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Fair Use uploads

For canned FUR's, see Category:Non-free use rationale templates
For non-free license tags, see Category:Wikipedia non-free file copyright templates
For logos:

Summary: {{Non-free use rationale logo|Article=|Use=Infobox}}

Licensing: {{Non-free logo|regtrademark=yes|Image has rationale=yes}}

(note: for school logos, add Category:PreK through Grade 12 public and private school logos)

Deceased persons:

Summary: {{Non-free use rationale biog|description=|death=|use=Header|source=|article=}}

Licensing: {{Non-free biog-pic|[article name]|image has rationale=yes}}

Some MoS key points

"Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and encyclopedias bring knowledge created by others into one place, they do not create new knowledge"

Lead should summarize the rest of the article, not introduce topics not discussed in the rest of the article WP:LEAD.
Per WP:CONTEXT and WP:MOSDATE, months and days of the week generally should not be linked. Years, decades, and centuries should normally not be linked (2008 change), per WP:UNLINKDATES.
Avoid using words/phrases that indicate time periods relative to the current day, i.e., replace "last year" with specific dates/times.
Per WP:WIAFA, Images should have concise captions.
Per WP:MOSNUM, there should be a non-breaking space between a number and the unit of measurement. For example, instead of 18mm, place   between 18 and mm, i.e.,18 mm which renders 18 mm.
Per WP:MOSNUM, use standard abbreviations: for example, miles -> mi, kilometers squared -> km2, and pounds -> lb. For time, use "8 p.m."
For punctuation and quotations, see WP:PUNC
Per WP:MOSNUM, spell out source units of measurements in text; for example, "the Moon is 380,000 kilometres (240,000 mi) from Earth.
Per WP:CONTEXT and WP:BTW, years and/or full dates should NO LONGER be linked.
per WP:MOSDATE, dates shouldn't use th; for example, instead of using "January 30th was a great day", use "January 30 was a great day".
Per WP:MOS#Headings, headings generally do not start with the word "The". For example, ==The Biography== would be changed to ==Biography==.
Per WP:MOS#Headings, headings generally should not repeat the title of the article. For example, if the article was Ferdinand Magellan, instead of using the heading ==Magellan's journey==, use ==Journey==.
Watch weasel words per WP:AWT: specify exactly who supports, considers, believes, etc. Weasel words- "it has been", "allege", "correctly", "apparently".
Don't overuse additive terms like “also”, “in addition”, “additionally”, “moreover”, and “furthermore”; altho sometimes useful, overuse when not necessary can detract from the brilliancy of an article.

Some copyright key points

See also commons:COM:CV for copyvious

Coin images do not fall under Bridgeman v. Corel and hence are copyrighted. [1]
An original which "happens to include" copyrighted or trademarked package should not be considered infringement. Such cases should be handled on a case-by-case basis if the copyright holder complains. [2]
The US does not honor the rule of the shorter term. Works still copyrighted in the US should not be hosted on Wikimedia servers, even if PD in country of origin.[3]
Extemporaneous (spontaneous, not from notes) speeches may be PD in countries (such as the U.S.) that require a work to be "fixed" or recorded in a tangible medium by the author.[4]. "Bootleg" (live) music recordings are specifically prohibited in the US as an exception to this general rule.
All works hosted at WikiMedia projects must be legal to publish in the U.S. This also applies to non-English WikiMedia projects.[5]

Wikipedia Notes – syntax/misc.

article tags

POV
tone
citations missing

extra spaces:

avoid line break

use & nbsp; (without space after "&")

formatting quotations:

See also Template:Quote

"cquote":

“

This is an example

”

"Quote box":

If I am to die by the bullet of a mad man, I must do so smiling. There must be no anger within me. God must be in my heart and on my lips..

Mohandas K. Gandhi, on January 28, 1948, two days prior to his assassination.

R is for Ruth.
To tell you the truth,
There's no more to be said,
Just R is for Ruth.

Ogden Nash

Quote box2:

Gettysburg Address

When in the course of human events four score and seven years ago our forefathers brought forth and cetera.

— Abraham Lincoln, from his book: The Emancipator (1863)

"quotation":

"The Order of the Arrow is a 'thing of the spirit' rather than of mechanics. Organization, operational procedure, and paraphernalia are necessary in any large and growing movement, but they are not what count in the end. The things of the spirit count -

• Brotherhood - in a day when there is too much hatred at home and abroad.

• Cheerfulness - in a day when the pessimists have the floor.

• Service - in a day when millions are interested only in getting or grasping rather than giving.

These are of the spirit, blessed of God, the great Divine Spirit."(insert ref here)

Poems and song lyrics: <div><blockquote><poem>

Y and N

Use {{aye}} and {{nay}}

Wiki Icons

icons
Emoticons

Citing references

see also WP:CIT
For all articles, use {{reflist}} or

multiple use of a reference:

then, for subsequent ibids., use: <ref name=whatever />

for different pages, use {{rp}}, as in <ref name=whatever/>{{rp|319-320}}

for pages 319-320 in previously cited source "whatever"

example of book reference:
{{cite book}}
{{cite book | last = Mumford | first = David | authorlink = David Mumford | title = The Red Book of Varieties and Schemes | publisher = [[Springer-Verlag]] | year = 1999 | isbn = 354063293 }}

footnotes

If a reference is reused in more than one footnote and a named reference cannot be used, it is preferable to use the format "Smith, Short Title, 182" rather than "Ibid, 182", per WP:FN

example of book reference with LCCN:
{{LCCN|2001||277208}}, as used in E. Urner Goodman

example of web reference:
{{cite web}}
{{cite web | last = Peterson | first = Robert | title = Celebrating 90 Years | publisher = [[Scouting magazine]] | date = January–February, 2000 | url = http://www.scoutingmagazine.org | accessdate = 2007-10-20 }}

example of news reference:
{{cite news}}
{{cite news | first= Richard N. |last=Ostling | title=Jim Bakker's Crumbling World | date=[[December 19]], [[1988]] | work=Time |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,956551,00.html | accessdate=2007-12-05 }}

example of magazine reference
{{cite journal}}
{{cite journal |last=Nelson |first=Barbara |title=John Walker Discusses Organ and Piano|journal=Clavier magazine |volume= |year=1997 |month=January |pages=39–41 }}

example of DVD reference (see also {{cite AV media}}, {{cite audio}}, and {{cite video}})
{{cite video | people= [[Leonard Maltin]] | year2= 2005 |month2= December |title= The Adventures of Spin and Marty |medium= DVD |publisher=[[Walt Disney Treasures]] }}

spacing with dot:

use & bull; results in:

text • text

Interaction tool

interaction analyser

Fix HTML

see How to fix bunching

tagging suspect Fair Use photos

Fair Use rationale for promotional photos (if person is dead)

See example at Image:D James Kennedy.jpg

Yuse with license {{Non-free promotional|image_has_rationale=yes|image_is_of_living_person=no}}

Fair Use template (historic event)

for example, see Image:Scout Jamboree 1937.jpg
for explanation, see Template:Non-free media rationale

General Fair Use rationale (with auto-link)

{{Non-free fair use in}}, with name of article as parameter

Promotional image licensing

[[Template:promotional]] Template:promotional

Copyright character

©

Panorama images

Panorama of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve on October 12 1934:

HABS image tag

see Image:NYP LOC3.jpg for example

US News & World Report free images

Use PD-USNWR {{PD-USNWR}} license tag at Commons for 1952-1986 collection at Library of Congress

Time magazine covers

Time failed to renew the copyrights of many early issues. See TIME magazine Public Domain issues

The following issues of Time magazine are in the public domain:

March 3, 1923 to January 22, 1934.
January 7, 1935 to June 29 1936.
July 3, 1939 to May 13, 1940
January 7, 1945 to January 29, 1945.

use {{PD-US-not renewed-TIME}} at Commons only

Article order

See Wikipedia:Guide to layout#Standard appendices and descriptions, the order of the standard appendices should be:

"See also"

"Notes" (containing the {{reflist|2}} template)

"References"

"Further reading"

"External links"

Other useful items

for Wiktionary inline defs., use [[wikt:word#English|word]] for "word"

Multiple issues tag (example):
{{articleissues|cleanup=January 2008|npov=January 2008|original research=January 2008|plot=January 2008|refimprove=January 2008|tooshort=January 2008}}

for article editing in progress, use {{inuse}} or {{underconstruction}} to avoid edit conflicts.

for too parochial articles, use {{global}}above article heading

for resolved issue, use {{resolved}}

fixed = Fixed

to avoid a line break, use & nbsp; (no space between & and n)

For Galleries— to add caption, use: <gallery caption="Text here">
for "n" pix per row (default is 4), use <gallery perrow="n">
for panoramas, use {{wide image|filename|sizepx|caption (optional)}}

Colors

to add color to font, e.g., red, use <font color=red>

Green

Blue

Orange use <font color=#F87217>

Wikipedia page background color is #F8FCFF

<sup><math>\color{Red} \oplus</math></sup> gives ^{$\color {Red}\oplus$}

Multiple columns

2 columns or more:

First column listing here

Second column listing here

Alternative method:

left column listing here

</div><div style="float:right;width:50%;">

right column listing here

</div><br clear="all">

Metric

16′ = 16 ft.

16″ = 16 in.

To show metric along with English measurements:
{{convert|74|in|cm|0}} = 74 inches (188 cm)
Parameters:

"0" or "1" for decimal places;
"sp=us" for U.S. spelling ("meters" instead of "metres", etc.);
"sing=on" for singular (e.g., "50 foot");
"abbr=on" to abbreviate

Emoticons

{{(:}} =>

{{;)}} =>

Charts

see also wikitable example.


OFFICE	NAME	TERM

President	Herbert Hoover	1929–1933
Vice President	Charles Curtis	1929–1933

Secretary of State	Henry L. Stimson	1929–1933
Secretary of the Treasury	Andrew Mellon	1929–1932
Attorney General	William D. Mitchell	1929–1933
Postmaster General	Walter F. Brown	1929–1933
Secretary of the Navy	Charles F. Adams	1929–1933
Secretary of the Interior	Ray L. Wilbur	1929–1933
Secretary of Agriculture	Arthur M. Hyde	1929–1933
Secretary of Commerce	Robert P. Lamont	1929–1932
	William N. Doak	1930–1933

Navbox

{{inuse}} = temp. article header to avoid edit conflicts during major edit

Highlighted box

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OTRS

To document approval/release of images, send to permissions-commonswikimedia.org. The email must clearly identify:

The name and email address of the person (or organization) who authored and owns the copyright to the image
The permission given (preferably licensed under {{cc-by-sa-4.0}} or released into the public domain, though any "free" license is acceptable)
The URL where the image has been uploaded
If uploading a file to Commons with OTRS pending, add {{subst:OP}} (OTRS pending)

Ellipsis (...)

see also WP:MOS#Ellipses

Three unspaced periods (...). This is the easiest way, and gives a reliable appearance in HTML. Recommended

Use an ellipsis if material is omitted in the course of a quotation, unless square brackets are used to gloss the quotation (see above, and the next point below). Put a space on each side of an ellipsis, except at the very start or end of a quotation. Sentence-final punctuation after an omission ellipsis is shown only if it is textually important (as is often the case with exclamation points and question marks, and rarely with periods); no space comes between the ellipsis and the terminal punctuation. Use non-breaking spaces ( ) only as needed to prevent improper line breaks, e.g.: To keep a quotation mark from being separated from the start of the quotation: "... we are still worried." To keep the ellipsis from wrapping to the next line: "France, Germany, ... and Belgium but not the USSR."

spacing

see also WP:NBSP:

hard space can be produced with the HTML code instead of the space bar: 19& nbsp;kg yields a non-breaking 19 kg. Hard spaces can also be produced by using the {{nowrap </wiki/Template:Nowrap>}} template: 8 sq ft produces a non-breaking 8 sq ft. This is especially useful for short constructions requiring two or more hard spaces, as in the preceding sentence

example: for 3 p.m., use 3& nbsp;p.m.

Article tables

{{FA-Class|FA}} background: #6699ff;

{{GA-Class|GA}} background: #66ff66

{{B-Class|B}} background: #ffff66

{{Start-Class|Start}} background: #ffaa66

{{Stub-Class|Stub}} background: #ff6666

City	Departure time
New York (Rockefeller Center)	8:30 a.m.
New York (Grand Central Station)	8:45 a.m.
Brooklyn, NY	8:45 a.m.
Jersey City, NJ	9:30 a.m.
Elizabeth, NJ	9:46 a.m.
Plainfield, NJ	9:59 a.m.
Wayne Junction, Pa.	10:54 a.m.
Philadelphia, Pa.	11:10 a.m.
Wilmington, Del.	11:35 a.m.
Baltimore, Md. (Mt. Royal Station)	12:38 p.m.
Baltimore, Md. (Camden Station)	12:45 p.m.
Washington, D.C.	1:30 p.m.
Source: Official Guide of the Railways, p. 418^[1]

^ add ref cites

Collapsible award infobox

Using translated Wikipedia content

Add to Talk Page of imported article on en-Wiki (example: using article Musikakademie Rheinsberg from de-Wikipedia):

Other WMF projects

{{sister}}, see also WP:SIS for link syntax

Image display syntax details

see WP:EIS

RfA toolbox

newspapers.com cites

(1) clip at newspapers.com and copy url link

(2) on cite news, use "newspaper=" instead of "work", enter url from (1), and add |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}

DYK

When first starting a DYK review for QPQ, use

*{{reviewing}} to avoid e.c.

pdf cite to specific page

add as url suffix:

#page=[page number]

Admin levels

Admin service awards

[1] ref cites

[1]

Word	Explanation
__NOTOC__	Hides ToC on the current page.
__FORCETOC__	Forces the table of contents to appear.
__TOC__	Places a ToC here (overriding any __NOTOC__). Multiple ToCs are no longer supported. If __TOC__ is used multiple times, only the first occurrence causes a ToC to appear.

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