User:Lwarrenwiki/Cheatsheet

Sample page protection request, for use at WP:RFPP. See User:Lwarrenwiki/sandbox#Hamiltrash template maker for more variations.

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=== :Angelica Hamilton ===


{{pagelinks|Angelica Hamilton}}

Indefinite semi-protected: Semi-protection requested due to moderate but highly persistent level of long-term WP:SPA and IP vandalism related to Hamilton (musical), conforming to long-standing #Hamiltrash pattern of vandalism. ~~~~

• {{pagelinks|Angelica Schuyler Church}}
• {{pagelinks|Eliza Hamilton Holly}}
• {{pagelinks|Theodosia Burr Alston}}

Indefinite pending changes protection: Persistent WP:SPA and IP vandalism related to Hamilton (musical), conforming to long-standing #Hamiltrash pattern of vandalism. Outbreaks have continued sporadically over a long term, about three years. ~~~~

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Automated warnings can be generated by Twinkle, when pulled down on the editor's User page or User Talk page. This proved easier and more versatile than my sidebar hack at :User:Lwarrenwiki/hamiltrash.js and my previous manual template (both detailed in the collapsed section below). Sample comments:

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Disruptive edit reverted. Insertion of content related to {{subst:fti|Hamilton (musical)}}, conforms to common Hamiltrash pattern of vandalism.

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Disruptive edit reverted. Insertion of Lams shipping (fandom) content related to {{subst:fti|Hamilton (musical)}}, conforms to common Hamiltrash pattern of vandalism.

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Disruptive edit reverted. Insertion of {{subst:fti|Hamilton (musical)}} lyrics, conforms to common Hamiltrash pattern of vandalism.

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• Hamiltrash.js gets called from :User:Lwarrenwiki/vector.js {{small|(since May 2018)}} to rewrite the left sidebar during user talk page edits.
• See WP:WARN (Template messages/User talk namespace) for a full list and documentation of user warning templates.
• From my previous template, variations on the warning text:

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== {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} vandalism ==

File:Information orange.svg Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at :XXXXX. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted.

* Please do not add nonsense to Wikipedia. Such edits are considered vandalism and quickly undone.

* Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and not a social network. Wikipedia is not a place to socialize or write things that are not directly related to improving the encyclopedia. Off-topic material may be deleted at any time.

* Please do not add or change content without citing a reliable source.

Repeated vandalism can result in the loss of editing privileges.

Thank you. {{subst:4~}}

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Report a VOA at the AIV noticeboard (edit page [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism&action=edit§ion=2 here]):

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* {{vandal|:XXXXX}} Vandalism pattern over several days/warnings. {{subst:4~}}

On the editor's User page or User Talk page, pull down the Twinkle menu. Select AIV and AN3 to generate a report with automatic diffs at the :WP:AN3 (aka :WP:3RRV) administrators' noticeboard.

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{{Tmbox|image={{Resolved mark}}|text=This is done.}}

• {{Blue|{{Edit semi-protected|demo{{=}}yes|answered{{=}}yes}}}}

:Template:Edit semi-protected produces a small box on the right, e.g., for deactivating a request for an edit to a semi-protected page.

:Template:ESp includes a long list of templates for adding a detailed response when deactivating a request for an edit to a semi-protected page.

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• {{subst:ESp|d}} produces {{tlx|Done}} graphic before a further message:

:: File:Yes check.svg Done {{Blue|Further message.}}

• {{subst:ESp|pd}} produces {{tlx|Partly done}} graphic before a further message:

:: File:Gold check mark.svg Partly done: {{Blue|Further message.}}

• {{subst:ESp|n}} produces {{tlx|Not done}} graphic before a further message:

:: File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: {{Blue|Further message.}}

• {{subst:ESp|note}} produces {{tlx|Note2}} graphic before a further message:

:: File:Pictogram voting comment.svg Note: {{Blue|Further message.}}

• {{subst:ESp|xy}} produces {{tlx|Not done}} and a clarity rejection, before a further message:

:: File:Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. {{Blue|Further message.}}

For more graphic checkmarks, see the long list of variations at :Template:Done/See also. These include:

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: {{Already declined}} {{tlx|Already declined}}

: {{Already done}} {{tlx|Already done}}

: {{Deferred}} {{tlx|Deferred}}

: {{Deleted}} {{tlx|Deleted}}

: {{DuplicateProposal}} {{tlx|DuplicateProposal}}

: {{NeedsDiscussion}} {{tlx|NeedsDiscussion}}

: {{Possibly}} {{tlx|Possibly}}

: {{Redundant symbol}} {{tlx|Redundant symbol}}

: {{Removed}} {{tlx|Removed}}

: {{Reopened}} {{tlx|Reopened}}

: {{Resolved mark}} {{tlx|Resolved mark}}

: {{Reverted}} {{tlx|Reverted}}

: {{Reviewing request}} {{tlx|Reviewing request}}

: {{Undone}} {{tlx|Undone}}

: {{Unnecessary}} {{tlx|Unnecessary}}

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For an inline wikilink to a single-edit diff, only the ID of the {{em|older}} page ({{xt|oldid}}) is needed:

• Special:Diff/oldid}}
• Special:Diff/oldid}}{{!}}this edit
• Special:Diff/oldid/newid}} gives diff between versions {{xt|}} and {{xt|}}, which need not be in the same article

Likely to be piped and parenthesized on talk pages, as (diff) {{nbsp}}– produces ({{blue|diff}}).

See also Help:Special page.

The fti template (short for "format title: italic") italicizes the non-parenthetical portion of a page title, and links to the given page.

• Example — {{{{Blue|subst:fti}}|Hex (Hex album)}} becomes Hex (Hex album)

The ftq template (short for "format title: quotes") puts the non-parenthetical portion of a page title in double quotes, and links to the given page.

• Example — {{{{Blue|subst:ftq}}|24 (Game Theory song)}} becomes "24" (Game Theory song)

These are intended for formatting article titles on disambiguation pages, and should always be subst-ed.

Use {{tlx|tl|Name}} (short for template link) for a link to a template page.

• Output — {{tl|Name}}

Use {{tlx|tlx|Name|param1|param2}} (template link expanded) for a link to a template page with parameters.

• Output — {{tlx|Name|param1|param2}}
• Within the parameters, {{tlx|tlx}} requires {{tlx|{{=}}}} instead of =

To suppress execution when wikilinking to a template, add a colon at the beginning, e.g., :Template:___}}.

To replace  {{;}} and
:

• {{tlx|spaces|{{Blue|n}}|type}}, or redirect from {{tlx|nbsp|{{Blue|n}}|type}}

:* type=em, fig, en, thin, hair. If not specified, {{Blue|n}} non-breaking spaces ( ) are produced.

:* A non-breaking space has the same width as a standard space, whose width is between the width of en and thin.

• {{tlx|br|{{Blue|n}}}} for {{Blue|n}} line breaks
• {{tlx|Block indent}} for things that aren't in lists, or where a colon doesn't work

• {{tlx|Show by date|year|month|day|text before|text after|options}}

:* hour=−5 (−5 for EST, −4 for EDT, omit for UTC)

• {{tlx|As of|year|month|day|options}}

:* df=US, lc=y, since=y, alt=alternate text, pre=insertion (e.g., the first week of)

• {{subst:Unsigned|user name|time, day month year (UTC)}}
• {{subst:Unsigned IP|user IP address|time, day month year (UTC)}}

: Some experimentation yielded the good news that the time/date parameter may actually be free-form. At the least, I learned that UTC (or any time zone) is not actually required. —14:04, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

{{nbsp|2}}Example:

: Typing {{subst:Unsigned|Example|{{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC)}} will yield:

: {{Unsigned|demo=yes|Example|{{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC)}}

Automatic

Use {{tlx|Div col|colwidth{{=}}{{Blue|nn}}em}} and {{tlx|Div col end}} templates for automatically-balanced columns.

{{Div col|colwidth=30em|content=

• {{tlx|Div col|colwidth{{=}}{{Blue|nn}}em}} specifies minimum width of columns and automatically determines number of columns based on screen width. (If no colwidth is supplied, the template uses a default of 30em.)
• {{{{Blue|Div col}}|colwidth=30em|content=

: * One

: * Two

: }} allows the avoidance of {{tlx|Div col end}}

• {{tlx|Div col|rules{{=}}{{Blue|___}}}} adds vertical lines between columns if set to {{Blue|yes}} or to any CSS styling (e.g., rules={{Blue|1px dashed blue;}})
• {{tlx|Div col|gap{{=}}{{Blue|nn}}em}} specifies spacing between columns
• {{tlx|Div col|style{{=}}{{Blue|___}}}} specifies CSS styling to apply to the columns
• {{tlx|colbegin}} and {{tlx|colend}} are redirects to these templates

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Manual

The {{tl|col-begin}}, {{tl|col-break}} and {{tl|col-end}} templates control columns of text on a page:

{{col-begin}}

{{col-break}}

• {{tlx|col-begin}} starts a table, and must be immediately followed by {{tl|col-break}} for the first column
• {{tlx|col-break}} triggers the start of each column
• {{tlx|col-end}} ends the multi-column table

{{col-break}}

• {{{{Blue|col{{nbh}}n}}}}, where {{Blue|n}} = 2 → 6, replaces each occurrence of {{tl|col-break}}, with {{Blue|n}} remaining constant. It sets column width for each of {{Blue|n}} columns, with align={{Blue|left}}, valign={{Blue|top}}

:* The width, align, or valign of columns can be overridden: {{{{Blue|col{{nbh}}n}}|width{{=}}{{Blue|nn}}%|align{{=}}{{Blue|right}}|valign{{=}}{{Blue|center}}}}.

{{col-end}}

{{col-begin}}

{{col-break}}

7 metatemplates in the Module:Message box family:

{{blist

| {{tlx|Ambox}} – article message box

| {{tlx|Cmbox}} – category message box

| {{tlx|Imbox}} – image file message box

| {{tlx|Tmbox}} – talk message box

| {{tlx|Fmbox}} – header/footer message box

| {{tlx|Ombox}} – other types of page

| {{tlx|Mbox}}{{spaces|2}} – changes presentation according to namespace

}}

{{col-break}}

Closely related metatemplates:

{{blist

| {{tlx|Asbox}} – article stub message box

| {{tlx|Dmbox}} – dab message box

| {{tlx|Ivmbox}} – simple full-width message box, default ivory bg

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{{col-end}}

{{Anchor|Pinned posts}}

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Summary point 1
Summary point 2

|Information icon4.svg}} Refactored this section by collapsing the lengthy discussion. Added notice box text to summarize. ~~~~

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• Summary of lengthy discussion
• Collapsed using {{tl|Collapse top}} and {{tl|Collapse bottom}}
• To see the code that produces this, show the extended content by clicking [show] in the right margin above.

|Information icon4.svg}} Refactored this section by collapsing the lengthy discussion. Added notice box text to summarize. ~~~~

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The above is done with:  (📌 {{Resize|75%|pinned post}})

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{{CSS image crop

|Image         = Name of the image file, or may accept {{Annotated image}}.
|bSize         = Base image width in pixels (the image we are cropping on)
|cWidth        = Crop image width in pixels
|cHeight       = Crop image height in pixels
|oTop          = Offset top in pixels, optional, defaults to 0 when omitted
|oLeft         = Offset left in pixels, optional, defaults to 0 when omitted
|Location      = 'right', 'left', 'center' or 'none' (determines image placement on page)
— defaults to 'right' for thumbs or when description is provided
— defaults to 'left' for non-thumbs or when description is blank
|Description   = Description (will render out using thumbnail class)
|Link          = Name of an article to be linked by clicking on the image (usually omit)
|Alt           = Alt text for the image.
|Page          = Page of the file, if there are multiple pages (such as pdf files).
|magnify-link  = Image to be linked by the magnify icon (usually omit)
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{{multiple image

| align = right

| direction = horizontal

| total_width = 300

| background color = Wheat

| header_background = White

| header = Arms of Hamilton of Grange

| image1 = Arms of Hamilton of Grange.svg

| alt1 = Hamilton of Grange arms

| caption1= Arms: Gules, a lion rampant, argent...

| image2 = Armorial of Hamilton of Grange (1823).jpg

| alt2 = Hamilton of Grange arms, crest, and motto

| caption2= Arms, crest, and motto

| footer_background = White

| footer = Arms of the Lairds of Grange in Ayrshire, Scotland, including Hamilton's paternal grandfather

}}

{{multiple image

| align = right
| direction = horizontal
| total_width = 300
| background color = Wheat
| header_background = White
| header = Arms of Hamilton of Grange
| image1 = Arms of Hamilton of Grange.svg
| alt1 = Hamilton of Grange arms
| caption1= Arms: Gules, a lion rampant, argent...
| image2 = Armorial of Hamilton of Grange (1823).jpg
| alt2 = Hamilton of Grange arms, crest, and motto
| caption2= Arms, crest, and motto
| footer_background = White
| footer = Arms of the Lairds of Grange in Ayrshire, Scotland, including Hamilton's paternal grandfather
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To submit a cleanup request, see :commons:Media for cleanup.

• Template:Cleanup image allows a reason to be specified: {{tlx|Cleanup image |1{{=}}{{Blue|___}}}}
• If a transparent background is desired, add instead to Category:Images where background should be removed.

To submit a crop request, see :commons:Template:Crop for Wikidata.

• E.g.: {{Crop for Wikidata |1={{Blue|Wikidata Q item number}} |2={{Blue|Crop instructions}}}}

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{{Ivmbox |1=It has been requested to crop a part of this image, so that the cropped part can serve as its own image for :Wikidata:Q000000.

: Example — Crop instructions: Capture a head and chest shot of the second person from the left

If you perform the crop, please

• [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=&action=edit Copy] this file metadata and upload the cropped file using [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Upload&uploadformstyle=basic this upload form] with extraction info appended to the source field, e.g.:

:: source = Original: http://photo-robert.tumblr.com/post/57352306647/game-theory-1989-the-last-line-up-lasted-1

:: {{tlx|Extracted from|Game Theory final line-up 1989.jpg}}

• [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=&action=edit Add] extraction info to the other versions field of the origin file, e.g.:

:: other_versions ={{tlx|Image extracted|File:Michael Quercio 1989.png}}

• Add the new file as an image to the Wikidata item, under Statements|Image

If cropping a JPEG, it is generally preferable to use a lossless cropping tool such as [//tools.wmflabs.org/croptool?title={{FULLPAGENAMEE}} CropTool] on Wikimedia Toolforge, jpegtran, or in some cases GIMP, ImageMagick, IrfanView, XnView. For more help, see Media for cleanup.

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Rcats are maintenance templates used to categorize redirect pages (e.g., R from..., R to...)

• WP:RE/SG – Redirect style guide
• WP:TMR – discussion and list of rcat templates

:* alphabetical listing of rcat templates

• {{Tlx|R template index}} – navigation box summary
• {{Tlx|Redirect category shell}}

Requests and renewals at Wikipedia Library Card Platform: https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/users/

• Newspapers.com – see WP:Newspapers.com {{small|(owned by Ancestry.com)}}
• NewspaperARCHIVE.com – see WP:Newspaperarchive.com {{small|(owned by Heritage Microfilm)}}
• Fold3 – documents and images from American and British military history; see WP:Fold3 {{small|(owned by Ancestry.com)}}
• HighBeam Research – see WP:HighBeam – no longer offered

Use :Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests for uncontroversial technical requests.

• User:Lwarrenwiki/common.js – now contains only scripts for adding things to toolbars or menus
• User:Lwarrenwiki/vector.js – now contains only scripts for other page rewrites
• User:Lwarrenwiki/vector.css – now contains only code for turning redirects green
• For custom signature code, see the first page of Special:Preferences, and my signature tests

Contents of my personal namespace:

• [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex?prefix=Lwarrenwiki&namespace=2 All pages under User:Lwarrenwiki] (includes css, js, userboxes, templates)
• [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex?prefix=Lwarrenwiki&namespace=3 All pages under User talk:Lwarrenwiki] (user talk archives)
• [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex?prefix=Lwarrenwiki%2Fsandbox&namespace=2 All pages under User:Lwarrenwiki/sandbox] (draft articles)
• This cheatsheet is at User:Lwarrenwiki/Cheatsheet
• New sandbox – at User:Lwarrenwiki/New sandbox, which includes the former contents of User:Lwarrenwiki/sandbox
• Old sandbox – transcludes the cheatsheet, so it can be accessed from the top menu "Sandbox" link