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User:IZAK/Useful templates and pages

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Welcome template edit

{{subst:welcome}} ~~~~

WP:CC BY-SA edit

Category redirect edit

To redirect from Category:Authors to Category:Writers, simply add the following to Category:Authors:

{{category redirect|Writers}}

Please do not use subst: on the template.

Creating a quote edit

{{quote|Fortunate is one who dies with the name of God on his lips. He is a true [[tzadik]]|''Leib Sarah's''}}

creates:

Fortunate is one who dies with the name of God on his lips. He is a true tzadik

— Leib Sarah's

Category tree edit

Newer version: Template {{Category tree}} {{Category tree}}

Older version:

<categorytree>Category name</categorytree>

Name for a category based on main article: Template edit

{{Cat main|Article name}}

Category:Jewish history is a container category, see "Category:Container categories". It should contain only subcategories, and not articles. edit

Use: [[Category:Jewish history]] is a container category, see "[[Category:Container categories]]". It should contain only subcategories, and not articles.

Quoting Hebrew-English Bible chapters and verses edit

  • Use: {{bibleverse||Genesis|1:1|HE}} that produces: Genesis 1:1 with a direct link to the Hebrew-English text of of the Jewish Publication Society's text (copyright evidently expired) by Mechon Mamre.
  • By using {{bibleverse-nb||Genesis|1:1|HE}} it produces 1:1 the number of the chapter and verse only.

Notability in the field, not notability in general media, is the standard edit

WP:ANYBIO: "The person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in his or her specific field" as well as WP:SCHOLAR in this case in the field of advanced Talmudic scholarship.

Also, in years gone by, User {{User|Shirahadasha}} had once noted [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Chaim_Dov_Keller&diff=154418964&oldid=154350305] in [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chaim Dov Keller]] that: "...Religious sources and media of notable religious organizations are perfectly acceptable [[WP:RS|reliable sources]] to establish notability of religious subjects and figures. Notability in the field, not notability in general media, is the standard, and that is met here. There is no problem I can see that can justify a delete vote..." and the same applies here.

Reminding editors that they have not notified the original creator about the AFD or the CFD edit

Hi : You nominated [[]] for deletion (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/____.) However, it would have been nice if you would have informed the original creator of this article that you were doing so (I have just done so []). Kindly note that on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion#How to list pages for deletion it advises that: "...'It is generally considered civil to notify the good-faith creator and any main contributors of the articles that you are nominating for deletion. Do not notify bot accounts or people who have made only insignificant 'minor' edits. To find the main contributors, look in the page history or talk page of the article and/or use TDS' Article Contribution Counter. For your convenience, you may use {{subst:AFDWarningNew|Article title}} (for creators who are totally new users), {{subst:AFDWarning|Article title}} (for creators), or {{subst:Adw|Article title}} (for contributors or established users)." Thank you for noting this for future purposes.

Note to users who create articles up for deletion edit

Hi : You contributed [[]]. Someone has nominated it for deletion, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/____. Thanks,

Reminder to an editor to insert the "subst:delsort|Judaism" tag edit

Hi : You recently added {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/____}} to Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Judaism [http____], however as requested at the top of the page ("tag discussions...") you did not complete the process fully. You should have placed the {{subst:delsort|Judaism}} <small>-- ~~~~</small> on the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/____ page. I have done so now, please remember to do so in the future. Thanks.

Disputing speedy deletion edit

  • {{Hangon}} to dispute quick deletions:
    • "The speedy deletion of this page is contested. The person placing this notice intends to dispute the speedy deletion of this article on its talk page, and requests that this page not be deleted in the meantime..."

"Not to be confused with" TEMPLATES edit

Placing a box around something in an article edit

<div style="padding:1em;border:1px solid black">

User:IZAK

</div>

creates:

User:IZAK

DEFAULTSORT template edit

For automatic insertion of a subject's name into all categories, use:

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lastname, Firstname}}

Creating biographies edit

Request for references edit

and many more temapltes like these at

Request for edit summary edit

When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labeled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:

The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.

Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field. If you are adding a section, please do not just keep the previous section's header in the Edit summary field - please fill in your new section's name instead. Thank you.

Request for an expert's help template edit

{{Expert-verify}}

Resolved template edit

{{resolved}}

  Resolved

Has made few contributions template edit

{{spa|IZAK}} creates:

— IZAK (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

Wiktionary edit

To link a word from WP to Wiktionary, do as follows: [[wikt:dire straits|dire straits]] creates dire straits

Notice for talk pages of concluded votes edit

Articles: Template:Oldafdfull edit

Example (place on the article's talk page): {{Old AfD multi | date = January 1 2001 | result = '''keep''' | page = Example }}

  This article was nominated for deletion in the past. The result of the discussion was keep.

Multi deletion list edit

Categories:Template:Cfd result edit

Example (place on the category's talk page): {{Cfd result|date=2006 June 19}

OR:

  This category was nominated for deletion, renaming, or merging with another category on {{{date}}}.

The result of [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/{{{date}}}#Category:{{}}|the discussion]] was keep.

Form letter for Email requesting usage of photo/s edit

To Whom It May Concern:

I am writing to you as an editor on Wikipedia to ask for your help. Wikipedia currently lacks a photo of __________ for its article about him: Could you please either post or send me via Email a photo (or more if possible) of ___________ that would not be bound by any copyright violations or that you know for certain could be released and posted on Wikipedia. You also have the option of retaining copyright to such photo/s with the proviso that they may be used only on Wikipedia. For more about Wikipedia's requirements and rules in this regard, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Uploading_images Hoping that someone from your organization can help as it would enhance the article.

Yours sincerely,

Izak.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:IZAK

Creating colored words edit

<font color="red">IZAK</font>

creates

IZAK

Creating highlights of words edit

{{highlight|Mazel Tov IZAK}}

creates

Mazel Tov IZAK

Creating blinking words edit

<span style="color:darkred; text-decoration:blink">'''[[Judaism]] abhors [[antisemitism]]'''</span>

creates

Judaism abhors antisemitism

Continuing a thread of discussion edit

{{Outdent}} or {{od}}

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Finding Internet sources for biographies about Haredi rabbis edit

Question:

Given that tens or hundreds of thousands of people consider a Haredi rabbi as a spiritual leader, is there a reason that google-searching "____ ____ ____" yields so few useful results? Should I be googling using Hebrew characters, for example?


Response (long):

You have hit upon a huge [[dilemma]] perhaps without realizing it. I would say that you lack two fundamental insights into modern-day [[Haredi Judaism|Haredi]] life in general, especially to those in Israel, that pertain to your question. One is that Haredim and their leaders do not function like Western leaders. They literally despise the media and the academic world. They do not allow their children to study secular studies. That is just a fact one must accept about them and their chosen lifestyle. The second factor is that they are vehemently opposed to the Internet and certainly to any form of mass publicity through it, and they have outright banned its presence in Jewish homes and allow it only very sparingly for business purposes under very tightly controlled environments. Parents are warned that their children will be kicked out of [[yeshiva]]s if they allow them any Internet access. See [http://www.jewishmediaresources.com/article/53/ Of ostriches and cavemen]; [http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/12906/edition_id/249/format/html/displaystory.html Can Israeli rabbis enforce their ban against the Internet?] and [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3346469,00.html Bezeq to launch ‘Kosher’ internet]. This is the same way that they have dealt with TVs in homes for decades with great success as no-one wishes to defy these rabbis and face social ostracism in those communities that they preside over. The net result of all this is that you will often find very little information on the Web about some of the presently most notable and highly-regarded rabbis, Hasidic rebbes and Jewish sages. Thus one must often rely on the barest of crumbs that would minimally satisfy Wikipedia's standards and criteria for how to verify notability. There is also the odd phenomenon on Wikipedia that some persons who are actually rogue "rabbis" and may have no standing in any Jewish community, can get articles because of the publicity that has been generated about them, but truly humble publicity-shy personalities may get shunted aside in the media blizzard. Actually, Haredi rabbis would probably be very happy that no articles are written about him anywhere on the Internet and certainly not on Wikipedia, so even though the author of this original article may be blocked from Wikipedia, he was actually sticking his neck out and taking a huge risk writing up any article about such a notable rabbi. So these kinds of situations require great care and inspection so that one does miss the forest for the trees. Thanks for giving this your considered attention. ~~~~

Response (abbreviated):

Please note that this AfD hits upon a huge [[dilemma]]. [[Haredi Judaism|Haredim]] and their leaders do not function like Western leaders. They despise the media and the academic world. They do not allow their children to study secular studies. They are vehemently opposed to the Internet and certainly to any form of mass publicity through it. See [http://www.jewishmediaresources.com/article/53/ Of ostriches and cavemen]; [http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/12906/edition_id/249/format/html/displaystory.html Can Israeli rabbis enforce their ban against the Internet?] and [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3346469,00.html Bezeq to launch ‘Kosher’ internet]. The net result of all this is that one will often find very little information on the Web about some of the most notable and highly-regarded rabbis and Jewish sages. Thus one must often rely on the barest of crumbs that would minimally satisfy Wikipedia's standards and criteria for how to verify notability. Actually, Haredi rabbis would probably be very happy that no articles are written about them anywhere on the Internet and certainly not on Wikipedia. So these kinds of situations require great care and inspection so that one does miss the forest for the trees. ~~~~

Directions on starting citations on pages edit

Hi : I noticed that you are having some difficulty setting up a way to get citations going in articles, and how it has frustrated you.

There are a variety of ways to cite, such as Wikipedia:Harvard referencing, Wikipedia:Footnotes, Wikipedia:Scientific citation guidelines and see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners.

For better or worse I have taken on and basically use the following method:

  • Step One: If there is a citation system in place in an article, use that one.
  • Step Two: If there is no citation in place, then put these two items near the bottom of the page. This will "activate" the "citation system" on the page:

==References==

<references/>

  • Step Three: Make sure you have these ready: (1) The web page or book you plan to cite. (2) The name of the article you plan to cite from that web page. (3) The author of the article. (4) In the case of books, find the ISBN number
  • Step Four:
    • For Internet citations follow the instructions and use one of the options Template:Cite web, choose the one that you prefer.
    • For book citations follow the instructions and use one Template:Cite book, choose the one that you prefer.
    • For citations from magazines or other sources, see and do the same from Wikipedia:Citation templates.
  • Final Step: Click on "Save page" and check out your handiwork. It should work.


There is a way of not having to repeat all the information if you use the same citation more than once, but that is also for very detailed articles I find.

If you want to see other choices, see Category:Citation templates, but don't overwhelm yourself, you'll mostly not need them. Hope this helps, ~~~~

Creating three columns in a section that lists names edit

Famous mashgichim edit

Inserting comments into edits that will not be seen when the "save page" is clicked edit

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Templates for Like and signs edit

{{like}} →   Like

Useful essays edit

Main page: Wikipedia:Wikipedia essays

Wikipedia:What is one event edit

  • Wikipedia:What is one event?: " Since the 2008 election season, a number of articles have been submitted for deletion discussions in part or in whole based on WP:BIO1E and WP:BLP1E, which discourage Wikipedia from having separate articles on people playing minor roles in major events or major roles in minor events..."

Wikipedia:Who is a low profile individual edit

  • Wikipedia:Who is a low profile individual?: "A low-profile individual is a person, usually notable for only one event, who has not sought or desired the attention...The term (and non-public figure in previous revisions) is used in Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons#Subjects notable only for one event (WP:BLP1E), and often misapplied in deletion discussions. A low-profile individual is someone who has been covered in reliable sources without seeking such attention, often as part of their connection with a single event. Persons who actively seek out media attention are not low-profile, regardless of whether or not they are notable..."

Don't template the regulars edit

  • Wikipedia:Don't template the regulars: "When dealing with established users, it is generally more effective to write them a short personal message than to apply a standardized template."

Call a spade a spade edit

  • Wikipedia:Call a spade a spade: "It's okay to call a spade a spade — to speak plainly — but remember to remain civil, and to stay focused on improving the encyclopedia."

Staying cool when the editing gets hot edit

  • Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot: "1. In disagreements, try to understand why. 2. Don't label. 3. Take it slow. 4. Make proposals and listen carefully. 5. assume good faith. 6. Be prepared to apologise. 7. Avoid deleting. 8. Sometimes walk away. 9. If an action makes things worse, give consider not doing it. 10. Don't take it too seriously. 11. Resist distressing a random visitor. (There is more)

Don't demolish the house while it's still being built edit

Give an article a chance edit

An article about yourself is nothing to be proud of edit

WikiLove edit

 
Wikipe-tan Wikilove propaganda poster.
  • Wikipedia:WikiLove (WP:LOVE): "Refers to a general spirit of collegiality and mutual understanding among wiki users. Because people coming from substantially different perspectives work on Wikipedia together—religious fundamentalists and secular humanists, conservatives and liberals, etc.—it is easy for discussions to degenerate into flamewars. But we are all here for one reason: we love accumulating, ordering, structuring, and making freely available what knowledge we have in the form of an encyclopedia of unprecedented size. Wikipedia is not just another discussion forum, it is a project to describe and collect what we know."

Staying cool when the editing gets hot edit

Competence is required edit

Expert editors edit

Expert retention edit

Not therapy edit

  • Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not therapy (WP:NOTTHERAPY): Behavior problems that disrupt the collective work of creating a useful encyclopedia may result in that editor being restricted or banned. These problems may be caused by personal immaturity, an inability to properly apply Wikipedia's policies, poor social skills, or other reasons.

Useful templates edit

Expert-subject edit

{{Expert-subject}}

Citation needed edit

[citation needed]

Expand section edit

Merge and Redirect edit

  • " 'Deleted and merge' can not be done; if the developers ever purged deleted history then we would be inviolation of the GFDL. Deleted and redirect can be done, or merge and redirect, but not delete and merge." User:GRBerry 13:49, 18 June 2008 (UTC) [1]

Hebrew naming conventions edit

Kindly note that Wikipedia does not have one absolute single naming policy regarding Hebrew and Yiddish words (often times many Hebrew words are also used in Yiddish) and espcecially if those words are used most frequebntly in a certian way by one group in particular. There has never been a consensus at Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Hebrew) and Wikipedia:WikiProject Hebrew languages and that therefore Wikipedia respects Hebrew as it is used and spoken by both Ashkenazi Jews and Sephardi Jews, by modern Israelis as Modern Hebrew and as in Biblical Hebrew. Thank you for taking note of this and avoiding any future misunderstanding. If you wish to discuss this matter with more Judaic editors feel free to do so at WP:TALKJUDAISM.

Citing Hebrew concordance edit

A New Concordance of the Bible: Thesaurus of the Language of the Bible<ref>Abraham Even-Shoshan, ''A New Concordance of the Bible: Thesaurus of the Language of the Bible: Hebrew and Aramaic Roots, Words, Proper Names Phrases and Synonyms'' (Kiryat Sepher Publishing House, Jerusalem. 1986 edition)</ref>

Manual of Style edit

Words to watch (avoid) edit

Creating a picture gallery at the bottom of a page edit

Example: Open with <gallery> and close with </gallery>

Talkback templates edit

When wanting to let another user know that he has a reply or new or follow-up message on my page. See: Template:Talkback. Both can create either one of:

  • {{Talkback|User talk:IZAK}} that creates:
 
Hello, IZAK. You have new messages at IZAK's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

or

  • {{Tb|User talk:IZAK}} that creates:
 
Hello, IZAK. You have new messages at IZAK's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Wikipedia's Article Wizard edit

Main pages: Wikipedia:Article wizard and WP:WIZARD

An important tool for anyone who needs an introduction to writing articles for Wikipedia, provided by Wikipedia itself, and also good for sharpening the editorial skills of those who know something but may be unsure what to do in order to write a good article:

WP:RSPSCRIPTURE edit

Movement cases edit

Alphabetically:

CAMERA case edit

Main article: Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America § CAMERA campaign in Wikipedia

Chabad movement case edit

Lyndon LaRouche case edit

Scientology case edit

Main article: Church of Scientology editing on Wikipedia

Tea Party movement case edit

Transcendental Meditation movement case edit

See also edit

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