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[edit] Tip of the Day
Another Tip of the moment...
 Let's say you are writing an article and you want to create a link to the definition of a word the understanding of which is crucial to understanding the article. But in this hypothetical situation, you don't want to link to the Wikipedia article for that word because it would be overkill. Wikipedia has a sister project that presents hundreds of thousands of definitions. It's called Wiktionary. Here's how you would provide a link to the definition of "understanding": both [[wiktionary:understanding|]] and [[wikt:understanding|]] will look like this: and link to the definition of the word "understanding". Notice that the "pipe trick" (|) was used in the links above. Read more: Help:Interwiki linking
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The Tip of the Day project provides a different piece of advice for using Wikipedia every day. Like the Picture of the Day, you can include it on your userpage by adding {{totd}} somewhere (at the top of your talk page is a good place for it). The radomized version (displayed above) is {{totd-random}}, and shows a different tip each time it is displayed on your screen. Other formats for the TOTD exist, such as the more compact {{totd3}}, or you can make your own by including {{Wikipedia:Tip of the day/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}}} on your userpage (which includes the raw text, without any formatting) and then enclose it in your own formatting.
[edit] Mottos/slogans/quotes/thoughtboxes
[edit] Mottos
There's a motto of the day project, called, you guessed it: Wikipedia:Motto of the day. To use it, just place {{Motd}} on your user page!
Here's what it looks like:
Today's motto...
→Yo encyclopedia's so fat, when I tried to find its weight, the scale said TO BE CONTINUED!
[edit] Thoughtboxes
This pausitive thoughtbox was found on Lord Voldemort's userpage:
[edit] Pics and images
There is a huge selection of pictures on Wikipedia and its sister site Wikipedia Commons. Pictures can be a powerful way to express yourself...
Pictures can be found all over Wikipedia, but it can be very time-consuming to hunt for them in the encyclopedia's articles. Another option is to browse Wikipedia's collections...
[edit] Image categories
Some images can be found in the categorical index, at:
But most of the images used on Wikipedia are kept at:
- Wikimedia Commons (plus a whole lot more)
[edit] Featured pictures
Featured pictures can also be found in the picture of the day archive:
A monthly archive of Wikipedia's featured pictures
2004: May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2005: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2006: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
There is usually a long delay before a featured picture is scheduled into the picture of the day system, so two other places to look for featured pictures are:
[edit] Picture(s) of the day
The Picture of the Day is currently displayed every day on the Main Page, and you can use it to decorate your userpage as well...
Here's what the various picture of the day templates look like. To place them on your user page, include the corresponding double-curly bracket code, and the picture will be displayed automagically:
{{pic of the day}}
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A collage of six different mustard images: Seeds of the mustard plant (top left) may be ground (top right) to make different kinds of mustard. The four mustards pictured are a simple table mustard with turmeric coloring (center left), a Bavarian sweet mustard (center right), a Dijon mustard (lower left), and a rough French mustard made mainly from black mustard seeds (lower right). Image credit: Rainer Zenz |
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Mustard |
{{POTD/{{#time:Y-m-d}}|column}}
A collage of six different mustard images: Seeds of the mustard plant (top left) may be ground (top right) to make different kinds of mustard. The four mustards pictured are a simple table mustard with turmeric coloring (center left), a Bavarian sweet mustard (center right), a Dijon mustard (lower left), and a rough French mustard made mainly from black mustard seeds (lower right).
Image credit: Rainer Zenz
Archive – More featured pictures...
{{{POTD/{{#time:Y-m-d}}|row}}
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A collage of six different mustard images: Seeds of the mustard plant (top left) may be ground (top right) to make different kinds of mustard. The four mustards pictured are a simple table mustard with turmeric coloring (center left), a Bavarian sweet mustard (center right), a Dijon mustard (lower left), and a rough French mustard made mainly from black mustard seeds (lower right). Image credit: Rainer Zenz Recently featured: [[Template:POTD/{{subst:#time:Y-m-d|{{subst:SUBPAGENAME}} -1 day}}|{{subst:POTD/{{subst:#time:Y-m-d|{{subst:SUBPAGENAME}} -1 day}}|texttitle}}]] – [[Template:POTD/{{subst:#time:Y-m-d|{{subst:SUBPAGENAME}} -2 days}}|{{subst:POTD/{{subst:#time:Y-m-d|{{subst:SUBPAGENAME}} -2 days}}|texttitle}}]] – [[Template:POTD/{{subst:#time:Y-m-d|{{subst:SUBPAGENAME}} -3 days}}|{{subst:POTD/{{subst:#time:Y-m-d|{{subst:SUBPAGENAME}} -3 days}}|texttitle}}]] |
If you'd rather have it without the text (to make it smaller), you can use {{Wikipedia:POTD/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}_{{CURRENTDAY}},_{{CURRENTYEAR}} instead.
[edit] Alternate picture of the day
To display the alternate picture of the day from the no-restrictions anybody-can-add-a-pic-right-now picture project, use {{rpotd}}, which displays this:
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Picture of the day |
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A breathtaking view of the Himalayas from Manali, India |
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Unlike PotD, these pictures are not featured. You can use {{rpotd}} to add the daily random picture to your userpage.
[edit] Commons picture of the day
You can also display the Commons Picture of the Day, which is different from the featured picture displayed on the main page, with {{POTD commons}}. Which shows this:
A paper wasp (Polistes dominulus) with a bubble of regurgitated fluid in its mouth
[edit] Signs
[edit] Troll-free zone
[edit] WikiLove-zone
[edit] Logos & symbols
[edit] Jokes, including prank markup
[edit] Caught you
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Instead of doing something useful, you have been staring at this page since 23:44 Wednesday, June 11, 2008 UTC. |
[edit] Vandalism space
Some users provide a space specifically for vandalism. Not all vandals respect these boundaries, but those who would not normally vandalize come to life when they come across such a section. 
Here's an example:
