Wikimedian, Librivoxer and photographer; retired patent attorney. Past wiki roles have included admin and bureaucrat on Commons, chair of Wikimedia UK, and organiser of Wiki Loves Monuments in the UK. Currently jury member for several Wiki Loves contests.

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Problems

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• Template:More citations needed ((More citations needed)) or ((Refimprove))

Layout

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  • Can be used not only for poetry but also prose where the paragraph structure should be maintained
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Citation

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• Template:Sfn

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• To fix an error of the type "Harv warning: There is no link pointing to this citation. The anchor is named CITEREFChisholm1911", create an sfn inline reference like this: ((sfn |Chisholm |1911))

• Template:Citation
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• If doi is not present, use |id= ODNBarticlenumber instead
• |freearticle=y adds a green open padlock icon to the reference
• No need to record access date

• Template:lang-en-emodeng Early modern En ((lang-en-emodeng |label=none |xxxxx ))

External sources

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• Template:Internet Archive author ((Internet Archive author |sname= )) Best results using full name as sname
• Template:Gutenberg book ((Gutenberg |no= |name= ))
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• Wikipedia:Verifiability
• Wikipedia:Reliable sources
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• Wikipedia:External links
• Wikipedia:Etiquette
• Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not
  • WP:NOTCOMPULSORY – no requirement to give more time and effort than you wish

Writing articles

• Wikipedia:The perfect article
• Wikipedia:Lead section
• Wikipedia:Guide to layout
• Wikipedia:Manual of Style
• Wikipedia:Footnotes
• Wikipedia:Citing sources
• Wikipedia:Citing sources/example style
• Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Novels

Images

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• Wikipedia:Image description page
• Wikipedia:Non-free content

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Vandalism

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Essays

• Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions
  • WP:OTHERCONTENT – shouldn't add bad content just because other content exists
• Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid on discussion pages
  • WP:OTHERSTUFF – shouldn't keep a bad article just because it's similar to another article

Other

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Articles for deletion

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• Wikipedia:Guide to deletion
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• FindLink - add links to articles

Other resources

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Personal

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