User:UsagiM/help
This is only my personal help page, to have a quick reference for Wikipedia-tools...
References
[edit]- Citing sources: when to cite and how to cite sources;
- Embedded citations when and how to use embedded citations, such as refering to a website.
List your references as follows: <ref>{{cite book |last = Shukumine |first = Seiken |title = ''新空手道教範'' or "Shin Karate-dō Kyōhan" |date = 1964 }}</ref> (this is an example[1]).
If you want to refer to the same reference more than once in an article, you can use: <ref name="Looking back">{{cite book |last = Taniguchi |first = Koichi |title = ''"Genseiryu Karatedo to Taido no sosaku wo kaerimiru"'' or "Looking back at the creation of Genseiryu Karatedo and Taido" |date = 2005 }}</ref> [2]. Then, when you want to cite the source again, you simply use: <ref name="Looking back"/> (don't forget the forward slash!)[2].
To give a references list, use: {{reflist|1}}. That will give this:
Or use {{reflist|2}} to make 2 columns as in this example (Karate wiki).
Templates
[edit]On article pages (wiki's)
[edit]- For advertising: {{db|advertising}}.
- For disambiguation pages: {{disambig}}.
- For a page under construction: {{Underconstruction}}.
- For a page "in need of attention": {{Attention}}.
- For a page "in need of attention, see talk": {{Attention_see_talk}}.
- When the page needs to be categorized: {{CatNeeded}}.
- For starting articles with not enough information yet, so called 'stubs' use: {{Stub}}. (See also list of stub types!)
- For in need of citations/verifications: {{Refimprove|date=July 2009}} (gives: "This article needs additional citations for verification").
- For cleanup to Wikipedia's standards: {{Cleanup|date=March 2007}} (gives: "This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards").
- For speedy deletion: {{db}}. But it's appreciated to add a reason, e.g.: {{db|1=some reason}}. Check the Criteria for speedy deletion for more info...
On user pages (warnings and welcoming)
[edit]- For advertising: {{subst:spam}} gives:
- Please do not add commercial links or links of your own private websites to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. See the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks.
- For registered newcomers: {{Welcome}}
- For newcomers with ip: {{subst:Wel}} (automatically identifies anonymous or registered users).
- For vandalism from ip: {{sharedwelcome}}.
- For try-outs (messing around) in an article: {{subst:uw-test1|name article}} ("your test worked...") or {{subst:uw-huggle1|name article}} ("...has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive.").
Click here for more welcome templates.
On user pages (good things!)
[edit]- Cookies: spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{subst:Cookie}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat this cookie on the giver's talk page with {{subst:munch}}!
Signing
[edit]- -- [[User:UsagiM|Usagi<font color="orange">''M''</font>]] ~~~~~. gives: -- UsagiM 19:45, 4 Jan 2010 (UTC).