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:''For a list of abbreviations, see [[Help:Abbreviations]].''
This is a '''glossary''' of terms used on FANDOM, and on wikis in general, based on the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Glossary|Wikipedia glossary]].
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This is a '''glossary''' of terms used on Fandom and wikis in general, based on the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Glossary|Wikipedia glossary]].
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Contents: [[#A|A]] [[#B|B]] [[#C|C]] [[#D|D]] [[#E|E]] [[#G|G]] [[#H|H]] [[#I|I]] [[#L|L]] [[#M|M]] [[#N|N]] [[#O|O]] [[#P|P]] [[#R|R]] [[#S|S]] [[#T|T]] [[#U|U]] [[#V|V]] [[#W|W]] [[#X|X]] [[#Y|Y]] [[#Z|Z]]
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<div class="toc toctitle" style="word-spacing: 7px; width: auto; margin: 0 auto; display: inline-block; padding: 10px 15px; font-weight: 500;">'''Contents:''' [[#A|A]] [[#B|B]] [[#C|C]] [[#D|D]] [[#E|E]] [[#F|F]] [[#G|G]] [[#H|H]] [[#I|I]] [[#L|L]] [[#M|M]] [[#N|N]] [[#O|O]] [[#P|P]] [[#R|R]] [[#S|S]] [[#T|T]] [[#U|U]] [[#V|V]] [[#W|W]]</div>
   
 
== A ==
 
== A ==
; <div id="Admin"></div>Admin
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; <div id="Admin"> </div>Admin
 
: ''Also used: '''sysop'''.''
 
: ''Also used: '''sysop'''.''
: Short for [[Help:User access levels|Administrator]]. A user with extra technical privileges who does housework such as deleting pages and blocking vandals.
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: Short for [[Help:User rights#Administrators|Administrator]]. A user with extra technical privileges who does housework such as deleting pages and blocking vandals.
   
; <div id="Anchor"></div>Anchor
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; <div id="Adoption"> </div>Adoption
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: The process of a user requesting administration rights for a community with no active administrator.
: An [[Help:HTML|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]] of a page.
 
 
: ''See also: [[Help:Adopting a community]]''
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; <div id="Anchor"> </div>Anchor
 
: An [[Help:HTML|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 [[Help:Formatting pages#Headings|section]] of a page.
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; <div id="Anon_notice"> </div>Anon Notice
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: ''Also used: '''anonnotice'''.''
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: A feature that can be used in tandem with a wiki's [[#Site_Notice|Site Notice]], allowing admins to differentiate provide separate wiki-level notifications to users who haven't logged in, by having content in a wiki's MediaWiki:Anonnotice page that differs from the MediaWiki:Sitenotice page.
 
: ''See also: [[Help:Site notice]].''
   
 
== B ==
 
== B ==
; <div id="Blanking"></div>Blanking
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; <div id="Background_image"> </div>Background image
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: The background image is a customization option available to wikis via [[Help:ThemeDesigner|ThemeDesigner]], allowing for an image to either cover the full body of the wiki (behind the header and article space), or a smaller image to be placed at the top (see [[#Header_image|header image]]).
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: ''See also: [[Help:ThemeDesigner]]''
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; <div id="Blanking"> </div>Blanking
 
: Removing all content from a page. Newcomers often do this accidentally. On the other hand, if blanking an article is done in bad faith, it is ''[[#Vandalism|vandalism]]''. If blanking is done to a vandalized brand-new page, it is maintenance, and the page should be deleted by an [[#Admin|admin]].
 
: Removing all content from a page. Newcomers often do this accidentally. On the other hand, if blanking an article is done in bad faith, it is ''[[#Vandalism|vandalism]]''. If blanking is done to a vandalized brand-new page, it is maintenance, and the page should be deleted by an [[#Admin|admin]].
   
; <div id="Block"></div>Block
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; <div id="Block"> </div>Block
 
: The act of removing the ability to edit from a certain user or IP address on a single community, usually done by an administrator against users or IP addresses causing [[Help:Vandalism|vandalism]].
 
: The act of removing the ability to edit from a certain user or IP address on a single community, usually done by an administrator against users or IP addresses causing [[Help:Vandalism|vandalism]].
   
; <div id="Boilerplate_text"></div>Boilerplate text
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; <div id="Boilerplate_text"> </div>Boilerplate text
 
: A standard message which can be added to an article using a template.
 
: A standard message which can be added to an article using a template.
   
; <div id="Broken_link"></div>Broken link
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; <div id="Broken_link"> </div>Broken link
 
: ''Also used: '''edit link''', '''red link'''.''
 
: ''Also used: '''edit link''', '''red link'''.''
 
: A link to a nonexistent page, usually colored red. List of such links can be found on [[Special:WantedPages]].
 
: A link to a nonexistent page, usually colored red. List of such links can be found on [[Special:WantedPages]].
   
; <div id="Broken_redirect"></div>Broken redirect
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; <div id="Broken_redirect"> </div>Broken redirect
: Redirect to a non-existent page. These are listed at [[Special:BrokenRedirects]] and should usually be removed or redirected.
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: Redirect to a non-existent page. These are listed at [[Special:BrokenRedirects]] and should usually be removed or edited to point to an existing page.
   
; <div id="Bureaucrat"></div>Bureaucrat
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; <div id="Bureaucrat"> </div>Bureaucrat
: A user who can promote and demote other users to the positions of rollback, content mod and admin, and promote to bureaucrat. Sometimes just called "crat".
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: A user who can promote and demote other users to the positions of rollback, content mod and admin, and promote to bureaucrat. Sometimes just called "bcrat" or "crat".
   
 
== C ==
 
== C ==
<div id="CC-BY-SA"> </div>
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; <div id="CC-BY-SA"> </div>CC-BY-SA
 
: The [[Help:Licensing#CC-BY-SA license|Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License]] is the license under which most of the content on Fandom is published.
; CC-BY-SA
 
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: ''See also: [[Help:Licensing]]''
: The [[Help:Wikia copyrights|Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License]] is the license under which most of the content on FANDOM is published.
 
: ''See also [[Help:Licensing]].''
 
<div id="Contributor"> </div>
 
   
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; <div id="Content_Team_Member"> </div>Content Team Member (CTM)
; Contributor
 
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: Former name of [[#Wiki Specialist|Wiki Specialists]].
: A contributor to a FANDOM project.
 
<div id="Copyvio"> </div>
 
   
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; <div id="Contributor"> </div>Contributor
; Copyvio
 
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: Someone that makes useful edits to a Fandom project.
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; <div id="Copyvio"> </div>Copyvio
 
: Copyright violation.
 
: Copyright violation.
: ''See also [[Help:Wikia copyrights]].''
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: ''See also: [[Help:Licensing]]''
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<div id="Cut_and_paste_move"> </div>
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; <div id="CSS"> </div>CSS
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: Short for ''Cascading Style Sheets'', a type of style sheet that allows a user to customize their wiki with unique designs, layouts, and fonts.
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: ''See also: [[Help:CSS and JS customization]]''
   
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; <div id="Cut_and_paste_move"> </div>Cut and paste move
 
: Moving a page by taking the text of the page, and copying it into the edit window for a 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.
 
: Moving a page by taking the text of the page, and copying it into the edit window for a 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 [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:How to fix cut and paste moves]].''
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: ''See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Fixing cut-and-paste moves|Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Fixing cut-and-paste moves]]''
   
 
== D ==
 
== D ==
; <div id="dab"></div>dab
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; <div id="dab"> </div>dab
: ''See '''[[#Disambiguation|Disambiguation]]'''.''
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: ''See [[#Disambiguation|Disambiguation]].''
   
; <div id="Data_dump"></div>Data dump
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; <div id="Data_dump"> </div>Data dump
: To import material from outside sources into FANDOM without editing, formatting and linking. This is often not useful and generally discouraged.
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: To import material from outside sources into Fandom without editing, formatting and linking. This is often not useful and generally discouraged.
: ''See also '''[[#Wikify|Wikify]]'''.''
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: ''See [[#Wikify|Wikify]]''
   
; <div id="Dead-end_page"></div>Dead-end page
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; <div id="Dead-end_page"> </div>Dead-end page
 
: Page that has no links to existing other pages, except perhaps interlanguage links. [[Special:Deadendpages]] lists them.
 
: Page that has no links to existing other pages, except perhaps interlanguage links. [[Special:Deadendpages]] lists them.
   
; <div id="De-admin"></div>De-admin
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; <div id="De-admin"> </div>De-admin
: ''See '''[[#De-sysop|De-sysop]]'''.''
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: ''See [[#De-sysop|De-sysop]].''
   
; <div id="De-sysop"></div>De-sysop
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; <div id="De-sysop"> </div>De-sysop
: ''Also used: '''De-admin'''.''
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: ''Also used: '''de-admin'''.''
: To take away someone's administrator status. [[Help:User access levels#What can bureaucrats do on a wiki?|Local bureaucrats]] and [[Help:Community_Team|FANDOM Staff]] have the ability to do this.
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: To take away someone's administrator status. Demotion. [[Help:User rights#Bureaucrats|Local bureaucrats]] and [[Help:Community_Team|Fandom Staff]] have the ability to do this.
   
; <div id="De-Wikify"></div>De-Wikify
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; <div id="De-Wikify"> </div>De-wikify
: ''Also used: '''Un-Wikify'''.''
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: ''Also used: '''un-wikify'''.''
 
: To remove (de-link) a [[#Wikify|wikification]] of an article. This can be done to remove [[#Self-link|selflinks]] or excessive common-noun Wikification.
 
: To remove (de-link) a [[#Wikify|wikification]] of an article. This can be done to remove [[#Self-link|selflinks]] or excessive common-noun Wikification.
   
; <div id="Diff"></div>Diff
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; <div id="Diff"> </div>Diff
 
: The difference between two versions of a page, as displayed using the ''Page history'' feature, or from [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]]. The versions to compare are encoded in the URL, so you can make a link by copying and pasting it - for instance when discussing a specific change to an article.
 
: The difference between two versions of a page, as displayed using the ''Page history'' feature, or from [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]]. The versions to compare are encoded in the URL, so you can make a link by copying and pasting it - for instance when discussing a specific change to an article.
: ''See also [[MetaWikipedia:Help:Diff]].''
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: ''See also: [[#History]]''
   
; <div id="Dirty_Diff"></div>Dirty Diff
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; <div id="Dirty_Diff"> </div>Dirty diff
 
: When a diff contains unexpected changes to the wikitext markup, unrelated to the user's input.
 
: When a diff contains unexpected changes to the wikitext markup, unrelated to the user's input.
: This may occur when pasting rich-text, or when the Visual Editor alters formatting.
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: This may occur when pasting rich-text, or when the [[Help:VisualEditor|VisualEditor]] alters formatting.
   
; <div id="Disambiguation"></div>Disambiguation
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; <div id="Disambiguation"> </div>Disambiguation
 
: ''Also used: '''dab''', '''disambig'''.''
 
: ''Also used: '''dab''', '''disambig'''.''
 
: The process of resolving the conflict that occurs when articles about two or more different topics have the same natural title.
 
: The process of resolving the conflict that occurs when articles about two or more different topics have the same natural title.
: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Disambiguation]].''
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: ''See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Disambiguation|Wikipedia:Disambiguation]]''
   
; <div id="Disambiguation_page"></div>Disambiguation page
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; <div id="Disambiguation_page"> </div>Disambiguation page
 
: A page that contains various meanings of a word, and points to the pages where the various meanings are defined.
 
: A page that contains various meanings of a word, and points to the pages where the various meanings are defined.
   
;<div id="Double_redirect"></div>Double redirect
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; <div id="Discussions"> </div>Discussions
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: A social space feature where community members can have conversations about a variety of topics.
: A [[#Redirect|redirect]] which leads to another redirect. Counter-intuitively, this will not bring one to the final destination, so it needs to be eliminated by linking directly to the final target page. Listed at [[Special:DoubleRedirects]].
 
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: ''See also: [[Help:Discussions]]''
   
; <div id="Dupe"></div>Dupe
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;<div id="Double_redirect"> </div>Double redirect
 
: A [[#Redirect|redirect]] which leads to another redirect. Counter-intuitively, this will not bring one to the final destination, so it needs to be eliminated by linking directly to the final target page. These can be found using [[Special:DoubleRedirects]].
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; <div id="Dupe"> </div>Dup
 
: Short for a duplicate article. Often used when identifying a duplicate page that needs to be '''[[#Merge|merged]]''' with another.
 
: Short for a duplicate article. Often used when identifying a duplicate page that needs to be '''[[#Merge|merged]]''' with another.
   
 
== E ==
 
== E ==
; <div id="Edit_conflict"></div>Edit conflict
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; <div id="Edit_conflict"> </div>Edit conflict
 
: Two or more parties both attempt to save different edits to the same page at the same time. Usually, if this happens, you will be asked to re-do your edit into a newly modified page.
 
: Two or more parties both attempt to save different edits to the same page at the same time. Usually, if this happens, you will be asked to re-do your edit into a newly modified page.
: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Edit conflicts]].''
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: ''See also: [[Wikipedia:Help:Edit conflicts]]''
   
; <div id="Edit_link"></div>Edit link
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; <div id="Edit_link"> </div>Edit link
: ''See '''[[#Broken link|Broken link]]'''.''
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: ''See [[#Broken link|Broken link]]''
   
; <div id="Edit_summary"></div>Edit summary
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; <div id="Edit_summary"> </div>Edit summary
 
: The contents of the "Edit Summary:" field on the "Edit this page" page.
 
: The contents of the "Edit Summary:" field on the "Edit this page" page.
   
; <div id="Edit_war"></div>Edit war
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; <div id="Edit_war"> </div>Edit war
 
: ''Also used: '''revert war'''.''
 
: ''Also used: '''revert war'''.''
 
: Two or more parties repeatedly making their preferred changes to a page, and undoing the changes they do not agree with. An edit war should be stopped, and the disagreement resolved on a talk page.
 
: Two or more parties repeatedly making their preferred changes to a page, and undoing the changes they do not agree with. An edit war should be stopped, and the disagreement resolved on a talk page.
   
; <div id="External_link"></div>External link
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; <div id="EmbedVideo"> </div>EmbedVideo
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: An extension that allows editors to embed video content from 24 popular services on wiki pages.
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: ''See also: [[Help:EmbedVideo]]''
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; <div id="External_link"> </div>External link
 
: ''Also used: '''ext. ln''', '''ext lk''', or '''extlink'''.''
 
: ''Also used: '''ext. ln''', '''ext lk''', or '''extlink'''.''
: A link to a website outside of FANDOM. The alternatives are an '''internal link''' within the same community site, and an [[Help:Interwiki link|interwiki link]] to a different community.
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: A link to a website outside of Fandom. The alternatives are an '''internal link''' within the same community site, and an [[Help:Interwiki link|interwiki link]] to a different community. External links have a special arrow symbol appended to the end of the link to warn the reader that the link points to something outside the Fandom domain, [https://google.com like so].
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== F ==
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; <div id="FandomDesktop"> </div>FandomDesktop
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: FandomDesktop is the new design of the user interface for Fandom wikis (including formerly Gamepedia wikis) and Wikia.org wikis.
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: ''See also: [[Help:FandomDesktop]]''
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; <div id="FandomMobile"> </div>FandomMobile
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: FandomMobile is the mobile web experience now available to Fandom wikis by default.
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: ''See also: [[Help:FandomMobile]]''
   
 
== G ==
 
== G ==
; <div id="GPL"></div>GPL
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; <div id="GPL"> </div>GPL
: [[Wikipedia:GNU General Public License|GNU General Public License]]. [[Help:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]], the software that powers FANDOM, is released under this license.
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: [[Wikipedia:GNU General Public License|GNU General Public License]]. [[Help:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]], the software that powers Fandom, is released under this license.
   
; <div id="Guideline"></div>Guideline
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; <div id="Guideline"> </div>Guideline
: A guideline is a recommended best practice for doing something on a wiki, usually having to do with page creation or layout, but can be about almost anything (chat language, images, signatures, templates, etc.). It usually is less strictly enforced than a [[#Policy|policy]].
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: A guideline is a recommended best practice for doing something on a wiki, usually having to do with page creation or layout, but can be about almost anything (language use, images, signatures, templates, etc.). It usually is less strictly enforced than a [[#Policy|policy]].
   
 
== H ==
 
== H ==
; <div id="History"></div>History
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; <div id="Header_image"> </div>Header image
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: The header is an option of background image that can be added to a wiki, covering only the top area of it (behind the site logo, the navigation menu, and the tooltips).
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: ''See also: [[Help:ThemeDesigner]]''
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; <div id="History"> </div>History
 
: ''Also called: '''page history''' ''
 
: ''Also called: '''page history''' ''
 
: All previous versions of an article, from its creation to its current state.
 
: All previous versions of an article, from its creation to its current state.
: ''See also: '''[[MetaWikipedia:Help:Page history]]''' ''
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: ''See also: [[Help:Page history]]''
   
 
== I ==
 
== I ==
; <div id="Internal_link"></div>Internal link
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; <div id="Internal_link"> </div>Internal link
 
: ''Also used: '''wikilink''' ''
 
: ''Also used: '''wikilink''' ''
: A link pointing to another page within the same site created (in the source editor) by using the [[Help:Wikitext|wikitext]] markup double square-brackets <nowiki>"[[" and "]]"</nowiki>. These links usually show up as <font color="blue">blue</font> if they are working, and <font color="red">red</font> if they are [[#Broken link|broken]]. Note that they do not have the arrow symbol characteristic of an external link.
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: A link pointing to another page within the same site created (in the source editor) by using the [[Help:Wikitext|wikitext]] markup double square-brackets <nowiki>"[[" and "]]"</nowiki>. These links usually show up as <span style="color:#70B8FF;">blue</span> if they are working, and <span style="color:red;">red</span> if they are [[#Broken link|broken]]. Note that they do not have the arrow symbol characteristic of an external link.
   
; <div id="Interwiki"></div>Interwiki link
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; <div id="Infobox"> </div>Infobox
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:An infobox is a standard template used on [[#Mainspace|mainspace]] pages. Infoboxes have "fields", with each field denoting a different piece of information based on parameters set in the template. An example is for a television show, episode pages may rely on an infobox specifically for episodes, and will include information such as ''name'', ''episode number'', ''season'', and ''director''.
: A link to a different community's site on FANDOM. Usually links a word or name to a page covering the topic in depth on another site. Also seen at the bottom of pages when the page is available in different languages.
 
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:''See also: [[Help:Infoboxes]]''
   
; <div id="IP address"></div>IP address
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; <div id="Interwiki"> </div>Interwiki link
 
: A link to a different community's site on Fandom. Usually links a word or name to a page covering the topic in depth on another site. Also seen at the bottom of pages when the page is available in different languages.
:An '''Internet Protocol address''' ('''IP address''') is a numerical label assigned to each device (e.g. computer, printer) participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. An IP address serves two principal functions: host or network interface identification and location addressing.
 
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:''See also: [[Help:Interwiki link]]''
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; <div id="IP address"> </div>IP address
 
:An '''Internet Protocol address''' ('''IP address''') is a numerical label assigned to each device (e.g. computer, printer, phone) participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. An IP address serves two principal functions: host or network interface identification and location addressing.
   
 
== L ==
 
== L ==
; <div id="Language_link"></div>Language link
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; <div id="Language_link"> </div>Language link
: ''See '''[[#Interwiki|Interwiki link]]'''.''
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: ''See [[#Interwiki|Interwiki link]].''
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; <div id="Legacy"> </div>Legacy platform
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: A term commonly used to refer to the platform used by Fandom wikis prior to the rollout of the UCP.
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: ''See [[#UCP|Unified Community Platform]].''
   
 
== M ==
 
== M ==
;<div id="MediaWiki"></div>MediaWiki
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; <div id="Mainspace"> </div>Mainspace
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: The primary [[#Namespace|namespace]]. Pages in "Main" space have no prefix (like <code>Template:</code> or <code>File:</code>) and are considered the content of the wiki (as opposed to the pages that make the wiki work or how it appears).
: The software that powers FANDOM, and a namespace. Originally developed for Wikipedia, and now one of the most frequently used platforms for hosting wikis.
 
: ''See also [[Help:MediaWiki]], [[Help:MediaWiki namespace]].''
 
   
; <div id="Merge"></div>Merge
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; <div id="MediaWiki"> </div>MediaWiki
 
: The software that powers Fandom, and a namespace. Originally developed for Wikipedia, and now one of the most frequently used platforms for hosting wikis.
 
: ''See also: [[Help:MediaWiki]]''
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: "MediaWiki" is also the [[#Namespace|namespace]] for messages that allow customization of the interface of a wiki.
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: ''See also: [[Help:System messages]]''
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; <div id="Merge"> </div>Merge
 
: Taking the text of two pages, and combining them into a single page. Also used for the combination of two community sites.
 
: Taking the text of two pages, and combining them into a single page. Also used for the combination of two community sites.
   
; <div id="Mirror"></div>Mirror
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; <div id="Mirror"> </div>Mirror
: A website other than FANDOM that uses content original to FANDOM as a source for at least some of its content. This is allowed under [[#CC-BY-SA|CC-BY-SA]], provided that attribution is intact.
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: A website other than Fandom that uses content original to Fandom as a source for at least some of its content. This is allowed under [[#CC-BY-SA|CC-BY-SA]], provided that attribution is intact.
   
; <div id="Moderator"></div>Moderator
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; <div id="Moderator"> </div>Moderator
: A user who has special rights over management of a certain type of content. The most common types are Chat Moderators (manage chat content and users), Content Moderators (manage wiki content like pages and files), and Discussions Moderators (manage mobile Discussion threads and users). See [[Special:ListGroupRights]] for the rights and types of moderators.
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: A user who has special rights over management of a certain type of content. The most common types are Content Moderators (manage wiki content like pages and files) and Discussions Moderators (manage mobile Discussion threads and users). See [[Special:ListGroupRights]] for the rights and types of moderators.
   
 
== N ==
 
== N ==
; <div id="Namespace"></div>Namespace
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; <div id="Namespace"> </div>Namespace
: A way to classify pages. FANDOM has namespaces for the main content, pages about the project (which on many wikis will be in the main namespace), user pages (User:), special pages (Special:), MediaWiki pages (MediaWiki:) and talk pages (Talk:, Wikipedia talk:, and User talk:), and more.
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: A way to classify pages. Fandom has namespaces for the main content, pages about the project (which on many wikis will be in the main namespace), user pages (User:), file pages (File:), special pages (Special:), MediaWiki pages (MediaWiki:) and talk pages (Talk:, Wikipedia talk:, and User talk:), and more. Searching can be done by namespace.
: ''See also [[Help:Namespace]].''
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: ''See also: [[Help:Namespace]]''
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: ''See also: [[Help:Searching#Advanced search]]''
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; <div id="Navbox"> </div>Navbox
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: A navigation box used on mainspace articles that allows the user to quickly navigate from one page to another. Most often put at the bottom of an article.
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: ''See example: [[Template:Navbox]]''
   
; <div id="NPOV"></div>NPOV
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; <div id="NPOV"> </div>NPOV
: "Neutral Point of View", 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 fits this idea of neutrality. Commonly used at Wikipedia, where NPOV is a primary policy, it is also a local policy on many FANDOM communities.
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: "Neutral Point of View", 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 fits this idea of neutrality. Commonly used at Wikipedia, where NPOV is a primary policy, it is also a local policy on many Fandom communities.
: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Neutral point of view]].''
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: ''See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|Wikipedia:Neutral point of view]]''
   
; <div id="Null_edit"></div>Null edit
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; <div id="Null_edit"> </div>Null edit
 
: A null edit occurs when an editor opens the edit window of a document then re-saves the page without having made any text changes. This is sometimes done as a lazy way to purge – such as to update the functioning of templates (which require articles containing them to be edited for any changes to take effect). Moreover, a null edit can more quickly populate the page into a new category. The term also applies to making a slight, non-substantive change (e.g. removing an unneeded blank line or adding one) to get the article history to register a change, for the purpose of leaving an edit summary that responds to a previous one.
 
: A null edit occurs when an editor opens the edit window of a document then re-saves the page without having made any text changes. This is sometimes done as a lazy way to purge – such as to update the functioning of templates (which require articles containing them to be edited for any changes to take effect). Moreover, a null edit can more quickly populate the page into a new category. The term also applies to making a slight, non-substantive change (e.g. removing an unneeded blank line or adding one) to get the article history to register a change, for the purpose of leaving an edit summary that responds to a previous one.
   
 
== O ==
 
== O ==
; <div id="Orphan"></div>Orphan
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; <div id="Orphan"> </div>Orphan
: A page with no links from other pages. You can view lists of [[Special:LonelyPages|orphaned articles]] and [[Special:UnusedFiles|images]].
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: A page with no links from other pages. You can view lists of [[Special:LonelyPages|orphaned articles]], [[Special:UncategorizedCategories|uncategorized categories]], and [[Special:UnusedFiles|unused images]].
   
==P==
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== P ==
;<div id="Piped_link"></div>Piped link
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;<div id="Piped_link"> </div>Piped link
: A link where the displayed text is not the name of the target article. Such links are created (in the source editor) 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.
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: A link where the displayed text is not the name of the target article. Such links are created (in the source editor) using the ''pipe character'' "<code>|</code>" e.g. <code><nowiki>[[Target article|Displayed text]]</nowiki></code>. The '''pipe trick''' is a software feature that generates the displayed text for you in certain circumstances.
: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Piped link]].''
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: ''See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Piped link|Wikipedia:Piped link]]''
   
; <div id="Policy"></div>Policy
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; <div id="Policy"> </div>Policy
: A policy is a wiki rule, usually having to do with page creation or layout, but can be about almost anything (images, signatures, templates, etc.). It is usually strictly enforced and tends to have stronger consequences than not following a [[#Guideline|guideline]].
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: A policy is a wiki rule, usually having to do with page creation or layout, but can be about almost anything (images, user conduct, signatures, templates, etc.). It is usually strictly enforced and tends to have stronger consequences than not following a [[#Guideline|guideline]].
   
; <div id="POV"></div>POV
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; <div id="POV"> </div>POV
 
: Point of view. Often used negatively as an adjective to indicate bias, as in "''That reply was POV, not neutral''".
 
: Point of view. Often used negatively as an adjective to indicate bias, as in "''That reply was POV, not neutral''".
: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Point of view]].''
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: ''See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Describing points of view|Wikipedia:Describing points of view]]''
   
; <div id="Project_namespace"></div>Project namespace
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; <div id="Project_namespace"> </div>Project namespace
: The [[Wikipedia:project namespace|project namespace]] is a [[Help:Namespace|namespace]] dedicated to providing information about a wiki. At Wikipedia, this is used to separate policies from encyclopedia articles. It is less commonly used at FANDOM.
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: The [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Project namespace|project namespace]] is a [[Help:Namespace|namespace]] dedicated to providing information about a wiki. At Wikipedia, this is used to separate policies from encyclopedia articles. It is less commonly used at Fandom.
   
; <div id="Protected_page"></div>Protected page
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; <div id="Protected_page"> </div>Protected page
 
: A page that cannot be edited by all users. A page can be protected against anonymous users and new accounts, or against all users except admins. Often this is done to protect against frequent vandalism or to cool down an [[#Edit_war|edit war]].
 
: A page that cannot be edited by all users. A page can be protected against anonymous users and new accounts, or against all users except admins. Often this is done to protect against frequent vandalism or to cool down an [[#Edit_war|edit war]].
   
 
== R ==
 
== R ==
; <div id="RC"></div>RC
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; <div id="RC"> </div>RC
 
: An abbreviation for [[Special:RecentChanges]]
 
: An abbreviation for [[Special:RecentChanges]]
   
; <div id="Redirect"></div>Redirect
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; <div id="Redirect"> </div>Redirect
 
: ''Also used: '''redir'''.''
 
: ''Also used: '''redir'''.''
: A page title which sends the reader to another page. This is used for synonyms and ease of linking. For example, ''[[copyright]]'' redirects to ''[[Help:Wikia copyrights]]''.
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: A page which sends the reader to another page. This is used for synonyms, plurals (thieves -> thief), alternate spellings, and ease of linking.
: ''See also [[MetaWikipedia:Help:Redirect]].''
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: ''See also: [[Help:Redirect]]''
   
; <div id="Red_link"></div>Red link
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; <div id="Red_link"> </div>Red link
: ''See '''[[#Broken link|Broken link]]'''.''
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: ''See [[#Broken link|Broken link]]''
   
; <div id="References"></div>References
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; <div id="References"> </div>References
 
: ''Also used: '''ref'''.''
 
: ''Also used: '''ref'''.''
 
: References are external sources used to confirm information. A link can become a reference by placing the <nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki> tags around it. A list of references can be added to the page by adding <nowiki><references/></nowiki> under the appropriate header.
 
: References are external sources used to confirm information. A link can become a reference by placing the <nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki> tags around it. A list of references can be added to the page by adding <nowiki><references/></nowiki> under the appropriate header.
: ''Se also [[Help:Cite]]''
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: ''See also: [[Help:Cite]]''
   
; <div id="Revert"></div>Revert
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; <div id="Revert"> </div>Revert
 
: An edit that reverses changes made by someone else.
 
: An edit that reverses changes made by someone else.
: ''See also [[Help:Reverting]]''
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: ''See also: [[Help:Reverting]]''
   
; <div id="Revert" war></div>Revert war
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; <div id="Revert_war"> </div>Revert war
: ''See '''[[#Edit war|Edit war]]'''.''
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: ''See '''[[#Edit war|Edit war]]'''''
   
; <div id="RfA"></div>RfA
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; <div id="RfA"> </div>RfA
: '''Requests for adminship'''. A page where users can ask to be made admins on a community.
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: '''Requests for Adminship'''. A page where users can ask to be made admins on a community.
   
; <div id="rm"></div>rm
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; <div id="rm"> </div>rm
: Remove. Used in edit summaries to indicate that a particular piece of text or formatting has been deleted.
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: Remove. Used as an abbreviation in [[#Edit_summary|edit summaries]] to indicate that a particular piece of text or formatting has been deleted.
   
; <div id="Rollback"></div>Rollback
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; <div id="Rollback"> </div>Rollback
: To change a page back to the version before the last edit. Admins and those with the "rollback" rights have special tools to do this more easily.
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: To change a page back to the version before the last edit. Admins and those with the "rollback" rights have special tools to do this quickly and easily. Note that rollback does not provide an edit summary like ''undo''.
   
; <div id="Root"></div>Root
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; <div id="Root"> </div>Root
: The generally used top level [[Help:Category|category]].
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: The top level [[Help:Category|category]] of the category tree.
   
; <div id="rv"></div>rv
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; <div id="rv"> </div>rv
: [[#Revert|Revert]]. An edit summary indicating that the page has been reverted to a previous version, often because of vandalism.
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: [[#Revert|Revert]]. Used as an abbreviation in edit summaries indicating that the page has been reverted to a previous version, often because of vandalism.
: ''See also [[Help:Reverting]].''
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: ''See also: [[Help:Reverting]]''
   
 
== S ==
 
== S ==
; <div id="Sandbox"></div>Sandbox
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; <div id="Sandbox"> </div>Sandbox
 
: A sandbox is a page that users may edit however they want. This is for users to experiment and gain familiarity with [[#Wiki markup|Wiki markup]].
 
: A sandbox is a page that users may edit however they want. This is for users to experiment and gain familiarity with [[#Wiki markup|Wiki markup]].
   
; <div id="Section_editing"></div>Section editing
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; <div id="Section_editing"> </div>Section editing
: Using the 'edit' links to the right of the page, one can get an edit window containing only part of the page, making it easier to find the exact spot where one wants to edit. Javascript is needed for section editing. You can turn section editing off in your [[Special:Preferences|preferences]] under the "Enable section editing via [edit] links" option.
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: You may edit a section of a large wiki page by using the 'edit' links to the right of the subheadings, or by right-clicking on the subheading if you have "Enable section editing by right clicking on section titles" selected in your [[Special:Preferences|preferences]]. Javascript is needed for section editing.
   
; <div id="Self-link"></div>Self-link
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; <div id="Self-link"> </div>Self-link
 
: A [[#Wikilink|Wikilink]] contained in an article that points the reader to that same article, e.g. linking ''[[Help:Contents]]'' in the article "[[Help:Contents]]". Such links are automatically displayed as '''strongly emphasized 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|wikified]].
 
: A [[#Wikilink|Wikilink]] contained in an article that points the reader to that same article, e.g. linking ''[[Help:Contents]]'' in the article "[[Help:Contents]]". Such links are automatically displayed as '''strongly emphasized 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|wikified]].
   
; <div id="Skin"></div>Skin
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; <div id="Site_notice"> </div>Site Notice
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: ''Also used: '''sitenotice'''.''
: The site's overall layout and appearance. All wikis display in the Oasis skin by default. Customizations to the colors and other details can be made in a personal CSS file, or, as an admin, by using Special:ThemeDesigner.
 
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: A feature that allows admins to provide wiki-level notifications to all users by editing a wiki's MediaWiki:Sitenotice page.
: ''See also [[Help:Theme designer]].''
 
  +
: ''See also: [[Help:Site notice]].''
   
; <div id="Sock_puppet"></div>Sock puppet
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; <div id="Skin"> </div>Skin
 
: The site's overall layout and appearance. All wikis currently display in the FandomDesktop skin by default. Customization of the colors and other details can be made in a personal CSS file, or, as an admin, by using Special:ThemeDesigner.
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: ''See also: [[Help:Theme Designer]]''
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  +
; <div id="SOAP"> </div>SOAP
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: Spam Obliteration and Prevention. SOAP is a group of Fandom users who have volunteered to help keep Fandom vandal and spam free. You may report spam and vandalism on the [[w:c:SOAP|SOAP Wiki]].
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: ''See also: [[w:SOAP|SOAP]]''
  +
  +
; <div id="Sockpuppet"> </div>Sockpuppet
 
:''Also used: '''sock''', '''alt''' ''
 
:''Also used: '''sock''', '''alt''' ''
 
: Another user account created secretly by an existing user of the site, often to manufacture the illusion of support in a vote or argument, or to avoid a [[#Block|block]].
 
: Another user account created secretly by an existing user of the site, often to manufacture the illusion of support in a vote or argument, or to avoid a [[#Block|block]].
: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Sock puppetry]].''
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: ''See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Sock puppetry|Wikipedia:Sock puppetry]]''
   
; <div id="Soft_redirect"></div>Soft redirect
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; <div id="Soft_redirect"> </div>Soft redirect
: 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).
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: 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"></div>sp
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; <div id="sp"> </div>sp
: Short for ''spelling correction''. Used in [[#edit summary|edit summaries]].
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: Used as an abbreviation in [[#Edit_summary|edit summaries]] for ''spelling correction''.
   
; <div id="Split"></div>Split
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; <div id="Split"> </div>Split
 
: Separating a single page into two or more pages.
 
: Separating a single page into two or more pages.
   
; <div id="Stub"></div>Stub
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; <div id="Stub"> </div>Stub
: An article usually consisting of one short paragraph or less. It can also be an article that may contain a certain amount of information, but one or more sections are incomplete. In short terms, a stub is an incomplete article. A <nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki> template is often added to mark intended content and invite others to add to the page.
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: An article usually consisting of one short paragraph or less. It can also be an article that may contain a certain amount of information, but one or more sections are incomplete. In short terms, a stub is an incomplete article. A <nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki> template is often added to mark the content and invite others to add to the page.
   
; <div id="Sub-stub"></div>Sub-stub
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; <div id="Sub-stub"> </div>Sub-stub
: 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").
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: 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").
   
; <div id="Subpage"></div>Subpage
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; <div id="Subpage"> </div>Subpage
: A page connected to a parent page. You can only create subpages in certain namespaces. For example, a parent page can have the name "Parent article", and a subpage can have the name "Child page" with a slash (/) before it, so the subpage would actually be called "Parent article/Child page".
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: A page connected to a parent page. You can only create subpages in certain namespaces. For example, a parent page can have the name "Parent article", and a subpage can have the name "Child page" with a slash (/) before it, so the subpage would actually be called "Parent article/Child page" and the link would be <code><nowiki>[[Parent article/Child page]]</nowiki></code>.
   
; <div id="Sysop"></div>Sysop
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; <div id="Sysop"> </div>Sysop
 
: ''See '''[[#Admin|Admin]]'''.''
 
: ''See '''[[#Admin|Admin]]'''.''
   
 
== T ==
 
== T ==
; <div id="Talk_page"></div>Talk page
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; <div id="Talk_page"> </div>Talk page
: A page reserved for discussion. Many pages within FANDOM (except talk pages themselves) have talk pages attached to them, though some communities use [[Help:Comments|article comments]] on article pages, which replace talk pages.
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: A page reserved for discussion. Many pages within Fandom (except talk pages themselves) have talk pages attached to them, though some communities use [[Help:Comments|article comments]] on article pages, which replace talk pages. Each type of talk page is a unique [[#Namespace|namespace]].
: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Talk page]].''
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: ''See also: [[Help:Talk pages]]''
   
; <div id="Template"></div>Template
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; <div id="Template"> </div>Template
: A way of automatically including the contents of one page within another page, used for boilerplate text, navigational aids, etc. Templates on Community Central can be used on any other FANDOM wiki (see [[Help:Shared templates]] for details).
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: A way of automatically including the contents of one page within another page, used for boilerplate text, navigational aids, infoboxes, etc. Templates on Community Central can be used on any other Fandom wiki (see [[Help:Shared templates]] for details).
: ''See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Template namespace]].''
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: ''See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Template namespace|Wikipedia:Template namespace]]''
   
; <div id="Test_case"></div>Test case
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; <div id="Test_case"> </div>Test case
 
: A test case page is one that is a subpage of a template where the parameters of the template are tested. It is sometimes used in conjunction with a [[#Sandbox|sandbox]]. The common subpage name for these pages is <code>/testcases</code>.
 
: A test case page is one that is a subpage of a template where the parameters of the template are tested. It is sometimes used in conjunction with a [[#Sandbox|sandbox]]. The common subpage name for these pages is <code>/testcases</code>.
: ''See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Template sandbox and test cases]].''
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: ''See also: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Template sandbox and test cases|Wikipedia:Template sandbox and test cases]]''
   
; <div id="Troll"></div>Troll
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; <div id="Troll"> </div>Troll
: A user who incites or engages in disruptive behavior ('''trolling'''), with intent to be disruptive. For example, a troll would intend to vandalize a few articles in a wiki, and then eventually get blocked.
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: A user who incites or engages in disruptive behavior ('''trolling'''), with intent to interrupt or derail. For example, a troll might vandalize a few articles in a wiki, and then eventually get blocked.
: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Internet troll]], [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:What is a troll]].''
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: ''See also: [[Wikipedia:Internet troll]]''
   
; <div id="Tyop"></div>Tyop
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; <div id="Tyop"> </div>Tyop
: A misspelling of "typo". Used as an edit summary when ironically correcting typos.
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: A misspelling of "typo". Used ironically as an edit summary when correcting typos.
   
 
== U ==
 
== U ==
; <div id="Un-wiki"></div>Un-wiki
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; <div id="UCP"> </div>Unified Community Platform (UCP)
  +
: A new wiki platform housing all Fandom and Gamepedia wikis under the same underlying technology. UCP wikis are running on MediaWiki 1.33.
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: ''See also: [[Help:Unified Community Platform]].''
  +
  +
; <div id="Un-wiki"> </div>Un-wiki
 
: Going against the basic concept of a wiki. Usually saying that something is un-wiki means that it makes editing more difficult or impossible. For example, an administrator or two would create a large amount of rules for editing, or just protect most, if not all pages to prevent edits from most users.
 
: Going against the basic concept of a wiki. Usually saying that something is un-wiki means that it makes editing more difficult or impossible. For example, an administrator or two would create a large amount of rules for editing, or just protect most, if not all pages to prevent edits from most users.
   
; <div id="User"></div>User
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; <div id="User"> </div>User
: A contributor to a FANDOM project.
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: A contributor to a Fandom project.
   
; <div id="User_page"></div>Userboxes
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; <div id="Userboxes"> </div>Userboxes
 
: A small colored box which allows users to add small messages on their user page. Most people use this to share facts about themselves, such as their interests, hobbies, likes, and dislikes. Some userboxes can also have images.
 
: A small colored box which allows users to add small messages on their user page. Most people use this to share facts about themselves, such as their interests, hobbies, likes, and dislikes. Some userboxes can also have images.
 
: ''For more information about userboxes, check out the [[w:c:templates:Template:Userbox|userbox template]] on Templates Wiki.''
 
: ''For more information about userboxes, check out the [[w:c:templates:Template:Userbox|userbox template]] on Templates Wiki.''
   
; <div id="User_page"></div>User page
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; <div id="User_page"> </div>User page
: A personal page for editors at FANDOM. Most people use their pages to introduce themselves and to keep various personal notes and lists. They are also used to communicate with other users via the Message Wall or user talk page.
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: A personal page for editors at Fandom. Most people use their page to introduce themselves and to keep various personal notes and lists. They are also used to communicate with other users via the Message Wall or user talk page.
: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:User page]].''
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: ''See also: [[Help:Profiles]]''
   
 
== V ==
 
== V ==
; <div id="Vandalbot"></div>Vandalbot
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; <div id="Vandalbot"> </div>Vandalbot
 
: A kind of [[#bot|bot]] being used for vandalism or spamming. Recognizable by the fact that one or a few IP-addresses make many similar clearly vandalistic edits in a short time.
 
: A kind of [[#bot|bot]] being used for vandalism or spamming. Recognizable by the fact that one or a few IP-addresses make many similar clearly vandalistic edits in a short time.
: ''See also [[Help:Blocking#Vandal bots]], [[MetaWikipedia:Vandalbot]].''
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: ''See also: [[MetaWikipedia:Vandalbot]]''
   
; <div id="Vandalism"></div>Vandalism
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; <div id="Vandalism"> </div>Vandalism
: Deliberate defacement of pages on a community with the intent to be disruptive. This can be by deleting text or publishing nonsense, bad language, etc. The term is often incorrectly used to discredit the views of an opponent in edit wars.
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: Deliberate defacement of pages on a community with the intent to be disruptive. This can be by deleting text or publishing nonsense, bad language, etc. The term is often incorrectly used to discredit the views of an opponent in [[#Edit war|edit wars]].
   
; <div id="VfD"></div>VfD
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; <div id="VisualEditor"> </div>VisualEditor
  +
: An editor feature that provides an interface that reflects how articles will look when published.
: An abbreviation used at Wikipedia, meaning [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Votes for deletion|Votes for Deletion]]. This is one method users at FANDOM might choose to decide which pages are deleted.
 
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: ''See also: [[Help:VisualEditor]]''
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  +
; <div id="VSTF"> </div>VSTF
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: ''Former name of [[#SOAP|SOAP]].''
   
 
== W ==
 
== W ==
; <div id="Watchlist"></div>Watchlist
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; <div id="Watchlist"> </div>Watchlist
 
: A set of pages selected by the user, who can then click on [[Special:Watchlist|My watchlist]] to see recent changes to those pages.
 
: A set of pages selected by the user, who can then click on [[Special:Watchlist|My watchlist]] to see recent changes to those pages.
: ''See also: [[Help:Followed pages]]''.
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: ''See also: [[Help:Watchlist]]''
   
; <div id="Wikibreak"></div>Wikibreak
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; <div id="Wikibreak"> </div>Wikibreak
 
: ''Also used: '''Wikivacation'''.''
 
: ''Also used: '''Wikivacation'''.''
 
: When a regular editor of a wiki takes a break from the project.
 
: When a regular editor of a wiki takes a break from the project.
: ''See also [[MetaWikipedia:Wikibreak]].''
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: ''See also: [[MetaWikipedia:Wikibreak]]''
   
; <div id="Wikify"></div>Wikify
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; <div id="Wikify"> </div>Wikify
 
: To format using wiki markup (as opposed to plain text or [[Help:HTML|HTML]]) and add internal links to material, integrating it into the wiki. Noun: '''Wikification'''. Sometimes abbreviated '''wfy'''.
 
: To format using wiki markup (as opposed to plain text or [[Help:HTML|HTML]]) and add internal links to material, integrating it into the wiki. Noun: '''Wikification'''. Sometimes abbreviated '''wfy'''.
   
; <div id="Wikilink"></div>Wikilink
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; <div id="Wikilink"> </div>Wikilink
: A link to another page on the same FANDOM community, as opposed to an '''[[#External link|external link]]'''.
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: A link to another page on the same Fandom community, as opposed to an '''[[#External link|external link]]'''.
   
; <div id="Wiki_markup"></div>Wiki markup
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; <div id="Wiki_Manager"> </div>Wiki Manager
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: Former name of [[#Wiki_Representative|Wiki Representatives]].
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; <div id="Wiki_Representative"> </div>Wiki Representative
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: Part-time staff member assigned to specific wikis to provide support and help them grow and thrive, as well as serving as a liaison with a direct line of contact to full-time staff.
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: ''See also: [[Help:Wiki Representatives]]''
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; <div id="Wiki_markup"> </div>Wiki markup
 
: ''Also used: '''wiki text''', '''[[Help:Wikitext|wikitext]]'''.''
 
: ''Also used: '''wiki text''', '''[[Help:Wikitext|wikitext]]'''.''
 
: 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 editor in source mode. Searching by the MediaWiki software is done in the wikitext, as opposed to searching by Google, which is done in the visible text. The size of a page is the size of the wikitext.
 
: 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 editor in source mode. Searching by the MediaWiki software is done in the wikitext, as opposed to searching by Google, which is done in the visible text. The size of a page is the size of the wikitext.
: ''See also [[Help:Editing]].''
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: ''See also: [[Help:Editing]]''
   
; <div id="Wikimedia"></div>Wikimedia
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; <div id="Wikimedia"> </div>Wikimedia
: Properly '''Wikimedia Foundation Inc.''', the non-profit organization that runs Wikipedia and other projects. Wikimedia is not affiliated with FANDOM. The name is often confused with [[#MediaWiki|MediaWiki]].
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: Properly '''Wikimedia Foundation Inc.''', the non-profit organization that runs Wikipedia and other projects. Wikimedia is not affiliated with Fandom. The name is often confused with [[#MediaWiki|MediaWiki]].
   
; <div id="Wikipedia"></div>Wikipedia
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; <div id="Wikipedia"> </div>Wikipedia
 
: A project run by [[#Wikimedia|Wikimedia]] to create a free content encyclopedia using wiki software.
 
: A project run by [[#Wikimedia|Wikimedia]] to create a free content encyclopedia using wiki software.
   
; <div id="Wikistress"></div>Wikistress
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; <div id="Wiki Specialist"> </div>Wiki Specialist
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Contractor responsible for ensuring that the latest and best content is up on communities as soon as information is available.
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:''See also: [[Help:Wiki Specialists]]''
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For a list of abbreviations, see Help:Abbreviations.

This is a glossary of terms used on Fandom and wikis in general, based on the Wikipedia glossary.

Contents: A B C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T U V W

A

Admin
Also used: sysop.
Short for Administrator. A user with extra technical privileges who does housework such as deleting pages and blocking vandals.
Adoption
The process of a user requesting administration rights for a community with no active administrator.
See also: Help:Adopting a community
Anchor
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 section of a page.
Anon Notice
Also used: anonnotice.
A feature that can be used in tandem with a wiki's Site Notice, allowing admins to differentiate provide separate wiki-level notifications to users who haven't logged in, by having content in a wiki's MediaWiki:Anonnotice page that differs from the MediaWiki:Sitenotice page.
See also: Help:Site notice.

B

Background image
The background image is a customization option available to wikis via ThemeDesigner, allowing for an image to either cover the full body of the wiki (behind the header and article space), or a smaller image to be placed at the top (see header image).
See also: Help:ThemeDesigner
Blanking
Removing all content from a page. Newcomers often do this accidentally. On the other hand, if blanking an article is done in bad faith, it is vandalism. If blanking is done to a vandalized brand-new page, it is maintenance, and the page should be deleted by an admin.
Block
The act of removing the ability to edit from a certain user or IP address on a single community, usually done by an administrator against users or IP addresses causing vandalism.
Boilerplate text
A standard message which can be added to an article using a template.
Broken link
Also used: edit link, red link.
A link to a nonexistent page, usually colored red. List of such links can be found on Special:WantedPages.
Broken redirect
Redirect to a non-existent page. These are listed at Special:BrokenRedirects and should usually be removed or edited to point to an existing page.
Bureaucrat
A user who can promote and demote other users to the positions of rollback, content mod and admin, and promote to bureaucrat. Sometimes just called "bcrat" or "crat".

C

CC-BY-SA
The Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License is the license under which most of the content on Fandom is published.
See also: Help:Licensing
Content Team Member (CTM)
Former name of Wiki Specialists.
Contributor
Someone that makes useful edits to a Fandom project.
Copyvio
Copyright violation.
See also: Help:Licensing
CSS
Short for Cascading Style Sheets, a type of style sheet that allows a user to customize their wiki with unique designs, layouts, and fonts.
See also: Help:CSS and JS customization
Cut and paste move
Moving a page by taking the text of the page, and copying it into the edit window for a 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: Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Fixing cut-and-paste moves

D

dab
See Disambiguation.
Data dump
To import material from outside sources into Fandom without editing, formatting and linking. This is often not useful and generally discouraged.
See Wikify
Dead-end page
Page that has no links to existing other pages, except perhaps interlanguage links. Special:Deadendpages lists them.
De-admin
See De-sysop.
De-sysop
Also used: de-admin.
To take away someone's administrator status. Demotion. Local bureaucrats and Fandom Staff have the ability to do this.
De-wikify
Also used: un-wikify.
To remove (de-link) a wikification of an article. This can be done to remove selflinks or excessive common-noun Wikification.
Diff
The difference between two versions of a page, as displayed using the Page history feature, or from recent changes. The versions to compare are encoded in the URL, so you can make a link by copying and pasting it - for instance when discussing a specific change to an article.
See also: #History
Dirty diff
When a diff contains unexpected changes to the wikitext markup, unrelated to the user's input.
This may occur when pasting rich-text, or when the VisualEditor alters formatting.
Disambiguation
Also used: dab, disambig.
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
Disambiguation page
A page that contains various meanings of a word, and points to the pages where the various meanings are defined.
Discussions
A social space feature where community members can have conversations about a variety of topics.
See also: Help:Discussions
Double redirect
A redirect which leads to another redirect. Counter-intuitively, this will not bring one to the final destination, so it needs to be eliminated by linking directly to the final target page. These can be found using Special:DoubleRedirects.
Dup
Short for a duplicate article. Often used when identifying a duplicate page that needs to be merged with another.

E

Edit conflict
Two or more parties both attempt to save different edits to the same page at the same time. Usually, if this happens, you will be asked to re-do your edit into a newly modified page.
See also: Wikipedia:Help:Edit conflicts
Edit link
See Broken link
Edit summary
The contents of the "Edit Summary:" field on the "Edit this page" page.
Edit war
Also used: revert war.
Two or more parties repeatedly making their preferred changes to a page, and undoing the changes they do not agree with. An edit war should be stopped, and the disagreement resolved on a talk page.
EmbedVideo
An extension that allows editors to embed video content from 24 popular services on wiki pages.
See also: Help:EmbedVideo
External link
Also used: ext. ln, ext lk, or extlink.
A link to a website outside of Fandom. The alternatives are an internal link within the same community site, and an interwiki link to a different community. External links have a special arrow symbol appended to the end of the link to warn the reader that the link points to something outside the Fandom domain, like so.

F

FandomDesktop
FandomDesktop is the new design of the user interface for Fandom wikis (including formerly Gamepedia wikis) and Wikia.org wikis.
See also: Help:FandomDesktop
FandomMobile
FandomMobile is the mobile web experience now available to Fandom wikis by default.
See also: Help:FandomMobile

G

GPL
GNU General Public License. MediaWiki, the software that powers Fandom, is released under this license.
Guideline
A guideline is a recommended best practice for doing something on a wiki, usually having to do with page creation or layout, but can be about almost anything (language use, images, signatures, templates, etc.). It usually is less strictly enforced than a policy.

H

Header image
The header is an option of background image that can be added to a wiki, covering only the top area of it (behind the site logo, the navigation menu, and the tooltips).
See also: Help:ThemeDesigner
History
Also called: page history
All previous versions of an article, from its creation to its current state.
See also: Help:Page history

I

Internal link
Also used: wikilink
A link pointing to another page within the same site created (in the source editor) by using the wikitext markup double square-brackets "[[" and "]]". These links usually show up as blue if they are working, and red if they are broken. Note that they do not have the arrow symbol characteristic of an external link.
Infobox
An infobox is a standard template used on mainspace pages. Infoboxes have "fields", with each field denoting a different piece of information based on parameters set in the template. An example is for a television show, episode pages may rely on an infobox specifically for episodes, and will include information such as name, episode number, season, and director.
See also: Help:Infoboxes
Interwiki link
A link to a different community's site on Fandom. Usually links a word or name to a page covering the topic in depth on another site. Also seen at the bottom of pages when the page is available in different languages.
See also: Help:Interwiki link
IP address
An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label assigned to each device (e.g. computer, printer, phone) participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. An IP address serves two principal functions: host or network interface identification and location addressing.

L

Language link
See Interwiki link.
Legacy platform
A term commonly used to refer to the platform used by Fandom wikis prior to the rollout of the UCP.
See Unified Community Platform.

M

Mainspace
The primary namespace. Pages in "Main" space have no prefix (like Template: or File:) and are considered the content of the wiki (as opposed to the pages that make the wiki work or how it appears).
MediaWiki
The software that powers Fandom, and a namespace. Originally developed for Wikipedia, and now one of the most frequently used platforms for hosting wikis.
See also: Help:MediaWiki
"MediaWiki" is also the namespace for messages that allow customization of the interface of a wiki.
See also: Help:System messages
Merge
Taking the text of two pages, and combining them into a single page. Also used for the combination of two community sites.
Mirror
A website other than Fandom that uses content original to Fandom as a source for at least some of its content. This is allowed under CC-BY-SA, provided that attribution is intact.
Moderator
A user who has special rights over management of a certain type of content. The most common types are Content Moderators (manage wiki content like pages and files) and Discussions Moderators (manage mobile Discussion threads and users). See Special:ListGroupRights for the rights and types of moderators.

N

Namespace
A way to classify pages. Fandom has namespaces for the main content, pages about the project (which on many wikis will be in the main namespace), user pages (User:), file pages (File:), special pages (Special:), MediaWiki pages (MediaWiki:) and talk pages (Talk:, Wikipedia talk:, and User talk:), and more. Searching can be done by namespace.
See also: Help:Namespace
See also: Help:Searching#Advanced search
Navbox
A navigation box used on mainspace articles that allows the user to quickly navigate from one page to another. Most often put at the bottom of an article.
See example: Template:Navbox
NPOV
"Neutral Point of View", 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 fits this idea of neutrality. Commonly used at Wikipedia, where NPOV is a primary policy, it is also a local policy on many Fandom communities.
See also: Wikipedia:Neutral point of view
Null edit
A null edit occurs when an editor opens the edit window of a document then re-saves the page without having made any text changes. This is sometimes done as a lazy way to purge – such as to update the functioning of templates (which require articles containing them to be edited for any changes to take effect). Moreover, a null edit can more quickly populate the page into a new category. The term also applies to making a slight, non-substantive change (e.g. removing an unneeded blank line or adding one) to get the article history to register a change, for the purpose of leaving an edit summary that responds to a previous one.

O

Orphan
A page with no links from other pages. You can view lists of orphaned articles, uncategorized categories, and unused images.

P

Piped link
A link where the displayed text is not the name of the target article. Such links are created (in the source editor) using the pipe character "|" e.g. [[Target article|Displayed text]]. The pipe trick is a software feature that generates the displayed text for you in certain circumstances.
See also: Wikipedia:Piped link
Policy
A policy is a wiki rule, usually having to do with page creation or layout, but can be about almost anything (images, user conduct, signatures, templates, etc.). It is usually strictly enforced and tends to have stronger consequences than not following a guideline.
POV
Point of view. Often used negatively as an adjective to indicate bias, as in "That reply was POV, not neutral".
See also: Wikipedia:Describing points of view
Project namespace
The project namespace is a namespace dedicated to providing information about a wiki. At Wikipedia, this is used to separate policies from encyclopedia articles. It is less commonly used at Fandom.
Protected page
A page that cannot be edited by all users. A page can be protected against anonymous users and new accounts, or against all users except admins. Often this is done to protect against frequent vandalism or to cool down an edit war.

R

RC
An abbreviation for Special:RecentChanges
Redirect
Also used: redir.
A page which sends the reader to another page. This is used for synonyms, plurals (thieves -> thief), alternate spellings, and ease of linking.
See also: Help:Redirect
Red link
See Broken link
References
Also used: ref.
References are external sources used to confirm information. A link can become a reference by placing the <ref></ref> tags around it. A list of references can be added to the page by adding <references/> under the appropriate header.
See also: Help:Cite
Revert
An edit that reverses changes made by someone else.
See also: Help:Reverting
Revert war
See Edit war
RfA
Requests for Adminship. A page where users can ask to be made admins on a community.
rm
Remove. Used as an abbreviation in edit summaries to indicate that a particular piece of text or formatting has been deleted.
Rollback
To change a page back to the version before the last edit. Admins and those with the "rollback" rights have special tools to do this quickly and easily. Note that rollback does not provide an edit summary like undo.
Root
The top level category of the category tree.
rv
Revert. Used as an abbreviation in edit summaries indicating that the page has been reverted to a previous version, often because of vandalism.
See also: Help:Reverting

S

Sandbox
A sandbox is a page that users may edit however they want. This is for users to experiment and gain familiarity with Wiki markup.
Section editing
You may edit a section of a large wiki page by using the 'edit' links to the right of the subheadings, or by right-clicking on the subheading if you have "Enable section editing by right clicking on section titles" selected in your preferences. Javascript is needed for section editing.
Self-link
A Wikilink contained in an article that points the reader to that same article, e.g. linking Help:Contents in the article "Help:Contents". Such links are automatically displayed as strongly emphasized text rather than links, but the more complex case of a link which redirects to the same article is not, and should be de-wikified.
Site Notice
Also used: sitenotice.
A feature that allows admins to provide wiki-level notifications to all users by editing a wiki's MediaWiki:Sitenotice page.
See also: Help:Site notice.
Skin
The site's overall layout and appearance. All wikis currently display in the FandomDesktop skin by default. Customization of the colors and other details can be made in a personal CSS file, or, as an admin, by using Special:ThemeDesigner.
See also: Help:Theme Designer
SOAP
Spam Obliteration and Prevention. SOAP is a group of Fandom users who have volunteered to help keep Fandom vandal and spam free. You may report spam and vandalism on the SOAP Wiki.
See also: SOAP
Sockpuppet
Also used: sock, alt
Another user account created secretly by an existing user of the site, often to manufacture the illusion of support in a vote or argument, or to avoid a block.
See also: Wikipedia:Sock puppetry
Soft redirect
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).
sp
Used as an abbreviation in edit summaries for spelling correction.
Split
Separating a single page into two or more pages.
Stub
An article usually consisting of one short paragraph or less. It can also be an article that may contain a certain amount of information, but one or more sections are incomplete. In short terms, a stub is an incomplete article. A {{stub}} template is often added to mark the content and invite others to add to the page.
Sub-stub
A very short stub. For example, an article that is no more than a simple definition ("An airplane is a type of winged flying vehicle").
Subpage
A page connected to a parent page. You can only create subpages in certain namespaces. For example, a parent page can have the name "Parent article", and a subpage can have the name "Child page" with a slash (/) before it, so the subpage would actually be called "Parent article/Child page" and the link would be [[Parent article/Child page]].
Sysop
See Admin.

T

Talk page
A page reserved for discussion. Many pages within Fandom (except talk pages themselves) have talk pages attached to them, though some communities use article comments on article pages, which replace talk pages. Each type of talk page is a unique namespace.
See also: Help:Talk pages
Template
A way of automatically including the contents of one page within another page, used for boilerplate text, navigational aids, infoboxes, etc. Templates on Community Central can be used on any other Fandom wiki (see Help:Shared templates for details).
See also: Wikipedia:Template namespace
Test case
A test case page is one that is a subpage of a template where the parameters of the template are tested. It is sometimes used in conjunction with a sandbox. The common subpage name for these pages is /testcases.
See also: Wikipedia:Template sandbox and test cases
Troll
A user who incites or engages in disruptive behavior (trolling), with intent to interrupt or derail. For example, a troll might vandalize a few articles in a wiki, and then eventually get blocked.
See also: Wikipedia:Internet troll
Tyop
A misspelling of "typo". Used ironically as an edit summary when correcting typos.

U

Unified Community Platform (UCP)
A new wiki platform housing all Fandom and Gamepedia wikis under the same underlying technology. UCP wikis are running on MediaWiki 1.33.
See also: Help:Unified Community Platform.
Un-wiki
Going against the basic concept of a wiki. Usually saying that something is un-wiki means that it makes editing more difficult or impossible. For example, an administrator or two would create a large amount of rules for editing, or just protect most, if not all pages to prevent edits from most users.
User
A contributor to a Fandom project.
Userboxes
A small colored box which allows users to add small messages on their user page. Most people use this to share facts about themselves, such as their interests, hobbies, likes, and dislikes. Some userboxes can also have images.
For more information about userboxes, check out the userbox template on Templates Wiki.
User page
A personal page for editors at Fandom. Most people use their page to introduce themselves and to keep various personal notes and lists. They are also used to communicate with other users via the Message Wall or user talk page.
See also: Help:Profiles

V

Vandalbot
A kind of bot being used for vandalism or spamming. Recognizable by the fact that one or a few IP-addresses make many similar clearly vandalistic edits in a short time.
See also: MetaWikipedia:Vandalbot
Vandalism
Deliberate defacement of pages on a community with the intent to be disruptive. This can be by deleting text or publishing nonsense, bad language, etc. The term is often incorrectly used to discredit the views of an opponent in edit wars.
VisualEditor
An editor feature that provides an interface that reflects how articles will look when published.
See also: Help:VisualEditor
VSTF
Former name of SOAP.

W

Watchlist
A set of pages selected by the user, who can then click on My watchlist to see recent changes to those pages.
See also: Help:Watchlist
Wikibreak
Also used: Wikivacation.
When a regular editor of a wiki takes a break from the project.
See also: MetaWikipedia:Wikibreak
Wikify
To format using wiki markup (as opposed to plain text or HTML) and add internal links to material, integrating it into the wiki. Noun: Wikification. Sometimes abbreviated wfy.
Wikilink
A link to another page on the same Fandom community, as opposed to an external link.
Wiki Manager
Former name of Wiki Representatives.
Wiki Representative
Part-time staff member assigned to specific wikis to provide support and help them grow and thrive, as well as serving as a liaison with a direct line of contact to full-time staff.
See also: Help:Wiki Representatives
Wiki markup
Also used: wiki text, wikitext.
Code like HTML, but simplified and more convenient, for example '''bold''' instead of <b>bold</b>. It is the source code stored in the database and shown in the editor in source mode. Searching by the MediaWiki software is done in the wikitext, as opposed to searching by Google, which is done in the visible text. The size of a page is the size of the wikitext.
See also: Help:Editing
Wikimedia
Properly Wikimedia Foundation Inc., the non-profit organization that runs Wikipedia and other projects. Wikimedia is not affiliated with Fandom. The name is often confused with MediaWiki.
Wikipedia
A project run by Wikimedia to create a free content encyclopedia using wiki software.
Wiki Specialist

Contractor responsible for ensuring that the latest and best content is up on communities as soon as information is available.

See also: Help:Wiki Specialists
Wikistress
Personal stress or tension induced by editing wikis, or more often by being involved in a conflict with another editor.
See also: MetaWikipedia:Wikistress
Wiki-wide
Something that affects a whole wiki like customization edits in the MediaWiki: namespace or changes in Theme Designer or Wiki Features.

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