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| {{short description|Help for users}} | |||
| :''for the complete schedule of tips, ]''. See also '']'', the complete library of tips arranged by subject. | |||
| {{Misplaced Pages:Tip of the day/Breadcrumb}} | |||
| {{totd}} | {{totd}} | ||
| <div class="noprint" style="float:right; clear:right; font-size:x-small;">]</div> | |||
| {{center|] For the complete library of tips arranged by subject, see ].}} | |||
| {{WikiProject status}} | |||
| {{central|text=all Tip-of-the-day discussions are to be held on the TOTD ].}} | |||
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| {{shortcut|WP:TOTD|WP:TIP}} | |||
| :''To add one of the many versions of the'' '''''tip of the day template''''' ''to your user page, read the'' ]. | |||
| This is the '''tip of the day''' ({{aka}} '''TOTD''') project, providing useful daily advice on how to use or develop Misplaced Pages more effectively. This project is responsible for maintaining the ], and the collection of daily tips that are displayed by those templates. | |||
| == History == | |||
| :] | |||
| The Tip of the Day was started on ] as an original feature of the newly created ]. There were about 50 tips, displayed one per day, on a rotating basis. | |||
| :2005 tip archive - (the project didn't operate in 2005, so no archive) | |||
| In 2006, the project was revamped and expanded to a tip page for each day of the year. Later that year, a "yearless tip" was created, with no year included in the page titles, so that the same pages could be displayed automatically year after year. The tip collection grew to about 300 tips - still about 66 tips short of a full supply. | |||
| :] | |||
| The tip of the day was added to the main help page, ], on ]. That page was renamed on September 20, 2012, to ], to make way for a new main help page. In 2015, the tip of the day project underwent an overhaul, during which the display template functionality was enhanced and simplified, many new tips were added, replacing obsolete and duplicate tips. The tip of the day was added to the current help page on November 22, 2015. | |||
| :] | |||
| <!-- ********************************* Hide/Show schedule ********************************* --> | |||
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| <div style="clear:both;"><!-- DO NOT REMOVE, FORCES IE TO DISPLAY BACKGROUND FOR DIV --></div> | |||
| <div style="text-align:left; "> | |||
| <div style="clear:both; border: #F8FCFF solid 0px;" class="NavFrame"> | |||
| Over the years, Tip of the Day project regulars, and other helpful editors have maintained the set of auto-displaying tips, updating them, and creating new tips to replace redundant or obsolete tips. | |||
| <div id="2006 schedule" class="NavHead" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px; border: #F8FCFF solid 0px; background-color:#F8FCFF; text-align:left; "> <big><big><big>Tip of the day scheduling queue</big></big></big> </div> | |||
| == Check the prominent locations == | |||
| <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:left;"> | |||
| <!-- ********************************* Hide/Show schedule ********************************* --> | |||
| This is the tip scheduling queue. Note that the pages are named by date, but without a year. By not having a year, these pages get displayed year after year in a perpetual loop by this project's templates. Therefore, these pages are updated with new tips from time to time. Once a tip is displayed, it should be recorded in (copied to) the tip of the day archives. | |||
| The three main places that the ''Tip of the Day'' is displayed, are the ''']''' page (since 02/18/2004), the ''']''' page (the top-level help page), and the ''']''' (this was Help:Contents until 09/20/2012). | |||
| :] - No auto-biographies | |||
| :] - "Where do I begin?" | |||
| Sometimes the tip gets removed from those pages, either through vandalism or by an overly bold edit. If you notice it missing from any of them, please put it back. Thank you. | |||
| :] - Misplaced Pages for Opera users | |||
| :] - Meet the Wikimedia family | |||
| == Displaying tips on your user pages == | |||
| :] - Misplaced Pages's "special" pages | |||
| :] - Use an external text editor for more power | |||
| To add one of the many versions of the ''tip of the day template'' to your user page, go ''']'''. | |||
| :] - Image processing tools | |||
| :] - To sign a message, type <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> | |||
| == Participating... == | |||
| :] - Digital audio editors | |||
| :] - WikiDefcon | |||
| To participate in developing, proofreading, and scheduling new tips, see the instructions on ]. | |||
| :] - Captions | |||
| :] - How to use ] | |||
| == Tip of the day scheduling queue == | |||
| {{totd month nav}} | |||
| :] - Using Math | |||
| === Chronological list of tips === | |||
| :] - Be forgiving to new users | |||
| <div style="float:right;">{{today cell}}{{spaces|5}}</div> | |||
| :] - Searching Misplaced Pages from any website | |||
| {{see also|Misplaced Pages:Tip of the day#Alphabetical list of tips{{!}}Alphabetical list of tips, to help spot duplicate tips.}} | |||
| :] - Short link pipe trick | |||
| ''']''' | |||
| :] - Preview tomorrow's featured article | |||
| :] - User scripts | |||
| {| class="collapsible" width=100% | |||
| :] - Displaying tips on your userpage | |||
| |- | |||
| :] - ''What did he say?'' (]) | |||
| ! <big>List of tips by date</big> | |||
| :] - Search Misplaced Pages faster with Google search tricks | |||
| |- | |||
| :] - Forums and emails are not acceptable sources | |||
| | | |||
| :] - Remember, always sign your messages | |||
| This is the tip of the day scheduling queue. The TOTD system operates on the ] approach, in which each daily tip page is automatically displayed again year after year. | |||
| :] - Misplaced Pages's dozen most essential tips | |||
| :] - Misplaced Pages's dozen most powerful tips | |||
| '''''Each tip needs to be proofread before its upcoming presentation date arrives, to ensure that it has not grown out of date or become obsolete! ''''' Please help. For questions, comments, or to submit a new tip please go to our Project's ''']'''. | |||
| :] - Your very own Misplaced Pages bookmark page | |||
| :] - Lead section edit trick | |||
| Now, without further ado, here are Misplaced Pages's daily tips, by presentation date: | |||
| :] - Create links faster with link tricks | |||
| * ] – Where to begin? | |||
| * ] – Article development | |||
| * ] – Are your hands full? (Use search box as a small but convenient clipboard) | |||
| * ] – How to make your watchlist easier to read | |||
| * ] – How to improve Misplaced Pages's reliability | |||
| * ] – How to send a message to other editors | |||
| * ] – Image processing tools | |||
| * ] – What are dummy edits good for? | |||
| * ] – Digital audio support | |||
| * ] – Introduction to navigating Misplaced Pages | |||
| * ] – Captions | |||
| * ] – Avoiding common mistakes | |||
| * ] – A self-guided tutorial | |||
| * ] – Article quality assessments | |||
| * ] – Archives for lengthy pages | |||
| * ] – Article banner templates | |||
| * ] – What is a ''Talk'' page? | |||
| * ] – How to easily recall a username | |||
| * ] – Preview tomorrow's Featured Article | |||
| * ] – User scripts examples | |||
| * ] – Good article nominations | |||
| * ] – How to reduce or enlarge font sizes | |||
| * ] – Search and replace while editing an article. | |||
| * ] – Search & replace in thousands of articles with ''']''' | |||
| * ] – Ask for help at Misplaced Pages's Help Desk | |||
| * ] – Souping up your Smartphone editing of Misplaced Pages | |||
| * ] – The semi-automated article peer-reviewer | |||
| * ] – How to request help on your Talk page | |||
| * ] – Intruder alert! Intruder alert! (Vandalism-level warning) | |||
| * ] – What are page history diffs? | |||
| * ] – Find articles for cleanup | |||
| * ] – Automatic page loader. | |||
| * ] – Redirect synonymous topic names | |||
| * ] – Fixing bare URLs to prevent link rot | |||
| * ] – Join a WikiProject. | |||
| * ] – Getting real-time help via IRC (Internet Relay Chat) | |||
| * ] – Articles about notable books | |||
| * ] – How to provide a link to a specific Google Search | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages Search box - basic | |||
| * ] – Please summarize your work using the Edit summary box | |||
| * ] – Referencing for beginners | |||
| * ] – Another way to search Misplaced Pages with Google | |||
| * ] – Introduction to tables | |||
| * ] – Shortcut for ''minor edit'' box | |||
| * ] – Spreading the WikiLove | |||
| * ] – Templates for ''Age'' and ''Dates'' | |||
| * ] – Thanks - send a notification | |||
| * ] – Mobile view sidebar from the desktop | |||
| * ] – Using the ''Authority control'' template | |||
| * ] – When to use subpages | |||
| * ] – How to enable right-click section editing | |||
| * ] – Biographies | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages banners and buttons | |||
| * ] – Help for new contributors | |||
| * ] – Calendar date display for your user pages | |||
| * ] – Screen readers for accessibility | |||
| * ] – Editing projects for school and university classes | |||
| * ] – What is ''Page curation''? | |||
| * ] – Writing articles for ''The Signpost'' | |||
| * ] – Please sign your name on talk pages | |||
| * ] – How to plant a CategoryTree! | |||
| * ] – Test-drive your edits using a sandbox | |||
| * ] – Become clairvoyant with ''Navigation Popups'' | |||
| * ] – Supercharge your browser | |||
| * ] – How to create a link to another article | |||
| * ] – Use the Article Wizard to easily create new articles | |||
| * ] – Please fill-in edit summaries | |||
| * ] – How to get a list of a page's subpages | |||
| * ] – Becoming an Administrator | |||
| * ] – Where to post requests | |||
| * ] – How to make links look the way you want | |||
| * ] – Please sign your name on talk pages | |||
| * ] – Are you lost? | |||
| * ] – How to create a new page | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages's top ten power tips | |||
| * ] – How to catch admin attention fast | |||
| * ] – How to make redirects appear '''{{color|green|green}}''' to you | |||
| * ] – Breaking the 500-edit limit in "View History" | |||
| * ] – Create links faster using tricks | |||
| * ] – Running MediaWiki on your own computer | |||
| * ] – Navigate faster using Misplaced Pages shortcuts | |||
| * ] – Searching Misplaced Pages with regular expressions (regex) | |||
| * ] – Getting your edit count | |||
| * ] – Transclusion vs. Substitution | |||
| * ] – Link to Wiktionary word definitions using ''Wikt:'' | |||
| * ] – SuggestBot is a fun way to pick pages to edit | |||
| * ] – Work faster with keyboard shortcuts | |||
| * ] – Ask intelligent questions | |||
| * ] – Working on the Main page - I | |||
| * ] – Working on the Main page - II | |||
| * ] – Toolbar links to access the WP pages you use the most | |||
| * ] – Do not believe everything you read | |||
| * ] – Visit the ''Village Pump'' for technical issues | |||
| * ] – Stop by the Reference Desk | |||
| * ] – Where to upload images and media files | |||
| * ] – How to fix unsigned comments | |||
| * ] – Do not use forums or emails as sources | |||
| * ] – Automatic edit summary reminder | |||
| * ] – Collaborations | |||
| * ] – Search box bookmarklet for your browser | |||
| * ] – Cite your sources | |||
| * ] – Edit Misplaced Pages faster with AutoWikiBrowser | |||
| * ] – Help Misplaced Pages help you | |||
| * ] – Motto of the day... | |||
| * ] – Create a user account | |||
| * ] – Copyrights? Copyleft | |||
| * ] – Uploading Free Images | |||
| * ] – Are you jealous of others' user pages? (]) | |||
| * ] – How to change your username | |||
| * ] – Preview tomorrow's Featured Article | |||
| * ] – Explore Misplaced Pages's contents | |||
| * ] – Featured article candidates | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages search box focus | |||
| * ] – How to move/rename a page | |||
| * ] – The Misplaced Pages Adventure! | |||
| * ] – Super-customize your account with ''gadgets'' | |||
| * ] – Keyboard shortcuts | |||
| * ] – Now what? (Are you lost, and do not know what to do?) | |||
| * ] – Getting a subpage listing | |||
| * ] – Setting Misplaced Pages time to your time zone | |||
| * ] – How to make links to articles | |||
| * ] – To search a specific namespace, include the prefix in searches | |||
| * ] – Time-saving links: the "pipe trick" | |||
| * ] – Prove it with ''ProveIt'' | |||
| * ] – Time-saving links II | |||
| * ] – Browsing Mobile Misplaced Pages on your big screen | |||
| * ] – Linking to a section of an article | |||
| * ] – Sister projects & interwiki linking | |||
| * ] – Displaying one page within another = ''Transclusion'' | |||
| * ] – Using templates | |||
| * ] – General topics lists | |||
| * ] – Userboxes | |||
| * ] – List building | |||
| * ] – When is a Misplaced Pages project a WikiProject? | |||
| * ] – Centralizing project discussion | |||
| * ] – Redirects | |||
| * ] – Footnotes | |||
| * ] – How to add hidden editor notes in an article | |||
| * ] – How to review user contributions | |||
| * ] – Use your browser's toolbar to navigate Misplaced Pages | |||
| * ] – Formatting disambiguation pages | |||
| * ] – Featured content | |||
| * ] – Table of contents | |||
| * ] – Transclusion caveat | |||
| * ] – Go to the right desk | |||
| * ] – Please return the favor | |||
| * ] – Check your work before you save, using ''Preview'' | |||
| * ] – Where on the page to put images | |||
| * ] – Placing templates | |||
| * ] – Placing "External links" sections | |||
| * ] – Main page - Did you know | |||
| * ] – Shortcuts | |||
| * ] – Placing category tags | |||
| * ] – Page history | |||
| * ] – Tag your image uploads | |||
| * ] – Placing interlanguage links | |||
| * ] – Sorting entries in the categories | |||
| * ] – Look before you leap | |||
| * ] – How to start a new article | |||
| * ] – Talking to Wikipedians | |||
| * ] – Cite the source on all image uploads | |||
| * ] – Designing your user page | |||
| * ] – Use your watchlist | |||
| * ] – Navigation popups | |||
| * ] – How to insert a picture into an article | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages-specific searching within Firefox | |||
| * ] – Section edit button | |||
| * ] – Ask intelligent questions | |||
| * ] – Beware of instruction creep | |||
| * ] – Fix double redirects | |||
| * ] – Alphabetical list of articles | |||
| * ] – Screenshots | |||
| * ] – Please read department instructions | |||
| * ] – When not to use links | |||
| * ] – A better wiki editor: WikEd | |||
| * ] – Change text size quickly (with Ctrl-mouse wheel) | |||
| * ] – Portals | |||
| * ] – What are templates used for? | |||
| * ] – Pretty tables | |||
| * ] – Ask intelligent questions | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages for your mobile... | |||
| * ] – Custom signatures | |||
| * ] – Citation Requests | |||
| * ] – Love thy neighbor | |||
| * ] – Posting on the Misplaced Pages Community Bulletin Board | |||
| * ] – Band articles | |||
| * ] – List the things to do for an article | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages's ''Manual of Style'' | |||
| * ] – Welcoming Committee | |||
| * ] – The three revert rule | |||
| * ] – Avoid using neologisms | |||
| * ] – The fastest way to end a conflict: walk away | |||
| * ] – Jump to the search box with {{key press|Shift|Alt|F}} | |||
| * ] – How to use ''']''' | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages:Today's articles for improvement | |||
| * ] – Using Math | |||
| * ] – Be forgiving to new users | |||
| * ] – Search Misplaced Pages from any website | |||
| * ] – Join the fight against vandalism | |||
| * ] – Short link pipe trick | |||
| * ] – Ten things you may not know about Misplaced Pages | |||
| * ] – How to make a table on a page | |||
| * ] – Displaying tips on your user page '''Note.''' Do not change this tip. It is a linked tip on displaying tips! :-) | |||
| * ] – ''What did they say?'' (]) | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages industrial-powered search | |||
| * ] – Forums and emails are not acceptable sources | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages in brief | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages's dozen most essential tips | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages's ten most powerful tips | |||
| * ] – Your very own Misplaced Pages bookmark page | |||
| * ] – Get more out of Misplaced Pages search | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages's Quick directory | |||
| * ] – How to link to a category without categorizing the page | |||
| * ] – Customize appearance of dates | |||
| * ] – Find uncategorized articles | |||
| * ] – The lead section | |||
| * ] – Articles for Creation (AFC) process | |||
| * ] – In conflicts, reach consensus | |||
| * ] – How to add an article to a category | |||
| * ] – Title searches | |||
| * ] – How to watch for pages that do not exist yet | |||
| * ] – Abbreviating edit summaries | |||
| * ] – How to create a category | |||
| * ] – How to search Misplaced Pages with Google | |||
| * ] – How to create reusable boilerplate | |||
| * ] – Acronyms and initialisms | |||
| * ] – To see everything on Misplaced Pages about a subject area... | |||
| * ] – Explaining Wiki markup to other users | |||
| * ] – How to create a subcategory | |||
| * ] – Article size | |||
| * ] – How does Misplaced Pages stack up? | |||
| * ] – Speed up your learning curve... | |||
| * ] – What the world knows about us | |||
| * ] – How reliable is Misplaced Pages? | |||
| * ] – When and how to ''exclude'' Misplaced Pages from your Google search | |||
| * ] – How to link to a category | |||
| * ] – Power-editing with AutoWikiBrowser | |||
| * ] – Where to look for help | |||
| * ] – How to link to a section of an article | |||
| * ] – Join the Recent Changes Patrol! | |||
| * ] – Where did that fact come from? | |||
| * ] – How popular is Misplaced Pages? | |||
| * ] – Google search link | |||
| * ] – My link disappeared! | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages's top ten essential tips | |||
| * ] – Spell Checkers | |||
| * ] – Install your first javascript | |||
| * ] – Guestbooks | |||
| * ] – How to use Misplaced Pages Offline: ''xowa'' | |||
| * ] – Subject bar template | |||
| * ] – Article construction stages | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages Search box - advanced | |||
| * ] – Good article reassessment | |||
| * ] – Biography articles needing attention | |||
| * ] – Article deletion process | |||
| * ] – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) | |||
| * ] – Copyright Cleanup | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages Database reports | |||
| * ] – CopyPatrol tool | |||
| * ] – Featured world of Misplaced Pages | |||
| * ] – Highlight text on any website, then search Misplaced Pages for it with a single click | |||
| * ] – Difference between wikiprojects and portals? | |||
| * ] – Graphics Lab | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages toolbar for Firefox | |||
| * ] – How do you pronounce that? | |||
| * ] – External links | |||
| * ] – Counting your edits | |||
| * ] – Main page - Did you know | |||
| * ] – How to link to word definitions | |||
| * ] – Tagging pages for problems | |||
| * ] – What is BRD? the BOLD, revert, discuss cycle | |||
| * ] – Your customizable Misplaced Pages navigation hub | |||
| * ] – Topic lists | |||
| * ] – Interwiki links and shortcuts | |||
| * ] – How to display the ''Tip of the day'' on your user page | |||
| * ] – Wikimedia-wide issues | |||
| * ] – Editcountitis | |||
| * ] – Category tips | |||
| * ] – Avoid trademarks | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages-specific searching with Google | |||
| * ] – Please sign your name on talk pages | |||
| * ] – User scripts | |||
| * ] – Linking articles: the internal link | |||
| * ] – How to find legal photographs and graphics | |||
| * ] – Keep track of your questions | |||
| * ] – How to transclude a page into the page you are editing | |||
| * ] – Why have lists when there are categories? | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages Search Box for Firefox | |||
| * ] – Navigate faster using Misplaced Pages shortcuts | |||
| * ] – Power tool: Navigation Popups | |||
| * ] – Power search Misplaced Pages using AutoWikiBrowser | |||
| * ] – Six of one, half-a-dozen of the other | |||
| * ] – Translating content | |||
| * ] – The five pillars | |||
| * ] – Using Special:MyPage to make private links | |||
| * ] – Double click editing | |||
| * ] – Be neutral, like Misplaced Pages | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages has 22 sections, called ''namespaces'' | |||
| * ] – How to see a list of the pages in a namespace | |||
| * ] – A plain & simple introduction | |||
| * ] – Basic copyediting | |||
| * ] – S.W.A.T., T.I.M, & the U.S.D.A | |||
| * ] – How to enhance ''Recent changes'' | |||
| * ] – Namespace entry points | |||
| * ] – How to catch admin attention fast | |||
| * ] – Flashback to Misplaced Pages's past | |||
| * ] – Report problems on noticeboards | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages's alphabetical index of articles | |||
| * ] – Help reduce the Misplaced Pages backlog | |||
| * ] – Wikimedia links and shortcuts | |||
| * ] – Advanced signatures | |||
| * ] – Be neutral when editing Misplaced Pages | |||
| * ] – Linking to non-Wikimedia wikis | |||
| * ] – "Where do I begin?" | |||
| * ] – Editing articles for web accessibility | |||
| * ] – The Misplaced Pages Curriculum | |||
| * ] – Giving editor awards | |||
| * ] – Spoken Misplaced Pages | |||
| * ] – Mediation | |||
| * ] – Wiki-exploration: beyond Misplaced Pages... | |||
| * ] – How to make links to disambiguation pages appear {{color|orange|orange}} to you | |||
| * ] – Fansites, forums, & other web page articles | |||
| * ] – How to provide a Google search in a link | |||
| * ] – User Sub Pages | |||
| * ] – A comprehensive index for editors | |||
| * ] – Welcome to Misplaced Pages! | |||
| * ] – Making the editbox more visually pleasing | |||
| * ] – Permission requests | |||
| * ] – Lead Section Size | |||
| * ] – Try to see it my way! | |||
| * ] – Pick from a list of template parameter choices | |||
| * ] – World of fiction | |||
| * ] – Same titles, different meanings | |||
| * ] – Brilliant pictures | |||
| * ] – Undoing edits | |||
| * ] – No copies of primary sources | |||
| * ] – Dates in Misplaced Pages articles | |||
| <!-- ********************************* Hide/Show schedule ********************************* --> | |||
| * ] – Find stubs and expand them | |||
| </div></div></div></div> | |||
| * ] – How to look at the changes to an article | |||
| * ] – How to customize your signature | |||
| * ] – When to use external links | |||
| * ] – How to adjust the height of your edit window | |||
| * ] – How to add a picture to an article | |||
| * ] – How to skip scrolling and clicking | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages etiquette = Wikiquette | |||
| * ] – Section editing | |||
| * ] – What writing style to use | |||
| * ] – Where to write about current events | |||
| * ] – Link articles to their foreign-language counterparts | |||
| * ] – Advice for parents | |||
| * ] – Automating tasks on Misplaced Pages | |||
| * ] – Misplaced Pages needs pictures. How you can help... | |||
| * ] – Accuracy, quality and peer review | |||
| * ] – What can be included in Misplaced Pages? | |||
| * ] – Freedom of speech and profanity | |||
| * ] – Cannot find what you are looking for? | |||
| * ] – Why create an account? | |||
| * ] – Your user page | |||
| * ] – Wikimedia has mailing lists | |||
| * ] – Upgrade Recent Changes in my preferences | |||
| * ] – Watching for changes | |||
| * ] – If you have privileged access to web pages... | |||
| * ] – Help test the MediaWiki software | |||
| * ] – Troubleshooting Misplaced Pages's look and feel with skins | |||
| * ] – Come visit the ''Teahouse'' | |||
| * ] – Not everything that is true is verifiable | |||
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| {{anchor|Chronological list of tips bottom}} | |||
| <!-- ********************************* Hide/Show schedule ********************************* --> | |||
| ''']'''<br /> | |||
| ''']''' | |||
| ===Alphabetical list of tips=== | |||
| {{see also|Misplaced Pages:Tip of the day#Chronological list of tips|l1=Chronological list of tips}} | |||
| ''']''' | |||
| {| class="collapsible" width=100% | |||
| |- | |||
| ! <big>List of tips by order of name</big> | |||
| |- | |||
| | | |||
| This is the tip scheduling queue arranged alphabetically. The TOTD system operates on the "yearless year" approach, in which each tip's page is automatically displayed year after year. There is also a ]. | |||
| '''''Each tip needs to be proofread before its upcoming presentation date arrives, to ensure that it hasn't grown out of date or obsolete! ''''' Please help. For questions, comments, or to submit a new tip please go to this Project's ''']'''. | |||
| {{/Alphabetical list of tips}} | |||
| |}{{anchor|Alphabetical list of tips bottom}} | |||
| ''']'''<br /> | |||
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| == Tip templates == | |||
| This is the list of tip display templates (also posted at ]). ''']''' is a gallery of display templates for you to view the display templates listed below: | |||
| * '''{{tl|totd}}'''{{snds}}the main userspace version of the tip of the day template, with border, centered in the middle of the page. Complete with inspirational light bulb. | |||
| ** '''{{tl|totd b}}'''{{snds}}a more compact version of the above template. Useful for columns. | |||
| * '''{{tl|totd3}}'''{{snds}}a purple box version, useful for displaying the tip in columns. | |||
| * '''{{tl|totd-random}}'''{{snds}}this is the ''tip of the moment'' template, which automatically displays a different tip every time you enter a page it is on. If it doesn't update, try clearing your ]. | |||
| * '''{{tl|totd-tomorrow}}'''{{snds}}this shows tomorrow's tip, and is used by Misplaced Pages tipsters to make sure that the tips are up-to-date and corrected before they go live. | |||
| * '''{{tl|tip of the day}}'''{{snds}}the borderless version, with lightbulb. | |||
| * '''{{tl|tip of the day with h3 heading}}'''{{snds}}the tip in heading/paragraph format (No light bulb). | |||
| * '''{{tl|totd2}}'''{{snds}}the borderless version used on Misplaced Pages's Help page (which already has its own borders). (No lightbulb). | |||
| * '''{{tl|totd CP}}'''{{snds}}like the help page version, but with a box & light bulb. Spans the whole field (screen or column) that it is in. | |||
| * '''{{tl|totd-static}}'''{{snds}} like the totd version but the date is static. You have to manually change the date. Good for testing purposes. | |||
| === Random tip === | |||
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| The following template {{tl|Totd-random}} is for Wikipedians who ''can't wait'' until tomorrow for their next tip! It presents a random tip each time you reload the page it is presented on: | |||
| {{Totd-random}} | {{Totd-random}} | ||
| === Tomorrow's tip === | |||
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| This template {{tl|Totd-tomorrow}} is for monitoring the tip queue one day in advance for any editing needs: | |||
| {{Totd-tomorrow}} | {{Totd-tomorrow}} | ||
| This template is for monitoring project maintenance, to make sure the tip has been prestocked so it doesn't show up blank on the key pages of Misplaced Pages upon which it is displayed. | |||
| === Day-after-next's tip === | |||
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| This template {{tl|Totd-day-after-next}} is for monitoring the tip queue two days in advance to make sure the tip is proofread before it goes live anywhere in the world: | |||
| {{Totd-day-after-next}} | |||
| Note: with {{tl|totd-tomorrow}}, it isn't tomorrow for all time zones, and so it may have already gone live for part of the world before you've edited it. | |||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| {{DEFAULTSORT:Tip of the day, Misplaced Pages}} | |||
| * ] - the tip library arranged by subject. | |||
| * ] - the closest thing to a site map of the wikipedia ]. | |||
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| * ] – about the people that write the tips | |||
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| * ] – the closest thing to a site map of the Misplaced Pages ]. | |||
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| * ] – another map of the Misplaced Pages namespace. | |||
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Latest revision as of 00:57, 26 November 2024
Help for users
Collaborations WikiProjects Tip of the day
Clicking the "Recent changes" link in the interaction menu on every page will give you a list of all edits in the last few minutes. If you just want to watch for changes to articles you have edited, use your Watchlist. You can add articles to your Watchlist by clicking "Watch this page" tab (starred) at the top of any article (the talk page will be auto-watched, too). You can click "Related changes" in the toolbox menu on any page to see changes made to the pages linked from the one you are viewing. And finally, you can click the "My contributions" link to view a log of your edits; if yours is no longer the edit marked with "top", then someone else has edited the page.
Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more:Help:Recent changes Help:Watchlist Help:User contributions Become a Misplaced Pages tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd}} Top of page
For the complete library of tips arranged by subject, see Misplaced Pages:Tips.
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This is the tip of the day (a.k.a. TOTD) project, providing useful daily advice on how to use or develop Misplaced Pages more effectively. This project is responsible for maintaining the Misplaced Pages:Tip of the day#Tip templates, and the collection of daily tips that are displayed by those templates.
History
The Tip of the Day was started on February 18, 2004 as an original feature of the newly created Community Portal. There were about 50 tips, displayed one per day, on a rotating basis.
In 2006, the project was revamped and expanded to a tip page for each day of the year. Later that year, a "yearless tip" was created, with no year included in the page titles, so that the same pages could be displayed automatically year after year. The tip collection grew to about 300 tips - still about 66 tips short of a full supply.
The tip of the day was added to the main help page, Help:Contents, on March 13, 2006. That page was renamed on September 20, 2012, to Help:Menu, to make way for a new main help page. In 2015, the tip of the day project underwent an overhaul, during which the display template functionality was enhanced and simplified, many new tips were added, replacing obsolete and duplicate tips. The tip of the day was added to the current help page on November 22, 2015.
Over the years, Tip of the Day project regulars, and other helpful editors have maintained the set of auto-displaying tips, updating them, and creating new tips to replace redundant or obsolete tips.
Check the prominent locations
The three main places that the Tip of the Day is displayed, are the Community portal page (since 02/18/2004), the Help:Contents page (the top-level help page), and the Help:Menu (this was Help:Contents until 09/20/2012).
Sometimes the tip gets removed from those pages, either through vandalism or by an overly bold edit. If you notice it missing from any of them, please put it back. Thank you.
Displaying tips on your user pages
To add one of the many versions of the tip of the day template to your user page, go here.
Participating...
To participate in developing, proofreading, and scheduling new tips, see the instructions on the talk page.
Tip of the day scheduling queue
Misplaced Pages:Tip of the dayChronological list of tips
Today is Thursday 26 December 2024 See also: Alphabetical list of tips, to help spot duplicate tips.| List of tips by date |
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This is the tip of the day scheduling queue. The TOTD system operates on the Rolodex approach, in which each daily tip page is automatically displayed again year after year. Each tip needs to be proofread before its upcoming presentation date arrives, to ensure that it has not grown out of date or become obsolete! Please help. For questions, comments, or to submit a new tip please go to our Project's Talk page. Now, without further ado, here are Misplaced Pages's daily tips, by presentation date:
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Alphabetical list of tips
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This is the tip scheduling queue arranged alphabetically. The TOTD system operates on the "yearless year" approach, in which each tip's page is automatically displayed year after year. There is also a chronological list of these tips. Each tip needs to be proofread before its upcoming presentation date arrives, to ensure that it hasn't grown out of date or obsolete! Please help. For questions, comments, or to submit a new tip please go to this Project's Talk page. Shortcuts
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Tip templates
This is the list of tip display templates (also posted at Misplaced Pages:Tip of the day/July 21). Here is a gallery of display templates for you to view the display templates listed below:
- {{totd}} – the main userspace version of the tip of the day template, with border, centered in the middle of the page. Complete with inspirational light bulb.
- {{totd b}} – a more compact version of the above template. Useful for columns.
- {{totd3}} – a purple box version, useful for displaying the tip in columns.
- {{totd-random}} – this is the tip of the moment template, which automatically displays a different tip every time you enter a page it is on. If it doesn't update, try clearing your browser cache.
- {{totd-tomorrow}} – this shows tomorrow's tip, and is used by Misplaced Pages tipsters to make sure that the tips are up-to-date and corrected before they go live.
- {{tip of the day}} – the borderless version, with lightbulb.
- {{tip of the day with h3 heading}} – the tip in heading/paragraph format (No light bulb).
- {{totd2}} – the borderless version used on Misplaced Pages's Help page (which already has its own borders). (No lightbulb).
- {{totd CP}} – like the help page version, but with a box & light bulb. Spans the whole field (screen or column) that it is in.
- {{totd-static}} – like the totd version but the date is static. You have to manually change the date. Good for testing purposes.
Random tip
The following template {{Totd-random}} is for Wikipedians who can't wait until tomorrow for their next tip! It presents a random tip each time you reload the page it is presented on:
Tip of the moment...
 Sometimes it is useful to look up a topic in the same way you would look it up in a paper book—using an index. Perhaps you are unsure of the precise name of what you are looking for, or maybe you are interested in a word root which has many applications, such as "self-". Or maybe you would just like to browse the index. Misplaced Pages has an index of all of its articles. Here are 3 ways of accessing it: You can place these links on your user page or talk page (or both) for convenient access. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more:Misplaced Pages:Special pages Special:SpecialPages Become a Misplaced Pages tipster To add this auto-randomizing template to your user page, use {{totd-random}} |
Tomorrow's tip
This template {{Totd-tomorrow}} is for monitoring the tip queue one day in advance for any editing needs:
| Please proofread the daily tip...
It's displayed below one day early. Some tips are obsolete. So we need new tips too. Please share your best tips and tip ideas at the Tip of the day department. edit Tomorrow's tip of the day... The "perfect" Misplaced Pages article is built on solid research (remember to cite your sources). Contrary to popular belief, not all information is available for free on the Internet. Some research is only published in scientific journals and books (ask your library for remote lending services); some material is available only in commercial, password-protected electronic databases. If you have access to useful research material, please add the relevant information to Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Resource Exchange, a central portal to find Wikipedians with access to such resources. Remember we can only use facts from sources such as these, not a particular copyrighted expression thereof. If you are a qualified user you can request access to the databases of paywalled resources proctored by The Misplaced Pages Library. Qualification usually involves having 500–1000 main namespace edits and 6–12 months tenure editing on Misplaced Pages. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more:Misplaced Pages:List of free online resources Misplaced Pages:The Misplaced Pages Library Become a Misplaced Pages tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd-tomorrow}} |
Day-after-next's tip
This template {{Totd-day-after-next}} is for monitoring the tip queue two days in advance to make sure the tip is proofread before it goes live anywhere in the world:
| Please proofread the daily tip before it goes "live"...
It's displayed below two days early, so it can be error-checked and made ready-to-display for all time zones. Some tips are obsolete. So we need new tips too. Please share your best tips and tip ideas at the Tip of the day department. edit Day-after-next's tip of the day...  The MediaWiki software that runs Misplaced Pages is under constant development. Do you want to see the latest, greatest features? Then head over to test.wikipedia.org, where the development branch is tested. But be careful. That wiki runs in debugging mode, so even the smallest problem in the code might cause it to spew out error messages. Take a look at the list of features under development in the MediaWiki roadmap. MediaWiki already is one of the most feature-rich wiki engines; see the MediaWiki feature list. MediaWiki and its dependencies are open source, so if you are the inquisitive type, please take a look at the code and help improve it. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more:test.wikipedia.org Become a Misplaced Pages tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd-day-after-next}} |
Note: with {{totd-tomorrow}}, it isn't tomorrow for all time zones, and so it may have already gone live for part of the world before you've edited it.
See also
- Misplaced Pages:Tips – the tip library arranged by subject.
- Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages tipster – about the people that write the tips
- Misplaced Pages:Department directory – the closest thing to a site map of the Misplaced Pages namespace.
- Misplaced Pages:Shortcuts – another map of the Misplaced Pages namespace.
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