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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:''' <nowiki>{{Non-free use rationale logo|Article=|Use=Infobox}}</nowiki>
:::: '''Licensing:''' <nowiki>{{Non-free logo|regtrademark=yes|Image has rationale=yes}}</nowiki>
:::::''(note: for school logos, add [[:Category:PreK through Grade 12 public and private school logos]])''
*''Deceased persons:''
:::: '''Summary:''' <nowiki>{{Non-free use rationale biog|description=|death=|use=Header|source=|article=}}</nowiki>
:::: '''Licensing:''' <nowiki>{{Non-free biog-pic|[article name]|image has rationale=yes}}</nowiki>

==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 {{nobr|<code>&amp;nbsp;</code>}} between 18 and mm, i.e.,{{nobr|<code>18&amp;nbsp;mm</code>}} which renders {{xt|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. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Non-free_content/Archive_25#Photographs_of_ancient_coins]
*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. [http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Village_pump&diff=6778684&oldid=6777446]
*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.[http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AAnthere&diff=767102&oldid=762404]
*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.[http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Anthere&diff=677612&oldid=672062#Message_from_it.wikisource_community_about_.22Shorter_term.22_and_Italian_law_about_texts]. "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.[http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Anthere&oldid=846833#Ping.3F]

==Wikipedia Notes &ndash; syntax/misc.==
===article tags===
*POV
*tone
*citations missing

===extra spaces:===
<nowiki>{{spaces|_}}</nowiki>

===avoid line break===
use & nbsp; (without space after "&")

===formatting quotations:===
''See also [[Template:Quote]]''

<font color=red>"cquote":</font color>
{{cquote|This is an example}}

<font color=red>"Quote box":</font color>
{{Quote_box
|width=40%
|align=center
|quote=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..
|source='''[[Gandhi|Mohandas K. Gandhi]],''' ''on January 28, [[1948]], two days prior to his assassination.''
}}

<br clear=all>

{{Quote_box
|width=30%
|align=center
|quote=R is for Ruth. <br/>
''To tell you the truth,'' <br/>
''There's no more to be said,'' <br/>
''Just R is for Ruth.'' <br/>
|source='''[[Ogden Nash]]'''
}}
<div style="clear:both;"></div>


<font color=red>Quote box2:</font color><br>

{{Quote box2 |width= 29em |border= 1px |align= right |bgcolor= #c6dbf7 |halign= left | title=''Gettysburg Address''|quote=''When in the course of human events four score and seven years ago our forefathers brought forth and cetera.''
|source= — ''[[Abraham Lincoln]]'', from his book: ''The Emancipator'' (1863)}}
<div style="clear:both;"></div>

<font color=red>"quotation":</font color><br>


{{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 -<br />

::&bull; ''Brotherhood'' - in a day when there is too much hatred at home and abroad.
::&bull; ''Cheerfulness'' - in a day when the pessimists have the floor.
::&bull; ''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)
}}

<br clear=all>
<font color=red>Poems and song lyrics:</font color> <nowiki><div><blockquote><poem></nowiki>

==={{aye}} and {{nay}}===
Use <nowiki>{{aye}}</nowiki> and <nowiki>{{nay}}</nowiki>

===Wiki Icons===
[[User:Asenine/Icons#Attention / Information / Questions|icons]]
<br>
[[:en:Category:Emoticons|Emoticons]]

===Citing references===
*''see also [[WP:CIT]]''
*For all articles, use <nowiki>{{reflist}}</nowiki> or <references />

'''''multiple use of a reference:'''''<br />

<nowiki><ref name=whatever>____________</ref></nowiki><br>

then, for subsequent ''ibids.'', use: <nowiki><ref name=whatever /></nowiki>
:for different pages, use {{tl|rp}}, as in <nowiki><ref name=whatever/>{{rp|319-320}}</nowiki>
:for pages 319-320 in previously cited source "whatever" 


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

==== 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:'''''<br />
<nowiki>{{LCCN|2001||277208}}</nowiki>, as used in [[E. Urner Goodman]]

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

'''''example of news reference:'''''<br />
{{tl|cite news}}<br>
<nowiki>
{{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 }}
</nowiki>

'''''example of magazine reference'''''<br />
{{tl|cite journal}}<br>
<nowiki>
{{cite journal |last=Nelson |first=Barbara |title=John Walker Discusses Organ and Piano|journal=Clavier magazine |volume= |year=1997 |month=January |pages=39&ndash;41 }}</nowiki>

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

===spacing with dot:===

use '''& bull;''' results in: 

text &bull; text

=== Interaction tool ===
[https://sigma.toolforge.org/editorinteract.py?users=JGHowes&users=Rlevse&users=&startdate=&enddate=&ns=&server=enwiki interaction analyser]

===Fix HTML===
''see [[WP:FIXBUNCH|How to fix bunching]]''

===tagging suspect Fair Use photos===

<nowiki>{{subst:rfu}}</nowiki>

<nowiki>{{subst:fairusedisputed}}</nowiki>

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

See example at [[:Image:D James Kennedy.jpg]]

{{Y}}use with license <nowiki>{{Non-free promotional|image_has_rationale=yes|image_is_of_living_person=no}}
</nowiki>

===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)===
*{{tl|Non-free fair use in|name of article}}, with name of article as parameter

===Promotional image licensing===
<nowiki>[[Template:promotional]]</nowiki>{{spaces|4}}[[Template:promotional]]

==Copyright character==
''' © '''

==Panorama images==
<center>'''Panorama of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Horseshoe Curve on [[October 12]] [[1934]]:'''</center>{{tl|wide image|PRR Horseshoe.jpg|750px}}

==HABS image tag==
see [[:Image:NYP LOC3.jpg]] for example

==''US News & World Report'' free images==
Use [[:c:Template:PD-USNWR|PD-USNWR]] <nowiki>{{PD-USNWR}}</nowiki> license tag at Commons for 1952-1986 collection at  [http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/129_usn.html '''Library of Congress''']

==Time magazine covers==
Time failed to renew the copyrights of many early issues. See [[Talk:Time_(magazine)/Archive_1#Public_domain_issues|''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 <font color=blue><nowiki>{{PD-US-not renewed-TIME}}</nowiki></font color> at Commons only


===Table of Contents===

*To hide/switch: <nowiki>[[Template:TOChidden]]</nowiki>{{spaces|4}}[[Template:TOChidden]] 
*Suppress completely: <nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki>
*To place TOC in a particular place, use <nowiki>__TOC__</nowiki> in desired sequence.

{| class="wikitable" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="79%"
! Word 
! Explanation
|-
| <nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki>
| Hides ToC on the current page.
|-
|<nowiki>__FORCETOC__</nowiki>
| Forces the table of contents to appear.
|-
| <nowiki>__TOC__</nowiki>
| Places a ToC here (overriding any <nowiki>__NOTOC__</nowiki>). Multiple ToCs are no longer supported. If <nowiki>__TOC__</nowiki> is used multiple times, only the first occurrence causes a ToC to appear.
|}<noinclude>


The Table of contents can be forced onto a floating table on the right hand of the screen with the code below:
<pre>{{TOC right}}</pre>

==Article order==
See [[Wikipedia:Guide to layout#Standard appendices and descriptions]], the order of the standard appendices should be:
:"See also"
:"Notes" (containing the <nowiki>{{reflist|2}}</nowiki> template)
:"References"
:"Further reading"
:"External links"

==Other useful items==
for '''Wiktionary''' inline defs., use <nowiki>[[wikt:word#English|word]]</nowiki> for "word" 

'''Multiple''' issues tag (example):<br>
<nowiki>{{articleissues|cleanup=January 2008|npov=January 2008|original research=January 2008|plot=January 2008|refimprove=January 2008|tooshort=January 2008}}</nowiki>

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

for too parochial articles, use <nowiki>{{global}}</nowiki>above article heading

for resolved issue, use <nowiki>{{resolved}}</nowiki>

<nowiki>fixed</nowiki> = {{fixed}}

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

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

===Colors===
to add color to font, e.g., '''<font color=red>red</font>''', use <nowiki><font color=red></nowiki><br>

:''<b><font color=green>Green</font></b>''
:''<b><font color=blue>Blue</font></b>''
:''<b><font color=#F87217>Orange</font></b>'' use <nowiki><font color=#F87217></nowiki><br>

Wikipedia page background color is #F8FCFF

<nowiki><sup><math>\color{Red} \oplus</math></sup></nowiki> gives <sup><math>\color{Red} \oplus</math></sup><br>

===Multiple columns===
2 columns or more:

:<nowiki>{{MultiCol}}</nowiki>
:First column listing here
:<nowiki>{{ColBreak}}</nowiki>
:Second column listing here
:<nowiki>{{EndMultiCol}}</nowiki>

Alternative method:
:<nowiki><div style="float:left;width:50%;"></nowiki>
:left column listing here
:<nowiki></div><div style="float:right;width:50%;"></nowiki>
:right column listing here
:<nowiki></div><br clear="all"></nowiki>

===Metric===
<nowiki>16&prime; </nowiki>= 16 ft.

<nowiki>16&Prime; </nowiki>= 16 in.

To show '''metric''' along with English measurements:<br>
<nowiki>{{convert|74|in|cm|0}}</nowiki> = {{convert|74|in|cm|0}}<br>
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<br>
see also [[Template:convert]]

==Emoticons==
{{seealso|Category:Image insertion templates}}

{{spaces|10}} <nowiki>{{(:}}</nowiki> {{spaces|4}} => {{spaces|4}} {{(:}}

{{spaces|10}} <nowiki>{{;)}}</nowiki> {{spaces|4}} => {{spaces|4}} {{;)}}

==Charts==
*see also [[Royal Blue (B&O train)|wikitable example]].
{| cellpadding="1" cellspacing="4" style="margin:3px; border:3px solid #000000;" align="center"
!bgcolor="#000000" colspan="7"|
|-
|align="left"|'''OFFICE'''||align="left"|'''NAME'''||align="left"|'''TERM'''
|-
!bgcolor="#000000" colspan="3"|
|-
|align="left"|[[President of the United States|President]]||align="left" |Herbert Hoover||align="left"|1929&ndash;1933
|-
|align="left"|[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]||align="left"|[[Charles Curtis]]||align="left"|1929&ndash;1933
|-
!bgcolor="#000000" colspan="3"|
|-
|align="left"|[[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]||align="left"|[[Henry L. Stimson]]||align="left"|1929&ndash;1933
|-
|align="left"|[[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]]||align="left"|[[Andrew Mellon]]||align="left"|1929&ndash;1932
|-
|align="left"|[[Attorney General of the United States|Attorney General]]||align="left"|[[William D. Mitchell]]||align="left"|1929&ndash;1933
|-
|align="left"|[[Postmaster General of the United States|Postmaster General]]||align="left"|[[Walter Folger Brown|Walter F. Brown]]||align="left"|1929&ndash;1933
|-
|align="left"|[[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]]||align="left"|[[Charles Francis Adams III|Charles F. Adams]]||align="left"|1929&ndash;1933
|-
|align="left"|[[United States Secretary of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]]||align="left"|[[Ray L. Wilbur]]||align="left"|1929&ndash;1933
|-
|align="left"|[[United States Secretary of Agriculture|Secretary of Agriculture]]||align="left"|[[Arthur M. Hyde]]||align="left"|1929&ndash;1933
|-
|align="left"|[[United States Secretary of Commerce|Secretary of Commerce]]||align="left"|[[Robert P. Lamont]]||align="left"|1929&ndash;1932
|-
|align="left"|&nbsp;||align="left"|[[William N. Doak]]||align="left"|1930&ndash;1933
|}
<br clear="all">

==Navbox==
<nowiki>{{inuse}}</nowiki> = temp. article header to avoid edit conflicts during major edit

==Highlighted box==

{|  style="width:100%;font-size:88%;text-align: left; border: 0px; margin-top: 0.2em;"
|-
! style="background-color: #ffd8a0;" | place text here
|}

==FA criteria==
*[[Wikipedia:Article development|Article development]]
*[[Wikipedia:Featured article criteria|Featured article criteria]]
*[[Wikipedia:Featured article advice|Featured article advice]]
*[[Wikipedia:The perfect article|"The perfect article"]]
*[[User:AndyZ/Suggestions|Suggestions]]
*[[User:Jengod/Some common objections to featured status and how to avoid them|Objections to featured status and how to avoid them]]
*[[User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 1a|How to satisfy Criterion 1a]]
&nbsp;

==Editor evaluation tools==

::*{{usercheck-full|JGHowes}}
::*[https://xtools.wmflabs.org/editsummary/en.wikipedia.org/JGHowes JGHowes edit summary]
::{{Special:Prefixindex/Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/JGHowes}}

{{-}}

==OTRS==
{{see also|User:JGHowes/Workshop#OTRS process}}
To document approval/release of images, send to '''{{no spam|permissions-commons|wikimedia.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 {{tl|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 <nowiki>{{subst:OP}}</nowiki> ([[:c:Template:OTRS pending|OTRS pending]])

See also:
* [[m:OTRS#Permissions]]
* [[Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission]]
* [[Commons:Commons:Licensing|Commons:Licensing]]

==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 (&nbsp;) only as needed to prevent improper line breaks, e.g.: <nowiki>
To keep a quotation mark from being separated from the start of the quotation: "...&nbsp;we are still worried." 
To keep the ellipsis from wrapping to the next line: "France, Germany,&nbsp;... and Belgium but not the USSR." </nowiki>

==spacing==

''see also [[WP:NBSP]]:''

hard space can be produced with the HTML code <nowiki> &nbsp; </nowiki> 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: {{nowrap|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==

:<nowiki>{{FA-Class|FA}}</nowiki> background: #6699ff; 
:<nowiki>{{GA-Class|GA}}</nowiki> background: #66ff66
:<nowiki>{{B-Class|B}}</nowiki> background: #ffff66
:<nowiki>{{Start-Class|Start}}</nowiki> background: #ffaa66
:<nowiki>{{Stub-Class|Stub}}</nowiki> background: #ff6666

{| class="wikitable"
! City
! Departure time
|- style="background-color:#ffff66"
| New York (Rockefeller Center)
| 8:30 a.m.
|- style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
| New York (Grand Central Station)
| 8:45 a.m.
|- style="background-color:#FFF4A7"
| Brooklyn, NY
| 8:45 a.m.
|- style="background-color:#BFE4FF"
| Jersey City, NJ
| 9:30 a.m.
|- style="background-color:"
| Elizabeth, NJ
| 9:46 a.m.
|- style="background-color:"
| Plainfield, NJ
| 9:59 a.m.
|- style="background-color:#BFE4FF"
| Wayne Junction, Pa.
| 10:54 a.m.
|- style="background-color:#BFE4FF"
| Philadelphia, Pa.
| 11:10 a.m.
|- style="background-color:#BFE4FF"
| Wilmington, Del.
| 11:35 a.m.
|- style="background-color:#BFE4FF"
| Baltimore, Md. (Mt. Royal Station)
| 12:38 p.m. 
|- style="background-color:#BFE4FF"
| Baltimore, Md. (Camden Station)
| 12:45 p.m.
|- style="background-color:#BFE4FF"
| Washington, D.C.
| 1:30 p.m.
|- align="center" bgcolor=#eeffee
| colspan="2" | <small>''Source: [[Official Guide of the Railways]]'', p. 418</small><ref>add ref cites</ref>
|}
</center>
<font color=white>
{{reflist}}
</font color>

==Collapsible award infobox==
{{tl|Babe Ruth Award}}

==Using translated Wikipedia content==
Add to Talk Page of imported article on en-Wiki ''(example: using article ''Musikakademie Rheinsberg'' from de-Wikipedia):'' 
:::<nowiki>{{translated|de|Musikakademie Rheinsberg|small=no}}</nowiki>

==Other WMF projects==
{{tl|sister}}, see also [[WP:SIS]] for link syntax

==Image display syntax details==
see [[WP:EIS]]

==RfA toolbox==
{{RfA toolbox|JGHowes}}

==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]]}}<nowiki>{{open access}}</nowiki>

==DYK==
:When first starting a DYK review for QPQ, use

: *<nowiki>{{reviewing}}</nowiki> to avoid e.c.

==pdf cite to specific page==
''add as url suffix:''
::::<nowiki>#page=[page number]</nowiki>

==Admin levels==

* [[WP:ASVC|Admin service awards]]