Wikipedia talk:Tip of the day/Yearless

This page is used to test Wikipedia:Tip of the day/Yearless tips pages and the related template modifications. Please add any feedback at the Discussion section.

Tips tests

Tips templates

Displaying tips on your userpage

If you would like to display the tip of the day on your userpage, here's how:

Edit your userpage and insert one or more of the following strings:

{{totd-random}} - this is the tip of the moment template, which automatically displays a different tip every time you enter a page it is on (to a maximum of one time per minute). If it doesn't update, try clearing your browser cache.

{{totd}} - the main userspace version of the tip of the day template, with border, centered in the middle of the page. Complete with inspirational lightbulb.

{{totd b}} - a more compact version of the above template. Useful for columns.

{{totd-tomorrow}} - this shows tomorrow's tip, and is used by Wikipedia tipsters to make sure that the tips never run out. If they did run out, a red link would show up on Wikipedia's Community Portal and Help Page, which would be very embarrassing. This template shows the redlink one day in advance, as an early-warning system.

{{Tip of the day}} - the borderless version, with lightbulb.

{{Tip of the day - community portal}} - the underlined-heading version used on the community portal. (No lightbulb).

{{totd2}} - the borderless version used on Wikipedia's Help page (which already has its own borders). (No lightbulb).

{{totd3}} - a purple box version, useful for displaying the tip in columns.

{{totd CP}} - like the help page version, but with a box. Spans the whole field (screen or column) that it is in.

Read more: Wikipedia:Tip of the day

Prior tip - Next tip

totd

This is the Tip of the day: {{totd}}

Tip of the day...

Pretty tables

When using tables in articles, consider using class="wikitable" at the top of the table, like so: {| class="wikitable". This puts a grey border around all the cells, gives heading cells a grey tint, and uses many other common formatting settings without having to spell them all out.

Here are additional resources suitable for new as well as expert contributors:

• Introduction to tables – a four part quick introduction
• How to use tables – when and how tables should be used on Wikipedia
• Table accessibility – Manual of Style guidelines
• Table customising and styles – Styles and tricks to customise tables

Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip

See also:

Table templates  

Become a Wikipedia tipster

To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd}}

This is the yearless Tip of the day: {{totd-y}} It should look the same as the above tip.

Tip of the day... Pretty tables When using tables in articles, consider using class="wikitable" at the top of the table, like so: {| class="wikitable". This puts a grey border around all the cells, gives heading cells a grey tint, and uses many other common formatting settings without having to spell them all out. Here are additional resources suitable for new as well as expert contributors: Introduction to tables – a four part quick introduction How to use tables – when and how tables should be used on Wikipedia Table accessibility – Manual of Style guidelines Table customising and styles – Styles and tricks to customise tables Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip See also: Table templates   To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd}}. Become a Wikipedia tipster

totd b

Compact totd: {{totd b}}

Tip of the day...

Pretty tables When using tables in articles, consider using class="wikitable" at the top of the table, like so: {| class="wikitable". This puts a grey border around all the cells, gives heading cells a grey tint, and uses many other common formatting settings without having to spell them all out. Here are additional resources suitable for new as well as expert contributors: Introduction to tables – a four part quick introduction How to use tables – when and how tables should be used on Wikipedia Table accessibility – Manual of Style guidelines Table customising and styles – Styles and tricks to customise tables Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip See also: Table templates

Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd b}}

Yearless version: {{totd b-y}} It should look the same as the above tip.

Tip of the day...

Pretty tables When using tables in articles, consider using class="wikitable" at the top of the table, like so: {| class="wikitable". This puts a grey border around all the cells, gives heading cells a grey tint, and uses many other common formatting settings without having to spell them all out. Here are additional resources suitable for new as well as expert contributors: Introduction to tables – a four part quick introduction How to use tables – when and how tables should be used on Wikipedia Table accessibility – Manual of Style guidelines Table customising and styles – Styles and tricks to customise tables Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip See also: Table templates

Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this box to your user page, use {{totd b}}.

totd-tomorrow

Tomorrow's totd: {{totd-tomorrow}}

Please proofread the daily tip... It's displayed below one day early. Some tips are obsolete. So we need new tips too. Please share your best tips and tip ideas at the Tip of the day department. edit Tomorrow's tip of the day... Ask intelligent questions When asking a question at the Help desk or the Reference desk, please include all the facts needed to answer the question. For example, do not ask "who was president in 1900?" without mentioning the country you are interested in. This prevents the volunteers of those departments from having to ask follow-up questions before providing answers. Friendly reminder: the Help desk is for questions on how to use Wikipedia, while the Reference desk is for questions about anything else (real world questions). Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Wikipedia:Questions   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd-tomorrow}}

Yearless version: {{totd-tomorrow-y}} It should look the same as the above tip.

edit Hello there (totd announcements and task list)... A tip library is under construction at Wikipedia:Tips, and needs your help to complete. The unsorted tips at the bottom of that page need to be moved to the various subheadings, and the tips under each subheading need to be placed in the best logical order. Tomorrow's tip of the day... Ask intelligent questions When asking a question at the Help desk or the Reference desk, please include all the facts needed to answer the question. For example, do not ask "who was president in 1900?" without mentioning the country you are interested in. This prevents the volunteers of those departments from having to ask follow-up questions before providing answers. Friendly reminder: the Help desk is for questions on how to use Wikipedia, while the Reference desk is for questions about anything else (real world questions). Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Wikipedia:Questions   To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd-tomorrow}}. Become a Wikipedia tipster

Tip of the day

Borderless totd: {{Tip of the day}}

Tip of the day... Pretty tables When using tables in articles, consider using class="wikitable" at the top of the table, like so: {| class="wikitable". This puts a grey border around all the cells, gives heading cells a grey tint, and uses many other common formatting settings without having to spell them all out. Here are additional resources suitable for new as well as expert contributors: Introduction to tables – a four part quick introduction How to use tables – when and how tables should be used on Wikipedia Table accessibility – Manual of Style guidelines Table customising and styles – Styles and tricks to customise tables Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip See also: Table templates   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{tip of the day}}

Yearless version: {{Tip of the day-y}} It should look the same as the above tip.

Tip of the day... Pretty tables When using tables in articles, consider using class="wikitable" at the top of the table, like so: {| class="wikitable". This puts a grey border around all the cells, gives heading cells a grey tint, and uses many other common formatting settings without having to spell them all out. Here are additional resources suitable for new as well as expert contributors: Introduction to tables – a four part quick introduction How to use tables – when and how tables should be used on Wikipedia Table accessibility – Manual of Style guidelines Table customising and styles – Styles and tricks to customise tables Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip See also: Table templates   To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{Tip of the day}}. Become a Wikipedia tipster

Tip of the day - community portal

Community Portal totd (This version includes section heading.): {{Tip of the day - community portal}}

Tip of the day

Pretty tables

When using tables in articles, consider using class="wikitable" at the top of the table, like so: {| class="wikitable". This puts a grey border around all the cells, gives heading cells a grey tint, and uses many other common formatting settings without having to spell them all out.

Here are additional resources suitable for new as well as expert contributors:

• Introduction to tables – a four part quick introduction
• How to use tables – when and how tables should be used on Wikipedia
• Table accessibility – Manual of Style guidelines
• Table customising and styles – Styles and tricks to customise tables

Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip

See also:

Table templates  

All tips  

Become a Wikipedia tipster

To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{tip of the day with h3 heading}}

Yearless version: {{Tip of the day - community portal-y}} It should look the same as the above tip.

Tip of the day

Pretty tables

When using tables in articles, consider using class="wikitable" at the top of the table, like so: {| class="wikitable". This puts a grey border around all the cells, gives heading cells a grey tint, and uses many other common formatting settings without having to spell them all out.

Here are additional resources suitable for new as well as expert contributors:

• Introduction to tables – a four part quick introduction
• How to use tables – when and how tables should be used on Wikipedia
• Table accessibility – Manual of Style guidelines
• Table customising and styles – Styles and tricks to customise tables

Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip

See also:

Table templates  

totd2

Help page totd: {{totd2}}

Tip of the day... Pretty tables When using tables in articles, consider using class="wikitable" at the top of the table, like so: {| class="wikitable". This puts a grey border around all the cells, gives heading cells a grey tint, and uses many other common formatting settings without having to spell them all out. Here are additional resources suitable for new as well as expert contributors: Introduction to tables – a four part quick introduction How to use tables – when and how tables should be used on Wikipedia Table accessibility – Manual of Style guidelines Table customising and styles – Styles and tricks to customise tables Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip See also: Table templates   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd2}}

Yearless version: {{totd2-y}} It should look the same as the above tip.

totd3

Purple box totd: {{totd3}}

Tip of the day... Pretty tables When using tables in articles, consider using class="wikitable" at the top of the table, like so: {| class="wikitable". This puts a grey border around all the cells, gives heading cells a grey tint, and uses many other common formatting settings without having to spell them all out. Here are additional resources suitable for new as well as expert contributors: Introduction to tables – a four part quick introduction How to use tables – when and how tables should be used on Wikipedia Table accessibility – Manual of Style guidelines Table customising and styles – Styles and tricks to customise tables Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip See also: Table templates   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd3}}

Yearless version: {{totd3-y}} It should look the same as the above tip.

Tip of the day... Pretty tables When using tables in articles, consider using class="wikitable" at the top of the table, like so: {| class="wikitable". This puts a grey border around all the cells, gives heading cells a grey tint, and uses many other common formatting settings without having to spell them all out. Here are additional resources suitable for new as well as expert contributors: Introduction to tables – a four part quick introduction How to use tables – when and how tables should be used on Wikipedia Table accessibility – Manual of Style guidelines Table customising and styles – Styles and tricks to customise tables Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip See also: Table templates   Become a Wikipedia tipster

totd CP

Boxed help page totd: {{totd CP}}

Tip of the day... Pretty tables When using tables in articles, consider using class="wikitable" at the top of the table, like so: {| class="wikitable". This puts a grey border around all the cells, gives heading cells a grey tint, and uses many other common formatting settings without having to spell them all out. Here are additional resources suitable for new as well as expert contributors: Introduction to tables – a four part quick introduction How to use tables – when and how tables should be used on Wikipedia Table accessibility – Manual of Style guidelines Table customising and styles – Styles and tricks to customise tables Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip See also: Table templates   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd CP}}

Yearless version: {{totd CP-y}} It should look the same as the above tip.

Pretty tables When using tables in articles, consider using class="wikitable" at the top of the table, like so: {| class="wikitable". This puts a grey border around all the cells, gives heading cells a grey tint, and uses many other common formatting settings without having to spell them all out. Here are additional resources suitable for new as well as expert contributors: Introduction to tables – a four part quick introduction How to use tables – when and how tables should be used on Wikipedia Table accessibility – Manual of Style guidelines Table customising and styles – Styles and tricks to customise tables Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip See also: Table templates   Become a Wikipedia tipster

totd-random

Randomized totd: {{totd-random}}

Tip of the moment... Placing templates Template messages vary in their placement. For example, a {{merge}} notice goes at the top of the article, but the {{stub}} message goes at the bottom. Read the documentation at the bottom of a template for instructions on how to make use of it. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Wikipedia:Manual of Style   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-randomizing template to your user page, use {{totd-random}}

Yearless version: {{totd-random-y}} It might or might not look the same as the above tip.

Tip of the moment... Avoid trademarks Try to avoid using trademarks whenever possible. When trademarks do need to be used, remember to follow standard English text formatting and Wikipedia Method of Style (MOS) capitalization rules even if the trademark owner encourages special treatment. Do not use special symbols such as TM and ® unless they are important to the context, such as to distinguish between generic and brand names for drugs. Product logos and corporate logos may be used once in the infobox or corner of articles about the related product, service, company, or entity. Be sure to use a low-resolution version of the logo to comply with copyright requirements for fair-use. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trademarks   To add this template to your user page, use {{Totd-random}}. Become a Wikipedia tipster

Discussion

This will definitely save a lot of work, or at least provide a default in case no one bothers to write new tips. They'll need to be monitored for relevance and be updated in cases in which they no longer apply, but that's pretty obvious.

So the tips will be displayed in the same order, year after year? That'll create some deja vu! . Is there any way to randomize the tips so that on any particular day the same tip is displayed for everybody throughout the whole day?  The Transhumanist   23:50, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Anything is possible. My first thought was to do something like that - daily randomization - but a concern for high profile pages is reviewability. That's why I went with a more simple and predictable approach. It's also always possible to mix up - switch around - content if anyone want to do that. Rfrisbie^talk 00:37, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

All looks good to me. --Quiddity 03:17, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

If I see no objections by the weekend, I'm going to convert the templates over to use the yearless pages. Rfrisbie^talk 05:25, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Done. Rfrisbie^talk 05:51, 11 November 2006 (UTC)