User:Wikibiohistory/Editing

• {{Fact|date=month XXXX}} or {{fact}} - asking for a reference for that fact to be cited specifically
• {{Refimprove|date=November 2007}} - asking for the improvement of references for the article
• {{Unreferenced|date=November 2007}}, saying that the article is unreferenced.

• Category:Lists_of_ambiguous_human_names - Use {{hndis}} or {{hndis|surname, given names}} to add disambiguation pages to this category.
• {{external links|November 2007}} or {{too many links}} - To say that external links (type or number) are a problem.
• {{Ancient-Rome-bio-stub}}
• {{Ancient-Rome-stub}}
• {{UK-bio-stub}}
• {{UK-noble-stub}}

• Wikipedia:List of shortcuts
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
• Wikipedia:Template messages/General
• Help:Minor edit - when to mark an edit as a minor one

• —  Wikibiohistory  ~~~~~ - generates this  Wikibiohistory  for a fancy look.
• {{DEFAULTSORT:Scipio, Publius Cornelius}}

• Citing sources - read Further Reading section carefully before choosing sources to cite. (Just in case you get a nitpicker).
• [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/examples#Use_of_electronic_or_online_sources Sources for History]
• [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/examples#Use_of_electronic_or_online_sources Use of electronic or online sources]

When to avoid external sites

• [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:EL#Links_normally_to_be_avoided Links normally to be avoided]

Problems with self-published sites (even those by academics, one presumes)

• This note on self-published sources

• Help for new editors
• Wikipedia:How_to_write_a_great_article good advice in general even for those starting out

• [http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/Tool1/wannabe_kate?username=Wikibiohistory&site=en.wikipedia.org Edit usage and summary] to see if I provide an edit summary for nearly all my edits.

• User:Curtius has many ideas and tools on how to check your edit summary, etc.
• User:Tony1/How_to_satisfy_Criterion_1a a guide to better writing and editing.
• User:Tony1/How_to_satisfy_Criterion_1a:_redundancy_exercises to tighten up your prose - yikes!