Using Wikipedia's markup language
edit- Help:Editing -detailed how-to; see T.O.C. on the right for more detailed articles
Wikipedia's editorial Manual of Style
edit- Manual of Style - main article
- biographies
- dates and numbers
- headings
- links
- dashes
- em dash: option-shift-hyphen — same as "--", no spaces
- capital letters
- abbreviations
- trademarks
Other editorial style guidance:
editOther how-to:
edit- village pump (assistance)
- Category:Wikipedia how-to—90 pages at last count
- Category:Wikipedia style guidelines—103 articles at last count
- Avoiding common mistakes
- Changing username
- Tools/Navigation popups
- Wikipedia:FAQ
- How to edit a page
- Tools software tools and add-ins
Template messages
edit- Template messages general article
- Dispute-related warnings
- Sources of articles
- User talk page warnings
- Welcome templates
- Template namespace
- Cleanup templates - reads like an ad, needs links, needs cleanup, etc.
- Unsigned2 template -- for when I forget
Disputes, vandalism and problem articles:
editGeneral materials for dealing with disputes, vandalism and problem articles
edit- Please do not bite the newcomers
- What Wikipedia is not
- List of policies
- List of guidelines
- Vandalism
- What is a good article?
Vanity
editNotability
edit- Notability - general article
- Importance — proposed
- Not a dictionary
- Neologisms
- Software — proposed
- Numbers
- Academics — proposed
- U.S. broadcasters — proposed
- Songs — proposed
- Bands and musicians
- Candidates and elections — proposed
- Athletes — proposed
- Companies and corporations — proposed
- Fiction, fictional series and characters — proposed
- Organizations
- Wikipedia:Search engine test
- Wikipedia:Notability/Proposal -- inactive proposal but makes some good points
- On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog
- Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Precedents -- lots of good stuff
Other issues
editDealing with disputes, vandalism and problem articles
edit- Etiquette
- Speedy deletions
- Deletion policy
- Criteria for speedy deletion
- Deletion of vanity articles
- No personal attacks
- Articles for deletion - deletion other than speedy
Reporting problems
editAdministrators' noticeboard- do not use; for administrative issues!- Requests for administrator attention -- guidance on where to go
- Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents
- Administrators' noticeboard/3RR
- Administrator intervention against vandalism
- Requests for investigation - complex issues, trends, repeated targets - see What belongs on this page
- Long term abuse - see Criteria for addition
- Suspected sock puppets
- Personal attack intervention noticeboard
- Requests for checkuser - last resort only; requires a lot of work on someone's part
- Spam blacklist
Miscellaneous
edit- Special:Log/newusers
- Special:Log
- Wikipedia:Welcoming committee
- User talk:BradPatrick—Foundation's lawyer
- Pages needing attention
- Village pump (technical) - browser issues, etc.
- User:Mboverload/wikipediarules - Mboverload's wikipediarules cheat sheet
Pictures and copyright
editNotes
edit- "Fill in the blank" template usage:
- {{subst:vw-n|Darlington School}}
- {{subst:vw-n|Darlington School}}
- produces:
- Your change to the page Darlington School was determined to be unhelpful, and has been removed. Please use the sandbox for any tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing. Thanks.
- from Wikipedia:Assume good faith:
- "Of course, there's a difference between assuming good faith and ignoring bad actions. If you expect people to assume good faith from you, make sure you demonstrate it. Don't put the burden on others. Yelling "Assume Good Faith" at people does not excuse you from explaining your actions , and making a habit of it will convince people that youre acting in bad faith."
- " This policy does not require that editors continue to assume good faith in the presence of evidence to the contrary. Actions inconsistent with good faith include vandalism, personal attacks, sockpuppetry and edit warring. Assuming good faith also does not mean that no action by editors should be criticized, but instead that criticism should not be attributed to malice unless there is specific evidence of malice. Accusing the other side in a conflict of not assuming good faith, without showing reasonable supporting evidence , is another form of failing to assume good faith."
- In other words, a sanctimonious admonishment to "assume good faith" by a misbehaving editor or admin is meaningless, evenbad, when the evidence clearly demonstrates otherwise.