User:Macrakis/tools

Text formatting

• Non-breaking space: { }
• Zero-width space: {​}
• Word joiner: {⁠}
• Zero-width joiner: {‍}
• Soft hyphen: {­}
• LTR {‎} and RTL {‏} marks
• {{strikethrough|text}} → text
• {{nowrap|don't break across lines}}

Edit summaries

• WP:REFERS: Use "is", not "refers to"
• MOS:FIRST: Article title does not need to appear verbatim in the lead
• WP:OBVIOUS: Lead should state essential information.
• WP:TERSE: Articles should use only necessary words
• WP:EXCESSDETAIL: Too much detail
• WP:COAT: Don't lose sight of the topic; don't hang irrelevant material onto article to make a point
• WP:OFFTOPIC: Stay on topic
• MOS:SINGLE: Format definitions as "dog" 'chien'
• MOS:WAW: Use italics to talk about the word
• WP:INTEGRITY: Don't misrepresent what the source says; cf. WP:HONEST
• WP:INTEGRITY: Don't change the text so it no longer reflects the footnoted source; cf. WP:HONEST
• WP:NOTDICT: WP discusses topics, not words
• WP:NOTHOWTO: WP is not a how-to manual
• WP:NOTRECIPE: don't include recipes
• WP:NOTTRAVEL: WP is not a travel guide
• WP:CONTENTFORK: one subject, one article
• WP:PEACOCK: avoid peacock terms
• WP:PUFFERY: avoid promotional language
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/Original, authentic, and traditional: don't say "traditional"--be specific
• WP:RS: Use reliable sources
• WP:NOR: Don't rely on your personal knowledge and opinions; find good sources
• WP:PRIMARY: Primary sources generally need to be interpreted by secondary sources
• WP:SYNTH: Don't make inferences not supported by sources
• WP:FRINGE: Don't overemphasize far-from-mainstream views
• WP:SUBCAT: an article should be categorised as low in the category hierarchy as possible, without duplication in parent categories above it; WP:CAT: "articles should rarely be placed in both a given category and any of its sub- or parent (super-) categories"
• MOS:': WP uses straight rather than curly apostrophes and quotation marks (unfortunately!)
• WP:GLOSSES: Use single quotes 'x' for glossing
• WP:TITULAR: Avoid 'titular' and 'eponymous'
• WP:PRESERVE: Don't delete uncited content; improve it
• WP:SDAVOID: Avoid "former", "defunct", etc.

Articles

Hatnotes

{{Hatnote|Stuff}}	Stuff
{{other uses}}	For other uses, see Thispage (disambiguation).
{{distinguish|A}}	Not to be confused with A.
{{distinguish|text=A}}	Not to be confused with A.
{{about}}	For other uses, see Thispage (disambiguation).
{{about|A}}	This page is about A. For other uses, see Thispage (disambiguation).
{{about|A||B}}	This page is about A. For other uses, see B.
{{about|A|B}}	This page is about A. For B, see Thispage (disambiguation).
{{about|A|B|C}}	This page is about A. For B, see C.
{{about|A|B|C|D}}	This page is about A. For B, see C. For D, see Thispage (disambiguation).
{{redirect|A}}	"A" redirects here. For other uses, see A (disambiguation).
{{redirect|A|B|C}}	"A" redirects here. For B, see C.
{{About|USE1|USE2|A#SECT{{!}}A}}	This page is about USE1. For USE2, see A.
{{Other people}}	For other people named Thispage, see Thispage (disambiguation).

Articles, inline

• Xref interwiki articles in other languages: {{ill|Giovanni Sardix|it }} → Giovanni Sardix; lt=<link text>
• {{main|Main article}}
• Quote box on grey background: {{quote box|align=right|width=35%|Blah blah|Author}} →

Blah blah

Author

• {{Dubious|Talk section|date=October 2024}} →
• {{Dubious|date=October 2024}} →
• {{pn|date=October 2024}} →
• {{Better source needed|date=October 2024}} →
• {{Dead link|date=October 2024}} →
• {{clarify|date=October 2024}} → (a.k.a. "unclear")
• {{clarify|text=Some unclear text to clarify|date=October 2024}} → Some unclear text
• {{coord|59|54|50|N|10|45|08|E |display=title }} → 59°54′50″N 10°45′08″E
• {{coord|59.234234|N|10.4444|E}} → 59.234234°N 10.4444°E / 59.234234; 10.4444
• {{As of|2024|lc=y}} → As of 2024
• See also other templates

Articles, boxes

• {{Overlydetailed|date=October 2024|details=}} (whole article, box)
• {{Overlydetailed|section|date=October 2024|details=}} (this section, box)
• {{Page numbers needed|date=October 2024|details=}} (article, box)

Articles, sections

• {{Unreferenced|date=October 2024|details=}}
• {{Refimprove|date=October 2024|details=}}
• {{Unreferenced section|date=October 2024|details=}}
• {{Refimprove section|date=October 2024|details=}}
• {{More citations needed|date={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}}}
• {{More footnotes needed|{{subst:DATE}}}}

Images

• [[File:filename.jpg|thumb|right/left|alt=What is it|Caption]]

  

  Caption

See also Wikipedia:Extended image syntax

Footnotes

• X<ref name="refname">...</ref> → X
• {{r|refname|p=page}} →

See also Help:Footnotes and WP:Citing sources

Talk pages

• {{subst:Welcome|date=October 2024}}

• {{subst:uw-vandalism1}} -- gentle caution
• {{subst:uw-vandalism2}} -- explicitly says vandalism
• {{subst:uw-vandalism3}} -- stern warning
• {{subst:uw-vandalism4}} -- very sharp warning
• {{subst:uw-vandalism4im}} -- only warning, further disruption means block