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Useful Help

Useful Templates

Name Usage Comments
WP:NOWIKI <nowiki> and </nowiki>
Clear Content Flow {{ Clear |left }}
No Wrap {{ Nowrap |text }}
Hilite Text {{ Hilite |text |color (optional) |expiration (optional) }}
Measurement Conversions {{ Convert |original_value |original_unit |conversion_unit |round_to (optional) |... }}
Columns Total {{ Columns-list |number of columns |text }}
Columns by Units {{ Div col |colwidth=45em }}
{{ Div col end }}
Stack Photos {{ Stack |<objects> |float=left/right (optional) |clear=true/false (optional) }}
Quote {{ Quote |quote= |author= |title= |source= |character= |multiline= |style= }} easier to type and more wiki-like than equivalent HTML <blockquote>...</blockquote> tag
Reference Pages {{ Rp |page number(s) }} append after a book reference, see Bonner Springs, Kansas intro
Reflist for Talk sections {{ Reflist-talk }}
Multiple Message Boxes {{ Multiple issues |name=? |message=? |cat=? |cat-date=? |id=? }} see Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup
NRISref {{ NRISref |2013a |dateform=mdy |accessdate=date |refnum=NRIS ID# |name=title }} For National Register of Historic Places references. See example at Memorial Hall (Kansas City, Kansas).
Mono {{ mono | text }} Render in monospaced text.

Useful tips

WYSIWYG editors for Wikipedia

  • Wikipedia Visual Editor - First opt-in user-facing production usage by December 2011, and first small wiki default deployment by June 2012.
  • Gwennel Web - WYSIWYG editor for Wikipedia and MediaWiki sites that runs on Windows XP / Vista / 7. It allows you to easily edit pages without knowing the tedious wiki syntax.
  • CKEditor - WYSIWYG editor used inside web pages.
  • Microsoft Office Word Add-in For MediaWiki - Allows you to save your Microsoft Office Word 2007 and 2010 documents straight into MediaWiki.

Useful City Article Tips

  • All small towns needs to create a city-owned web site, so the link can be added to the Wikipedia article about your city!
  • Your city needs to add detailed history to your city-owned web site, so it can be referenced by Wikipedia articles!
    • How was the city named? What year was the city founded? Interesting facts and info about about your city.
    • List of cool points of interest and landmarks that you want to share with the world?
  • Upload old historical photos / post cards / new photos of buildings / attractions of your city to Wikimedia, so we can use in Wikipedia articles!
  • Enter grave information for your local cemeteries into http://www.findagrave.com so relatives and researchers can easily find them.
  • Flags should NOT be in the infobox, per WP:INFOBOXUSE.

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