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Shinkolobwe was simply the first name non rejected by Wikipedia during the registration procedure of a new user.
Sorry, I used my user page to personally store tips and tricks to become acquainted with editing Wikipedia, so this page is terribly messy and has to be considered as a sandbox. For discussions, please use my Talk page.
Go to:
User:Shinkolobwe/Tabs page to setup the user tabs
Attention to the critical position of the tags <noinclude></noinclude> in the list!
<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>
Following tools can correct several problems:
Home: Wikipedia:RefToolbar
Useful tips and tricks: Use Reflist along with the tags <ref name="" /> to declutter the body text from all the references codes and to make the page text much more readable and accessible ((Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name=""></ref> <ref name=""></ref>)). So, all references codes are only stored in the reference list tag Reflist at the end of the page as most reference manager programs do. Then, the body text only contains the tags <ref name="" /> and is more easy to read. Fortuitously found in Thermokarst on 2020-09-19. :-)
Help:Using the Wayback Machine
Wikipedia talk:Tools#Google Book cite no longer working?
https://citation.crosscite.org/
T DOI Wikipedia reference generator
T Wikipedia citation tool for Google Books
User:Zhaofeng Li author of CiteGen Javascript
Wikipedia:reFill: reFill (formerly Reflinks) is a tool that expands bare URL references semi-automatically, hosted on Toolforge.
Refill to convert an url address in a Cite Web template
User:Dispenser/Reflinks to complete rotlinks
How to declutter the page from the long references directly embedded in the text body. See the Help:
((reflist|refs=
<ref name="name1">Content</ref>
<ref name="name2">Content</ref>
<ref name="name...n">Content</ref>
))
or, alternatively,
<references>
<ref name="name1">Content</ref>
<ref name="name2">Content</ref>
<ref name="name...n">Content</ref>
</references>
Main page: Help:Converting between references formats |
Reference styles may be converted from or to list-defined references, following the same rules for other major changes to citation style, at WP:CITEVAR. User:PleaseStand/segregate-refs.js has an option to assist conversion.
Wikipedia:OABOT
|doi-access=free
|url-access=subscription
The character used is U+2011 ‑ NON-BREAKING HYPHEN
See also: Template:Glossary link internal
The template ((glossary link))
and its variant ((glossary link internal))
(((gli))
for short) are templates for creating structured links to particular entries in topical glossaries.
See also: Template:Diff |
((Diff | page title | diff | oldid | labelling text | diffonly=yes))
((Diff | page title | prev | oldid | labelling text)): simplest and most often used form of the Template:Diff
See also: Help:Diff § Internal links |
There is several ways to indicate a difference between revisions for a discussion on a Talk page or to add a comment in an edit summary:
By simply copying the URL of the Diff page in between square brackets [ ] as, e.g.:
[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PAGETITLE&oldid=12345678 See here]
Or, better and shorter using wiki codes:
|url-status=dead
((dead link|date=July 2021))
[[Category:Science citation templates]]
See Template:Mvar, ((mvar|text)) to render text in italic.
Mvar template to display mathematical variables in italic and math format in line in the text. ((mvar|x)) displays as x. Better than to use<math>x</math> wich renders as , slightly bolder.
See also Template:Math for inline, non-complex formulas as an alternative to using the <math>...</math> tag pair.
((Distinguish|text = [[Hans Adolf Krebs]], the biochemist who discovered the [[citric acid cycle]]))
Not to be confused with Hans Adolf Krebs, the biochemist who discovered the citric acid cycle. |
((For|vitamin C|ascorbic acid))
For vitamin C, see ascorbic acid. |
To urgently report obvious, quickly evolving, and persistent massive vandalism or spam on multiple pages and to see if an active vandal has already been identified, use the following page:
Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism
This page is continuously refreshed by a bot and only displays current on-going obvious and persistent vandalism not yet blocked. Once the vandal has been blocked, the request for blocking disappears from the active living-list. Do not abuse of this page: it is restricted to emergency calls for blocking fast evolving vandalism, not for minor or occasional, non-persistent, vandalism.
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Tools to correct bug problems on Wikipedia:
Syntax shown with "pre" tags:
((Ping|username)) ((Re|username)) ((reply to|User1|User2|User3)) ((notif|username)) ((Bonjour|username)) ((Merci|username))
Syntax shown with "nowiki" tags:
((Ping|username))
((Re|username))
((reply to|User1|User2|User3))
((notif|username))
((Bonjour|username))
((Merci|username))
Effective results:
@Username:
@Username:
Modèle:Bonjour (French WP)
Modèle:Merci (French WP)
Useful in a long discussion on a talk page:
Use the template abbr:
((abbr|VESA|Video Electronics Standards Association))
e.g.: VESA without wikilink
Use the template abbrlink:
((abbrlink|VESA|Video Electronics Standards Association))
e.g.: VESA to link to the corresponding page
Which is the equivalent to:
[[Video Electronics Standards Association|((abbr|VESA|Video Electronics Standards Association))]]
It is always more prudent to embed a template in the right part of a wiki link
[[Page target name|((template|displayed name))]]
than to incorporate a link inside a template:
((template|[[Page target name|displayed name]]))
The template abbr is reserved to abbreviation while the template tooltip is required for more explanations about a longer piece of text and avoids breaking down W3C rules:
So, for more explanations, use the template tooltip:
((tooltip|IPoTB|Internet Protocol over Thunderbolt Bridge))
e.g.: IPoTB
For the See also sections:
Very useful and simple to use, see the two variants:
Template:Chem
((chem|2 NaOH + SiO2 -> Na2SiO3 + H2O))
2 NaOH + SiO2 -> Na2SiO3 + H2O
Template:Chem2: much simpler and easier to correctly format chemical reactions!
((chem2|chemical reaction simply typed in plain text))
((chem2|2 NaOH + SiO2 -> Na2SiO3 + H2O))
2 NaOH + SiO2 → Na2SiO3 + H2O
It does the same job than <chem></chem> without generating a larger gif picture:
<chem>2 NaOH + SiO2 -> Na2SiO3 + H2O</chem>
General recommendation: adapt and stick to the current main usage on the visited page
See here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking#Interwiki_links
Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking#Interwiki_links
Interwiki_links
Interwiki links can take the form of:
[[wiktionary:article]]
which appears as: wiktionary:articleThe pipe symbol suppresses the prefix:
[[wiktionary:article|]]
→ articleAdding text after the pipe allows different text:
[[wiktionary:article|Any text]]
→ Any textTo avoid reader confusion, inline interlanguage, or interwiki, linking within an article's body text is generally discouraged. Exceptions: Wiktionary and Wikisource entries may be linked inline (e.g. to an unusual word or the text of a document being discussed), and ((Interlanguage link)) template may be helpful to show a red link accompanied by an interlanguage link if no article exists in English Wikipedia.
wikimedia:Edit Review Improvements/New filters for edit review
Example of the Interlanguage link (ill) template:
((ill|Nino_Ferrari (engineer)|lt=Nino Ferrari|it|Nino Ferrari (ingegnere)))
Nino Ferrari
When the English Wikipedia doesn't have an article, the links to it show up as red links. We don't have an article on Hanning Schröder (it shows up as a red link), but the German Wikipedia does. It is possible to:
[[:de:Hanning Schröder|Hanning Schröder]]
to link directly to the German version; the link shows up as "Hanning Schröder"[[Hanning Schröder]] ([[:de:Hanning Schröder|de]])
to give both a redlinked English link and a German blue link: "Hanning Schröder (de)"((interlanguage link|Hanning Schröder|de))
we get: "Hanning Schröder".The first option is not preferred because it hides the fact that the English Wikipedia is missing that article, and because it can be very unexpected for someone who doesn't speak German to suddenly be sent to a German page.
For general information on source citation in Wikipedia, see WP:CITE.
Citation cleanup templates are listed here.
Below are examples of how to use templates to cite books, encyclopedias, journals, theses, papers, websites, comic strips, videos, and editorial comics. See also Category:Citation templates. If there is a possibility that Harvard referencing will be used in the article in future, consider using the Citation templates (shown second in relation to each source) for additional linking functionality with Template:Harvard citation. This linking from cite to reference does not work with the other templates shown below.
For requiring extra in line citations or reference, use the following templates:
((More footnotes needed|date=October 2020)) if there is insufficient in line citations
((More citations needed|date=October 2020)) if there is insufficient references
To give a footnote a unique identifier, use <ref name="name"> ... </ref>. You can then refer to the same footnote again by using a ref tag with the same name like <ref name="name" />. The name cannot be a number, or the extension will return an error.
Wikipedia:Footnotes#Reference_name_.28naming_a_ref_tag_so_it_can_be_used_more_than_once.29
See: Template:Reflist
For list-defined grouped references, use |refs=.
Within the references list:
((Reflist|group="groupname"|refs= <ref name="name1">content1</ref> <ref name="name2">content2</ref> ))
These references should be invoked as citation in the body text as usual:
<ref name="name1" /><ref name="name2" />
((Reflist|group="groupname"|refs=
It is very useful to declutter the page code from all the codes of the references and to store all the references together in a reference list at the end of the page: "References" list or "Further reading" list.
Template:Harvard citation documentation
For making references list at the end of the page Template:Ref harvard
For making references list at the end of the page Template:Ref
((reflist|refs=))
For making notes list at the end of the page: Template:Note
For making notes list at the end of the page: Template:Wikiref
Rarely used but useful fields: | format = pdf | quote = | ref = Harv | separator =
Template:Google scholar cite for talk pages only !!!
To automatically generate a citation by a bot.
This citation is centrally stored and managed on WP and available to all contributors.
((Cite doi|doi of your source))
When the bot generates the citation and adds it into the central citation template category, the citation is not directly inserted in the page, but rather transcluded in the page. This allows a central management of the automatically generated reference and avoid to clutter the page with a full reference. The reference remains editable with a small button appearing in the references list.
To find a reference, look at the category:
[[Category:Cite_doi_templates]]
Wikipedia:RefToolbar: with a button in the edit toolbar
User:Citation bot, used to correct references
The Wikipedia citation bot: activation via a web page
Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser: AWB, an external program to do semi-automated editing
http://toolserver.org/~holek/cite-gen/index.php?citelang=en&s[append-author-link]=1&s[append-newlines]=1&s[add-references]=1&s[add-list]=1&template=monobook&scriptlang=en
User:Smith609/RefTool, used to make references
Script stored in User:username/monobook.js
If you use Scopus, you can add a link to each search result that will translate it into a pre-filled ((citation))
: Empty citation (help) template. That means an end to copying and pasting details into Wikipedia!
Template:Google scholar cite
Extension:Cite/Cite.php
Available subst templates: type chembox subst or chembox subst small
in the document and press save to get the empty box):
* ((chembox subst)) or ((chembox subst small)) for standard chemicals * ((chembox subst medium)), a bit more information * ((chembox subst full)) or ((chembox subst large)), a complete list
Below the chembox new. Notes:
For more information, see template:chembox.
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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WP:TRANS
(( external media | align = right | width = 300px | image1 =[http://link-to-the-image.jpg Title] ))
((Linktext|This| is| a| test))
Link word by word to Wikidictionary.
Example:
[[en:St. Peter's Cathedral]] (pre)
en:St. Peter's Cathedral
(code)
[[en:St. Peter's Cathedral]] (nowiki)
en:St. Peter's Cathedral
[[:de:Melamin|Melamin]] (nowiki)
Melamin
[[fr:Forrières|Forrières]]
Use Wikipedia:HOTCAT to add a JS to manage categories.
blue writing
blue writing
Signature
Do not forget the semi-colon as properties separator. Properties are in between two quotes ""
How to cite and insert a note?[note 1]
pour bien se retrouver dans la catégorie E et non pas E accent aigu
Wikipedia:Twinkle
Wikipedia:RedWarn (currently proposed to be renamed in Wikipedia:Ultraviolet, WP:UV)
User:MiszaBot III is a bot for autoarchiving talk pages
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Robert_Lavinsky
I just went on Commons and saw that Robert Lavinsky of mindat.org donated his entire database of ~29,000 pictures to Wikimedia commons. You can read about it at Commons:Commons:Robert Lavinsky. Since you did much of the work on the mineral articles, I thought you might be interested. Awickert (talk) 01:45, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
((main|Prestressed concrete))
((WikiProject Geology |class=B |importance=High |attention= |needs-infobox= |peer-review= |old-peer-review= ))
((Citation needed |reason=article do not cite references either |date=August 2008))
Useful tag to request photographs.
((reqphoto|geology)) ((reqphoto|mineralogy))
http://toolserver.org/~magnus/index.html
Conversion of Excel table to wiki table
Image uploading onto Commons:
Wikipedia:Huggle/Manual: an antivandalism tool
The easy way to upload to Wikimedia Commons
http://toolserver.org/~magnus/fist.php
http://wikipedia.ramselehof.de/flinfo.php
An excellent Belgian photograph on the Commons User:Jean-Pol_GRANDMONT
((Expand French|topic=geo|date=August 2010))