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WP:REFERS: Use "is", not "refers to"
MOS:FIRST: Article title does not need to appear verbatim in the lead
WP:OBVIOUS: Lead should state essential information.
WP:TERSE: Articles should use only necessary words
WP:EXCESSDETAIL: Too much detail
WP:COAT: Don't lose sight of the topic; don't hang irrelevant material onto article to make a point
WP:OFFTOPIC: Stay on topic
MOS:SINGLE: Format definitions as "dog" 'chien'
MOS:WAW: Use italics to talk about the word
WP:INTEGRITY: Don't misrepresent what the source says; cf. WP:HONEST
WP:INTEGRITY: Don't change the text so it no longer reflects the footnoted source; cf. WP:HONEST
WP:NOTDICT: WP discusses topics, not words
WP:NOTHOWTO: WP is not a how-to manual
WP:NOTRECIPE: don't include recipes
WP:NOTTRAVEL: WP is not a travel guide
WP:CONTENTFORK: one subject, one article
WP:PEACOCK: avoid peacock terms
WP:PUFFERY: avoid promotional language
Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/Original, authentic, and traditional: don't say "traditional"--be specific
WP:RS: Use reliable sources
WP:NOR: Don't rely on your personal knowledge and opinions; find good sources
WP:PRIMARY: Primary sources generally need to be interpreted by secondary sources
WP:SYNTH: Don't make inferences not supported by sources
WP:FRINGE: Don't overemphasize far-from-mainstream views
WP:SUBCAT: an article should be categorised as low in the category hierarchy as possible, without duplication in parent categories above it; WP:CAT: "articles should rarely be placed in both a given category and any of its sub- or parent (super-) categories"
MOS:': WP uses straight rather than curly apostrophes and quotation marks (unfortunately!)
WP:GLOSSES: Use single quotes 'x' for glossing
WP:TITULAR: Avoid 'titular' and 'eponymous'
WP:PRESERVE: Don't delete uncited content; improve it
WP:SDAVOID: Avoid "former", "defunct", etc.

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((about))	For other uses, see Thispage (disambiguation).
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((Dubious|Talk section|date=February 2024)) → ^{[dubious – discuss]}
((Dubious|date=February 2024)) → ^{[dubious – discuss]}
((pn|date=February 2024)) → ^{[page needed]}
((Better source needed|date=February 2024)) → ^{[better source needed]}
((Dead link|date=February 2024)) → ^{[dead link]}
((clarify|date=February 2024)) → ^{[clarification needed]} (a.k.a. "unclear")
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((As of|2024|lc=y)) → As of 2024^[update]
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Articles, boxes

((Overlydetailed|date=February 2024|details=)) (whole article, box)
((Overlydetailed|section|date=February 2024|details=)) (this section, box)
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((Unreferenced section|date=February 2024|details=))
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((More footnotes needed|((subst:DATE))))

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Footnotes

X<ref name="refname">...</ref> → X^[1]
((r|refname|p=page)) → ^[1]^: page

^ ^a ^b ...

See also Help:Footnotes and WP:Citing sources

Talk pages

((subst:Welcome|date=February 2024))

((subst:uw-vandalism1)) -- gentle caution
((subst:uw-vandalism2)) -- explicitly says vandalism
((subst:uw-vandalism3)) -- stern warning
((subst:uw-vandalism4)) -- very sharp warning
((subst:uw-vandalism4im)) -- only warning, further disruption means block

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