User:Tim Ross/Sandbox
Sandboxes
Special:NewPages = newest pages
See Wikipedia:Template messages/Deletion for full tag details and for other tags.
{{db-person}} "article about a real person that does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject"
{{db-attack}} "serves no purpose but to disparage or threaten its subject or some other entity"
{{db-band}} "an article about a band, singer, musician, or musical ensemble that does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject"
{{db-bio}} "article about a real person that does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject"
{{db-empty}} "article which contains no content whatsoever, or consists only of external links, category tags, a "see also" section, a rephrasing of the title, an attempt to correspond with the person or group named by its title, chat-like comments and/or images"
{{db-nonsense}} "patent nonsense"
{{db-spam}} "does nothing but promote some entity and would require a fundamental rewrite in order to become encyclopedic"
{{db-vandalism}} " pure vandalism"
How to determine the revision version number of an article, as in: {{Translation/Ref|de|Lyman Bradford Smith|oldid= 37950663}}
Go to the history page of the article in question. Click on the revision of interest (usually the latest one). When it opens, the proper address will be in the browser's address bar.
To get editing help, insert this on talk page:
{{helpme}}
For my current count.
If an existing page needs a redirect from a bad spelling, do a "go" to the bad spelled name, then select create page when that option is offered. Add this tag to that page: #redirect [[Name Of Correct Page]]
Tag to add to vandal's talk page (from Template:Uw-vandalism1):
{{subst:uw-vandalism1|Article}}
For non-English language links, add one of these template labels after the citation, as: [http://de.wikipedia.org German Wikipedia] {{de icon}}. Can be {{de icon}}, {{es icon}}, {{fr icon}}, etc.
German Wikipedia Template:De icon
For Archive Box for talk page, use this format:
{{archive box|[[/Archive 1|Dec 2007]] <br /> [[/Archive 2|June 2008]] <br /> [[/Archive 3|October 2008]]}}
On WikiCommons, to add appropriate licenses, choose "edit" and add one of these tags at the bottom:
{{PD-US}} (if made in US before 1923)
{{PD-self}} (if I did it)
{{PD-USGov}} (if made by US government)
Use this format to find about other users:
- Tim_Ross (talk • contribs • non-automated contribs • wikichecker • count • total • logs • page moves • block log • email)
- Martha_F._Watson (talk • contribs • non-automated contribs • wikichecker • count • total • logs • page moves • block log • email)
- TBird68 (talk • contribs • non-automated contribs • wikichecker • count • total • logs • page moves • block log • email)
To request that an article be deleted, add {{subst:prod|reason}} to the top of the article, filling in the "reason" part, and add this, which will be auto-generated, to the author's talk page: {{subst:PRODWarning|Article title}} ~~~~.
Go to WP:PROD for details.
This is the format for automatic measurement conversions:
{{convert|260|mi|km}}; {{convert|87|cm|in}}; {{convert|123|mm|in}} 260 miles (420 km); 87 centimetres (34 in); 123 millimetres (4.8 in); etc.
For "citation needed", use {{fact}}
For bio of living person without refs, use {{BLP unsourced|date=April 2009}}
For non-neutral point of view article, use {{POV|date=Month year}}
For article lacking references, use {{unreferenced}} or {{Unreferenced|date=Month year}}
For article lacking 3rd party refs, use {{Primarysources|date=Month year}}
For article needing more references, use {{Refimprove|date=Month year}}
For original research, use {{Original research|article|date=Month year}}
For article full of praise or compliments (peacock terms), use {{peacock}}
Comment for orig research: "This is a fine article, but, in the absence of any evidence of a source for the information, it appears to be original research. The information sources need to be specified, and any material not documented should be removed. Thanks."
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To link to a section within an article, use this format: [[ArticleName#SectionName]]
Warning Box: "Notability" tag for lists of notables:
{{ambox | type = content | image = blank | text = '''This article lacks information on the [[Wikipedia:Notability|notability]] of the subject matter.'''<br /><small>Please help [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=edit}} improve this article] by providing evidence of notability for the listed "notables". (This is only needed for those without Wikipedia articles.) Independent third-party references should be provided demonstrating both notable achievement and connection with the university. Individuals without this information may be deleted. ''(May 2008)''</small>}}
Edit text as needed.
hidden list test:
- Bulimulus alternatus (Say, 1830)
- Bulimulus alternatus mariae (Albers, 1850)
- Bulimulus apodemetes (Orbigny, 1835)
To make a photo gallery with large photos:
- Florida birds.
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Least Tern -
American White Ibis
- Mantled Howler
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Mantled Howler in a wildlife sanctuary, Gulf of Dulce, Costa Rica.
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Juvenile in a Costa Rican Pacific Dry Forest.
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Mature male in Alajuela Province, Costa Rica.
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Female in a Costa Rican Pacific Dry Forest.
Kafziel's permanent block notice:
possible new articles:
William Trelease (botanist 1857-1945)
Helminthoglyptidae
Louis Chodzko (translate frm <http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chodzko>
Johann Anwander (translate frm <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Anwander>