User:Jeremy Butler/Things to Remember When Wikiing

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Stuff I constantly have to look up.

Contents 1 Shortcuts 2 Interwiki 3 Style guides 3.1 Vanity 3.2 Writing style 3.3 Policies 3.4 Things to avoid 3.5 External links policy 3.6 Trivia 4 Arbitration 5 Templates 5.1 Needs an expert 5.2 Needs references 5.3 Clean-up 5.4 Neutral PoV 5.5 Film stub 5.6 Television stub 5.7 Magazine & Journal stub 5.8 Generic stub 5.9 Spoilers 5.10 Too much plot 5.11 IMDb links 5.12 Infobox Film 5.13 Television series infobox 5.14 Disambiguation 5.15 Unsigned 6 Talk page header 7 Other Mark-Up 7.1 Categories 7.2 Common abbreviations 7.3 Citing references 7.4 Footnotes 7.4.1 According to Wikipedia:Footnotes 7.5 Redirect 7.6 Merge 7.7 Revert 7.8 Candidates for speedy deletion 7.9 Vandalism warning templates 7.10 To insert an image in an article: 8 Images and Fair Use 8.1 Template: Rationale for fair use to insert in image description: 8.2 Film screenshot tag to insert in image description: 8.3 TV screenshot tag to insert in image description: 8.4 Publicity or promo photo tag to insert in image description: 8.5 Other stuff to add to Image Description page 8.6 "Clearing" below an image with CSS

[edit] Shortcuts

Wikipedia:Shortcuts

[edit] Interwiki

For Interwiki links, use shortcuts based on a prefix. E.g., the prefix Wiktionary may be used thus:

• [[Wiktionary:cinematography]] results in Wiktionary:cinematography
• [[Wiktionary:cinematography | cinematography]] results in cinematography

Here's a few other prefixes and the URL they call up:

• Google = http://www.google.com/search?q=$1
• GoogleGroups = http://groups.google.com/groups?q=$1
• WikiPedia = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$1
• Wiktionary = http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/$1
• Wikiquote = http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/$1

[edit] Style guides

[edit] Vanity

Wikipedia:Vanity guidelines

Shortcuts: WP:VAIN or WP:VANITY

[edit] Writing style

Wikipedia:Manual of Style

[edit] Policies

Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines

[edit] Things to avoid

Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not

[edit] External links policy

Wikipedia:External links

Shortcut: [[WP:EL]]

[edit] Trivia

Wikipedia:Avoid trivia sections in articles

Shortcut: [[WP:TRIV]]

Template: {{Template:Trivia}} =

    This article contains a trivia section.
 Content in this section should be integrated into 
 other appropriate areas of the article or removed, 
 and the trivia section removed.

[edit] Arbitration

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration

[edit] Templates

[edit] Needs an expert

{{Expert}} =

       This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.
       Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself if you can.

[edit] Needs references

{{citeneeded}} =

       [citation needed]

{{unreferenced}} =

       This article does not cite its references or sources. You can help 
       Wikipedia by including appropriate citations.

{{Primarysources}} =

       This article does not cite sources or references that appear in a 
       credible publication and are not primary sources, such as websites and 
       publications affiliated with the subject of the article. You can help 
       Wikipedia by including appropriate citations.

{{subst:Fact-now}} =

      [citation needed]  (also includes the date)

[edit] Clean-up

This is the preferred tag, with an appropriate date added. Shortcut: WP:CU

{{cleanup|date=May 2008}} =

       This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.
       Please improve this article if you can. (May 2008)

Other clean-up tags are also available:

Wikipedia:Template_messages/Cleanup#Cleanup_.E2.80.94_specific_issues

Such as:

{{copyedit}} =

       This article or section needs copy editing for proper spelling,
       grammar, usage, tone, style, and voice.
       You can help by editing it now. A guide is available, 
       as is general editing help.

and {{cleanup-laundryrack}} =

       It has been suggested that this list should be changed into a table 
       format to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.
       This list may be better presented as a table. Please help improve 
       this list, prune it, or discuss it on the talk page.

which is similar to {{Examplefarm}} =

       This article or section seems to contain too many examples 
       (or of a poor quality) for an encyclopedia entry.
       Lists of examples in articles should be of limited size, not
       exhaustive lists, and should contain only pertinent examples.

Here's the old, basic tag:

{{cleanup}} =

       This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality.
       See How to Edit and Style and How-to for help, or this article's talk page.

[edit] Neutral PoV

{{POV-check}} =

       This article may not conform to the neutral point of view policy.
       A Wikipedian has nominated this article to be checked for its 
       neutrality. Discussion of this nomination can be found on the talk page.

       POV-check be added to an article which you feel needs to be edited for 
       neutrality. However, it is generally preferred that you use the 
       neutrality dispute template:

{{NPOV}} =

       The neutrality of this article is disputed.
       Please see discussion on the talk page.

[edit] Film stub

{{film-stub}}

Further info:

Category:Film stubs

[edit] Television stub

{{tv-stub}}

Further info:

Category:Television stubs

[edit] Magazine & Journal stub

{{mag-stub}}

[edit] Generic stub

{{stub}}

[edit] Spoilers

Current policy recommends against spoiler tags: Wikipedia:Spoiler (shortcut: WP:SPOILER).

{{spoiler}} =

       Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

{{Endspoiler}} =

       Spoilers end here.

[edit] Too much plot

{{plot}} =

       This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long.
       Please edit the article to both contextualise the fictional nature of 
       the work and focus on discussing the work rather than simply reiterating 
       the plot. You may also discuss changes on the talk page. See 
       Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions.
       Overly detailed plot summaries may constitute copyright violation.

[edit] IMDb links

{{imdb title|id=|title=}}

Explained here: Wikipedia:IMDb

[edit] Infobox Film

Explained here: Template:Infobox Film Syntax:

{{Infobox Film | name = 
  | image = 
  | caption =
  | director = 
  | producer = 
  | writer = 
  | starring =
  | music =
  | cinematography =
  | editing =
  | distributor = 
  | released = 
  | runtime = 
  | language = 
  | budget = 
  | preceded_by =
  | followed_by = 
  | imdb_id = 
}}

[edit] Television series infobox

Explained here: Template:Infobox television

{{Infobox Television
| show_name            = 
| image                = 
| caption              = 
| format               = 
| camera               = 
| picture_format       = 
| audio_format         = 
| runtime              = 
| creator              = 
| developer            = 
| producer             = 
| executive_producer   = 
| starring             = 
| narrated             = 
| theme_music_composer = 
| opentheme            = 
| endtheme             = 
| country              = 
| language             = 
| network              = 
| first_aired          = 
| last_aired           = 
| num_episodes         = 
| list_episodes        =
| chronology           = 
| preceded_by          = 
| followed_by          = 
| website              = 
| imdb_id              = 
| tv_com_id            = 
}}

[edit] Disambiguation

{{ otheruses4|topic|other topic|location }} =

   This article is about topic. For other topic, see location.

For more info, see Wikipedia:Template messages/General.

[edit] Unsigned

{{ subst:unsigned | user name or IP | time, date }} =

   —Preceding unsigned comment added by user name (talk • contribs) 
   time, date

For more info, see Template:Unsigned.

[edit] Talk page header

{{talkheader}} =

This is the talk page for discussing changes to the BLANK article.

   * This is not a forum for general discussion about BLANK.
   * Please sign your posts by typing ~~~~ (four tildes).
   * Place new comments after existing ones (but within topic sections).
   * Separate topic sections with ==A descriptive header==.
   * New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Frequently Asked Questions.

Talk page guidelines

   * Respect etiquette
   * Assume good faith
   * No personal attacks
   * Be nice
   * Don't bite the newbies

[edit] Other Mark-Up

[edit] Categories

To add a page to a category:

[[Category:Category name]]

To list a category instead (note extra colon):

[[:Category:Category name]]

[edit] Common abbreviations

A list of abbreviations commonly used in the edit-summary description: Wikipedia:Edit summary legend. Summarized here: Wikipedia:Edit summary legend/Quick reference.

[edit] Citing references

Templates:

{{Book reference}} replaced by {{cite book}}, February 2006. See Template talk:Cite book for more info.

Short version:

{{cite book
 | last = 
 | first = 
 | authorlink = 
 | coauthors = 
 | year = 
 | title = '''REQUIRED'''
 | publisher = 
 | location = 
 | id = 
}}

Long version:

{{cite book
 | last = 
 | first = 
 | authorlink = 
 | coauthors = 
 | editor = 
 | others = 
 | title = '''REQUIRED'''
 | origdate = 
 | origyear = 
 | origmonth = 
 | url = 
 | format = 
 | accessdate = 
 | accessyear = 
 | accessmonth = 
 | edition = 
 | date = 
 | year = 
 | month = 
 | publisher = 
 | location = 
 | language = 
 | id = 
 | pages = 
 | chapter = 
 | chapterurl = 
}}

{{cite journal
 | first = 
 | last = 
 | authorlink = 
 | coauthors = 
 | year = 
 | month = 
 | title = '''REQUIRED'''
 | journal = 
 | volume = 
 | issue = 
 | pages = 
 | id = 
 | url = 
 }}

{{cite web
 | author = 
 | year = 
 | url = 
 | title = 
 | format = 
 | work = 
 | publisher = 
 | accessdate = 
 | accessyear = 
}}

For more info, see Wikipedia:Citing sources and Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles.

One type of reference is auto-generated at Wiki Bibliography

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] According to Wikipedia:Footnotes

• To make a single use footnote:
  • <ref>text of note</ref> at the in-text place.
• To make a multiple use footnote:
  • <ref name="foo">text of note</ref> at each in-text place. (Quotation marks are only required for names of more than one word.)
    • Alternatively <ref name="foo" /> A self-closing tag on every use after name="foo" has been defined.
• To add a References section to the end of the article
  • Preferred: <references/> under the References heading, or
  • {{reflist}} under the References heading.

Further info:

help:footnotes

[edit] Redirect

To redirect a page (1) to a different page (2), enter on the top of page 1:

        #REDIRECT [[NAME OF PAGE 2]]
        #REDIRECT [[NAME OF PAGE 2]] {{R from alternate name}}
        #REDIRECT [[NAME OF PAGE 2]] {{R from misspelling}}
        #REDIRECT [[NAME OF PAGE 2]] {{R for alternate capitalisation}}

Further info:

Wikipedia:Redirect

[edit] Merge

    {{merge|OTHER PAGE}}
    {{mergefrom|SOURCE PAGE}}
    {{mergeto|DESTINATION PAGE}}

Further info:

Wikipedia:Merge

[edit] Revert

Further info:

Wikipedia:Revert

[edit] Candidates for speedy deletion

Non-admins can ask for an admin to delete a page, either by listing it on speedy deletions, or by adding a {{deletebecause|Reason}} or a {{Db-reason|Reason}} header.

Authors can use speedy-delete on their own pages.

Further info:

Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion

[edit] Vandalism warning templates

• {{subst:test}} or {{subst:test1}}

Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, 
and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any 
other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if 
you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.
Thanks.

• {{subst:test2}}

Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered 
vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. 
Thank you.

• {{subst:test2a}} (a variant suitable for blanking vandalism)

Please stop removing content from Wikipedia; it is considered 
vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. 
Thank you.

• {{subst:test3}}

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be 
blocked from editing Wikipedia.

• {{subst:test4}}

This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, 
you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia

• {{subst:test5}}

You have been temporarily blocked from editing for vandalism of
Wikipedia. Please note that page blanking, addition of random text, 
deliberate misinformation, and repeated and blatant violation of 
WP:NPOV are considered vandalism. If you wish to make useful 
contributions, you may come back after the block expires.

Further info: Wikipedia:Vandalism

[edit] To insert an image in an article:

[[Image:FILENAME.jpg|thumb|Caption]]

For example:

[[Image:Rules of the Game 09 kitchen.jpg|thumb|A scene from [[Jean Renoir]]'s film, ''[[Rules of the Game]]'', exemplifies shallow focus.]]

Limited options are available for positioning the image:

More info:

Wikipedia:Extended image syntax Wikipedia:Picture tutorial

[edit] Images and Fair Use

Wikipedia policies regarding fair use can be found here: Wikipedia:Non-free content. For example, it does not approve of images in television episode lists or screenshots to identify actors.

Fair use comment to insert in article:

<!-- FAIR USE of IMAGENAME.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:IMAGENAME.jpg for rationale -->

[edit] Template: Rationale for fair use to insert in image description:

The template {{Non-free media rationale}} facilitates creating a rationale with the necessary components.

{{Non-free media rationale
| Description=
| Article=
| Source=
| Portion=
| Low_resolution=
| Purpose=
| Replaceability=
| other_information=
}}

other_information is optional and can be left out.

For example:

== Summary ==
{{Non-free media rationale 
| Description = Screenshot from "Ratatouille" trailer depicting Remy controlling Linguini
| Article = Ratatouille
| Source = Screenshot from "Ratatouille" trailer
| Portion = Single screenshot
| Low_resolution = 640px
| Purpose = Identification of characters, key plot element
| Replaceability = No free replacement; no images of characters or 
plot element available outside of trailer at present
| other_information = }}

== Licensing ==
{{Non-free film screenshot}}

[edit] Film screenshot tag to insert in image description:

{{Non-free film screenshot}}

[edit] TV screenshot tag to insert in image description:

{{Non-free television screenshot}}

[edit] Publicity or promo photo tag to insert in image description:

{{Non-free promotional}}—for publicity photographs of people or events, such as headshots or posed shots, from a press kit. See Wikipedia:Publicity photos.

{{Non-free poster}}—for poster images of reduced quality.

[edit] Other stuff to add to Image Description page

Wikipedia:Image description page

[edit] "Clearing" below an image with CSS

<br style="clear: both;">