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This is a '''[[glossary]] of terms commonly used on [[Wikipedia]]OrthodoxWiki'''and some other like sites. For more help, see [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Help]], [[WikipediaHelp:FAQContents]], and [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Contributing FAQ]]. For abbreviations often used in [[Wikipedia:edit summary|edit summariesFAQs]], see [[Wikipedia:Edit summary legend]]. For [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion|VfD]] shorthand, see and [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Votes for deletion phrasesTrapeza]]. 
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==A==;<div id=admin Admin style="font-weight: bold">Admin</div>:: Short for [[Wikipedia:WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Administrators|Administrator]]. A user with extra technical privileges who does housework.
:: ''Also used: '''sysop'''.''
;<div id=Anchor style="font-weight: bold">Anchor</div>
:: An HTML term for code that lets you link to a specific point in a page, using the "#" character. You can use them to link to a [[Wikipedia:section#Section editing|section]] of a page, e.g. [[WikipediaHelp:How to edit a pageHow_to_create_a_new_page#Links,_URLs,_imagesSecond_method:_New_links]]. ''Note that anchors currently have no effect in redirects.'' ;<div id=AOTW style="font-weight: bold">AOTW</div>:: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Article of the week|Article of the week]], an article needing improvement that is selected by vote to be the subject of widespread cooperative editing for a week. This has been recently renamed as [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Collaboration of the week]], or '''COTW'''. ;<div id=Arbitration style="font-weight: bold">Arbitration</div>:: The final step in the [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution|dispute resolution]] process. :: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee]].''
;<div id=Archive style="font-weight: bold">Archive</div>
:: A '''[[#Subpage|subpage]]''' of a '''[[#Talk page|Talk page]]''' to which some parts of the discussion are transferred, to reduce the size of the Talk page. Rarely, the term may refer to the [[Wikipedia:Archive]] page, for obsolete historical material.
:: ''See also: [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:How to archive a talk page|WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:How to archive a talk page]].''
;<div id=Article style="font-weight: bold">Article</div>
:: An encyclopedia entry. All articles are pages, but not all pages are articles.
:: ''See also [[WikipediaHelp:What is an How to write a great article]].''<small>[[#top|top]]</small>
==B==
;<div id=Ban style="font-weight: bold">Ban</div>
 :: Banning is the extreme, last resort action by which someone is prevented from editing Wikipedia for a prolonged or indeterminate length of time. Reason for banning is usually a long history of biased edits, persistent adding of incorrect or doubtful material, refusal to cooperate with others, or extreme incivility and threats. If someone is banned, their username is blocked, and any username or IP identified as being the same person that is with great likelihood identified as being the same person can be blocked without any further reason. See also: '''[[#Block|block''']]
;<div id=BJAODN style="font-weight: bold">BJAODN</div>
:: Abbreviation for [[Wikipedia:Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense]].
;<div id=Blanking style="font-weight: bold">Blanking</div>
;<div id=Block style="font-weight: bold">Block</div>
:: Action by a sysop, removing from a certain IP-number or username the ability to edit Wikipedia. Usually done against addresses that have done vandalism or against users who have been banned. See also: '''[[#ban'''|ban]]
;<div id=Boilerplate_text style="font-weight: bold">Boilerplate text</div>
:: A standard message which can be added to an article using a [[Meta:template#Template|Template]]. For example, <nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki> is expanded to the following:
<blockquote>
</blockquote>
:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Boilerplate textTemplates]].''
;<div id=Bot style="font-weight: bold">Bot</div>
:: A program that automatically or semi-automatically adds or edits Wikipedia-pages.
:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Bots]], '''[[#Rambot|Rambot]]'''.''
;<div id=Broken_link style="font-weight: bold">Broken link</div>
:: A Wikipedia Admininistrator who has been entrusted with promoting users to sysops.
:: ''See also [[WikipediaSpecial:BureaucratsListusers/bureaucrat|List of bureaucrats]].''<small>[[#top|top]]</small>
==C==
;<div id=Cabal style="font-weight: bold">Cabal</div>
:: A secretive organization which some Wikipedians claim is ultimately responsible for the development of Wikipedia. Supposedly the Cabal acts to stifle dissent and impose their private [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Point of view|points of view]] while hypocritically extolling [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view#NPOV|NPOV]]. [[#Admin|Admins]] who take action against users for seemingly illogical or immature reasons are often claimed to be acting on behalf of the Cabal.
:: ''Compare with '''[[#Troll|Troll]]'''.''
:: ''See also [[Meta:Cabal]], [[w:There Is No Cabal]].''
 ;<div id=CfD Categories style="font-weight: bold">CfDCategories </div>:: The A software feature that provides automatic indexes. They are useful as tables of contents. See: [[Wikipedia:Category:Categories for deletion]] page.
;<div id=Chatty style="font-weight: bold">Chatty</div>
:: A term used for articles which seem to attempt a conversation with the reader. Chatty articles may need [[Wikipedia:cleanup#Cleanup|cleanup]].
;<div id=Cleanup style="font-weight: bold">Cleanup</div>
:: The process of repairing articles that are ungrammatical, are poorly formatted, etc. Cleanup generally requires only editing skills, as opposed to the specialized knowledge that is more often called for by articles needing [[Wikipedia:Pages Category:Articles for reorganization|reorganization]], [[:Category:Articles needing attentionEnglish standardization|pages needing attentionEnglish standardization]]. , [[:Category: ''See also: Articles needing Orthodoxization|orthodoxization]], or [[Wikipedia:Cleanup processCategory:Articles needing expert help|expert help]].''
;<div id=Copyvio style="font-weight: bold">Copyvio</div>
:: ''Also used: '''copyviol'''.''
:: [[Meta:Copyright|Copyright]] violation. Usually used in an edit summary when some copyrighted material has been added to WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Copyrights]].''
;<div id=COTW style="font-weight: bold">COTW</div>:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Collaboration of the week|Collaboration of the weekCopyrights]], an article needing improvement that is selected by vote to be the subject of widespread cooperative editing for a week.''
;<div id=Cut_and_paste move style="font-weight: bold">Cut and paste move</div>
:: Moving a page by taking the text of the page, and put it into the edit window for the second page. Generally considered worse than the 'move page' option, because it causes the page and its edit history to be in different places. Cut and paste moves can be fixed by administrators.
 :: ''See also <small>[[Wikipedia:How to fix cut and paste moves#top|top]].''</small>
==D==
;<div id=dab style="font-weight: bold">dab</div>
;<div id=Data dump style="font-weight: bold">Data dump</div>
:: To import material from outside sources into Wikipedia OrthodoxWiki without editing, formatting and linking. This is frowned upon by most [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians#Wikipedian|Wikipedians]].
:: ''See also '''[[#Wikify|Wikify]]'''.''
;<div id=De-bold style="font-weight: bold">De-bold</div>
:: ''Also used: '''[[#Un-bold|un-bold''']].''
:: To remove a phrase's bold typeface, because it is not the first reference to the title or a synonym of the topic (which should be bold), or that it is not the topic of the article at all. Common situations when one would de-bold include: bold foreign words (should instead be italicized) and bold Wikilinks (which, according to current [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]], should be plain).
;<div id=Deletionist style="font-weight: bold">Deletionist</div>
:: Take away someone's sysop status. Used very rarely, in cases where someone has misused their sysop powers.
 
:: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Possible misuses of admin privileges]].''
;<div id=Developer style="font-weight: bold">Developer</div>
:: ''Also used: '''Dictdef'''.''
:: Short for a dictionary definition. This term is commonly used on [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion]] when referring to an article that is more similar to a dictionary article than an encyclopedia one. :: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary]].''
;<div id=Diff style="font-weight: bold">Diff</div>
:: The difference between two versions of page, as displayed using the ''Page history'' feature, or from [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent Changes]]. The versions to compare are encoded in the [[#URL|URL]], so you can make a link by copying and pasting it - for instance when discussing a change on an article's talk page.
:: ''See also [[Meta:Help:Diff]].''
:: The process of resolving the conflict that occurs when articles about two or more different topics have the same natural title.
 
:: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation]].''
;<div id=Disambiguation_page style="font-weight: bold">Disambiguation page</div>
;<div id=Dupe style="font-weight: bold">Dupe</div>
:: Short for a duplicate article. Often used when identifying a duplicate page that needs to be '''[[#Merge|merged]]''' with another.
 ;<div id=DYK style="font-weight: bold"small>DYK</div>:: An abbreviation for [[w:Template:Did you know#top|top]].</small>
==E==
;<div id=Edit_conflict style="font-weight: bold">Edit conflict</div>
:: Two or more parties both attempt to save different edits to the same page at the same time, causing one to get canceled out.
 
:: ''See also [[Wikipedia:edit conflicts]].''
;<div id=Edit_link style="font-weight: bold">Edit link</div>
;<div id=Edit_summary style="font-weight: bold">Edit summary</div>
:: The contents of the "Summary:" field below the edit box on the "Edit this page" page.
 
:: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Edit summary]].''
;<div id=Edit_war style="font-weight: bold">Edit war</div>
:: Two or more parties continually making their preferred changes to a page, and undoing the changes they don't agree with. Generally, an edit war is the result of an argument on a talk page that could not be resolved.
;<div id=Editor style="font-weight: bold">Editor</div> :: A contributor, a [[#User|user]]. Sometimes called a [[#Wikipedian|Wikipedian]].:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Edit warUser guidelines]].''
;<div id=External_link style="font-weight: bold">External link</div>
:: ''Also used: '''ext. ln''', '''ext lk''', or '''extlink'''.''
:: A link to a website not owned by WikimediaOrthodoxWiki. The alternatives are an '''internal link''', '''wikilink''' or '''free link''' within WikipediaOrthodoxWiki, and an [[Help:InterWiki links|interwiki link]] to a sister project. :: ''See also [[Wikipedia:External links]].''
:: ''See also [[OrthodoxWiki:External links]].''
<small>[[#top|top]]</small>
==F==
;<div id=FAC style="font-weight: bold">FAC</div>
:: [[Wikipedia:Category:Featured article candidatesArticles|Featured article candidate]], an article that has been proposed for consideration to be [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured]] as one of the best in WikipediaOrthodoxWiki. ;<div id=FAQ style="font-weight: bold">FAQ </div>:: A page of Frequently Asked Questions along with answers.See: [[OrthodoxWiki:Frequently Asked Questions]]
;<div id=Fancruft style="font-weight: bold">Fancruft</div>
::A [[w:neologism|neologism]] most often seen on [[w:WP:VFD|WP:VFD]], meaning a trivia article of interest only to hardcore fans of a specific film, television series, book, game, etc. Where the line is drawn is highly subjective and can be controversial. Often seen as an insult to those who've contributed that information, and to others interested in the subject.
;<div id=Forest_fire style="font-weight: bold">Forest fire</div>
:: A [[w:flame war|flame war]] which spreads, seemingly uncontrollably, beyond the pages where it began into unrelated articles' talk pages. A forest fire becomes progressively more difficult for any user to keep track of. On Wikipedia, this is less of a problem than on other [[w:wiki|wiki]]s, due to well-established boundaries for [[Wikipedia:Request for comments|user conduct]], clear guidelines for [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not|article content]], and a formal [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution|dispute resolution process]]. :: ''See also [[w:wildfire]] and [[MeatBall:ForestFire]].''
;<div id=Free_link style="font-weight: bold">Free link</div>
:: A link pointing to another page within Wikipedia OrthodoxWiki or its sister projects by using the wiki markup double square-brackets <nowiki>"[[" and "]]"</nowiki>. Sometimes they are referred to as '''wikilink'''s or '''internal link'''s. These links usually show up as <font color=blue>blue</font> if they are working and you haven't visited them before, <font color=red>red</font> if they are broken, and <font color=purple>purple</font> if they are working and you have visited them before; note that they do not have the arrow symbol characteristic of an external link.<small>[[#top|top]]</small>==G==;<div id=Gallery style="font-weight: bold">Gallery </div>:: Created by using the<nowiki> <gallery> </nowiki>tag, it is a way to format a collection of images on a page.
==G==
;<div id=GFDL style="font-weight: bold">GFDL</div>
:: [[w:Gfdl|GNU Free Documentation License]]. Wikipedia OrthodoxWiki articles are released under this license.
:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Copyrights]].''
;<div id=Google test style="font-weight: bold">Google test</div>
:: Running sections or titles of articles through the [[w:Google|Google]] search engine for various purposes. The four most common are to check for copyright violations, to determine which term among several is the most widely used, to decide whether a person is sufficiently famous to warrant an article or is simply engaging in vanity and to check whether a questionable and obscure topic is real (as opposed to the idiosyncratic invention of a particular individual).
 
:: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Google Test]].''
;<div id=GPL style="font-weight: bold">GPL</div>
:: [[w:Gpl|GNU General Public License]]. <small>[[Wikipedia:PHP script#top|Wikipedia's softwaretop]] is released under this license.</small>
==H==
;<div id=History style="font-weight: bold">History</div>
:: All previous versions of an article, from its creation to its current state. Also called ''page history''.
:''See also: '''''[[WikipediaHelp:Page history]]'''<small>[[#top|top]]</small>
==I==
;<div id=IfD style="font-weight: bold">IfD</div>
::An abbreviation for [[Wikipedia:Images for deletion|Images for Deletion]].
 
;<div id=IANAL style="font-weight: bold">IANAL</div>
::An abbreviation for I Am Not A Lawyer, indicating that an editor is about to give their opinion on a legal matter as they understand it, although they are not qualified and probably don't fully understand the law in question.
;<div id=Interwiki style="font-weight: bold">Interwiki</div>
:: A link to a sister project; this can be an a [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Interlanguage linksLocalization|interlanguage localization link]] to a corresponding article in a [[Wikipedia:Complete list of language wikis available|different language]] in WikipediaOrthodoxWiki, or a link to a another project such as Wikibooks, Meta, etc.
;<div id=Interwiki style="font-weight: bold">ITN</div>
::An abbreviation for [[Template:In the news.<small>[[#top|top]]</small>
==J==
;<div id=Jimbo style="font-weight: bold"small>Jimbo[[#top|top]]</divsmall>:: ==K==<small>[[Jimmy Wales#top|top]], chair of the [[Wikimedia]] Foundation.</small>
==L==
;<div id=Language_link style="font-weight: bold">Language link</div>
:: ''See '''[[#Interwiki|Interwiki]]'''.''
<small>[[#top|top]]</small>
==M==
;<div id=Mediation MCB style="font-weight: bold">MediationMCB </div>:: An attempt by a third party to resolve an edit war or other conflict between users. There exists a [[Wikipedia:Mediation Committee]] which can do so on a more or less official basis as the penultimate step in the MCB Mainstream Chalcedonian Bias, OrthodoxWiki’s [[Wikipedia:dispute resolution]] process. :: ''See also: [[Wikipedia:What is mediation?]]; [[Wikipedia:Mediation#NPOV|NPOV]].''
;<div id=MediaWiki style="font-weight: bold">MediaWiki</div>
:: The software behind Wikipedia OrthodoxWiki and its sister projects, as well as several projects not related to Wikimedia, and a namespace.
:: ''Compare with '''[[#Wikimedia|Wikimedia]]'''.''
 
:: ''See also [[Wikipedia:MediaWiki]], [[Wikipedia:MediaWiki namespace]].''
;<div id=Merge style="font-weight: bold">Merge</div>
;<div id=Meta style="font-weight: bold">Meta</div>
:: A separate [[wiki#Wiki|Wiki]] ([http://meta.wikipedia.org http://meta.wikipedia.org]) used to discuss general Wikipedia matters. In the past, this has been called ''Metapedia'', ''Meta Wikipedia'', ''Meta Wikimedia'', and many other combinations. :: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Meta|Meta]].''
;<div id=Meta_page style="font-weight: bold">Meta page</div>
:: Page A page that provides information about WikipediaOrthodoxWiki. Meta pages are more correctly referred to as [[Wikipedia:project #Project namespace|project namespace]] pages. Meta pages should not be confused with a page on Meta-Wikimedia. :: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Meta page]].''
;<div id=Mirror style="font-weight: bold">Mirror</div>
:: A website other than Wikipedia OrthodoxWiki that uses content original to Wikipedia OrthodoxWiki as a source for at least some of its content. :: ''See also <small>[[Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks#top|top]].''</small>
==N==
;<div id=Namespace style="font-weight: bold">n/a</div>
;<div id=Namespace style="font-weight: bold">Namespace</div>
:: A way to classify pages. Wikipedia OrthodoxWiki has namespaces for encyclopedia articles, pages about Wikipedia OrthodoxWiki(meta pages), user pages (User:), special pages (Special:), mediawiki pages (MediaWiki:) and talk pages (Talk:, Wikipedia OrthodoxWiki talk:, and User talk:).
;<div id=Navigation style="font-weight:bold">Navigation </div>: ''See also : The use of links to travel from the current [[Wikipedia:Namespace#Page|page]]to another page.''
;<div id=Newbie_test style="font-weight: bold">Newbie test</div>
:: ''Also used: '''newb test''', '''noob test'''.''
:: An edit made by a newcomer to Wikipedia, just to see if "Edit this page" ''really'' does what it sounds like. Newcomers should use [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Sandbox]] for this purpose.
;<div id=Nickname style="font-weight:bold">Nickname </div>: ''See also : An entry in the [[#User Profile|User Profile]] tab of [[Wikipedia:Clueless newbies#Preferences|Preferences]], it is used for to generate a [[#Signature|signature]]in an edit box.''
;<div id=NPOV style="font-weight: bold">NPOV</div>
:: [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|Neutral point of view]]'''N'''eutral '''p'''oint '''o'''f '''v'''iew, or the agreement to report subjective opinions objectively, so as not to cause edit wars between opposing sides. As a verb, to remove biased statements or slanted phrasing. As an adjective, it indicates that an article is in compliance with Wikipedia[[OrthodoxWiki:Style Manual (Point of View)|OrthodoxWiki's NPOV policy]];<div id=Nupedia style="font-weight: bold"small>Nupedia</div>:: A Wikipedia predecessor project that shut down in 2003. It is currently inactive and there are no plans to resurrect it. :: ''See also: [[Wikipedia:Nupedia and Wikipedia#top|top]].''</small>
==O==
;<div id=Orphan style="font-weight: bold">Orphan</div>
:: A page with no links from other pages. You can view lists of [[Special:Lonelypages|orphaned articles]] and [[Special:Unusedimages|images]].
 :: ''See also <small>[[Wikipedia:Orphan#top|top]].''</small>
==P==
;<div id=Page style="font-weight: bold">Page</div>
:: Any individual topic within WikipediaOrthodoxWiki; the [[web page]] without the top, bottom and side bars. Pages include [[#Article|articles]], [[#Stubs|stubs]], [[#redirects|redirects]], [[#disambiguation pages|disambiguation pages]], [[#user pages|user pages]], [[#talk pages|talk pages]], documentation [[Special:Categories|Categories]] and [[WikipediaSpecial:Special pagesSpecialpages|special pages]].
;<div id=Patent_nonsense style="font-weight: bold">Patent nonsense</div>
::A humorous pejorative applied to articles that are either completely unintelligible or totally irrelevant. See [[Wikipedia:Patent nonsense]]. ;<div id=Phase_I style="font-weight: bold">Phase I</div>:: The [[wiki software]] [[UseModWiki]]. Wikipedia used this software prior to [[January 25]], [[2002]]. ;<div id=Phase_II style="font-weight: bold">Phase II</div>:: The wiki software written by [[User:Magnus Manske]] and adopted by Wikipedia after [[January 25]], [[2002]] ([[Magnus Manske Day]]). ;<div id=Phase_III style="font-weight: bold">Phase III</div>:: A rewritten and improved version of the Phase II software. It was eventually renamed to [[MediaWiki]]. Wikipedia currently uses MediaWiki version 1.4 :: ''See also [[Wikipedia:MediaWiki]], [[m:MediaWiki]].'' ;<div id=Phase_IV style="font-weight: bold">Phase IV</div>:: A dreamy proposal for the next generation of Wikipedia software made back when complete rewrites were in vogue. Development is now focused on incremental progress. :: ''See also [[m:Wikipedia4]].''
;<div id=Piped_link style="font-weight: bold">Piped link</div>
:: A link where the displayed text is not the name of the target article. Such links are created using the ''pipe character'' "|" e.g. <nowiki>[[Target article|Displayed text]]</nowiki>. The '''pipe trick''' is a software feature that generates the displayed text for you in certain circumstances.
;<div id=POV style="font-weight:bold">POV</div>: : '''P'''oint '''o'''f '''v'See also [[Wikipedia:Piped link]].''iew. Often used negatively as an adjective to indicate bias, as in "That reply was POV, not neutral.".
;<div id=POV Preferences style="font-weight: bold">POVPreferences </div>:: [[Wikipedia:Point of view|Point of view]]. Often used negatively as an [[adjective]] to indicate [[bias]], as in "That reply was POV, not neutral."User information and settings that customize the site for a user.
;<div id=Project_namespace style="font-weight: bold">Project namespace</div>
:: The project namespace, [[WikipediaSpecial:project Allpages&from=&namespace=4|project namespace''OrthodoxWiki:'']] , is a [[Wikipedia:namespace#Namespace|namespace]] dedicated to providing information about wikipediaOrthodoxWiki.
;<div id=Protected_page style="font-weight: bold">Protected page</div>
:: A page that cannot be edited except by sysops. Usually this is done to cool down an edit war.
:: ''See also <small>[[Wikipedia:This page is protected#top|top]].'' ;<div id=The_Pump style="font-weight: bold">The Pump</divsmall>:: ''Also used: '''VP'''.'' :: A nickname for [[Wikipedia:Village pump]]. 
==Q==
;<div id=Quickpoll style="font-weight: bold">Quickpoll</div>
:: A poll among Wikipedia regulars on issues that need to be quickly resolved, such as the banning of problematic users. Also used as verb: ''to quickpoll'', meaning ''to hold a quickpoll''. Considered obsolete.
<small>[[#top|top]]</small>
==R==
;<div id=Rambot style="font-weight: bold">Rambot</div>
:: A controversial [[#Bot|bot]] written by [[User:Ram-Man]] and used to enter [[United States]] geographical data for tens of thousands of cities, notable and otherwise.
;<div id=Redirect style="font-weight:bold">RC</div>: ''See also :An abbreviation for [[User talkSpecial:RambotRecentchanges|'''R'''ecent'''c'''hanges]].''
;<div id=Redirect style="font-weight: bold">RC</div>::An abbreviation for ''See also [[SpecialHelp:RecentchangesRecent changes]].''
;<div id=Redirect style="font-weight: bold">Redirect</div>
:: ''Also used: '''redir'''.''
:: A page title which, when requested, merely sends the reader to another page. This is used for synonyms and ease of linking. For example, ''[[impressionistFast]]'' might redirect to ''[[impressionismFasting]]''. :: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Redirect]].''
;<div id=Red_link style="font-weight: bold">Red link</div>
;<div id=Revert war style="font-weight: bold">Revert war</div>
:: ''See '''[[#Edit war|Edit war]]'''.''
 
;<div id=RfA style="font-weight: bold">RfA</div>
:: Can mean [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship|request for adminship]] or [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration|request for arbitration]], depending on the context. The latter is frequently abbreviated '''''RfAr''''' to avoid the ambiguity.
 
;<div id=RfC style="font-weight: bold">RfC</div>
:: Request for comment, part of the [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution|dispute resolution]] process. A request for comment is an informal process for soliciting input from Wikipedians about a question of article content or a user?s conduct.
 
:: ''See also: [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment]].''
 
;<div id=RfD style="font-weight: bold">RfD</div>
:: The [[Wikipedia:Redirects for deletion]] page.
 
;<div id=RfM style="font-weight: bold">RfM</div>
:: Request for [[Wikipedia:Glossary#mediation|mediation]], part of the [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution|dispute resolution]] process.
 
:: ''See also: [[Wikipedia:Requests for mediation]].''
;<div id=rm style="font-weight: bold">rm</div>
;<div id=rv style="font-weight: bold">rv</div>
:: Revert. An edit summary indicating that the page has been reverted to a previous version, often because of [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:vandalism|vandalism]]. :: ''See also <small>[[Wikipedia:How to revert a page to an earlier version#top|top]].''</small>
==S==
;<div id=s/word1/word2/ style="font-weight: bold">s/word1/word2/</div>
:: Replace ''word1'' with ''word2''. Used in edit summaries. It is a reference to the command for "find and replace" in languages such as [[''sed]] '' and [[''Perl]]''. '''s/word1/word2/g''' means "replace ''all occurrences'' of ''word1'' with ''word2''" (''g'' stands for "global").
;<div id=Sandbox style="font-weight: bold">Sandbox</div>
:: A [[sandbox]] is a page that users may edit however they want. Though it is meant to help users experiment and gain familiarity with [[#Wiki markup|Wiki markup]], the public sandbox at [[Wikipedia:Sandbox]] is often filled with [[Wikipedia:Sandbox In-sand-ity|strange things]] and [[Wikipedia:patent nonsense|patent nonsense]]. In addition to the public sandbox, users may create private sandboxes on [[Wikipedia:subpages#Subpages|subpages]] of their [[Wikipedia:user #ser page|user page]], e.g. [[User:Hephaestos/Sandbox]].
;<div id=Section_editing style="font-weight: bold">Section editing</div>
;<div id=Self-link style="font-weight: bold">Self-link</div>
:: A Wikilink contained in an article that points the reader to that same article, e.g. linking ''[[Vice President]]'' in the article "[[Vice President]]". Such links are automatically displayed as '''strongly emphasised text''' rather than links, but the more complex case of a link which ''redirects'' to the same article is not, and should be [[#De-Wikify|de-wikified]]. ;<div id=Sidebar style="font-weight: bold">Sidebar </div>:: Displayed on the left edge of the page below the site logo (if using the default skin). The sidebar gives access to other pages in OrthodoxWiki for [[#WikifyNavigation|navigation]] or information. ;<div id=Signature style="font-weight: bold">Signature </div>:: The tag used on [[#Talk page|wikifiedtalk pages]]at the end of a posted comment. It can be generated by clicking the signature tab of the edit box.
;<div id=Skin style="font-weight: bold">Skin</div>
;<div id=Sock_puppet style="font-weight: bold">Sock puppet</div>
:: Another user account created secretly by an existing wikipedian, generally to manufacture the illusion of support in a vote or argument.
 
:: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Sock puppet]].''
;<div id=Soft_redirect style="font-weight: bold">Soft redirect</div>
:: A very short article or page that essentially points the reader in the direction of another page. Used in cases where a normal redirect is inappropriate for various reasons (e.g. it is a cross-wiki redirect)
;<div id=Sp style="font-weight:bold">sp</div>: : Short for ''spelling correction''See also . Used in [[Wikipedia:Soft redirect#Edit summary|edit summaries]]''.
;<div id=sp Special pages style="font-weight: bold">spSpecial pages </div>:: Short for ''spelling correction''. Used The pages in the [[Wikipedia:Edit summary#Namespace|edit summariesnamespace]]"Special:" have no corresponding wikitext; they are created by the software on demand.
;<div id=Split style="font-weight: bold">Split</div>
:: An [[#Administrator|Administrator]] who has been empowered to change any user's status, including granting and revoking Administrator status and granting [[#Bureaucrat|bureaucrat]] status.
;<div id=Style Manual style="font-weight:bold">Style Manual </div>: '': Guidelines that outline the way most pages are formatted and styled on OrthodoxWiki. See also : [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Administrators#StewardsStyle Manual]].''
;<div id=Stub style="font-weight: bold">Stub</div>
:: An article usually consisting of one short paragraph or less.
 
:: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Find or fix a stub]].''
;<div id=Sub-stub style="font-weight: bold">Sub-stub</div>
:: A very short [[#Stub|stub]]. For example, an article that is no more than a simple definition ("An airplane is a type of winged flying vehicle").
 
:: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Substub]].''
;<div id=Subpage style="font-weight: bold">Subpage</div>
:: A page connected to a parent page. You can only create subpages in certain namespaces. Do not use subpages in the main article space.
;<div id=SUBST style="font-weight:bold">SUBST: ''See also </div>:: Evokes a [[Wikipedia:Subpages#template|template]]without an automatic link, just a one time substitution. If the template changes in the future the substituted text will not automatically change.''
;<div id=Sysop style="font-weight: bold">Sysop</div>
:: ''See '''[[#Admin|Admin]]'''.''
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==T==
;<div id=Talk_page style="font-weight: bold">Talk page</div>
:: A page reserved for discussion. All pages within Wikipedia (except talk pages themselves!) have talk pages attached to them. :: ''See also Use the discussion tab to access the talk page for any [[#Article|article]] or [[Wikipedia:Talk #User page|User page]].''
;<div id=Taxobox style="font-weight: bold">Taxobox</div>:: A type of [[#Infobox|infobox]], a taxobox is a [[taxonomy]] table positioned at the right side of an entry for a species of organism (or for a [[genus]] or [[family]]), giving a chart of the [[Kingdom (biology)|kingdom]], [[phylum]], etc. of the creature. Taxoboxes are also used for similar standardised tables. :: ''See also '''[[WikipediaHelp:TaxoboxTalk page]]'''.''
;<div id=Template style="font-weight: bold">Template</div>
:: A way of automatically including the contents of one page within another page, used for '''[[#Boilerplate text|boilerplate text]]''', navigational aids, etc.
 
:: ''See also: [[Wikipedia:Template namespace]].''
;<div id=TfD style="font-weight: bold">TfD</div>
:: The [[Wikipedia:A Templates for deletion]] page.
;<div id=Transclusion style="font-weight: bold">Transclusion</div>
;<div id=Translation style="font-weight: bold">Translation</div>
:: The English-language Wikipedia OrthodoxWiki should have only pages in English. Non-English pages are subject to deletion unless translated. :: ''See also: [[Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English]] for pages on the English Wikipedia that are written in a foreign language; [[Wikipedia:Translation into English]] for requests for translations into English of pages from foreign-language Wikipedias.''
;<div id=Transwiki style="font-weight: bold">Transwiki</div>
:: Move a page to another wiki, in particular [[Wiktionary]], [[Wikibooks]], [[Wikisource]] or [http://sep11.wikipedia.org sep11].
;<div id=Trapeza style="font-weight:bold">Trapeza </div>: ''See also [[m:Transwiki]]The main discussion point for OrthodoxWiki.''
;<div id=Troll style="font-weight: bold">Troll</div>
:: A user who incites or engages in disruptive behavior ('''trolling'''). This term is applied fairly arbitrarily; generally, it can be assumed that someone who calls another user a ''troll'' simply does not like that user. [[#Admin|Admins]] sometimes consider trolling to be justification for [[#Ban|banning]] indefinitely. The validity of this is somewhat questionable, partly because the definition of ''troll'' is not agreed upon, and because calling someone a troll has an effect similar to calling them a [[Nazi]]: no further meaningful debate can be held.
:: ''Compare with '''[[#Cabal|Cabal]]'''.''
 
:: ''See also [[polarization (psychology)|polarization]].''
;<div id=Tyop style="font-weight: bold">Tyop</div>
:: A cute misspelling of [['''typo]]'''. Used as an edit summary when correcting typos. :: ''See also <small>[[Wikipedia:typo#top|top]].''</small>
==U==
;<div id=Unencyclopedic style="font-weight: bold">Unencyclopedic</div>
:: What should not be in Wikipediaa [[#Wiki|Wiki]]; the term is highly debated and sometimes considered useless or tautological. ;<div id=Un-wiki style="font-weight: bold">Un-wiki</div>:: Going against the character of a [[#Wiki|Wiki]]. Usually saying that something is un-wiki means that it makes editing more difficult or impossible.''
;<div id=Un-wiki style="font-weight:bold">Userbox</div>: '':A userbox is a small rectangular box that appears on a [[#User page|userpage]]. It can show someone’s abilities in different languages, or it can also show the user’s interests and associations. Sometimes a user will create one just for fun. See also : [[WikipediaHelp:UnencyclopedicUserbox]].''
;<div id=Un-wiki User style="font-weight: bold">Un-wikiUser</div>:: Going against the character of a [[Wiki]]. Usually saying that something is un-wiki means that it makes editing more difficult or impossible.
;<div id=UseMod style="font-weight: bold">UseMod</div>:: ''See A contributor, an [[#Editor|editor]]. Sometimes called a [[UseModWiki#Wikipedian|Wikipedian]].''
;<div id=User_page style="font-weight: bold">User page</div>
:: A personal page for [[Wikipedia:#Wikipedians|Wikipedians]]. Most people use their pages to introduce themselves and to keep various personal notes and lists. They are also used by Wikipedians to communicate with each other via the user talk pages. A user page is linked to as <nowiki>[[User:Hephaestos|Hephaestos]]</nowiki> and appears as [[User:Hephaestos|Hephaestos]].
:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:User pageguidelines]].''
;<div id=User_Profile style="font-weight: bold">User Profile </div>
:: A [[#Special pages|special page]] where [[#Preferences|Preferences]] can be viewed or changed.
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==V==
;<div id=Vandalbot style="font-weight: bold">Vandalbot</div>
:: Some kind of [[#botBot|bot]] being used for vandalism or spamming. Recognizable by the fact that one or a few IP-addresses make many similar clearly vandalist edits in a short time. In the worst cases these have created or vandalized hundreds of pages in several Wikipedias in a timespan of only minutes.
:: ''See also [[m:Vandalbot]].''
;<div id=Vandalism style="font-weight: bold">Vandalism</div>
:: Deliberate defacement of Wikipedia pages. This can be by deleting text or writing nonsense, bad language etcetera. The term is often incorrectly used to discredit the views of an opponent in edit wars. Vandalism can be reported at to [[WikipediaSpecial:Vandalism in progressListusers/sysop|one of the Sysops]].
:: ''See also [[mOrthodoxWiki:Wikipedia vandalismVandalism]].''
;<div id=Vanity_page style="font-weight: bold">Vanity page</div>
:: A page in the article [[Wikipedia:#Namespace|namespace]] that presents biographical details of a non-famous person favorably and is considered inappropriate and/or [[Wikipedia:#Unencyclopedic|unencyclopedic]] by most Wikipedians. Such articles are often suspected to be written by their subjects. :: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a vanity press]].'' ;<div id=VfD style="font-weight: bold"small>VfD</div>:: The [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion#top|top]] page.  :: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion phrases]] for explanation of some terms used on VfD.'' ;<div id=VfU style="font-weight: bold">VfU</divsmall>:: The [[Wikipedia:Votes for undeletion]] page. 
==W==
;<div id=Watchlist style="font-weight: bold">Watchlist</div>
:: ''See also: [[meta:Help:Watching pages|Help:Watching pages]]''.
;<div id=Wikibooks Wiki style="font-weight: bold">WikibooksWiki</div>:: A Wikipedia sister project that works to develop free textbooks, manuals, and other texts online.
:: ''See also Server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content (mostly [[Wikibooks#Article|articles]]using any Web browser. A Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between pages on the fly. It is also a database of these pages and the users of the site.''
;<div id=Wikibreak style="font-weight: bold">Wikibreak</div>
:: ''Also used: '''Wikivacation'''.''
:: When a [[Wikipedia:#Wikipedian|Wikipedian]] takes a break from [[Wikipedia]]. :: ''See also [[m:Wikibreak]].'Wiki'''activity.
;<div id=Wikify style="font-weight: bold">Wikify</div>
:: To format using [[#Wiki markup|wiki markup ]] (as opposed to plain text or [[HTML]]) and add internal links to material, incorporating it into the whole of WikipediaOrthodoxWiki. Noun: '''Wikification'''. Sometimes abbreviated '''wfy'''.
;<div id=Wikilink style="font-weight: bold">Wikilink</div>
:: A link to another Wikipedia OrthodoxWiki page, as opposed to an '''[[#External link|external link]]'''. See [[Wikipedia:Canonicalization]].
;<div id=Wiki_markup style="font-weight: bold">Wiki markup</div>
:: ''Also used: '''wiki text''', '''wikitext''' and '''wiki markup text'''.''
:: Code like HTML, but simplified and more convenient, for example <nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki> instead of <nowiki><b>bold</b></nowiki>. It is the source code stored in the database and shown in the edit box. [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Searching|Searching]] by the Wikipedia software is done in the wikitextwiki markup text, as opposed to searching by Google, which is done in the resulting text. The size of a page is the size of the wikitextwiki markup text.
:: ''See also [[WikipediaHelp:How to edit a pageEditing]].''
;<div id=Wikimedia style="font-weight: bold">Wikimedia</div>
:: ''Compare with '''[[#MediaWiki|MediaWiki]]'''.''
 
:: ''See also [[Wikimedia]].''
;<div id=Wikipedian style="font-weight: bold">Wikipedian</div>
:: ''Also used: '''Wikipedist''', '''Wikipede'''.''
:: A contributor to Wikipedia, also called a [[#User|user]] or [[#Editor|editor]].
:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:WikipediansUser guidelines]].''
;<div id=WikiProject style="font-weight: bold">WikiProject</div>
:: An attempt to standardise the content and formatting of a particular category of articles using an agreed template.
 
:: ''See also [[Wikipedia:WikiProject]].''
;<div id=Wikiquette style="font-weight: bold">Wikiquette</div>
:: The Wikipedia etiquette of working with others on WikipediaWiki site:: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Wikiquette]].'' ;<div id=Wikiquote style="font-weight: bold">Wikiquote</div>::A Wikipedia sister project to create a free online collection of quotations. :: ''See also [[Wikiquote]].'' ;<div id=Wikisource style="font-weight: bold">Wikisource</div>:: A Wikipedia sister project to create a free online compendium of primary source texts. :: ''See also [[Wikisource]].''
;<div id=Wikistress style="font-weight: bold">Wikistress</div>
:: Personal stress or tension induced by editing Wikipedia, or more often by being involved in minor conflict with another editor. Some users maintain a Wikistress meter on their user page. See <small>[[Template_talk:Wstress3d#top|Wikistress templatetop]]. ;<div id=Wiktionary style="font-weight: bold">Wiktionary</divsmall>:: A Wikipedia sister project to create a free online dictionary of every language.==X====Y==:: ''See also [[Wiktionary]].''==Z==
==?==
;<div id=en style="font-weight: bold">en: / de: / ja: / etc.</div>
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