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Some reliable source links

Useful templates:

  • {{rp}} – referenced pages (for citations)
  • {{tq}} – Inline talk quote – {{tqred}}
  • {{slink}} – Section link – {{slinkno}}
  • {{fco}} – Font color
  • {{SAT}} – Source assessment table
    • {{SA}} – Source assessment row

Templates:

Subpages: Special:PrefixIndex/User:Siroxo

WP:The Wikipedia Library bookmarklet: 

javascript:void(location.href="https://wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/login?auth=production&url="+location.href)

Niche TWL sources:

Third opinion disputes update, Purge

  1. Talk:Wuxing (Chinese philosophy) § add. Disagreement about which order should show first to list the five elements of Wuxing (Chinese philosophy). 18:28, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
  2. Talk:Eremophila annosicaulis § Etymology Disagreement about the etymology of Eremophila annosicaulis.10:31, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
  3. Talk:Jonny Kim § removal of second-level gallery of synthesis. Disagreement about whether identifying ribbons and other visual information from an image constitutes WP:NOR. 05:09, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
  4. Talk:Time formatting and storage bugs § Pros and cons of transcluding text from other articles Disagreement about the transclusion of text from other articles. 20:38, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
  5. Talk:Besor Stream § Lede content discussion. Three disagreements. 1) Is the watercourse one stream (with preference for Besor Stream over Wadi Gaza) or a river system with the Besor Stream as a tributary of the Wadi Gaza? 2) Should the fact that the wadi divides the Gaza Strip be explicitly stated like it is currently in the lede? 3) Is there undue coverage of the Wadi Gaza Nature Reserve in the article? Is the stream's source in the northern Negev (near Sde Boker) or in the Hebron Mountains? 15:18, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
  6. Talk:Julia gens § Primary sources. (note: disagreement over description of disagreement. temporary description: disagreement over the use of ancient sources in article) Disagreement about 1. whether ancient historical writings (primary sources) are adequate substitutes for modern secondary scholarship and 2. whether modern secondary scholarship should be prioritized over ancient historical writings. 06:11, 28 April 2025 (UTC)

Please note, past this point, these tips are from 2005, and are probably way out of date.

Here are some tips for using Wikipedia, mostly based on my style of wikiing. If you see something here that you think can be done better or differently, don't hesitate to let me know.

Wikipedia scripts

Check out these scripts:

  • Navigation Popups - Hover over internal links to see what lies on the other side
  • Live Preview - Quick preview of your edits, without sending it to the server

Browser choice

Use a tabbed browser. I use Mozilla Firefox, but there are others. Tabs (especially with gestures or mouse-over tab-switching) will allow you to easily have several wikipages open at once, making it easier to check links as you write articles, and similar tasks that are easier with many pages open at once. If you do choose Firefox, I recommend also installing the "All-in-One Gestures", "Tabbrowser Preferences", and "undoclosetab" extensions, they give many excellent options to mold the browser.

In addition, I highly recommend using a browser that allows you to set up keywords/shortcuts to URLs that take variables, Firefox lets you do this as well.

Quick wiki bookmark shortcuts

Set up a keyword/shortcut to topics in wikipedia, this is one way of reducing your server load on wikipedia, and saving yourself some time by leaving old tabs that you need open.

In Firefox:

  1. Bookmark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s
  2. Set its keyword to "w" or "wiki" or something short.
  3. Type in the addressbar: 'w Some topic'
  4. You arrive at the page entitled 'Some topic' in wikipedia.

The %s in the URL is browser dependant, so if you use something else, check on it.

Copyvio and fact checking

If you use a browser that allows keywords/shortcuts to URLs you can make a quick one to help perform fact-checks and copyvio-checks wikipedia.

In Firefox:

  1. Bookmark http://www.google.com/search?q=-wikipedia%20-dictionary%20-encyclopedia%20%s
  2. Set its keyword to 'check',
  3. In the address bar, type 'check "some text in Wikipedia I think is a copyvio"', it searches google for '-wikipedia -dictionary -encyclopedia "some stuff I think is a copyvio."'
  4. See your results, not containing any wikipedia or wikipedia mirror results!

The %s in the URL is browser dependant, so if you use something else, check on it.

Firefox Wikipedia extension

There is also a Wikipedia extension for Mozilla Firefox, located here. It provides a toolbar and context menu for editing Wikipedia. I actually don't use it, but you might find it useful.

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