User:Steue
To others
My English
English is not my mother tongue.
Those who have grown up with English probably have guessed this already.
You already do improve English in articles, but usually not on talk pages.
So if, on a talk page, [ someone who has grown up [ with English ( in America or Great Britain ) AND in an environment of good English ] ] feels that what I have written would be expressed better with a different word or in a different way, he/she/they is invited to add this in my contribution just behind the spot in [].
And it would be nice if you gave me a ping too.
What I find most difficult is to decide which one of these little words like: on, at, by or with is the best. What surprises me most is the usage of "with".
Ping
I almost never watch a thread in which I have written something.
So if you would like me to notice your answer, it is necessary to ping me;
unless, of course, when it is on my talkpage, where I automatically get a ping.
For me -- and maybe for others too =
Pearls and Gems
"body parts not every one has"
{how sweet -- and smart}
Source: Talk:Bleep censor #Exact Rules / (IP, 2011)
(The complete sentence: [1])
"bovine leavings"
{These upper class English definitely know how to express themselves courteously. :)) }
Source: Wikipedia_talk:Vector_2022 Stop contributing to Wikipedia if old layout is not brought back again.
Thank you Martin of Sheffield
If you find work you like, you will never work again
Source: Piotrus
My test pages
User:Steue/: and * Insertions and List
User:Steue/abbr: Template {{abbr|B|def of [[B]]}} which delivers B
User:Steue/Anchor (template)
User:Steue/del (tag)
My Guide
Creating User:Steue/sandbox
Source: User's page / top / [Sandbox]
Condition: While there is yet no sandbox at all (in this users' page(s))
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Help:My sandbox
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Help:My sandbox
Wikipedia:Subpages
Source:
Wikipedia:Subpages
(Bottom of "My Guide")
Village pump (technical), Wikipedia: ~
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)
References for me (and maybe for others too)
To be studied
- Help:Cheatsheet
- "Socrates established the fact that one cannot depend upon those in "authority" to have sound knowledge and insight." (article Critical thinking)
- Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians (found on User:Piotrus/ one of his babel boxes)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Classroom coordination (found on User:Piotrus / one of his babel boxes)
- Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (found on User:Piotrus / one of his babel boxes)
Editing
<!-- -->
This section is only about it's name ( not it's use and functions ).
In wiki documentations it has got 4 names
In: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking #Avoiding broken section links this is called a "'hidden comment"'.
In: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Hidden text.
In: Wikipedia:Manual of Style / {20} Miscellaneous / {5} Invisible comment(s).
And there is: Wikipedia:Comment.
Here, in my edit guide
I have it under "Hidden comment".
Back to #Hidden comment ( if you came from there ).
Anchor
Links to targets above the link
---
Link to the line just "above the header above"
Dis-advantage: Once the anchor is set, it can NOT be accessed ( e.g. for any change ) from the target section, but only from the section above the target section.
---
Link to "Within the header above i.e. between the first/leading "==" and the actual header text"
---
Link to the line just "below the header above"
---
Links to targets below the link
( The target of the 3 links below is the header of the immediately following section; currently this is "Babelboxes". )
( Guide: After clicking in one of the 3 links below, you will have to scroll up a little, in order to come back to this section here and to be able to test the other 2 links. )
---
Link to the line just "above the header below"
Dis-advantage: Once the anchor is set, it can NOT be accessed ( e.g. for any change ) from the target section, but only from the section above the target section.
---
Link to "Within the header below i.e. between the first/leading "==" and the actual header text"
---
Link to the line just "below the header below"
---
Where to place the anchor, if within the header
If the anchor is BEHIND the header text, this section's name, in the history, is easier to read and find.
Babelboxes
Top and bottom edges
How to get them UN-interrupted by text
One fast and simple way is: to add "<br>"s immediately before and after the text:
- one "
<br>" at the beginning and - two "
<br>"s at the end of the text.
A much more time consuming way (in terms of: study, implementation and testing) would be to define margins. But by this one could define the margins more precisely, down to one pixel.
In several columns
Seen on:
User:Chemical Ace ( 2023-12-06 )
Brackets
Brackets in headers
See my section Brackets ( '[' and ']'s ) in headers !
Brackets in links
The target of a link always is a header or an anchor.
Brackets within the target in a link ( i.e. on the left side of the pipe { "|" } ) would dis-able the link i.e. reduce the link to normal text.
From this follows:
A: If the target is an anchor, this anchor must not contain any bracket(s).
B: If the target is a header and/which contains a bracket or brackets, in order to get a link to this target to function, one solution is to:
- place an anchor ( which does/must NOT contain any bracket ) at the target location,
- pipe the link and
- place the part which contains brackets on the right side of the pipe.
Code
«Better visible separation» of «references» from «the visible text»
See #Hidden comment With references.
Collapse anything
eg: Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Images by Guillaume Vachey
{{collapse top|List of images up for deletion}}
Copy, 2 ways to ~
Edit Requests
Headers
Brackets ( '[' and ']'s ) in headers
Generally they seem to make no problem.
However, there is ( at least ) one special case where brackets in headers do need special treatment, and this is ( see my section: ) [notes 1].
Hidden comment
In wiki documentations it's got ( at least ) 4 names; you can see them ( upwards ) in my section <!-- -->.
Short
In the sourcecode it looks like this: <!-- -->.
The wole "thing" is only visible in the "source code", that's why it's called a hidden comment.
Usage:
- I use it, e.g. before a box (created by a blank character at the start of a line) to make clear that I intentionally caused this box. Reason: Sometimes a box can get created un-intentionally, because a blank character got to the start of the line; and because the blank character is not visible in the source code, it can remain un-noticed.
I also had the impression, that, in some talks, the box was not intended, but the newby did not check the result or didn't know what causes the box and how to get rid of it. - sometimes I use it to mark the start and end of a larger section.
- sometimes: to show the name of the chapter above: When I'm scrolling up-wards, in my source code, I can read this name already at the bottom of this chapter. Nice to have, if I want to add something at the bottom.
Long
There is something called an 'HTML comment'; I call it a "hidden comment".
In 'code view' it looks like this:
It:
- can be empty:
<!-- -->or - contain
<!-- something -->.
Visibility
Such a 'hidden comment', normaly, is visible:
- only in the 'code view', this means
- NOT in the 'final text view' output.
But, as you have seen above, a 'hidden comment' can be made visible in output if it is placed in nowikis like this:
<nowiki><!-- --></nowiki>.
It may or may not be placed in ( what I call ) a 'code box'. But even within the code box it needs nowikis to make it visible:
<code><nowiki><!-- --></nowiki></code>.
A 'hidden comment' does not even create any space.
Proof: This code A<!-- -->B results in this: AB ( NO space between A and B ).
Within such a 'hidden comment' one may place/use/have any kind of 'wiki code';
any 'wiki code' with-in such a 'hidden comment' has NO functionality.
Thus such a 'hidden comment' can be used to dis-able ( and make invisible in the output ) « currently not needed 'wiki code' ».
There are what one may call 'Simple line breaks'; they are created by the [ Enter ] key; therefore I shall call them 'keyboard line breaks'. 'Keyboard line breaks' are NO 'wiki code'. Because of this they do function within a 'hidden comment', in code view.
So, there is one exception for the content of a 'hidden comment': 'keyboard line breaks' do work within the 'hidden comment' for its content.
So, if one uses « several 'keyboard line breaks' in a 'hidden comment' » one can wrap this 'hidden comment' over several code lines, like this:
A 'hidden comment' has NO influence whatsoever on the functionalities of « the 'wiki code' which is out-side of the 'hidden comment' ».
Because of this a 'hidden comment' may be used within:
- lists ( In order to not create problems for visually impaired users who use screen readers, lists must not contain any blank lines. This also applies to those lists starting each item line with a semicolon. ),
- references and
- what I call 'formatting blocks'.
First example
The following is the 'codeview':
Note: The "[CRLF]"s do not need to be put in the code; they are just there ( here in this example ) to show, that there is a 'keyboard line break'.
« some visible text ''before'' the 'hidden comment' ».<!--[CRLF]
Within are three[CRLF]
'keyboard line breaks'[CRLF]
-->
« some visible text ''after'' the 'hidden comment' ».
Second possible example of use, this time in a list
With-out the « wrapped 'hidden comments' » the source code would look like this:
* One<br>A long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long item<br>B long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long item<br>C long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long item,
* Two
* Three.
Try to find the items !! -- Hard to read.
With the « wrapped 'hidden comments' » the source code would look like this:
* One<br><!--
-->A long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long item<br><!--
-->B long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long item<br><!--
-->C long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long item
* Two
* Three.
Already much easier to read.
And even more easy to read with two <br>s:
* One<br><!--
-->A long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long item<br><!--
-->B long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long item<br><!--
-->C long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long item
* Two
* Three.
A piece of cake.
All three result in the same; see:
Without:
- One
A long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long item
B long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long item
C long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long item, - Two
- Three.
---
With one:
- One
A long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long item
B long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long item
C long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long item - Two
- Three.
---
With two:
- One
A long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long item
B long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long item
C long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long item - Two
- Three.
Third example: With references
For separating:
- « text from references »,
- « references from references » and
- « references from text ».
« some visible text ''before'' the ''first'' reference ».<!--[CRLF]
-->
<ref>The ''first'' long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long reference</ref><!--[CRLF]
-->
<ref>The ''second'' long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long reference</ref><!--[CRLF]
-->
<ref>The ''third'' long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long reference</ref><!--[CRLF]
-->
« some visible text ''after'' the ''last'' reference ».
Fourth example
This code <!-- « » --> could be a little help ( in the source code ) if you needed a certain set of characters:
Reference
( Reference: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility #Multiple paragraphs within list items / 3rd box. )
Links
For technical information about link formatting, see Help:Link.
For information on adding external links to articles, see Wikipedia:External links.
Lists
Dont-s
Blank lines between list items: Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility #Lists
Non-notable items in Disambiguation pages
Source: Wikipedia:Notability
Notability of the name/header/topic of an article
1. / (2nd Frame) ("This page in a nutshell:") / (last sentence):
The notability guideline does not determine the content of articles, but only whether the topic may have its own article.
2. (Next sentence, outside this frame):
On Wikipedia, notability is a test used by editors to decide whether a given topic warrants its own article.
3. There follow several mentions like this, re. own article.
[ Notability or non-notability ] of items in "lists with a notable title"
4. But then (further below) there is this:
Wikipedia:Notability #Notability guidelines do not usually apply to content within articles or lists:
The criteria applied to the creation or retention of an article are not the same as those applied to the content inside it. The notability guideline does not apply to the contents of articles. It also does not apply to the contents of
5. Wikipedia:Notability #Stand-alone lists (/ 1st real paragraph / last sentence):
Because the group or set is notable, the individual items in the list do not need to be independently notable, although editors may, at their discretion, choose to limit large lists by only including entries for independently notable items or those with Wikipedia articles.
6. (/ 2nd paragraph / 2nd to last sentence):
Lists that fulfill recognized informational, navigation, or development purposes often are kept regardless of any demonstrated notability.
7. Wikipedia:Notability #Articles not satisfying the notability guidelines (/ 1st para / 2nd sentence):
Non-notable topics with closely related notable articles or lists are often merged into those pages, while non-notable topics without such merge targets are generally deleted.
[notes 1]
The brackets
Generally, "["s and "]"s ( brackets ) in headers require NO special treatment.
But when I tried to upload above title ( upon my user page ) without the nowikis, the wiki software complained.
I had to put it in nowikis, before it got accepted and executed as an upload.
However, I have used "[ ... ]"s ( 'brackets' ) in an other header ( : [ Notability or non-notability ] of items in "lists with a notable title" ) with-out any problem or complaint.
So, it seems that it is not the brackts themselves, alone, which cause the problem, but the special use/function of this combination with the word "notes" and a number.
The function as a reference note
( Background about "[notes 1]": )
This was an un-usual kind of "reference note" which I noticed in:
the article Reddit / (top right) (frame {"box"}) / "Available in" [ Multilingual ]
Above "notes" is also in two other notes in this article.
SourceCode:
| language =
But below there is as header:
{9} "Explanatory notes"
1. ^ The site's display interface is available in several common languages, but most of its user-submitted content is written in English with no built-in translation feature. Individual subreddits may opt to cater to a specific language, only allowing posts, comments, etc. in that language.
2. ^ Reddit can be viewed without an account but registration is required to submit, comment or vote.
3. ^ Previously written in Lisp, then rewritten in Python in 2005.
---
In the source code below there is:
== Explanatory notes ==
{{Reflist|group=notes}}
== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}
Terms of a page
"Section" { chapter, header, heading, title }
Tool tip(s), existence indicated by under-dotting
CRT
(Found in: (article) HP-150 / (the box) at the top right / (section) "Display".)
Wikipedia:Don't-give-a-fuckism
Wikipedia:Don't-give-a-fuckism (Humour and Peace of mind).
{Link actually found on the user page in the German WP.}
Wikitext, the nature of ~
The example to which the following relates is: [[Page name #Section name]].
In Help:Link #Specifics the first sentence says:
"When a link contains a section title (as in the examples above),
the title actually points to an HTML anchor on the target page."
{Bold added by me.}
Cognition: This means: The wikitext is "only" the user interface;
and below/behind [ this user interface / every wikitext ] actually is HTML code.
That means: Every wikitext is "translated", by a program(me), into HTML code.
This means: The wikitext saves us (editors) from having to edit in HTML.
English
Singular they ( found on [ User:WanderingWanda #Pronouns ] ).
Talk pages
General
Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines
Indentation
The usual word is: "indentation", respectively: "indentation level(s)".
Out-dentation
In which line
{{outdent}} or {{od}} (identical result).
Result:
1st contribution.
- 2nd.
- 3rd.
- 4th. The following
{{od}}is on a blank line. This does NOT out-dent the following line.
- 4th. The following
- 3rd.
- 5th.
- 6th contribution.
- 5th.
7th contribution. The template has got to be in (at the start of) this line which shall get out-dented.
In Wikipedia:Indentation #Outdenting there are more options to tell the template how many steps to the left the out-denting shall be done.
Does it work for all following, if inserted afterwards ?
- A
B
- C
- D
- C
Answer: No.
Archiv(e)ing, prevention of
Bullets
Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines / # Editing others' comments / * Fixing format errors / second bullet:
"removing bullets from discussions that are not consensus polls or requests for comment (RfC)".
Editing others' contributions
Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines #Editing others' comments
Talk page before the article page is created
Is possible.
I just did it with: Talk:Bag pudding.
However: if I then search for "Bag pudding", this Talk page is NOT delivered.
I think: it should.
Maybe it takes a little while, before it is integrated into the index.
I had created alltogether four links to this talk page.
---
It's possible, the wiki software let me create it,
but it does not seem to be a good idea to do so, because it already got deleted for exactly this reason.
In detail:
A couple of hours later I found (at the top of a page) an alert.
I clicked on the icon and found a note that the page got deleted.
I clicked on the note and found a log page, which read that the page had gotten deleted 4 hrs after I had created the page. There was NO explanation besides "Talk page without an article page".
Honestly: This information -- I did know already, because I created this page.
There was NO link to a WP: ... page.
The user name was [user:Explicit].
I clicked on the user name and found: it was/is an admin.
But after I had opened this note once, after the second click on this icon, there was NO more information about this note to be found.
Plus: Now it does NOT even appear in my "Contributions" list.
If I could not remember the user name of the deleter, I could not even write to him.
If I didn't have a link to this page e.g. here on my page, I did not even have any sign/"proof" that I ever created this page.
If I didn't have a copy of this page in my computer all the work which I had put in would be lost.
Now all the 4 links (to this page), which I created, are red links.
I would have liked to ask this deleter: "Before you deleted this page, did you check, wether any pages/links link to this page?"
I think this subject/issue/procedure should be improved.
Curiosities
Interesting similarity
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| Release date | November 1983 |
|---|---|
Unsorted
GIFs, how to switch off annoying animated gifs
Annoyance of animated gif, for example in the article GIF
{Not yet tested or done.}
Add "importScript('User:Alexis Jazz/Hammertime.js');" to Special:Mypage/common.js (source) to have a button on every article page that stops the window (JavaScript window.stop) which should halt animated GIFs in most browsers.
Alexis Jazz (talk or ping me) 10:31, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
- ^ Do words for having sex other than the f word, or for words about body parts not every one has, or other sex related swear words have to be beeped out?