User:Wikibiohistory/Editing

My favourite templates

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.

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}}

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

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}}

Citing history articles

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

Problems with external sites (online sources)

When to avoid external sites

• Links normally to be avoided

Problems with self-published sites (even those by academics, one presumes)

• This note on self-published sources

For newbies or near-newbies

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

Check my recent edits

• Edit usage and summary to see if I provide an edit summary for nearly all my edits.

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!