User:O1ive/Useful Stuff
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[edit] Tools
[edit] Wikipedia:How to edit a page
[edit] Contribution counter
[edit] Citation
{{specify}} adds a request for a citation (source information).
Appearing as [specify], used for information that needs citations to make it complete,
or quotations that are used without citations
{{fact}} adds a request for a citation (source information).
Appearing as [citation needed],
used in the body of an article as a request for other editors to find citations:
1. to label a passage which is incomplete without a cited source of information
2. to label a quotation which lacks a citation
[edit] IP search
[edit] References
<ref name="name or number">[link] text</ref> or just <ref>[link] text</ref>
==References==
{{subst:footnotes}}
if the same ref name is used again the reference will have the same number but be named abc etc
to just add a foot note, leave the [link] out, just insert text.
[edit] Notes
See List of circulating currencies [A] for how to create "notes" seperate from references.
{{ref label|insert-name|A|A}}
==Notes==
:{{note label|insert-name|A|A}}
Notes
- A The page received a top award for its importance.
[edit] Other Wiki sites
- [[:wikinews:Article name|article use]] links though to the wikinews pages - e.g. Prince Edward
- [[:de:Article name|article use]] links to the German wiki - e.g. Team Sparkasse
- [[:wiktionary:Article name|article use]] links to the dictionary - e.g. derogatively
[edit] Article
{{main|Article}}
{{Otheruses4|1|2|3}}
This article is about {{{1}}}. For {{{2}}}, see [[{{{3}}}]]
[edit] Contents
To force a table of contents to appear use __TOC__
[edit] No contents
"_ _ N O T O C _ _" typed as "__NOTOC__"
[edit] Contents on the right
{{TOC right}}
[edit] To use on Category pages
Use one of these on pages whose title begins with "Category:".
[edit] Alphabetical lists
| What to type | What it makes | |||
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| {{CategoryTOC}} Talk |
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| {{CategoryTOClc}} Talk |
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| {{CatAZ}} Talk |
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| {{CategoryYearTOC}} Talk |
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[edit] Editing
[edit] Forcing a break
Stops everything linking together, use
<br style="clear:both;"/>
or to clear the left side only
<br style="clear:left;"/>
[edit] Indented Block Quote
<blockquote>Quote</blockquote>
For quotations within body of article
: to Indent
- to Indent
:: etc
-
- etc
[edit] Columns
{| valign="top"
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|<ul><li>a<li>bb<li>ccc</ul>
|<ul><li>ddd<li>ee<li>f</ul>
|}
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{| valign="top"
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|<ul><li>a<li>bb<li>ccc</ul>
|<ul><li>ddd<li>ee<li>f</ul>
|<ul><li>g<li>hh<li>iii</ul>
|<ul><li>jjj<li>kk<li>l</ul>
|}
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{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
* a
* b
* c
{{col-2}}
* d
* e
* f
{{col-end}}
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[edit] Tables
Meta:MediaWiki User's Guide: Using tables
<center>
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
| This
| is
|-
| a
| '''table'''
|}
</center>
| This | is |
| a | table |
{| border="1"
|+ The table's caption
! Column heading 1 !! Column heading 2 !! Column heading 3
|-
! Row heading 1
| Cell 2 || Cell 3
|-
! Row heading A
| Cell B || Cell C
|}
| Column heading 1 | Column heading 2 | Column heading 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Row heading 1 | Cell 2 | Cell 3 |
| Row heading A | Cell B | Cell C |
[edit] Sundry
- {{gutenberg|no=1023|name=Bleak House}} Bleak House, available at Project Gutenberg.
- {{reqmap}} to request a map to be added to an article.
[edit] Deleting self generated pages
{{db-self}}
[edit] Hidden comments within code
<!--
To add a comment within any code, place between these markers
use <nowiki> </nowiki> if required
-->
this will not appear on the page but will be visible when editing
[edit] Interesting Pages
- Wikipedia Signpost
- Forer effect
- http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro_for_EXCEL_tableconversion
- Template:AfD in 3 steps
Links to recent new pages which assits google to find them - All New: 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Orphaned: 500 1001 1501
[edit] Talk
[edit] Unsigned
The template {{unsigned2}} is useful for copying and pasting from the edit history, where the timestamp appears before the username. {{unsigned2}} also automatically adds the (UTC) at the end.
| Wikimarkup | Resulting code | Resulting display |
|---|---|---|
| {{subst:unsigned2|date|user name or ip}} | {{subst:unsigned2|23:59, 1 April, 2006|Example}} | —Preceding unsigned comment added by Example (talk • contribs) 23:59, 1 April, 2006 |

