User:6clb5
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new article link for future use User:6clb5/name of article
Frequently used[edit]
How to skip scrolling and clicking[edit]
When you are done editing, you don't have to scroll or click to summarize your edits, nor to preview or save the article. You can jump to the edit summary box by pressing the Tab ↹ key. To preview the article, press Alt+⇧ Shift+P. To save the article, press Alt+⇧ Shift+S or press ↵ Enter when the cursor is in the Edit summary box. To see the changes you have made so far, press Alt+⇧ Shift+V.
Are your hands full?[edit]
You've just grabbed the page's title to place a link on another page, but now you want to add a section title to it to create a section link, but the copy cache is already full. Instead of making two trips back and forth to the page you wish to add the link to, try this...
...use the search box as a quick-and-dirty edit window.
- Copy/paste the title into the search box, followed by a "#"
- Copy/paste the section title after the "#"
- Enclose in double square brackets and copy/paste the whole string to the page you wish to edit.
The search box is also a handy place to store copy text while you copy/paste something else. (But don't forget it's there!)
Short link pipe trick[edit]
Synonymous article titles may be clarified with terms in parentheses, like this: Self (psychology). But when you want to include such a link in the body of an article, this would look rather awkward. So all you have to do is use the "pipe trick", like this: Self. Notice the "|" character stuck in there at the end of the link? That makes the link look like this: Self, without having to type the name of the link after the pipe!
This trick also works with namespaces, so that Tip of the day (again notice the pipe character) displays like this: Tip of the day.
Good article nominations[edit]
Wikipedia articles improved to "C-class", and then "B-class" status may be submitted to the peer review process to receive ideas and feedback from other editors.
Upon successful completion of the peer review, an article can be nominated for GA-Class (Good Article) status. Articles achieving GA status are then candidates for FA-Class (Featured Article) status.
A good article is a satisfactory article that has the following attributes:
1. Well written. Prose and layout are clear, and comply with certain aspects of the Manual of Style; in particular, the lead is a concise summary of the article. 2. Accurate and verifiable. Sources are provided, and cited where necessary. 3. Broad. It covers the main aspects of the topic without going into unnecessary detail. 4. Neutral. It represents viewpoints fairly and without bias. 5. Stable. It does not change significantly from day-to-day. 6. Images. It is illustrated, if possible and relevant, by images with acceptable copyright status and fair use rationales where necessary.
citation templates:[edit]
Simple
{{citation}}: Empty citation (help)
{{cite book}}: Empty citation (help)
Cite a book template {{cite book}}: Empty citation (help)
Cite a Journal {{cite journal}}: Empty citation (help)
click edit to see:[edit]
creates a non-breaking space or hard space to prevent a line from ending in the middle of expressions such as 17 kg. Also can use template nowrap: {{{1}}}
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