User:RickScott

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~ About ~

This user comes from Canada.

en

This user is a native speaker of the English language.

fr-2

Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français.

de-1

Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse.

ja-1

この利用者は初級の日本語ができます。

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Two-bit intro

Travel nerd, language nerd, software nerd, systems nerd. Trying to make the world a better place.

Interests
Professional	Crossover	Personal
Systems thinking	Language	Music
Humane computing	Travel	Outdoors
Sustainable work	Infrastructure	Knitting

Gratuitous homepage link

Wikipedia editing cribnotes

Policies & Guidelines

Wikipedia generally

Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines
- Notability
  - People | Music | Athletes -- see also WP:NSPORTS2022
  - Places & Geographic features
- WP:NPoV | Verifiability | WP:NOR
- Citing sources | Non-english sources | Help:Referencing for beginners
  - Reliable sources | Perennial sources

Manual of Style | also check the Directory of WikiProjects for subject-specific advice
Help:Minor edit (aka "what is/isn't a minor edit")
Redlinks (and when to create them)
Stubs
Translating: attribution guidelines

Specific topic guidelines

Wikipedia:Contentious topics (topics which historically have attracted more disruptive edits than usual)
Wikipedia:List of accidents and incidents on commercial aircraft/Guideline for inclusion criteria and format
WikiProject Aviation: Style Guide
- Airports: Accidents & Incidents

Wikipedia Meta

Templates: Hatnotes

generally: WP:HN
section hatnotes for split-out of related articles:
- {{Main}}: pointing to the main article on a topic, of which this section is a summary
- {{Further}}: for further detail on a narrower topic
- {{Broader}}: for broader coverage of the topic, but not a main article
- {{See also}}: related topics at roughly the same level of focus

Templates: Cites & Refs

{{cite web}} / {{cite news}} / {{cite press release}}
{{cite book}} / {{cite journal}} / {{cite thesis}}
{{cite map}}

<ref>
{{cite web
    | url = 
    | title = <title of source page on website>
    | last = <lname of author>
    | first = <fname of author>
    | date = 
    | website = <website name, if it has one other than the domain name>
    | publisher = <org/company>
    | access-date = 
    | language = en
    | quote = <context quote if needed>
    | trans-quote = <quote translated into english if needed>
}}
</ref>

Check {{cite web}} for extra params if translating/using non-English sources.

Named refs

Use a normal cite for the first occurrence, with the name attribute added to the ref tag. Then use an empty ref tag for subsequent calls:

<ref name="Cite2024">{{cite...}}</ref>

<ref name="Cite2024" />

New refs section if needed

== References ==
{{reflist}}

Escaping templates / magic vars

To escape pipe chars within templates (eg the title param of a cite), use {{!}} or {{pipe}}.

Miscellaneous Syntax

Redirect

#REDIRECT [[Name of article]]

Interlanguage matters

Interlanguage links: easiest way is the {{ill}} template; it shows up as a redlink if the current language version doesn't exist, and a blue link if it does.

{{ill|Patrick Norman|fr}}
{{ill|Mikuni Pass|ja|三国峠 (群馬県・新潟県)}}

It's also possible to use a plain interwiki link, and this is what you want to use if you're using it in an edit summary. [[:fr:Patrick Norman]]

Interlanguage spans:

{{langx}} for the first mention of a foreign-language term in an article
{{lang}} for subsequent mentions or general use.

Don't use either inside {{cite}}s and the like; it can mess with the metadata. Besides, most of the cite templates have their own ways of dealing with languages anyway.

Interwiki links

Wikivoyage: the base template creates a wiki box; the inline one is suitable for use in a bulleted list.

{{Wikivoyage}}
{{Wikivoyage inline}}
{{Wikivoyage|<page on wv>|<rendered-as>}}

These almost always go in the 'External Links' section on Wikipedia.

Finally

   First rule of Wiki Club: Write it down
   Second rule of Wiki Club: Fix it up later
       :anticdent