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This is a glossary of terms commonly used on Wikipedia.
{{db-g7}}
or{{delete}}
to it and an administrator will delete the page.A standard message which can be added to an article using a template. For example, {{stub}} is expanded to the following:
See Boilerplate (text).
<ref>...</ref>
tags is the most popular way to cite sources.<!--
at the start of the comment text and -->
at the end. These character strings are used to delimit comments in HTML code.{{Convert|15|miles|km}}
in the wikicode of an article, when you view the page it will say "15 miles (24 km)" in place of the template invocation. The wikicode itself remains unchanged. The value returned by the template—what you see when viewing the article—is called the expansion of the template. See Help:Template#Terminology.
{{hat}}
(Template:Hidden archive top) to close and collapse a discussion to discourage further editing, without removing it completely from the page.[[Ireland|Irish]] [[Chess]] [[Championship]]
(Irish Chess Championship).<del>...</del>
or<s>...</s>
) tags. This is very rarely used in articles, but is relatively common in votes and discussions when a contributor changes their opinion. As not to cause confusion, the outdated comments are struck out (<ins>
) tag is sometimes used with it to show a replacement for the struck material (like this). Generally, one should strike out only one's own comments. Some editors prefer to simply remove or alter their updated material, though this is discouraged if others have responded to it and their responses would no longer make sense after the change. Note: <strike>
will not exist in HTML 5/XHTML 2, so <s>
is recommended.{{Nac}}
. Typically, transclusion uses the template functionality of MediaWiki to include the same content in multiple documents without having to edit those documents separately. See also Wikipedia:Transclusion costs and benefits.'''boldfaced text'''
instead of <B>boldfaced text</B>
.{{Glossary term}}
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