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Tools

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Contribution counter

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Citation

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 {{specify}}  adds a request for a citation (source information). 
Appearing as [specify], used for information that needs citations to make it complete, 
or quotations that are used without citations
 {{fact}}  adds a request for a citation (source information). 
Appearing as [citation needed], 
used in the body of an article as a request for other editors to find citations:
1. to label a passage which is incomplete without a cited source of information
2. to label a quotation which lacks a citation
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References

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<ref name="name or number">[link] text</ref> or just <ref>[link] text</ref>


==References==

{{subst:footnotes}}


if the same ref name is used again the reference will have the same number but be named abc etc

to just add a foot note, leave the [link] out, just insert text.

Notes

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See List of circulating currencies [A] for how to create "notes" seperate from references.

{{ref label|insert-name|A|A}}

==Notes==

:{{note label|insert-name|A|A}}


Notes

A The page received a top award for its importance.

Other Wiki sites

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  • [[:wikinews:Article name|article use]] links though to the wikinews pages - e.g. Prince Edward
  • [[:de:Article name|article use]] links to the German wiki - e.g. Team Sparkasse
  • [[:wiktionary:Article name|article use]] links to the dictionary - e.g. derogatively

Article

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{{main|Article}}

{{Otheruses4|1|2|3}}

This article is about {{{1}}}. For {{{2}}}, see [[{{{3}}}]]

Contents

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To force a table of contents to appear use __TOC__

No contents

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"_ _ N O T O C _ _" typed as "__NOTOC__"

Contents on the right

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{{TOC right}}

To use on Category pages

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Use one of these on pages whose title begins with "Category:".

What to type What it makes
{{Category TOC}}
Talk
{{Category TOC|numerals=no}}
Talk

Editing

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Forcing a break

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Stops everything linking together, use
<br style="clear:both;"/>

or to clear the left side only
<br style="clear:left;"/>

Indented Block Quote

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<blockquote>Quote</blockquote>

For quotations within body of article

 : to Indent

to Indent

 :: etc

etc

Columns

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{| valign="top"
|-
|<ul><li>a<li>bb<li>ccc</ul>
|<ul><li>ddd<li>ee<li>f</ul>
|}

  • a
  • bb
  • ccc
  • ddd
  • ee
  • f
{| valign="top"
|-
|<ul><li>a<li>bb<li>ccc</ul>
|<ul><li>ddd<li>ee<li>f</ul>
|<ul><li>g<li>hh<li>iii</ul>
|<ul><li>jjj<li>kk<li>l</ul>
|}

  • a
  • bb
  • ccc
  • ddd
  • ee
  • f
  • g
  • hh
  • iii
  • jjj
  • kk
  • l

See Template:Col-begin

{{col-begin}}
 {{col-2}}
 * a
 * b
 * c
 {{col-2}}
 * d
 * e
 * f
 {{col-end}}

Tables

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Meta:MediaWiki User's Guide: Using tables

<center>
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
| This
| is
|- 
| a
| '''table'''
|}
</center>

This is
a table
{| border="1"
|+ The table's caption
! Column heading 1 !! Column heading 2 !! Column heading 3
|-
! Row heading 1
| Cell 2 || Cell 3
|-
! Row heading A
| Cell B || Cell C
|}

The table's caption
Column heading 1 Column heading 2 Column heading 3
Row heading 1 Cell 2 Cell 3
Row heading A Cell B Cell C

Sundry

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  • {{reqmap}} to request a map to be added to an article.

Deleting self generated pages

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{{db-self}}

Hidden comments within code

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<!--

To add a comment within any code, place between these markers
use <nowiki> </nowiki> if required

-->

this will not appear on the page but will be visible when editing

Interesting Pages

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Links to recent new pages which assits google to find them - All New: 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Orphaned: 500 1001 1501

Talk

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Unsigned

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The template {{unsigned2}} is useful for copying and pasting from the edit history, where the timestamp appears before the username. {{unsigned2}} also automatically adds the (UTC) at the end.

Wikimarkup Resulting code Resulting display
{{subst:unsigned2|date|user name or ip}} {{subst:unsigned2|23:59, 1 April, 2006|Example}} — Preceding unsigned comment added by Example (talkcontribs) 23:59, 1 April, 2006

Pictures

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Wikipedia:Image markup

Wikipedia:Picture tutorial

Icons

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  • [[Image:Symbol keep vote.svg|20px]]
  • [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px]]
  • [[Image:Symbol oppose vote.svg|20px]]

This page's name is User:O1ive/Useful Stuff

  • {{FULLPAGENAME}} will give User:O1ive/Useful Stuff for this page
    • {{NAMESPACE}} will give User for this page
      • {{BASEPAGENAME}} will give O1ive for this page
        • {{SUBPAGENAME}} will give Useful Stuff for this page
    • {{PAGENAME}} will give O1ive/Useful Stuff for this page

Hover

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  • {{tooltip|2=hovering your mouse over|written text, underlined}} will give written text, underlined
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