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Many article titles are disambiguated with parenthetic qualifiers, like this: [[Self (psychology)]]. But when you want to include such a link in the body of an article, this would look rather awkward. So all you have to do is use the "pipe trick", like this: [[Self (psychology)|]]. Notice the "|" character stuck in there at the end of the link? That makes the link look like this: Self, without having to type the name of the link after the pipe!
This trick also works with namespaces, so that [[Wikipedia:Tip of the day|]] (again notice the pipe character) displays like this: Tip of the day.
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The semi-automated article peer-reviewer checks pages against some basic Manual of Style (MOS) rules and generates a quick report.
It can be enabled as a Gadget in your user Preferences. Check off the box for: MoreMenu, adds Page and User dropdown menus...
After you save and purge your Preferences you will now have a tab on every page called Page. While you are at an article, hover on Page; hover on Tools; click on Peer reviewer.
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