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Surma

The details given here for surma is actually for kajal. I think writer doesn't have proper information about surma Perwez mb (talk) 21:14, 16 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox

How do I create an infobox? Tj2007 (talk) 21:35, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Tj2007 - This question is best asked at the Wikipedia helpdesk rather than here, however I'll be happy to help. Have you read through Wikipedia:List of infoboxes yet? This page should provide you with all of the assistance you need. If you have any more questions, please let me know. Best regards - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 21:37, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I learned by studying existing templates. Study the source codes of Template:infobox and Template:infobox person, for example, and use your sandbox to experiment. I created Template:infobox skateboarder by copying from other templates. Since then I have improved its syntax so that it's easier to understand.--Jay D'Easy (talk) 12:29, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Add info on how to ping

Newcomers often don't know to ping users they want a response from. Suggest:

Ping a user called Example on a talk page, so they will see your comment:	[[User:Example]], {{u\|Example}}, {{User\|Example}}, {{user link\|Example}}, {{ping\|Exmple}}, {{Yo\|example}}, or {{reply to\|Example}}

Comments? HLHJ (talk) 03:33, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

HLHJ, I have added this row onto the cheat sheet. Ilex verticillata (talk) 00:44, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, thank you, Ilex verticillata! I'd completely forgotten I ever made this comment. I'm glad you took it up and did something. Welcome to Wikipedia, and please feel free to ping me if you need info or help for anything. HLHJ (talk) 00:56, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 4 April 2023

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In the citations section of the cheatsheet, there is an example given like this: "Hello again!(ref name="LoC" /)(ref)". This is an error, because the "/" should be inside the second <ref> statement to close it, rather than in the main body of the ref. The corrected text should be: "Hello again!(ref name="LoC")(/ref)" Note that i've replaced < with ( here for the formatting of this suggestion - I don't actually want there to be references here. Williamthurston2000 (talk) 16:16, 4 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: the example is correct. M.Bitton (talk) 16:23, 4 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 3 August 2023

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Diryodhan (talk) 16:57, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]