User:Iadmc/Links

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Help with editing

Twinkle

Wikipedia:Twinkle/Preferences

Wikipedia

Articles that help with formatting issues

Colours: Lists of colors

Useful templates

Images edit
[[File: \| thumb \| upright \| right \| alt= \| caption ]]

Cite web edit
<ref>{{cite web \|url= \|title= \|author= \|date= \|website= \|publisher= \|access-date= }}</ref>

Cite journal edit
<ref>{{cite journal \|last1= \|first1= \|last2= \|first2= \|date= \|title= \|journal= \|volume= \|issue= \|pages= \|publisher= \|doi= \|url= \|access-date= }}</ref>

Cite book (short) edit
<ref>{{cite book \|last= \|first= \|author-link= \|title= \|publisher= \|series= \|date= \|doi= \|isbn= }}</ref>

Cite book (extended)

<ref>{{cite book
 |last1        = 
 |first1       = 
 |last2        = 
 |first2       = 
 |author-link1 = 
 |author-link2 = 
 |editor       = 
 |title        = 
 |trans-title  = 
 |url          = 
 |access-date  = 
 |edition      = 
 |series       = 
 |volume       = 
 |date         = 
 |publisher    = 
 |location     = 
 |isbn         = 
 |doi          = 
 |page         = 
 |pages        = 
 |chapter      = 
}}</ref>

Metric conversions

Single input:

{{convert|original_value|original_unit|conversion_unit|abbr=on}}

Range of values:

{{convert|orig_val1|range|orig_val2|original_unit|conversion_unit|abbr=on}}

Examples:

{{convert|60|and|170|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
{{convert|18|°C|°F}}
{{convert|3.21|kg|lb}}

Variables

Code	Effect
{{CURRENTWEEK}}	47
{{CURRENTDOW}}	0
{{CURRENTMONTH}}	11
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}	November
{{CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN}}	November
{{CURRENTDAY}}	24
{{CURRENTDAYNAME}}	Sunday
{{CURRENTYEAR}}	2024
{{CURRENTTIME}}	05:31
{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}	6,915,163
{{NUMBEROFPAGES}}	61,898,554
{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}	48,310,116
{{PAGENAME}}	Iadmc/Links
{{NAMESPACE}}	User
{{REVISIONID}}	-
{{REVISIONUSER}}	Iadmc
{{localurl:pagename}}	/wiki/Pagename
{{localurl:Wikipedia:Sandbox\|action=edit}}	/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sandbox&action=edit
{{fullurl:pagename}}	//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagename
{{fullurl:pagename\|query_string}}	//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pagename&query_string
{{SERVER}}	//en.wikipedia.org
{{ns:index}} e.g. '{{ns:1}}'	fullname of namespace e.g 'Talk'
{{SITENAME}}	Wikipedia

Recalling named reference edit
<ref name="NAMEOFREF" />

Quotes edit
{{blockquote \|text= \|sign= }}

Blockquotes edit
<blockquote> <p>QUOTED PARAGRAPH</p> <p>NAME, SOURCE, REFERENCE</p> </blockquote>

About edit
(This page is about USE1. For other uses, see About (disambiguation).) {{About\|USE1}}
(This page is about USE1. For other uses, see PAGE2.) {{About\|USE1\|\|PAGE2}}
(This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2.) {{About\|USE1\|USE2\|PAGE2}}
(This page is about USE1. For USE2, see PAGE2. For USE3, see PAGE3. For USE4, see PAGE4. For USE5, see PAGE5.) {{About\|USE1\|USE2\|PAGE2\|USE3\|PAGE3\|USE4\|PAGE4\|USE5\|PAGE5}}

Tables (borderless) edit
{\| \|- ! scope="col" \|COLUMN1 ! scope="col" \|COLUMN2 \|- \|ROW1 \|ROW1/COL2 \|- \|ROW2 \|ROW2/COL2 \|}

Tables (wikitable) edit
{\| class="wikitable" \|- ! scope="col" \|COLUMN1 ! scope="col" \|COLUMN2 \|- \|ROW1 \|ROW1/COL2 \|- \|ROW2 \|ROW2/COL2 \|}

Collapsible tables (Default: collapsed) edit
{\| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;margin:0px;" \|- ! style="width:20em;" \|COLUMN1 ! style="width:20em;" \|COLUMN2 \|- \|ROW1 \|ROW1/COL2 \|- \|ROW2 \|ROW2/COL2 \|- \|}

Columns edit
{{col-begin\|width=100%}} {{col-break\|width=}} {{col-end}}

Interwiki links

Wiki	Shortcut
Wikimedia Commons	[[commons:]]
Wikipedia	[[w:]]
Wiktionary	[[wikt:]]
Wikibooks	[[b:]]
Wikisource	[[s:]]
Wikispecies	[[species:]]
Wikiversity	[[wv:]]
Metawiki	[[m:]]
MediaWiki	[[mw:]]

Vandalism response templates

 * {{subst:uw-vandalism1|PageName}} ~~~~ (unintentional vandalism/test)
 * {{subst:uw-delete1|PageName}} ~~~~ (unintentional removal of content)
 * {{subst:uw-vandalism2|PageName}} ~~~~ (suitable for intentional nonsense or disruption)
 * {{subst:uw-delete2|PageName}} ~~~~ (variant for removal of content)
 * {{subst:uw-vandalism3|PageName}} ~~~~ ("please stop" for use after level 2 warning)
 * {{subst:uw-delete3|PageName}} ~~~~ (please stop removing content)
 * {{subst:uw-vandalism4|PageName}} ~~~~ (last warning for vandalism)
 * {{subst:uw-delete4|PageName}} ~~~~ (last warning for removing content)
 * {{subst:uw-vandalism4im|PageName}} ~~~~ (only warning; for severe or grotesque vandalism only)
 * {{subst:uw-delete4im|PageName}} ~~~~ (only warning; for many blankings in a short period of time)

Page citations edit
{{rp\|page=}}

Nominating articles

{{subst:FAC}}—Featured Articles; add {{Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/name of nominated article/archiveNumber}} to that page
{{featured list candidates|FLC/archive1}}—Featured Lists
{{subst:GAN}}—Good Articles; add |subtopic=Music etc.

Citing sources

{{Find sources}} - Probably one of the most useful templates in all of WP

e.g. {{Find sources|21st-century classical music}} → Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

{{rma}} and {{ran}} - for referencing without citing
Citation templates - for all citation templates
Citing from ISBN
Wikipedia citation tool for Google Books

Other

{{User QAIbox}} - creates a user infobox.
{{Reply to|example}} → @Example:
{{clear}} - Makes content wait until existing content is completed in all columns. Often used to stop text from flowing next to unrelated images.
URL special character substitution codes:

sp	"	'	,	;	<	>	?	[	]
%20	%22	%27	%2c	%3b	%3c	%3e	%3f	%5b	%5d

This table was originally created by User:Gadget850.

User essays

User:Tokyogirl79/Academic papers vs Wikipedia articles

Meta considerations

For consideration at RfA

Users' RfA criteria

A Nobody – (2009 revised 2015) Comprehensive (but by a now-blocked user)
Acalamari – (2007) Short view, mainly on civility.
Animum – (2008) "I have no RfA criteria".
Kudpung – Detailed and up to date. Major contributor to RfA and WT:RfA
NoSeptember – "Adminship is a big deal"
Swarm – (2011) – very up-to-date
T-rex – "Adminship is a big deal"
User:WereSpielChequers/RFA by month
Wisdom89 – (2008, revised 2015)
Linguist111 - "The 5 pillars of Wikipedians"

For consideration at deletion discussions

Bearian's notability standards

Total Wikipedia Article Counts

Total articles: 6,915,163 Good articles: 40,571 Featured articles: 6,623

Other

Users

º¡º:A bonkers (but insightful) ex-editor—see talk page especially!