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User:Cmkit

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Welcome!

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I use wikipedia a lot. When things are clearly messed up I'll try to clean them up.

Maybe someday I'll add significant content of my own...

My notes for editing wikipedia

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Linking

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Single brackets are used to link to external websites
Double brackets are used to link to internal wikipedia pages
The pipe operator splits [[The wiki page name|from the display name]]

Citing Sources

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Use ref tags.
See also Help:Citations_quick_reference

Unsubstantiated claim

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To identify an unsubstantiated claim i.e.[citation needed]
Use the {{fact}} tag

Style References

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Help Cheatsheet <-- Super Useful!
Manual of Style (MOS)
Lead Section MOS
Linking MOS
Subpages, i.e. subsections. Seen with MOS sections above.

Common errors when editing

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  • Forgetting one or more brackets around a link.