Wikipedia:Tip of the day

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Recent Changes Patrol

One way that many users like to contribute to Wikipedia is by patrolling recent changes for vandalism or other common problems. While this task can be done with a variety of tools it is as simple as looking over the Recent changes link (in your navigation box on the left side of your browser window). Subsets of Recent Changes Patrol include New Page Patrol and Special:Newimages.

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To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd}}.

Become a Wikipedia tipster

This is the tip of the day project. It is responsible for developing and maintaining the tip of the day templates that are displayed throughout Wikipedia, and the collection of tips that are displayed by those templates.The tip of the day appears on Wikipedia's Help page, on the Wikipedia:Community Portal, and on many user pages.

For the complete schedule of tips, see below. See also Wikipedia:tips, the complete library of tips arranged by subject.

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[edit] Adding tips

To add one of the many versions of the tip of the day template to your user page, read this Tip of the day tip.

To add your own Wikipedia tips to the tip of the day project, see the instructions on Wikipedia talk:Tip of the day.

[edit] Tip of the day scheduling queue

List of tips

This is the tip scheduling queue. Entries with a left-arrow (←) have not been proofread since last year, and might need to be updated! Please help.

[edit] More templates

The following template is for Wikipedians who can't wait until tomorrow for their next tip! It presents a random tip each time you load the page it is presented on:

Another Tip of the moment...


How to create a new page

In the searchbox, type in the name of the article you wish to create. When told that the page does not exist, click the link either in red or with the question mark.

You can also type the title as the URL in your browser's link field and get there directly:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_name

Perhaps the easiest way to start a new article is to follow a link to a page that doesn't exist yet. Depending on your settings, these links may show up as red links or have a question mark at the end of the link (red links?).

Prior tip - Next tip

To add this template to your user page, use {{Totd-random}}.

Become a Wikipedia tipster


This template is for monitoring the tip queue one day in advance for any editing needs:

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TESTING TESTING... (totd announcements and task list)...

Hello...

Are you there?

Ah, there you are.

Time to wake up!

We need your help to update and improve Wikipedia's collection of daily tips.

Please contact The Transhumanist   

Tomorrow's tip of the day...

Where did that fact come from?

It is important that the information in Wikipedia be factual; that is, true and accurate. To ensure that this is the case, one of Wikipedia's core policies is to verify all information being presented.

Therefore, when writing, it is very important that you cite your sources! Stick to a factual style even when writing about fiction or opinions. Providing references is particularly important for controversial opinions - instead of using weasel words like some people believe... you should cite sources to help readers learn who believes what, and why.

Keep in mind that the folks at Wikipedia's Reference Desk are very knowledgeable across a wide range of subjects, and they may be able to help you track down source references to a particular detail.

Prior tip - Next tip

To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd-tomorrow}}.

Become a Wikipedia tipster

[edit] See also

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