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[[MOS:DABRL]] - red links used on disambiguation pages

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== Using the fact tag ==

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I have corrected your edit to . Please note that when adding the fact tag that the month needs to be spelled out completely. Your edit was {{fact|date=Sept 2008}} it should have been {{fact|date=September 2008}} Using Sept adds the article to the non-existant category :Category:Articles with unsourced statements since Sept 2008 instead of the correct category :Category:Articles with unsourced statements since September 2008. Just thought you might be interested. ~~~~

Editing guidelines

Layout

  • See also
  • References
  • External links
  • Categories

::note: 2 blank lines between the last category and the first stub template

  • stub templates
  • inter wikis

Wikipedia:Layout

Unsigned

{{subst:unsignedIP|255.255.255.255|11:15, 24 January 2008 (UTC)}}

{{subst:unsigned|Jimbo Wales|11:15, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)}}

Template code

= To allow use without including in categories =

:{{#ifeq: {{{categories|{{#if:{{{1|}}}|no}}}}}||Category:Prophets of the Hebrew Bible}}

Also add:

: {{PAGENAME}}

see:{{tl|Prophets of the Tanakh}}

= To use when above code is in place =

To add a template to a page that should not be categories add the following code to the template usage in the proper position

:|categories=no

Example: {{Roman Polański|categories=no}}

edit summary to use when updating sub-level parent categories

: added code to remove this page from Category:Parent categories

Anchors

Example:

: {{Anchors|unacceptable use images of living people|UULP}}

If only using a single anchor name use the following:

: {{Anchor|UULP}}

Consider adding some hidden text to explain the purpose of the anchor as per the following example

:

Search Tools

[http://tools.wikimedia.de/~daniel/WikiSense/CategoryIntersect.php?wikilang=en&wikifam=.wikipedia.org&mode=cl CatScan] limited to results of 1,000 or less

To get rid of white space caused by templates or images

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| each starting with a pipe symbol

Page order / syntax

The preferred order is:

  • See also
  • Notes
  • References (or combined with Notes into Notes and references)
  • Bibliography (or Books or Further reading)
  • External links
  • Other cats
  • 2 blank lines if possible (I think this is still the case)
  • Stubs
  • 1 blank line
  • Interwikis

Fair Use Rational

{{Non-free use rationale

|Description=

|Source=

|Article=

|Portion=

|Low_resolution=

|Purpose=

|Replaceability=

|other_information=

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= Fair Use Rational Problem Tags =

== No Fair Use Rational ==

{{subst:nrd}} (add to image page)

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=== Edit summary for article caption ===

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=== Edit summary for user talk page of the uploader of the image ===

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Important edit tags

= Image tag Personality Rights Warning =

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Category:Restriction tags

To disable SineBot

Insert "!nosign!" anywhere in the edit summary

Indent code

: Indent code -- :: is double indent

Supscripts and Subscripts

A ulr followed by a pipe and a number results in 1

: this is the code: 1

test2 results in test2

Substitute code - use with templates

To include the text of a template rather than a link to it use {{subst:Template Name}}

References - footnotes

Footnotes:

  1. Place a <ref> ... </ref> where you want a footnote reference number to appear in an article—type the text of the note between the ref tags.
  2. Place the /> {{reflist}} tag in a "Notes" or "References" section near the end of the article—the list of notes will be generated here.

To use the same footnote more than once:

:The first time you use the reference, put ...

:Later, you can just put

See University of Vermont for usage difference between embeded links and references

An embedded link looks like[http://someulr] syntax= [http://someulr]

= Use of notes and references =

Template:Languageicon

Template:Languageicon

  • {{languageicon|Hebrew/English}} {{In lang|Hebrew/English}}
  • {{in lang|es}} {{in lang|es}}

Disambiguation Pages

Link to directions and templates Wikipedia:Disambiguation and Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages)#The disambig notice

Wikipedia:Disambiguation dos and don'ts short cut: DDD

These pages should be a minimum of 300 bytes to keep them off the Special:ShortPages page

See below for instructions

Special Short Pages

Edit to be use of short

Note: add spaces to fill 2 lines

Edit summary:

: hidden comment to keep this page from being listed on Special:ShortPages

Comment markup

help pages

Source for help: Wikipedia:Village_pump

{{WP help pages (header bar)}}

See Wikipedia:How to edit a page for more detailed explanations and advanced syntax.

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| style="background: #cee0f2; padding: 0.3em; text-align:center;"|You type

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| colspan="3" style="background:#E6F2FF; padding: 0.2em; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 0.9em; text-align:center;" | Applies anywhere

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|Italicise text

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italic

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italic

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|Bold text

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bold

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bold

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|Bold and italic

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bold & italic

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bold & italic

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|Internal link

(within Wikipedia)

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name of page

display text

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name of page

display text

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|Redirect to another page

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#REDIRECT Target page

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Target page

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|External link

(to other websites)

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[http://www.example.org]

[http://www.example.org display text]

http://www.example.org

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[http://www.example.org]

[http://www.example.org display text]

http://www.example.org

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Sign your posts

on talk pages

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Your username {{CURRENTTIME}},

{{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC)

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|Headings

A Table of Contents will automatically be generated when four headings are added to an article.

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== Level 1 ==

=== Level 2 ===

==== Level 3 ====

===== Level 4 =====

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Level 1

= Level 2 =

== Level 3 ==

=== Level 4 ===

==== Level 5 ====

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  • one
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  • two point one
  • three

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|Numbered list

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# one

# two

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  3. two point one
  4. three

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See also

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