User talk:Betsythedevine/WikiCode

There are certain things I tend to do again and again that need boilerplate code. Why have to type this stuff in from scratch every time? betsythedevine (talk) 14:51, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Useful stuff for building better articles

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If the only tool you know is a hammer then everything looks like a nail.

• Put this on the article talk page if it isn't there already:

{{Notice|{{find}}}}

• Another useful template is "Find3," which lets you fill in the text to be searched for, e.g. a maiden name that is not the article name:

{{Find3|fillinwhattolookfor}}

• Another useful resource:

Wikipedia's List of online newspaper archives

• If you are really starting an article from scratch:

WP:DEV

• And everybody needs this sometimes:

WP:HELP

• Will I ever get good at this? Manual of style rules for formatting dates, numbers, etc.

WP:MOSNUM

Useful templates to welcome or warn new users

• This is my favorite of the welcome templates: {{subst:Wel}}
• This is my favorite of the warning templates: {{subst:Uw-vandalism1|article|additional text}}

Wikicode for using images

click to open and use
Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Images is a good place to start for basic information. Sample left-aligned image box: [[File:filename |left |thumb |replacewithcaption]] Sample right-aligned image box [[File:filename |right |thumb |replacewithcaption]]

Wikicode for adding references

• <ref>{{cite web |url= xxx
  |title= xxx
  |accessdate=2024-11-13
  |quote= xxx
  |publisher= xxx }}</ref>

• <ref>{{cite book |author= xxx
  |coauthors= xxx
  |title= xxx
  |year= xxx
  |publisher= xxx
  |page= xxx
  |quote= xxx
  | url= xxx
  |isbn= xxx}}</ref>

• <ref>{{cite news
  |author= xxx
  |coauthors= xxx
  |title= xxx
  |url= xxx
  |quote= xxx
  |newspaper=[[New York Times]]
  |date= xxx
  |accessdate=2024-11-13 }}</ref>

even more, click to open and use

<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |author= xxx |coauthors= xxx |editor= xxx |encyclopedia= xxx |title= xxx |url= xxx |isbn= xxx |pages= xxx |quote= xxx | accessdate=2024-11-13 }}</ref> <ref>{{cite journal | author = xxx | coauthors = xxx | date = xxx | year = xxx | month = xxx | title = xxx | journal = xxx | volume = xxx | issue = xxx | pages = xxx | publisher = xxx | location = xxx | issn = xxx | pmid = xxx | doi = xxx | bibcode = xxx | oclc =xxx | id = xxx | url = xxx | language = xxx | format = xxx | accessdate = xxx | laysummary = xxx | laysource = xxx | laydate = xxx | quote = xxx }}</ref> I have copied this code, modifying it only slightly, from User:Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )/Useful wikicode. What a great idea on his part! betsythedevine (talk) 15:06, 12 January 2011 (UTC)