User:Doug Weller/Wikipedia Notes2
Searching Wikipedia
[edit]Searching Wikipedia - p 61 - Wiki search engine poor, use whatever site:en.wikipedia.org in google search box
Resources
[edit]Resources p. 79: WP:Current science and technology sources
WP:WikiProject Resource Exchange
Who Wrote What: [1]
Enhanced watchlist
[edit]Enhanced watchlist - page 112
Finding other uses of a link
[edit]Search for uses of a link - page 128 Special:Linksearch
How to restart an old talk page converstaion
[edit]Restarting an old conversation - p. 149
Placing material from the article on a talk page
[edit]Sometimes it is necessary to display a sentence or paragraph from the article on the talk page so that other editors can easily understand what is being discussed. Here are some methods of placing quoted material from an article to within the body of a talk page that are currently in use on Wikipedia talk pages.
You can place text in a light green colored box by copying and pasting the code below. Note: If copying and pasting an entire section, place the section title in boldface '''Title''' with three quotation marks on each side instead of equal signs ==Title== . This will remove the editing link normally seen on the article page.
<div class="boilerplate" style="background-color: #efe; margin: 2em 0 0 0; padding: 0 10px 0 10px; border: 1px dotted #aaa;">Put copied and pasted quoted text here.</div>
Or simply add a wiki quotation tag. The box will be colorless. {{quotation|quoted material}}
Another method is to just indent one space. Include line breaks or it will run as one long line off the page to the right. This method is only effective for a small amount of text. Occasionally, this type of box is found on a talk page as an editing error and needs to have the indented space removed to keep it from running off the page.
Indent one space to quote words, phrases, or short sentences.
You can also position text within the box.
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Editor's index to Wikipedia Wikipedia:EIW
When no source is given
[edit]pp 186-187 See pages - if not reverting, add note to editor's talk page: add heading ==Articlename and text: Your recent contribution(s) to the Wikipedia article Article are very much appreciated. However, you did not provide references or sources for your information. Keeping Wikipedia accurate and verifiable is very important, and as you might be aware there is currently a drive to improve the quality of Wikipedia by encouraging editors to cite the sources they used when adding content. If sources are left unreferenced, it may count as original research, which is not allowed. Can you provide in the article specific references to any books, articles, websites or other reliable sources that will allow people to verify the content in the article? You can use a citation method listed at How to cite sources. Thanks!
Unreliable source
[edit]summary edit - add, eg source provided was not reliable
Getting the right wording, esp in controversial articles
[edit]p. 188 also Guidelines for controversial articles