User:Mathieugp/shortcuts
This page presents a list of useful shortcuts to know when contributing to Wikipedia. To use a shortcut (for example WP:5P), all you need to do is to type it in Wikipedia's internal search box located in the top-right corner of every page.
Five Pillars
Wikipedia is founded on five (5) pillars that are important to understand:
- WP:5P – Five Pillars
- – Wikipedia is an encyclopedia
- – Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view
- – Wikipedia is free content that anyone can use, edit, and distribute
- – Wikipedia's editors should treat each other with respect and civility
- – Wikipedia has no firm rules
Policies
Some 60 policies were defined by Wikipedians. Here are some that are most useful to know when beginning:
- WP:OR – No original research
- WP:V – Verifiability
- WP:CIV – Civility
- WP:QUOTE – Quotations
- WP:IUP – Image use policy
- WP:NFCC – Non-free content criteria
Guidelines
Here are some of the important guidelines one should try to follow when editing in Wikipedia:
- WP:CS – Citing sources
- WP:N – Notability
- WP:MOSWTW – Manual of Style (Words to watch)
- WP:MOS – Manual of Style
- WP:FAITH – Assume good faith
- WP:COI – Conflict of interest
- WP:AB – Autobiography
- WP:BLP – Biography of living persons
Online Help
Sometimes reading the five pillars, the policies or the guidelines are not enough and one needs more help. Here are the most useful shortcuts to know in that case:
- Help:Contents – Table of contents of the online help
- WP:PQ – To know where you should ask questions
- WP:FAQ – List of Frequently asked questions
- WP:AAU – Adopt a user program
Editing
When editing articles using the default visual editor, the most common functions (bold, italic, citing sources, adding section titles, links, images, etc.) are accessible simply by clicking the mouse or touching the screen on mobile devices. Inserting templates is however slightly more complicated because one needs to know in advance how the template is named in Wikipedia. Here are the names of some of the most commonly used templates:
- Références – À insérer dans la section « Notes et références » de chaque article
- Ouvrage – À insérer dans la section « Bibliographie ». Autres modèles : Chapitre, Article, Lien web
- Infobox Biographie2 – À insérer pour afficher une boîte informative flottant à droite d’un article
- Date – À insérer pour mettre en forme une date. Variantes : Date de naissance, Date de décès
Community
Bien qu’il soit parfaitement acceptable de s’occuper tranquillement dans son coin de rédiger des articles de Wikipédia (c’est même encouragé!), beaucoup de personnes voudront sans doute partir à la rencontre de la communauté des contributeurs, visiter ses nombreux lieux d’échanges et prendre part à ses activités. Voici quelques liens utiles à ce propos :
- WP:COM – Portal to all community-related aspects of Wikipedia
- Projet:Accueil – Portal to the world of internal WikiProjects d’entrée des projets internes à Wikipédia auxquels on peut participer
- Portail:Accueil – Porte d’entrée des portails thématiques de Wikipédia
- Projet:Québec – Projet qui coordonne le développement des articles concernant le Québec
- Portail:Québec – Portail thématique servant à mettre en valeur le meilleur de Wikipédia sur le Québec