MichaelMaggs

Wikimedian, Librivoxer and photographer; retired patent attorney. Past wiki roles have included admin and bureaucrat on Commons, chair of Wikimedia UK, and organiser of Wiki Loves Monuments in the UK. Currently jury member for several Wiki Loves contests.

I am the operator of ShortDescBot, a bot to add and improve short descriptions.

Gallery of photographs, by subject

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Template:Unreferenced - for articles with no sources at all {{Unreferenced}}
Template:Unreferenced - for sections with no sources {{Unreferenced section}}
Template:More citations needed {{More citations needed}} or {{Refimprove}}

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Template:Poem quote {{Poem quote| }}
- Can be used not only for poetry but also prose where the paragraph structure should be maintained
Template:Section link {{Section link|pagename#sectionname}}
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Up to 4 authors can be included in the cite, eg {{sfn |Burnett |Nunes |2021 |loc=section 1}}
To fix an error of the type "Harv warning: There is no link pointing to this citation. The anchor is named CITEREFChisholm1911", create an sfn inline reference like this: {{sfn |Chisholm |1911}}

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Template:Cite legislation UK
Template:Cite OED {{Cite OED |xxxwordxxx |access-date= xxx }}
Template:Cite ODNB {{Cite ODNB |title= ODNBarticlename |doi= |last= |first= |author-link= |freearticle= }}

If doi is not present, use |id= ODNBarticlenumber instead
|freearticle=y adds a green open padlock icon to the reference
No need to record access date

Template:lang-en-emodeng Early modern En {{lang-en-emodeng |label=none |xxxxx }}

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Template:Internet Archive author {{Internet Archive author |sname= }} Best results using full name as sname
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Template:Gutenberg author {{Gutenberg author |id= |name= }}

Template:Librivox book {{Librivox book |title= |author= }}
Template:Librivox author {{Librivox author |id= |title= }} Title is author name; get id from URL

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Wikipedia:External links
Wikipedia:Etiquette
Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not
- WP:NOTCOMPULSORY – no requirement to give more time and effort than you wish

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Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism

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Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions
- WP:OTHERCONTENT – shouldn't add bad content just because other content exists
Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid on discussion pages
- WP:OTHERSTUFF – shouldn't keep a bad article just because it's similar to another article

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