User:Wikibiohistory/Editing
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[edit] My favourite templates
[edit] In checking for references
- {{Fact|date=month XXXX}} or {{fact}} - asking for a reference for that fact to be cited specifically
- {{Refimprove|date=November 2007}} - asking for the improvement of references for the article
- {{Unreferenced|date=November 2007}}, saying that the article is unreferenced.
[edit] In cleanups
- [[Category:Lists_of_ambiguous_human_names]] - Use {{hndis}} or {{hndis|surname, given names}} to add disambiguation pages to this category.
- {{external links|November 2007}} or {{too many links}} - To say that external links (type or number) are a problem.
- {{Ancient-Rome-bio-stub}}
- {{Ancient-Rome-stub}}
- {{UK-bio-stub}}
- {{UK-noble-stub}}
[edit] Editing pages
- Wikipedia:List of shortcuts
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
- Wikipedia:Template messages/General
- Help:Minor edit - when to mark an edit as a minor one
[edit] Editing shortcuts
- — <span style="border:1px solid blue;padding:1px;">[[User talk:Wikibiohistory|<font style="color:#fef;background:navy;">''' Wikibiohistory '''</font>]]</span> ~~~~~ - generates this Wikibiohistory for a fancy look.
- <!-- This section is linked from [[XXXXX]] -->
- {{DEFAULTSORT:Scipio, Publius Cornelius}}
[edit] Citing history articles
[edit] Help with citing history articles
- Citing sources - read Further Reading section carefully before choosing sources to cite. (Just in case you get a nitpicker).
- Sources for History
- Use of electronic or online sources
[edit] Problems with external sites (online sources)
When to avoid external sites
Problems with self-published sites (even those by academics, one presumes)
[edit] For newbies or near-newbies
[edit] Useful help for newbies, and the perenially challenged like me
- Help for new editors
- Wikipedia:How_to_write_a_great_article good advice in general even for those starting out
[edit] Check my recent edits
- Edit usage and summary to see if I provide an edit summary for nearly all my edits.
[edit] Resources
- User:Curtius has many ideas and tools on how to check your edit summary, etc.
- User:Tony1/How_to_satisfy_Criterion_1a a guide to better writing and editing.
- User:Tony1/How_to_satisfy_Criterion_1a:_redundancy_exercises to tighten up your prose - yikes!