These minor changes improve consistency and maintainability of article source. I mark these edits minor unless the work also includes another substantial change. I try not to make edits that only include minor changes.
Short description
Add or improve
Export better description to WikiData (and edit for initial lowercase)
Tags
Add necessary tags
Remove resolved tags
Establish WP:ENGVAR, tag and create consistency
Acronyms
Link to the full description then define acronym parenthetically
- plastic optical fiber (POF)
- plastic optical fiber ( POF)
Don't define an acronym if it is not used later in the article
- except if the term is widely known by its acronym
Links
Avoid back-to-back links ( WP:SOB)
Do not WP:OVERLINK
Do not MOS:REPEATLINK
Piped links
Do not use a redirect as the target in a piped link
Avoid using pipes for alternate terminology. Use a redirect or, better yet, change the terminology used in the source article to match the title of the target.
Avoid piped section links. Use redirects instead, if available.
Terms
MOS:TERM: Quotes are for things someone said. Use lower-case italics for technical terms.
Title
WP:LOWERCASE: Only use title case for proper nouns
MOS:ACROTITLE: Avoid acronyms in titles
Match title to first bold mention
Lead
MOS:BOLDSYN: Bold redirect targets
Create redirects for listed alternate names
Headings
MOS:HEAD: Only use title case for proper nouns
MOS:NOBACKREF: Don't repeat article title as part of heading
Content order
See also
20em column formatting for large See also sections
Sort alphabetically
Avoid unnecessary redirects
- No redlinks
- No disambig links
- No repeats of links already in article or navigation templates
Move links to body
Notes
Move tangential material to Notes section with {{ efn}} and {{ notelist}}
Referencing
Convert external links to references
Combine repeated references
Endmatter
Double horizontal space before {{ Stub}} templates
Remove custom {{ Reflist}} column formatting
Bracket additional sources with {{ Refbegin}} and {{ Refend}}
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These minor changes improve consistency and maintainability of article source. I mark these edits minor unless the work also includes another substantial change. I try not to make edits that only include minor changes.
Short description
Add or improve
Export better description to WikiData (and edit for initial lowercase)
Tags
Add necessary tags
Remove resolved tags
Establish WP:ENGVAR, tag and create consistency
Acronyms
Link to the full description then define acronym parenthetically
- plastic optical fiber (POF)
- plastic optical fiber ( POF)
Don't define an acronym if it is not used later in the article
- except if the term is widely known by its acronym
Links
Avoid back-to-back links ( WP:SOB)
Do not WP:OVERLINK
Do not MOS:REPEATLINK
Piped links
Do not use a redirect as the target in a piped link
Avoid using pipes for alternate terminology. Use a redirect or, better yet, change the terminology used in the source article to match the title of the target.
Avoid piped section links. Use redirects instead, if available.
Terms
MOS:TERM: Quotes are for things someone said. Use lower-case italics for technical terms.
Title
WP:LOWERCASE: Only use title case for proper nouns
MOS:ACROTITLE: Avoid acronyms in titles
Match title to first bold mention
Lead
MOS:BOLDSYN: Bold redirect targets
Create redirects for listed alternate names
Headings
MOS:HEAD: Only use title case for proper nouns
MOS:NOBACKREF: Don't repeat article title as part of heading
Content order
See also
20em column formatting for large See also sections
Sort alphabetically
Avoid unnecessary redirects
- No redlinks
- No disambig links
- No repeats of links already in article or navigation templates
Move links to body
Notes
Move tangential material to Notes section with {{ efn}} and {{ notelist}}
Referencing
Convert external links to references
Combine repeated references
Endmatter
Double horizontal space before {{ Stub}} templates
Remove custom {{ Reflist}} column formatting
Bracket additional sources with {{ Refbegin}} and {{ Refend}}
Talk page
Implement any suggested improvements
Close any completed discussions
Update ratings and importance
Curate WikiProjects
Enable auto-archiving for long and old pages