For additional information, refer to Wikipedia:Citation templates, Help:Template, and Wikipedia:Citing sources.
Citation Type | Citation Text | |
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1 | Web Cite |
<ref> {{cite web|url= |title= |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= }}</ref> |
2 | Book Cite |
<ref> {{cite book|last= |first= |author-link= |first2 = |last2 = |author2-link= |editor-last= |editor-first= |editor2-last= |editor2-first= |title= |publisher= |series= |volume= |edition= |date= |location= |pages= or page= |url= |doi= |id= |isbn= }}</ref> Short Book Cite: <ref> {{cite book|last= |first= |author-link= |author-mask= |title= |publisher= |year= |orig-date=1st published |location= |pages= or page= |url= |isbn= }}</ref> |
3 | Newspaper Cite |
<ref> {{Citation|last= |first= |author-link= |last2= |first2= |author2-link= |title= |newspaper= |pages= |year= |date= |url= |access-date= }}</ref> |
4 | Citation Cite |
<ref> {{Citation|last= |first= |author-link= |last2= |first2= |author2-link= |title= |publisher= |date= |year= |url= |access-date= }}</ref> |
5 | Journal Cite |
<ref> {{cite journal |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |title= |url= |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |access-date= }}</ref> |
In Wikipedia, special key combinations are browser dependent. Accordingly, the following combinations function as indicated if you have Google Chrome, the browser I use. For combinations that apply to other browsers, see Keyboard Shortcut Access Keys.
Editing pages: Alt+Key
editKey | Command | Description |
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b | Edit summary | Moves cursor to edit summary |
i | Minor edit | Toggles "Minor edit" checkbox |
p | Show preview | Displays preview of changes |
s | Save page | Saves changes |
v | Show changes | Displays changes made |
w | Watch this page | Toggles "Watch this page" checkbox |
Article pages: Alt+Key
editKey | Command | Description |
---|---|---|
. | User page | Displays user's home page |
c | Current top | Navigates to top current page |
d | URL box | Accesses URL field |
e | Edit page | Opens edit page |
h | History | Displays page's revision history |
j | What links here | Displays links to current page |
l | My watchlist | Displays user's watchlist |
n | My talk | Navigates to user's talk page |
p | Displays article's print window | |
t | Talk | Opens article's talk page |
u | Upload | Displays upload wizard |
w | Watch | Toggles page's watchlist star |
x | Random article | Loads a random article |
y | My contributions | Displays user contribution list |
z | Main Page | Navigates to Main WP Page |
Search Alt+Shft+Key
editKey | Command | Description |
---|---|---|
f | Find WP article | Navigates to article search box |
Miscellaneous templates
editInline tags
Disputed inline statements: {{Disputed inline}}
Citation needed statement: {{citation needed}}
Citations needed section: {{unreferenced section}}
Multiple issues - Section
{{Multiple issues}}
{{unreferenced section}}
{{disputed-section}}
{{expand section}}
{{better source needed}}
Example:
{{Multiple issues|section=yes|
{{More citations needed|section|date=January 2023}}
{{Accuracy-section|date=January 2023}}
{{Copy edit-section|date=January 2023}}
}}
Page templates
{{Multiple issues}}
{{Accuracy}}
{{More citations}}
{{Citations needed}}
{{Expand}}
{{Copy edit}}
{{POV}}
Other tags:
{{Clarify}}
{{Explain}}
{{Confusing}}
{{Examples}}
{{Why}}
{{Non sequitur}}
WP:NOTRS Not Reliable Source
Excel tools
editExtracts first name, leaving last name for sorting:
=RIGHT(A2,LEN(A2)-FIND(" ",A2))
this will extract multi-word last names, such as Van Alpha or Del la Sorte
Extracts just first name
=LEFT(B4,FIND(" ",B4)-1)
Extracts last name if there are middle initials or titles before first names
=RIGHT(A2,LEN(A2)-FIND("@",SUBSTITUTE(A2," ","@",LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2," ","")))))
Add last name to first name
=B5&" "&C5