General

((__TOC__)) (though I am not sure if this is the only way of doing it!) gives:

Stuff to clarify^[clarify]

Stuff to cite^{[citation needed]}

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Wiki search terms to narrow searches

Search for "the world war I"

• Oh, I thought you were using AWB for those types of searches
• After some research it appears that the Wikipedia search engine uses Lucene, which led me to this page [2]
• It seems as if this works quite well:
• "the?world?war?I" NOT "World War" NOT "World" NOT "War"
• If you put that in the standard wikipedia search box it gives Eastern Front (World War II) as the second result, and, lo and behold it has a "the World War I" in it !! Woohoo ! so, to do world war two would be
• "the?world?war?II" NOT "World War" NOT "World" NOT "War"

Inline templates

• ((Cite quote))^{[This quote needs a citation]}: for "actual quotations" which need citations to make them proper
• ((Page number))^{[page needed]}: request a page number for an existing citation
• ((List fact))((list fact)): request a citation of a source which justifies inclusion of a given entry in a list
• ((Clarify))^{[clarification needed]}: request clarification of wording or interpretation
• ((Reference necessary))^{[citation needed]}: wrapper for a portion of a paragraph to highlight it as needing citation
• ((Nonspecific))^{[not specific enough to verify]}: flag a general, yet factual statement as needing to be made more specific before it can be verified
• ((Examples))^{[example needed]}: request examples for clarification
• ((Cn-span)) Example text^{[citation needed]}: highlights the text that needs verifying

Incomplete citations

• ((Page needed))^{[page needed]}: in-line request for the page number or page numbers in a work such as journal for an existing citation.
• ((Season needed))^{[season and episode needed]}, similar to ((page needed)): for missing TV season & episode number
• ((Volume needed))^{[volume & issue needed]}, similar to ((page needed)): for missing journal, newspaper, comic, etc., volume and issue numbers)
• ((Full))^{[full citation needed]}: in-line request for full citation, for example when only (Author, YEAR) is given.

Verification

• ((Dead link))^{[dead link]}: request a fix for a dead external link within a paragraph or a reference citation.
• ((Failed verification))^{[failed verification]}: source was checked, and did not contain the cited material
• ((Request quotation))^{[need quotation to verify]}: request a direct quote from an inaccessible source, for verification purposes
• ((Self-citation))^{[self-published source?]}: flag a source that cites the author
• ((Verify credibility))^{[unreliable source?]}: flag a source as possibly being unreliable and/or unverifiable
• ((Verify source))^{[verification needed]}: request that someone verify the cited source backs up the material in the passage
• ((Primary source claim))^{[non-primary source needed]}: flags a statement as only being verified by a Primary source

Content

• ((Dubious))^{[dubious – discuss]}: flag something as suspected of being incorrect
• ((Or))^{[original research?]}: flag something as possibly containing original research
• ((undue-inline))^{[undue weight? – discuss]}: show that a statement does not ascribe appropriate weight to its sources, according to their prominence; use in preference to...
• ((POV-statement))^{[neutrality is disputed]}: dispute the neutrality of a passage
• ((Weasel-inline))^{[weasel words]}: Avoid weasel words
• ((Peacock term))^{[peacock prose]}: Avoid peacock terms too
• ((Jargon-statement))^[jargon]: ...and Jargon
• ((Who))^[who?]: for placement after descriptions of a group of persons
• ((Whom))^{[according to whom?]}: placement after mention of a vague third party claim that is not sourced
• ((Quantify))^[quantify]: flag a statement as being vague regarding the amount of something
• ((When))^[when?]: flags a particular time period as being vague or ambiguous
• ((Time fact))^{[chronology citation needed]}: request a source confirming or providing the chronology or timeline of a statement
• ((Definition))^{[when defined as?]}: flag a definition as being ambiguous/confusing

Timeliness

• ((Update after))^{[needs update]}: a template that only shows itself after a specified time, indicating an exceptional statement that will date quickly

Article message box templates

• ((Unreferenced)), article/section has no sources/references/citations given at all
• ((Refimprove)), article/section has weak or incomplete sources/references/citations
• ((Cite check)), article/section may have inappropriate or misinterpreted citations
• Citation method and style
  • ((Citation style))
  • ((No footnotes))

Template constructions - testing

I have edited the sandbox but I am unclear as to whether or not I can test it or find out if it is correct (as I have no clue about how the functions work). Could you please take a look on the sandbox page and check it for me?

Thanks Chaosdruid (talk) 22:12, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

You can test it by just using ((page tabs/sandbox)) instead of ((page tabs)). But the proposed code looks good, so I went ahead and did it. Anomie⚔ 22:55, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

I was using my sandbox5 page, and the tl sandbox, but got into difficulties with making it work.

I have got as far as adding the extra curly brackets, User:Chaosdruid/sandbox5, but is there possibly a limitation to the amount of nested functions? I cannot seem to get it to register the last three when testing on the Special:ExpandTemplates page.

Thanks Chaosdruid (talk) 22:12, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

OK, that is weird - It works! but not on the special test page, ah well, thanks for the help :¬) Chaosdruid (talk) 23:04, 20 March 2012 (UTC)