User:Macrakis/tools

Text formatting[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Hatnotes[edit]

{{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[edit]

Xref interwiki articles in other languages: {{ill|Giovanni Sardix|it }} → Giovanni Sardix [it]; 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=May 2024}} → ^{[dubious – discuss]}
{{Dubious|date=May 2024}} → ^{[dubious – discuss]}
{{pn|date=May 2024}} → ^{[page needed]}
{{Better source needed|date=May 2024}} → ^{[better source needed]}
{{Dead link|date=May 2024}} → ^{[dead link]}
{{clarify|date=May 2024}} → ^{[clarification needed]} (a.k.a. "unclear")
{{clarify|text=Some unclear text to clarify|date=May 2024}} → Some unclear text^{[clarification needed]}
{{coord|59|54|50|N|10|45|08|E |display=title }} → 59°54′50″N 10°45′08″E / 59.91389°N 10.75222°E / 59.91389; 10.75222
{{coord|59.234234|N|10.4444|E}} → 59°14′03″N 10°26′40″E / 59.234234°N 10.4444°E / 59.234234; 10.4444
{{As of|2024|lc=y}} → As of 2024^[update]
See also other templates

Articles, boxes[edit]

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

Articles, sections[edit]

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

Images[edit]

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

Footnotes[edit]

X<ref name="refname">...</ref> → X^[1]
{{r|refname|p=page}} → ^[1]^: page

^ ^a ^b ...

See also Help:Footnotes and WP:Citing sources

Talk pages[edit]

{{subst:Welcome|date=May 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

[refname-1] ...

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