{sfn}}s creates a link to '#CITEREF' + auth + year, from a ref named 'FOOTNOTE' + auth + year + page; e.g, these three are identical:
      • {{sfn|Jones|2006|p=26}}
      • <ref name="FOOTNOTEJones200626">{{Harvnb}}</ref>
      • <ref name="FOOTNOTEJones200626">[[#CITEREFJones2006|Jones (2006)]], p. 26</ref>

  • {{harvc |last=contrib name |year=pub year |c=contrib title |in=source editor/author name}}
    • {{sfn}}{{harvc}} (or: {{citec}}) → {{cite book}}{{harvc}} creates a CITEREF anchor from one to four contribution or chapter author surnames (|lastn=) and the value in |year=. This allows {{harvc}} to be the target of a link created by {{sfn}} or {{harv}} family templates. From |inn= and |year=, {{harvc}} creates a CITEREF link similar to those created by {{harvnb}} and {{sfn}}
For a working example, see User:Mathglot/sandbox/citec.
  • Using CITEREF - {{Citation}} & {{Cite book}} produce CITEREF anchors you can link to with {{sfn}} and {{Harv}}:
    • {{Harv|Smith|2006|p=25}} produces the link #CITEREFSmith2006
    • {{sfn|Smith|2006|p=25}} produces the link #CITEREFSmith2006.
    • {{Citation|last=Smith|first=John|date=27 January 2006|title=My Life}} produces the anchor CITEREFSmith2006.
    • Linking to it: [[#CITEREFSmith2006|(Smith, 2006)]]
    • Linking from a ref with page: <ref>[[#CITEREFSmith2006|Smith, 2006]] p. 25.</ref> (Same as {{sfn}}.)
  • Quoted excerpts - Adding a quotation with {{sfn}} with |ps= param:
    • Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.{{sfn|Smith|2011|p=2|ps=: "A quote goes here."}}
    • Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.<ref>{{harvnb|Smith|2011|p=2}}: "A quote goes here."</ref> - identical to above
    • Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.<ref>[[#CITEREFSmith2011|(Smith, 2011)]] p. 2. "A quote goes here."</ref>
    • Quoted in a secondary source: Curabitur a tempor dui.{{sfn|Smith|2011|p=2|ps=, quoted in {{harvtxt|Jones|2010|p=343}} }} (renders as: ...quoted in Jones (2010), p.343
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For search box, see Help:Inputboxm:Extension:InputBox

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Using insource, hastemplate, and so on.

  • term1 matches rendered page (with/without quotes); insource:term1 matches wikicode
  • !@#$%^&()_+-=~`{}[]|\:;'<>,.?/ – greyspace treated as space, must be escaped to be searched) Help:Searching#Spaces and mw:
    • no escaping characters within double-quoted terms; escaping chars within regexp terms never hurts.
  • Specials:
    • " for exact search, double-quote character; also blocks stemming on unquoted terms H:SPCHAR
    • -! for negation, hyphen and exclamation mark: (negates terms at the beginning of a word or phrase) H:EXCLUDE
    • \? single char wild: escaped question mark
    • . any char
    • .* any char string (including newlines)
    • * 0-n wild: asterisk
    • ~... fuzzy: tilde at start: ~retrun returns 996,060 pages, starting with Rerun
    • ...~ force: tilde at end: retrun~ forces search from top left search bar, returns only two pages that contain this typo
    • "jakarta apache"~10 proximity: two terms within 10 words of each other
    • <9-10> multi-digit numeric range; even <1-111> works.

Not supported (see mw:Help:CirrusSearch#Substitutions for some metacharacters)

  • \s [^!-􏿿] (white)
  • \S [!-􏿿] (not white)
  • \n [^ -􏿿] (newline or tab)
  • [^\n] [ -􏿿] (anything but newline or tab)


Examples:

  • all uses of |bar= within {{foo}}, with {{foo}} having the parameters on individual lines (from WP:VPT):
hastemplate:"foo" insource:/\{\{ *foo[^\}]+\| *bar *=/
  • categories which use blank param to indicate sort as top cat (yields about 1/2 false +; dunno why):
    insource:between insource/\[\[Category:[^\|]+\| +\]\]/
    Note: the word between is a domain-narrowing term; a pure regex search is expensive and may likely time out
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These return results in JSON format, which can be much easier to parse with regexes and so on:

Example: https://wiki.riteme.site/w/api.php?action=query&list=prefixsearch&pssearch=Template%3AEditnotices%2FPage%2F&pslimit=500

Revert eagerness

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How trigger-happy is someone to perform reverts? Get last 500, select/copy, paste to a note, then apply this:

  • ^.*(Reverted|undid|rollback|manual revert).*$

and count the number of matched lines. Mathglot (talk) 05:11, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Search for templates usage

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Use advanced search params:

For example: do any pages transcluding the Talk header template, use param 'search_term3'?

Result sorting: add sort keys to the search url: mw:Help:CirrusSearch#Explicit sort orders

  • &sortby=last_edit_asc, oldest first
  • &sortby=incoming_links_desc , roughly: most to least popular

Regex

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Sources

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Wikipedia Library

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Each partner has its own link:

Find sources

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Use {{find sources|topic}} to find sources about a topic:

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs· FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Articles for creation

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Wikipedia as a source

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Wikipedia is not a reliable source.

Also, see WP:CIRC.

Foreign sources

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  • Wikipedia:Attribution#Language: Because this is the English Wikipedia, for the convenience of our readers English-language sources should be used in preference to foreign-language sources, provided they are otherwise of equal suitability...
  • WP:NONENG (from WP:V):
    • Foreign sources allowed: Citations to non-English reliable sources are allowed on the English Wikipedia. However, because this project is in English, English-language sources are preferred...
    • Quoting: If you quote a non-English reliable source (whether in the main text or in a footnote), a translation into English should always accompany the quote.
  • WP:TRANSCRIPTION (from WP:NOR): Faithfully translating sourced material into English, or transcribing spoken words from audio or video sources, is not considered original research. For information on how to handle sources that require translation, see Wikipedia:Verifiability#Non-English sources.
  • WP:RSUW (WP:Reliable sources and undue weight; supplement to WP:RS): only English and it's provincial; only foreign, and it impedes readability/verifiability

Resources

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Find portals, projects, stubs

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Other search:

intitle:Applied" with incategory:"Physics journals": https://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?search=intitle%3A%22Applied%22+AND+incategory%3A%22Physics+journals%22&title=Special:Search&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&ns0=1&ns10=1&searchToken=b6t28msp2y0zy79ysb63vpc54 Find essays: Wikipedia:Essay directory

Find policies, guidelines: Wikipedia:Editor's index to Wikipedia

Discussions and Rfcs

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Admin actions

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Database queries

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Some of my queries:

early attempts at RAQ to show summary and detail of WikiProject orphans
  • 63558 – WP:MILHIST articles w/ <11 inbound mainspace links (summary)
  • 63559 – WP:MILHIST articles w/ <11 inbound mainspace links (detail)
  • 63563 – WP:MILHIST articles w/ <11 inbound mainspace links (summary; revised)
  • 63564 – WP:MILHIST articles w/ <11 inbound mainspace links (detail; revised)
  • 63571 – WP:MILHIST articles w/ <11 inbound mainspace links (detail; recursive)
  • 63580 – WP:MILHIST articles w/ <11 inbound mainspace links (summary + detail, including inlink list)  – forked to 63623

Rerunning a query

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To rerun a query, do this:

  • Go to https://quarry.wmflabs.org/
  • Click the big blue "Login with Wikimedia" button
  • Click "Allow" when OAuth on metawiki prompts you for permission
  • Go back to quarry:query/query-id
  • Click the blue "Fork" button near the upper-right; this will create a copy of the query owned by you, which you'll be able to find again later from your profile page from the dropdown menu in the upper right
  • Then click "Submit query" on your copy of the query.

Misc

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Url snippet highlight

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Web page highlighting:

Wikipedia/Wikimedia TP comment highlighting:

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Maps

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  • Maps and mapframe: mw:Help:Extension:Kartographer
  • <mapframe text="Lombard Street, San Francisco" width=250 height=250 zoom=16 latitude=37.802 longitude=-122.4193 />
Map
Lombard Street, San Francisco
  • <mapframe text="Parc des Buttes Chaumont, Paris" width=250 height=250 zoom=15 latitude=48.8796 longitude=2.382783 />
Map
Parc des Buttes Chaumont, Paris
Map
Frame 350/225 Anatolia, also known as Asia Minor, makes up the westernmost part of Asia and the majority of modern-day Turkey. The eastern extension has varied throughout history, and is now considered to be the Asian part of Turkey.
Map
Maplink 275/150 Anatolia, also known as Asia Minor, makes up the westernmost part of Asia and the majority of modern-day Turkey. The eastern extension has varied throughout history, and is now considered to be the Asian part of Turkey.
Map
Frame Q12824780 Anatolia, also known as Asia Minor, makes up the westernmost part of Asia and the majority of modern-day Turkey. The eastern extension has varied throughout history, and is now considered to be the Asian part of Turkey.
Map
Just an example of the use of Kartographer. The shaded region shows Central Anatolia, as defined by a user at OpenStreetMap. Could do the same thing for Anatolia, and then link it through wikidata item d:Q51614.

Other

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Grammar

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Versioning, mediawiki, parsing etc.

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Wiki Ed

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The Wikipedia:Education program (WP:WEP) doorway to Wikipedia:Education program/Educators

Tools

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Wmflabs xtools

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Toolforge

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Others

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External apps

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Top material

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  • hatnotes: e.g., {{Spanish name|first=Montoya|second=Roldán}}

Lead

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  • Purpose: MOS:LEAD The lead should stand on its own as a concise overview of the article's topic. It should identify the topic, establish context, explain why the topic is notable, and summarize the most important points, including any prominent controversies.
  • Summarize: MOS:INTRO The lead section should briefly summarize the most important points covered in an article in such a way that it can stand on its own as a concise version of the article.
  • No unique info:
    • MOS:LEADNO (in: MOS:LEAD): Significant information should not appear in the lead if it is not covered in the remainder of the article. alias: LEADNOTUNIQUE
    • MOS:LEADAVOID (in: MOS:LEAD): Apart from basic facts, significant information should not appear in the lead if it is not covered in the remainder of the article.
    • WP:LEADFOLLOWSBODY (in: WP:Writing better articles): The sequence in which you edit should usually be: first change the body, then update the lead to summarize the body.
  • Parts: WP:LEADSENTENCE, WP:LEADPARAGRAPH, WP:CITELEAD
  • Style: WP:BOLDTITLE, WP:BOLDSYN, WP:BOLDAVOID, WP:TITLEABSENTBOLD
  • Alt names: MOS:FORLANG: a single foreign language equivalent name can be included in the lead sentence, usually in parentheses. Do not include foreign equivalents in the lead sentence just to show etymology.
    • Chernivtsi Oblast (Ukrainian: Чернівецька область, Chernivets’ka oblast’) is an oblast (province) in western Ukraine...
  • References: MOS:CITELEAD:
    • Redundant citations: Because the lead will usually repeat information that is in the body, editors should balance the desire to avoid redundant citations in the lead with the desire to aid readers in locating sources for challengeable material.
    • BLP rules are stronger: Any statements about living persons that are challenged or likely to be challenged must have an inline citation every time they are mentioned, including within the lead.
  • Writing it: WP:LEADFOLLOWSBODY The sequence in which you edit should usually be: first change the body, then update the lead to summarize the body. and Don't try to update the lead first, hoping to provide direction for future changes to the body.

Article and section names

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Categories

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  • Categories, per H:CAT, WP:NAMESORT, WP:SUR
    • [[CATEGORY:Nameless people|Doe, John]] - changes one category
    • {{DEFAULTSORT:Doe, John}} - changes all categories on the page

Edit summary

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  • Guideline: WP:ES
  • Boilerplate undo/revert:
    • Undid revision 999999876 by Mathglot (talk)
    • Undid revision [[Special:Diff/999999876|999999876]] (of hh:mm, MON dd, yyyy) by [[Special:Contributions/Mathglot|Mathglot]] ([[User talk:Mathglot|talk]]). Reason.
    • Undid 11 revisions by [[Special:Contributions/Mathglot|Mathglot]] ([[User talk:Mathglot|talk]]) to last revision by UUUUUUUUU. Reason.
  • Don't link wikilinks in summary: use ZWSP between brackets: e.g.:
    • '[&#8203;[Europeans]&#8203;]' (not: '[&#8203;[Europe]&#8203;]ans') ⟶ '[​[Europeans]​]' (not: '[​[Europe]​]ans')
  • Edit summary search: https://sigma.toolforge.org/summary.py

Jargon

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Presentation

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Type-face changes: Template:!xt#Examples,

  • ...for example, {{xt|1=''T'' = 293.15 K}}, but not {{!xt|1=''m''=5.4kg}}.
  • ...for example, T = 293.15 K, but not m=5.4kg.
  • See also {{tl|xtn||, {{xtd}}, {{xt}}, {{xtn}}, {{mxt}}, {{mxtn}}, {{mxtd}}, {{bxt}}, {{bxtn}}, {{bxtd}},
  • Tooltip / hover / pop-up: {{H:title|Or should I say, 'Bonjour'?|Hello}} produces Hello.
  • [[WP:COI|{{tooltip|conflict of interest|in the specific sense employed in Wikipedia policy}}]] -->
    • links WP:COI, displays 'conflict of interest', pops up 'in the specific sense employed in Wikipedia policy' in hover mode

Icons and images

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Done, checked, check mark, etc.

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Misc images and icons

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  • 387-clapping-hands-1.svg

Socks

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Subtitling

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Video files can have xx.srt subtitle files associated with them. For example:
Video File:CAM Video- 2018 Nobel Laureate Donna Strickland.webm has de es fr it nl.

Flamers etc.

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Flame warrior types, courtesy Mike Reed.
Tim Campbell links:

pt

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Boxes

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{{library resources box|by=yes|onlinebooks=yes}}

Bugs, enhancements, wishlist requests

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Editor interaction

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This was the "useful links" section on my user page. The content needs to be merged in to the sections above.

Policy/procedures: WP:CITE WP:DELPRO WP:DISAMBIG WP:MOVE WP:REDIRECT

Help: Help:Disambiguation Help:Redirect Help:Section

Ref and redirect: #REDIRECT [[target]]

  • <ref name="name">text of the citation</ref> # 1st occurrence
  • <ref name="name" /> # subsequent occurrences
  • <ref name="name" />{{rp|pages=233–7}} # subseq occ, different page(s) than before
  • <ref name="merge-it">Lorem ipsum</ref> blah, blah, blah<ref follow="merge-it">dolor sit amet.</ref> # merge two refs into one (see mw:Extension:Cite)
  • {{Cite |last= |first= |year= |title= |publisher= |publication-place= |page= |url= |accessdate= }} # lots more params at Template:Cite
  • {{cite book |last= |first= |date= |title= |trans_title= |url= |language= |location= |publisher= |isbn= |accessdate= }} # Template:Cite book
  • {{sfn |Smith |Jones |2005 |p(p)=25(-27)}} # short footnote, e.g., Article text.[1] ... Refs: 1.^ [Smith & Jones 2005, p.25]. where the brackets indicate that the short ref is linked to the full {{citation}} reference further down.
  • Precedence of substitution in parser functions: use #tag (see above):
    • Foo{{#tag:ref| This subst inside a cite works correctly; see {{cite journal|url=https://www.google.com |title=Search |author= |date= |accessdate={{subst:#time:Y-m-d|now}} }} }} bar baz…
  • As to why one would use #tag:ref, for more details see mw:Extension:Cite#Substitution and embedded parser functions.

Suggest, propose, etc.: WP:PM WP:Afd WP:PRD

Templates: {{About|USE1|USE2|PAGE2}} {{Citation needed}} {{For|OTHER TOPIC|PAGE1}} {{Main|Main Article}} {{Mergefrom|src page}} {{Mergeto|dest page}} {{subst:mergenote|ARTICLE}} {{Refimprove section|{{subst:DATE}}}} {{Unreferenced}} {{Unreferenced section}} {{Redirect}} {{See also|TOPIC1|TOPIC2}}

Essays

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WikiSalon

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Spam

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Templates

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Ambox Message_box Mediawiki

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Classes

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Classes are in wikipedia at w:MediaWiki:Common.css, eg., hlist, navboxes, infoboxes, wikitable, table, ambox, hatnote, nowrap, mbox-small-left, and more.

Ambox classes are explained at Wikipedia:Classes_in_Ambox#Ambox_classes. To alter bar and bg colors, see Wikipedia:Classes in Ambox/Skins.

Doc skeleton

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{{Documentation subpage}}
{{Tsh|SHORTCUT1|...}}
{{Lua|Module:FOO}}
{{Uses TemplateStyles|Template:FOO/styles.css}}
{{Template rating|beta}}

*** TEMPLATE DOC ***

<includeonly>{{sandbox other||
<!-- Categories below this line; interwikis at Wikidata -->
[[Category:Utility templates]]

}}</includeonly>

Seltrans test

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This won't get included. See mw:Extension:Labeled Section Transclusion.


|disp= – controls conditional display of a row depending on its type. For example, for |disp=cities (or |disp=c) the row is only displayed if its type is 'City'. Possible values for |disp=:

  • cities or c – displays a given row, only if it has type 'City'
  • towns or t – if type = 'Town'
  • villages or v – if type = 'Village'
  • summer villages or sv – if type = 'Summer village'
  • specialized municipalities or sm – if type = 'Specialized municipality'
  • municipal districts or md – if type = 'Municipal district'
  • improvement districts or id – if type = 'Improvement district'
  • special areas or sa – if type = 'Special area'
  • Metis settlements or ms – if type = 'Metis settlement'
  • urban – if type is is any of 'City', 'Town', 'Village' or 'Summer village'
  • rural – if |type= is any of 'Municipal district', 'Improvement districts', or 'Special area.

This won't get included either.
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).