User:JGHowes/Notes

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[edit] key points

"Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and encyclopedias bring knowledge created by others into one place, they do not create new knowledge"

Lead should summarize the rest of the article, not introduce topics not discussed in the rest of the article WP:LEAD.
Per WP:CONTEXT and WP:MOSDATE, months and days of the week generally should not be linked. Years, decades, and centuries can be linked if they provide context for the article.
Avoid using words/phrases that indicate time periods relative to the current dayi.e., replace "last year" with specific dates/times.
Per WP:WIAFA, Images should have concise captions.
Per WP:MOSNUM, there should be a non-breaking space - between a number and the unit of measurement. For example, instead of 18mm, use 18 mm, which when you are editing the page, should look like: 18 mm.
Per WP:MOSNUM, use standard abbreviations: for example, miles -> mi, kilometers squared -> km2, and pounds -> lb. For time, use "8 p.m."
For punctuation and quotations, see WP:PUNC
Per WP:MOSNUM, spell out source units of measurements in text; for example, "the Moon is 380,000 kilometres (240,000 mi) from Earth.
Per WP:CONTEXT and WP:BTW, years with full dates should be linked; for example, link 15 January 2006, but do not link January 2006.
per WP:MOSDATE, dates shouldn't use th; for example, instead of using January 30th was a great day, use January 30 was a great day.
Per WP:MOS#Headings, headings generally do not start with the word "The". For example, ==The Biography== would be changed to ==Biography==.
Per WP:MOS#Headings, headings generally should not repeat the title of the article. For example, if the article was Ferdinand Magellan, instead of using the heading ==Magellan's journey==, use ==Journey==.
Watch weasel words per WP:AWT: specify exactly who supports, considers, believes, etc. Weasel words- "it has been", "allege", "correctly", "apparently".
Don't overuse additive terms like “also”, “in addition”, “additionally”, “moreover”, and “furthermore”; altho sometimes useful, overuse when not necessary can detract from the brilliancy of an article.

[edit] Wikipedia Notes – syntax/misc.

[edit] article tags

POV
tone
citations missing

[edit] extra spaces:

[edit] avoid line break

use & nbsp; (without space after "&")

[edit] formatting quotations:

See also Template:Quote

"cquote":

“

This is an example

”

"Quote box":

If I am to die by the bullet of a mad man, I must do so smiling. There must be no anger within me. God must be in my heart and on my lips..
Mohandas K. Gandhi, on January 28, 1948, two days prior to his assassination.

R is for Ruth.

To tell you the truth,
There's no more to be said,
Just R is for Ruth.

Ogden Nash

Quote box2:

Gettysburg Address
When in the course of human events four score and seven years ago our forefathers brought forth and cetera.
— Abraham Lincoln, from his book: The Emancipator (1863)

"quotation":

"The Order of the Arrow is a 'thing of the spirit' rather than of mechanics. Organization, operational procedure, and paraphernalia are necessary in any large and growing movement, but they are not what count in the end. The things of the spirit count -

• Brotherhood - in a day when there is too much hatred at home and abroad.

• Cheerfulness - in a day when the pessimists have the floor.

• Service - in a day when millions are interested only in getting or grasping rather than giving.

These are of the spirit, blessed of God, the great Divine Spirit."(insert ref here)

[edit] and

Use {{aye}} and {{nay}}

[edit] Wiki Icons

icons
Emoticons

[edit] Citing references

see also WP:CIT
For all articles, use {{reflist}} or

multiple use of a reference:

then, for subsequent ibids., use: <ref name=whatever />

example of book reference:
{{cite book}}
{{cite book | last = Mumford | first = David | authorlink = David Mumford | title = The Red Book of Varieties and Schemes | publisher = [[Springer-Verlag]] | year = 1999 | isbn = 354063293 }}

[edit] footnotes

If a reference is reused in more than one footnote and a named reference cannot be used, it is preferable to use the format "Smith, Short Title, 182" rather than "Ibid, 182", per WP:FN

example of book reference with LCCN:
{{LCCN|2001||277208}}, as used in E. Urner Goodman

example of web reference:
{{cite web}}
{{cite web | last = Peterson | first = Robert | title = Celebrating 90 Years | publisher = [[Scouting magazine]] | date = January–February, 2000 | url = http://www.scoutingmagazine.org | accessdate = 2007-10-20 }}

example of news reference:
{{cite news}}
{{cite news | first= Richard N. |last=Ostling | title=Jim Bakker's Crumbling World | date=[[December 19]], [[1988]] | work=Time |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,956551,00.html | accessdate=2007-12-05 }}

example of magazine reference
{{cite journal}}
{{cite journal |last=Nelson |first=Barbara |title=John Walker Discusses Organ and Piano|journal=Clavier magazine |volume= |year=1997 |month=January |pages=39–41 }}

example of DVD reference (see also {{cite media}}, {{cite audio}}, and {{cite video}})
{{cite video | people= [[Leonard Maltin]] | year2= 2005 |month2= December |title= The Adventures of Spin and Marty |medium= DVD |publisher=[[Walt Disney Treasures]] }}

[edit] spacing with dot:

use & bull; (without the space between & and b)

text • text

[edit] Fix HTML

see {{FixBunching}}

[edit] tagging suspect Fair Use photos

[edit] Fair Use rationale for promotional photos (if person is dead)

See example at Image:D James Kennedy.jpg

Yuse with license {{Non-free promotional|image_has_rationale=yes|image_is_of_living_person=no}}

[edit] Fair Use template (historic event)

for example, see Image:Scout Jamboree 1937.jpg
for explanation, see Template:Non-free media rationale

[edit] General Fair Use rationale (with auto-link)

{{Non-free fair use in}}, with name of article as parameter

[edit] Promotional image licensing

[[Template:promotional]] Template:promotional

[edit] Copyright character

[edit] Panorama images

Panorama of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve on October 12, 1934:

[edit] HABS image tag

see Image:NYP LOC3.jpg for example

[edit] Time magazine covers

Time failed to renew the copyrights of many early issues. See Talk:Time_(magazine)#Public_domain_issues

The following issues of Time magazine are in the public domain:

March 3, 1923 to January 22, 1934.
January 7, 1935 to June 29 1936.
July 3, 1939 to May 13, 1940
January 7, 1945 to January 29, 1945.

use {{PD-US-not renewed}}

[edit] hide Table of Contents

To hide/switch: [[Template:TOChidden]] Template:TOChidden
Suppress completely: __NOTOC__
To place TOC in a particular place, use __TOC__ in desired sequence.

[edit] Article order

See Wikipedia:Guide to layout#Standard appendices and descriptions, the order of the standard appendices should be:

"See also"

"Notes" (containing the {{reflist|2}} template)

"References"

"Further reading"

"External links"

[edit] Other useful items

for Wiktionary inline defs., use [[wikt:boy#English|boy]] for "boy"

Multiple issues tag (example):
{{articleissues|cleanup=January 2008|npov=January 2008|original research=January 2008|plot=January 2008|refimprove=January 2008|tooshort=January 2008}}

for article editing in progress, use {{inuse}} or {{underconstruction}} to avoid edit conflicts.

for too parochial articles, use {{global}}above article heading

for resolved issue, use {{resolved}}

fixed = Fixed

to avoid a line break, use & nbsp; (no space between & and n)

For Galleries— to add caption, use: <gallery caption="Text here">
for "n" pix per row (default is 4), use <gallery perrow "n">
for panoramas, use {{wide image|filename|sizepx|caption (optional)}}

[edit] Colors

to add color to font, e.g., red, use <font color=red>

Green

Blue

Orange use <font color=#F87217>

Wikipedia page background color is #F8FCFF

<sup><math>\color{Red} \oplus</math></sup> gives

[edit] Multiple columns

2 columns or more:

First column listing here

Second column listing here

Alternative method:

left column listing here

</div><div style="float:right;width:50%;">

right column listing here

</div><br clear="all">

[edit] Metric

16′ = 16 ft.

16″ = 16 in.

To show metric along with English measurements:
{{convert|74|in|cm|0}} = 74 inches (188 cm)
Parameters:

"0" or "1" for decimal places;
"sp=us" for U.S. spelling ("meters" instead of "metres", etc.);
"sing=on" for singular (e.g., "50 foot");
"abbr=on" to abbreviate

[edit] Emoticons

See also: Category:Image insertion templates

{{(:}} =>

{{;)}} =>

[edit] Charts

see also wikitable example.


OFFICE	NAME	TERM

President	Herbert Hoover	1929–1933
Vice President	Charles Curtis	1929–1933

Secretary of State	Henry L. Stimson	1929–1933
Secretary of the Treasury	Andrew Mellon	1929–1932
Attorney General	William D. Mitchell	1929–1933
Postmaster General	Walter F. Brown	1929–1933
Secretary of the Navy	Charles F. Adams	1929–1933
Secretary of the Interior	Ray L. Wilbur	1929–1933
Secretary of Agriculture	Arthur M. Hyde	1929–1933
Secretary of Commerce	Robert P. Lamont	1929–1932
	William N. Doak	1930–1933

[edit] Navbox

{{inuse}} = temp. article header to avoid edit conflicts during major edit

place text here

[edit] FA criteria

Essays on featured article status
	Wikipedia:Article development
	Wikipedia:Featured article criteria
	Wikipedia:Featured article advice
	Wikipedia:The perfect article
	User:AndyZ/Suggestions
	User:Jengod/Some common objections to featured status and how to avoid them
	User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 1a

[edit] OTRS

To document approval/release of images, send to permissions-en@wikimedia.org, permissions@wikimedia.org; and permissions-commons@wikimedia.org. The email must clearly identify:

The name and email address of the person (or organization) who authored and owns the copyright to the image
The permission given (preferably licensed under the GFDL or released into the public domain, though any "free" license is acceptable)
The URL where the image has been uploaded
If you have OTRS pending on commons, use: this template

[edit] Ellipsis (...)

see also WP:MOS#Ellipses

Three unspaced periods (...). This is the easiest way, and gives a reliable appearance in HTML. Recommended

Use an ellipsis if material is omitted in the course of a quotation, unless square brackets are used to gloss the quotation (see above, and the next point below). Put a space on each side of an ellipsis, except at the very start or end of a quotation. Sentence-final punctuation after an omission ellipsis is shown only if it is textually important (as is often the case with exclamation points and question marks, and rarely with periods); no space comes between the ellipsis and the terminal punctuation. Use non-breaking spaces ( ) only as needed to prevent improper line breaks, e.g.: To keep a quotation mark from being separated from the start of the quotation: "... we are still worried." To keep the ellipsis from wrapping to the next line: "France, Germany, ... and Belgium but not the USSR."

[edit] spacing

see also WP:NBSP:

hard space can be produced with the HTML code instead of the space bar: 19& nbsp;kg yields a non-breaking 19 kg. Hard spaces can also be produced by using the {{nowrap </wiki/Template:Nowrap>}} template: 8 sq ft produces a non-breaking 8 sq ft. This is especially useful for short constructions requiring two or more hard spaces, as in the preceding sentence

example: for 3 p.m., use 3& nbsp;p.m.

[edit] Article tables

{{FA-Class|FA}} background: #6699ff;

{{GA-Class|GA}} background: #66ff66

{{B-Class|B}} background: #ffff66

{{Start-Class|Start}} background: #ffaa66

{{Stub-Class|Stub}} background: #ff6666

City	Departure time
New York (Rockefeller Center)	8:30 a.m.
New York (Grand Central Station)	8:45 a.m.
Brooklyn, NY	8:45 a.m.
Jersey City, NJ	9:30 a.m.
Elizabeth, NJ	9:46 a.m.
Plainfield, NJ	9:59 a.m.
Wayne Junction, Pa.	10:54 a.m.
Philadelphia, Pa.	11:10 a.m.
Wilmington, Del.	11:35 a.m.
Baltimore, Md. (Mt. Royal Station)	12:38 p.m.
Baltimore, Md. (Camden Station)	12:45 p.m.
Washington, D.C.	1:30 p.m.
Source: Official Guide of the Railways, p. 418^[1]