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This is a list of commonly used edit summary abbreviations. Find a more concise list at quick reference. Select from the box above for more abbreviations and terms.

Note: This page does not state any official guidelines regarding edit summary content. For more information about that, see Help:Edit summary, which strongly encourages editors to provide accurate and detailed summaries.

Addition of category

cat

Meaning: A category to the page.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[[Category:Name of category]] (which puts a useful link directly into the edit summary)

Examples:

+cat [[Category:Mammals]] (added this category)
-cat [[Category:Zoology]] (deleted this category)

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Addition of comment

cm, cmt, com, re

Meaning: I added a comment to this page.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]
[the topic of the comment]

Examples:

cm noteworthiness
cmt: questioning noteworthiness
+com ft "I find this non-noteworthy."
re use of columns: necessary? (see Talk)

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Addition of navigational template

navtemp

Meaning: I made a change involving a navigational template to this page.

Secondary text: none required

Example:

+navtemp (I added a navigational template)

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Addition or rephrasing: brief text

ft

Meaning: I have added or rephrased the following brief bit of full text.

Secondary text (required):

[in quotation marks, the exact text in question]

Secondary text (encouraged):

[in quotation marks, the exact text that is being replaced]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Such specificity is extremely helpful to those viewing only the edit summary, since it may obviate the need to open the article's History page to obtain these details.

Note: only brief text should be so specified. For longer text, make use of the article's Talk page and note this in the edit summary. See below for Edit that is explained on the article's Talk page.

Examples:

ft "because of this event"
Added ft "Under these circumstances" to specify causation
Substituted ft "Under these circumstances" for "So"
Substituted ft "Due to these two events" for "So" to clarify the causative factors
See ft in Talk for change to "So"

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Addition or rephrasing: longer text

+, add, addition, expand

Meaning: I have added or rephrased a longer bit of text in the article, and what follows is a summary.

Secondary text (required):

[a summary of the text in question]

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Examples:

+Future expeditions
add:Future expeditions (b/c important new plans have been made public)

May also be used to indicate that the user has added their support/opposition on consensus building; it is then usually preceded by the section name

Examples:

→ Support: +
→ Oppose: +me

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Alphabetization

alpha, abc, sort

Meaning: I have put this list in alphabetical order.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the portion of the text alphabetized (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Examples:

abc second list in this section
alpha last column for consistency

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Capitalization

cap, caps, capital, cpt, uc, ucase, lc, lcase

Meaning: I have fixed capitalization.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Specifically:

cap, capital, or cpt when there is a general fixing of capitalization.
caps when EVERY letter of a word is capitalized (e.g., ALL CAPS).
uc or ucase when uppercasing the first letter of a word.
lc or lcase when lowercasing the first letter of a word.

Common occurences:

Wikipedia's article titles are case-sensitive, except for the first letter of the article, which always appears as a capital letter. Also, according to Wikipedia:Manual of Style, except for compound proper nouns (such as "New York City Police Department") only the first letter of the first word in section headings should be capitalized.

Examples:

cap throughout this section for consistency
caps "NATO"
uc toys in the list that have proper (not generic) names
lc rest of title, per MOS

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Cleanup

cl, cleanup, cu

Meaning: I have made some general 'tidying-up' edits.

Secondary text: none required

Useful when making many different kinds of small changes in a single edit.

Commonly includes:

small formatting fixes
spelling and grammar fixes
markup fixes
other such minor edits

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Copy edit

copyedit, cpyed, ced, c/e, ce, mce

Meaning: I have done miscellaneous copy editing.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

It is encouraged that you specify the changes.

Examples:

copyedit: major reorganization, left original text
cpyed: from 'Tell Joe and I to ...' to 'Tell Joe and me to ...'
'It took 4 years to build...' → 'It took four years to build...' (per MOS)

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Correction

cr

Meaning: I have made one or more copy editing corrections.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Often used when correcting one's own edits or correcting obvious mistakes.

Examples

cr my punctuation on previous edit
cr two instances of "were" → "where"
cr after session failed

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Creation of a new article

creation, new

Meaning: I have created a new article.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[remarks or requests]

If there are remarks you wish to make, add them after two single dashes (-).

Examples:

creation
new
creation – NPOV check please
new – NPOV check please

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Disambiguation

See Removal of ambiguity (on this page)

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Edit that is explained on the article's talk page

see Talk, see talk

Meaning: I have discussed or explained this edit on the article's Talk page.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]
a wikilink to the talk page section

Examples:

see Talk for rephrased second paragraph
see talk re: columns (necessary?)
see Wikipedia_talk:Edit_summary_legend#Correction

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Formatting

fm, fmt, frmt, formatting, MoS, mos, MOS, wf, wfy

Meaning: I have applied or adjusted formatting to this article.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Examples:

fm per MOS
fmt for consistency
frmt contents of column 2 for clarity

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Grammar

gm, gr, grmr

Meaning: I have fixed the grammar of one or more sentences.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Examples:

gm last sentence
gr throughout
grmr in photo caption for clarity

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Headers

head, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6

Meaning: I have fixed the header markup or changed the header wording.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Examples:

head cap
h2 repl ft "North America" with "United States"
h3 added "above sea level" to parallel h2 "below sea level"

Common occurrence:

This is often seen when an article has been incorrectly laid out with "level 3" headers at the top level (i.e., === text ===) instead of "level 2" headers (i.e., == text ==).

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Last good version

LGV, lgv

Meaning: The last good version of the article.

Secondary text: none required.

Most often used with revert.

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Links: external

EL, xl, ext lk, ext lks, ext lnk, ext lnks, ext link, ext links, el, URL, http

Meaning: I have added or removed an external link.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[URL/ URL name] (which puts the link directly into the edit summary)
[a description of the links in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Examples:

EL National Tractor Association
+xls: national union websites
added ext lnk The Shepherd (magazine) (for its numerous resources)
rm ext 2 most recent links (too broad for this article)

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Links: internal

lk, lks, link, links, lnk, ln, wikilink, wl, dl

Meaning: I have created or removed a link from this Wikipedia article to another one.

Secondary text (required):

[[Wikipedia article name]] (which puts the link directly into the edit summary) or
'Wikipedia article name'

Secondary text (encouraged):

[a description of the links in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

It is preferred that the actual link(s) be included in the edit summary. This can be achieved by copying it from the edit box so that it appears in double brackets [[ ]]. Otherwise, name the link(s) between single apostrophes (').

This is especially useful when the link is to a new article, since Wikipedians watchlisting the current page are likely to be interested in the new page.

Examples:

lk: 'Train'
lks: 'snow', 'hail'
+wl in list: 'Train'
lnks for all State names
+lnk in list: 'Train' (after disambig)
wikilink [[train]] (new article)

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Links: interwiki

iwk, iw

Meaning: I added one or more interwiki links to this page.

Secondary text (required):

{{Interwiki link name}} (which puts the link directly into the edit summary) or
'Interwiki link name'

Secondary text (encouraged):

[a description of the links in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

It is preferred that the actual link(s) be included in the edit summary. This can be achieved by copying it from the edit box so that it appears in curly brackets {{ }}. Otherwise, name the link(s) between single apostrophes (').

This is especially useful when the link is to a new material, since Wikipedians watchlisting the current page are likely to be interested in viewing it.

Examples:

iw: {{Wikiquote:Rabbits}}
+iwks: {{Wikiquote:Politics}} and {{Wikiquote:Feminism}}
rem iw for pictures (too broad)
added wikilink {{Wikipedia books|Soap}} (new material)

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Manual of Style

MOS

Meaning: I have made edits to conform to the Wikipedia Manual of Style.

Secondary text: none required

Used with other edit summary elements.

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Merge

mrg, mrgd, merged in

Meaning: I have merged one or more other articles into this article.

Secondary text (required):

[[Wikipedia article name]] (which puts the link directly into the edit summary) or
'Wikipedia article name'
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

It is preferred that the actual link(s) be included in the edit summary. This can be achieved by copying it from the edit box so that it appears in double brackets [[ ]]. Otherwise, name the link(s) between single apostrophes (').

Examples:

mrg: 'USA' & 'United States of America'
mrgd: [[USA]] and [[United States of America]]
merged in [[sheepherding]] and [[droving]] (after consenus, see Talk)

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Miscellaneous

See Tweaks (on this page)

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Move

mv

Meaning: I have moved one or more portions of the article to another location within the same article.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the new and old locations]
[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Examples:

mv for clarity
mv last sentence of first paragraph to start of second paragraph
mv ft "in the last decade" to start (per consensus, see Talk)

May also mean "I have added some material that comes from another article" but in that case merge is preferred.

Examples:

mv to 'United States' (mrgd)
mv from 'America'

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Noteworthiness

nn

Meaning: Non-noteworthy text.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Example:

rmv nn cat video sentence

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Null edit

null, nx, ø

Meaning: I have made a null or dummy edit.

Secondary text: none required

Although no change was made, the edit window was opened and the page re-saved.

This is occasionally necessitated by non-automated changes, such as those to templates included in the page.

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Organization

org, reorg, order

Meaning: I have changed the order of sections or otherwise altered the organization (as opposed to the text) of the page.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[a description of the organization in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Example:

org History section by decade
order paragraphs: sequential

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Original research

OR, NOR

Meaning: I believe something to be in conflict with the Wikipedia no original research policy.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Example:

del OR "subatomic particles" per policy
NOR: revert "Causation" section to lgv

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Point of view

POV, NPOV

Meaning: I believe something to be in conflict with the Wikipedia neutral point of view policy.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Example:

del POV: ft "I hate cat videos"
NPOV: revert "Theories of causation" section to lgv

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Punctuation

punc, punct, pct

Meaning: I have made edits to rectify punctuation.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Example:

punc ft "three cat video's worth" → "three cat videos' worth"
pct: del excessive commas (for flow)

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Recategorization

re-cat, recat

Meaning: I have made changes to one or more pre-existing category links.

Secondary text (required):

[[Category:Category name]] (which puts the link directly into the edit summary) or
'Category name'

Secondary text (encourage):

[the reason or context for the change(s)]

It is preferred that the actual link(s) be included in the edit summary. This can be achieved by copying it from the edit box so that it appears in double brackets [[ ]]. Otherwise, name the link(s) between single apostrophes (').

This is especially useful when the link is to a new article, since Wikipedians watchlisting the current page are likely to be interested in the new page.

Examples:

re-cat 'America' to 'North America'
recat [[Category:America]] to [[Category:North American]] per consensus (see Talk)

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Redirect

REDIRECT, rd, redir

Meaning: I have made this article redirect to another article.

Secondary text (required):

[[Wikipedia article name]] (which puts the link directly into the edit summary) or
'Wikipedia article name'

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the reason or context for the change(s)]

It is preferred that the actual link(s) be included in the edit summary. This can be achieved by copying it from the edit box so that it appears in double brackets [[ ]]. Otherwise, name the link(s) between single apostrophes (').

This is especially useful when the link is to a new article, since Wikipedians watchlisting the current page are likely to be interested in the new page.

Examples:

REDIRECT 'Cats'
rd [[Cats]]
redir [[Droving]]to [[Sheepherding]] (new article)

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Reference

ref, refs

Meaning: I added or fixed one or more source citations.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[a description of which reference]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Examples:

ref distance to the Moon
+ref: cost of a gallon of milk (received consensus on source, see Talk)
fixd ref Rothlisber: date of publication

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Removal of ambiguity

disambiguation, disambig, disamb, disam, dab, byp disambig

Meaning: I changed a wikilink to point to the appropriate disambiguation page.

Secondary text (required):

[[Wikipedia disambiguation page name]] (which puts the link directly into the edit summary) or
'Wikipedia disambiguation page name'

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the reason or context for the change(s)]

It is preferred that the actual link(s) be included in the edit summary. This can be achieved by copying it from the edit box so that it appears in double brackets [[ ]]. Otherwise, name the link(s) between single apostrophes (').

This is especially useful when the link is to a new article, since Wikipedians watchlisting the current page are likely to be interested in the new page.

Examples:

disambig [[Arm]]
disamb 'Shadow' (new page)
dab [[Shadow]] (new page)

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Removal of text

-, rm, rmv, remove, del

Meaning: I have removed some text from the article.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Examples:

-cat video sentence
remove ft "Cat videos are artistic"
del paragraph 3: too broad for this article

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Reply

reply, rep, re, r (Note: r is also used as Revert, so re is preferred here.)

Meaning: I have replied to another editor's comment.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Examples:

reply agreement
r ft "I wholeheartedly agree."
rep limiting the scope of this discussion (see Talk)

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Revert

revert, rev, rv, r (Note: r is also used as Reply, so rv is preferred here.)

Meaning: I reverted this article to a previous edit.

Secondary text (required):

[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]

Examples:

revert accident
rv blanking (vandalism?)
rv: changes by User:Second user to last version by User:First user; see talk
rvs or rv/s (spam)
rvt or rvte (test edit)
rv unexpl del (unexplained deletion)
rvv or rv/v (vandalism) (Note: rvv in some fonts looks very similar to rw)

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Sandbox

sandbox, Sandbox

Meaning: I made an edit to the Sandbox.

Secondary text: none required

This is especially useful information for Wikipedians checking the Recent changes, who may wish to ignore such changes.

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Snap double redirect

snap dbl rdr, fix redir

Meaning: I turned a double redirect into a single redirect.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the reason or context for the change(s)]

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Spelling

sp, spl, spelling

Meaning: I corrected one or more spelling errors.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Examples:

sp throughout
spl "desparate" → "desperate"
spelling "colour" → "color" (per MOS:ENGVAR)

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Tweaks

tweaks, tweak, twk, tw, misc, technicals, techs

Meaning: I made one or more minor copyediting changes.

Includes:

Making an article conform to the Wikipedia Manual of Style and to consensus
Removing stub messages
Adjusting categories
Fixing typos
Adding or fixing links
Adjusting the article's layout

More specific and useful edit summaries are preferred, but if that is not practical tweaks may suffice.

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Typo

typo, typos, tpyo, tpyos, ty, tyop, tyops

Meaning: I fixed one or more typos.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Examples:

typo "errror" → "error"
typos in last sentence
tyop (my own error)

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User experienced edit conflict

(ec), e/c, or (e/c)

Meaning: An edit conflict was experienced.

Secondary text: non required; when adding a comment, users can prefix their comment with the {{ec}} template to indicate this.

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Whitespace

ws

Meaning: I made changes to whitespace.

Secondary text (encouraged):

[the full text or a description of the portion of the text in question (if not obvious)]
[the reason or context for the change(s)]

Examples:

ws in column 3 for alignment
ws: caption to image 7 (per consensus, see Talk)

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Article construction	100K featured articles Abandoned stubs Acronym overkill Adding images improves the encyclopedia Advanced article editing Advanced text formatting Akin's Laws of Article Writing Alternatives to the "Expand" template Amnesia test A navbox on every page An unfinished house is a real problem Articles have a half-life Autosizing images Avoid mission statements Be neutral in form Beef up that first revision Blind men and an elephant BOLD, revert, discuss cycle Build content to endure Cherrypicking Chesterton's fence Children's lit, adult new readers, & large-print books Citation overkill Citation underkill Common-style fallacy Concept cloud Creating controversial content Criticisms of society may be consistent with NPOV and reliability Deprecated sources Dictionaries as sources Don't demolish the house while it's still being built Don't get hung up on minor details Don't hope the house will build itself Don't panic Don't "teach the controversy" Editing on mobile devices Editors are not mindreaders Encourage the newcomers Endorsements (commercial) Featured articles may have problems Formatting bilateral relations articles Formatting bilateral relations templates Fruit of the poisonous tree Give an article a chance How to write a featured article Identifying and using independent sources History sources Law sources Primary sources Science sources Style guides Tertiary sources Ignore STRONGNAT for date formats Inaccuracy Introduction to structurism Mine a source Merge Test Minors and persons judged incompetent "Murder of" articles Not every story/event/disaster needs a biography Not everything needs a navbox Not everything needs a template Nothing is in stone Obtain peer review comments Organizing disambiguation pages by subject area Permastub Potential, not just current state Presentism Principle of Some Astonishment The problem with elegant variation Pro and con lists Printability Pruning article revisions Publicists Put a little effort into it Restoring part of a reverted edit Robotic editing Sham consensus Source your plot summaries Specialized-style fallacy Stub Makers Run an edit-a-thon Temporary versions of articles Tertiary-source fallacy There are no shortcuts to neutrality There is no deadline There is a deadline The deadline is now Try not to leave it a stub Understanding Wikipedia's content standards Walled garden What an article should not include Wikipedia is a work in progress Wikipedia is not a reliable source Wikipedia is not being written in an organized fashion The world will not end tomorrow Write the article first Writing better articles
Writing article content	Avoid thread mode Copyediting reception sections Coup Don't throw more litter onto the pile Gender-neutral language Myth vs fiction Proseline Use our own words We shouldn't be able to figure out your opinions Write the article first Writing about women Writing better articles
Removing or deleting content	Adjectives in your recommendations AfD is not a war zone Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions Arguments to avoid in deletion reviews Arguments to avoid in image deletion discussions Arguments to make in deletion discussions Avoid repeated arguments Before commenting in a deletion discussion But there must be sources! Confusing arguments mean nothing Content removal Counting and sorting are not original research Delete or merge Delete the junk Deletion is not cleanup Does deletion help? Don't attack the nominator Don't confuse stub status with non-notability Don't overuse shortcuts to policy and guidelines to win your argument Emptying categories out of process Follow the leader How the presumption of notability works How to save an article proposed for deletion I just don't like it Identifying blatant advertising Identifying test edits Immunity Keep it concise Liar liar pants on fire Nothing Nothing is clear Overzealous deletion Relisting can be abusive Relist bias The Heymann Standard Unopposed AFD discussion Wikipedia is not Whack-A-Mole Why was the page I created deleted? What to do if your article gets tagged for speedy deletion When in doubt, hide it in the woodwork No Encyclopedic Use

Essays on civility

The basics	Accepting other users Apology Contributing to complicated discussions Divisiveness Don't retaliate Editors' pronouns Edit at your own pace Encouraging the newcomers Enjoy yourself Expect no thanks High-functioning autism and Asperger's editors How to be civil Maintaining a friendly space Negotiation Obsessive–compulsive disorder editors Please say please Relationships with academic editors Thank you Too long; didn't read Truce Unblock perspectives We are all Wikipedians here You have a right to remain silent
Philosophy	A thank you never hurts A weak personal attack is still wrong Advice for hotheads An uncivil environment is a poor environment Be the glue Beware of the tigers! Civility warnings Deletion as revenge Failure Forgive and forget It's not the end of the world Nobody cares Most people who disagree with you on content are not vandals Old-fashioned Wikipedian values Profanity, civility, and discussions Revert notification opt-out Shadowless Fists of Death! Staying cool when the editing gets hot The grey zone The last word There is no Divine Right of Editors Most ideas are bad Nothing is clear Reader The rules of polite discourse There is no common sense Two wrongs don't make a right Wikipedia clichés Wikipedia is not about winning Wikipedia should not be a monopoly Writing for the opponent
Dos	Assume good faith Assume the assumption of good faith Assume no clue Avoid personal remarks Avoid the word "vandal" Be excellent to one another Be pragmatic Beyond civility Call a spade a spade Candor Deny recognition Desist Discussing cruft Drop the stick and back slowly away from the horse carcass Encourage full discussions Get over it How to lose Imagine others complexly Just drop it Keep it concise Keep it down to earth Mind your own business Say "MOBY" Mutual withdrawal Read before commenting Settle the process first
Don'ts	ALPHABETTISPAGHETTI Wikipedia:Because I can Civil POV pushing Cyberbullying Don't accuse someone of a personal attack for accusing of a personal attack Don't be a fanatic Don't be a jerk Don't be an ostrich Don't be ashamed Don't be a WikiBigot Don't be high-maintenance Don't be inconsiderate Don't be obnoxious Don't be prejudiced Don't be rude Don't be the Fun Police Don't bludgeon the process Don't call a spade a spade Don't call people by their real name Don't call the kettle black Don't call things cruft Don't come down like a ton of bricks Don't cry COI Don't demand that editors solve the problems they identify Don't drink the consensus Kool-Aid Don't eat the troll's food Don't fight fire with fire Don't give a fuck Don't help too much Don't ignore community consensus Don't knit beside the guillotine Don't make a smarmy valediction part of your signature Don't remind others of past misdeeds Don't shout Don't spite your face Don't take the bait Don't template the regulars Don't throw your toys out of the pram Do not insult the vandals Griefing Hate is disruptive Nationalist editing No angry mastodons just madmen No Nazis No racists No Confederates No queerphobia No, you can't have a pony Passive aggression POV railroad Superhatting There are no oracles There's no need to guess someone's preferred pronouns You can't squeeze blood from a turnip UPPERCASE
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Essays on notability

Humorous essays

About essays	Essay guide Value of essays Difference between policies, guidelines and essays Don't cite essays as if they were policy Avoid writing redundant essays Finding an essay Quote your own essay
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HTML and CSS	Cascading Style Sheets HTML in wikitext Catalogue of CSS classes Common.js and common.css User CSS for monospaced coding font Classes in microformats Markup validation Span tags Useful styles
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See also: Category:Wikipedia how-to Category:Wikipedia information pages Further navigation at: Help pages Administrators Accessibility Accounts Bots Referencing Citation metadata Templates User scripts

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Main namespace	General Cleanup Verifiability and sources Disputes Hatnotes Infoboxes Links External link templates Linking country articles Lists Main page Section Sources of articles Quick reference Standard boxes Stub types Translation
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Awarded by co-founder Jimmy Wales	Order of the Day Wikimedian of the Year also by country
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WikiProject Wikipedia Awards Kindness Campaign

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