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Text formatting
edit- Non-breaking space: { }
- Zero-width space: {}
- Word joiner: {}
- Zero-width joiner: {}
- Soft hyphen: {}
- LTR {} and RTL {} marks
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Edit summaries
edit- WP:REFERS: Use "is", not "refers to"
- MOS:FIRST: Article title does not need to appear verbatim in the lead
- WP:OBVIOUS: Lead should state essential information.
- WP:TERSE: Articles should use only necessary words
- WP:EXCESSDETAIL: Too much detail
- WP:COAT: Don't lose sight of the topic; don't hang irrelevant material onto article to make a point
- WP:OFFTOPIC: Stay on topic
- MOS:SINGLE: Format definitions as "dog" 'chien'
- MOS:WAW: Use italics to talk about the word
- WP:INTEGRITY: Don't misrepresent what the source says; cf. WP:HONEST
- WP:INTEGRITY: Don't change the text so it no longer reflects the footnoted source; cf. WP:HONEST
- WP:NOTDICT: WP discusses topics, not words
- WP:NOTHOWTO: WP is not a how-to manual
- WP:NOTRECIPE: don't include recipes
- WP:NOTTRAVEL: WP is not a travel guide
- WP:CONTENTFORK: one subject, one article
- WP:PEACOCK: avoid peacock terms
- WP:PUFFERY: avoid promotional language
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/Original, authentic, and traditional: don't say "traditional"--be specific
- WP:RS: Use reliable sources
- WP:NOR: Don't rely on your personal knowledge and opinions; find good sources
- WP:PRIMARY: Primary sources generally need to be interpreted by secondary sources
- WP:SYNTH: Don't make inferences not supported by sources
- WP:FRINGE: Don't overemphasize far-from-mainstream views
- WP:SUBCAT: an article should be categorised as low in the category hierarchy as possible, without duplication in parent categories above it; WP:CAT: "articles should rarely be placed in both a given category and any of its sub- or parent (super-) categories"
- MOS:': WP uses straight rather than curly apostrophes and quotation marks (unfortunately!)
- WP:GLOSSES: Use single quotes 'x' for glossing
- WP:TITULAR: Avoid 'titular' and 'eponymous'
- WP:PRESERVE: Don't delete uncited content; improve it
- WP:SDAVOID: Avoid "former", "defunct", etc.
Articles
editHatnotes
edit{{Hatnote|Stuff}} Stuff {{other uses}} For other uses, see Thispage (disambiguation). {{distinguish|A}} Not to be confused with A. {{distinguish|text=A}} Not to be confused with A. {{about}} For other uses, see Thispage (disambiguation). {{about|A}} This page is about A. For other uses, see Thispage (disambiguation). {{about|A||B}} This page is about A. For other uses, see B. {{about|A|B}} This page is about A. For B, see Thispage (disambiguation). {{about|A|B|C}} This page is about A. For B, see C. {{about|A|B|C|D}} This page is about A. For B, see C. For D, see Thispage (disambiguation). {{redirect|A}} "A" redirects here. For other uses, see A (disambiguation). {{redirect|A|B|C}} "A" redirects here. For B, see C. {{About|USE1|USE2|A#SECT{{!}}A}} This page is about USE1. For USE2, see A. {{Other people}} For other people named Thispage, see Thispage (disambiguation).
Articles, inline
edit- Xref interwiki articles in other languages: {{ill|Giovanni Sardix|it }} → Giovanni Sardix ; lt=<link text>
- {{main|Main article}}
- Quote box on grey background: {{quote box|align=right|width=35%|Blah blah|Author}} →
Blah blah
Author
- {{Dubious|Talk section|date=August 2024}} → [dubious – discuss]
- {{Dubious|date=August 2024}} → [dubious – discuss]
- {{pn|date=August 2024}} → [page needed]
- {{Better source needed|date=August 2024}} → [better source needed]
- {{Dead link|date=August 2024}} → [dead link]
- {{clarify|date=August 2024}} → [clarification needed] (a.k.a. "unclear")
- {{clarify|text=Some unclear text to clarify|date=August 2024}} → Some unclear text[clarification needed]
- {{coord|59|54|50|N|10|45|08|E |display=title }} → 59°54′50″N 10°45′08″E / 59.91389°N 10.75222°E
- {{coord|59.234234|N|10.4444|E}} → 59°14′03″N 10°26′40″E / 59.234234°N 10.4444°E
- {{As of|2024|lc=y}} → As of 2024[update]
- See also other templates
Articles, boxes
edit- {{Overlydetailed|date=August 2024|details=}} (whole article, box)
- {{Overlydetailed|section|date=August 2024|details=}} (this section, box)
- {{Page numbers needed|date=August 2024|details=}} (article, box)
Articles, sections
edit- {{Unreferenced|date=August 2024|details=}}
- {{Refimprove|date=August 2024|details=}}
- {{Unreferenced section|date=August 2024|details=}}
- {{Refimprove section|date=August 2024|details=}}
- {{More citations needed|date={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}}
- {{More footnotes needed|{{subst:DATE}}}}
Images
edit- See also Wikipedia:Extended image syntax
Footnotes
edit- See also Help:Footnotes and WP:Citing sources
Talk pages
edit- {{subst:Welcome|date=August 2024}}
- {{subst:uw-vandalism1}} -- gentle caution
- {{subst:uw-vandalism2}} -- explicitly says vandalism
- {{subst:uw-vandalism3}} -- stern warning
- {{subst:uw-vandalism4}} -- very sharp warning
- {{subst:uw-vandalism4im}} -- only warning, further disruption means block