User:NicoScribe/Help

Templates

in the main namespace (or all namespaces)

{{Authority control}}
{{Citation needed|<month year>}} (with many variations at the bottom of the doc)
{{Cite web|url=|title=|last1=|first1=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}
{{Disambiguation}} (sometimes associated with {{R from incorrect name}}) or {{R to plural}}
{{Distinguish|<title1>|<title2>}}
{{Interlanguage link}} (red link with interwiki link while waiting for the article creation ; beware, soon it will be merged with {{Interlanguage link multi}})
{{Main|<title>}}
{{Non-diffusing parent category|<subcat_title1>|<subcat_title2>}}
{{Non-diffusing subcategory|<parent_title>}}
{{Other people}} (0, 1 or 2 parameters) (!!!WARNING!!! when using 2 parameters, we must prove that the link to the disambiguation page is intentional with "x (disambiguation){{!}}x", cf example here and WP:INTDABLINK)
{{Other uses}} (0 or 1 parameter)
{{Portal|<title1>|<title2>}}
{{See also|<title1>|<title2>}}
{{Sfn|<author>|<year>|p=}}
{{Stub}}
{{Unreferenced|<month year>}} (with many variations at the bottom of the doc)

in other namespaces

{{Oldid|<page>|<oldid>|<text>}}
{{Outdent}}
{{Reply to|<name>}}
{{User|<name>}}
{{Uw-vandalism0}} to be used like this: {{subst:Uw-vandalism0|<title>}} --~~~~
{{Uw-vandalism1}} to be used like this: {{subst:Uw-vandalism1|<title>}} --~~~~
{{Uw-vandalism2}} to be used like this: {{subst:Uw-vandalism2|<title>}} --~~~~

Justifications

in the main namespace (or all namespaces)

better sort key for category

clarification
disambiguation
- double categorization
- error (<explanation>)
external link
homogenization with article <topic>
init
internal link
- internal link ([[WP:OVERLINK]])
more specific category
ortho
pb sources
portal
- red link
repair of link to disambiguation page
repair of red link
redirect
- repetition
- subchapter (<explanation>)
rescue of an image
rescue of a reference
typo
update of list (when mentioning the items is useless)
wikicode

x (when x is added to a list or a disambiguation page)

in other namespaces

opinion on <topic> (on the correct section of a discussion)

update (on the correct section of a discussion)

warning

Notes

Definition of minor edit in Help:Minor edit :
- aeration of text
- disambiguation
- internal link
- ortho
- repair of external link (not for addition / removal)
- typo
{{Other uses}} (or {{Distinguish}}) should be set at the beginning of an article, even before {{Stub}}
For articles with disambiguated title, there is no need to add a hatnote, except when there is still a doubt, ex : Matt Smith (comics) and Matt Smith (illustrator), cf WP:NAMB
According to Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Plurals:
- collective nouns are mostly treated as singular in American English
- collective nouns are mostly treated as plural in British English
Beware, towns have a double categorization, by county and by state, for instance Category:Towns in Maryland
When creating a page (except redirect), check the equivalent item in wikidata

Templates

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in other namespaces

Justifications

in the main namespace (or all namespaces)

in other namespaces

Notes

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