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 [[Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ]]. For abbreviations often used in [[Wikipedia:edit summary|edit summaries]], see [[Wikipedia:Edit summary legend]]. For [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion|VfD]] shorthand, see [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Votes for deletion phrasesTrapeza]]. 

:: Short for [[Wikipedia:WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Administrators|Administrator]]. A user with extra technical privileges who does housework.

:: 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]].''

:: 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]].''

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:What is an article]].''

:: 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''']]

:: Abbreviation for [[Wikipedia:Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense]].

:: 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]]

:: 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:

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Boilerplate text]].''

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Bots]], '''[[#Rambot|Rambot]]'''.''

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Bureaucrats]].''

:: 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.

:: A term used for articles which seem to attempt a conversation with the reader. Chatty articles may need [[Wikipedia:cleanup#Cleanup|cleanup]].

:: 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 [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Pages needing attention|pages needing attention]].

:: ''See also: [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Cleanup process]].''

:: [[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.''

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:How to fix cut and paste moves]].''

:: To import material from outside sources into Wikipedia OrthodoxWiki without editing, formatting and linking. This is frowned upon by most [[Wikipedia:#Wikipedians|Wikipedians]].

:: ''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).

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Possible misuses of admin privileges]].''

:: 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]].''

:: 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 [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Disambiguation]].''

:: 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 [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:External links]].''

:: [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Featured article candidates|Featured article candidate]], an article that has been proposed for consideration to be [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Featured articles|featured]] as one of the best in Wikipedia.

:: 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 [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Request for comments|user conduct]], clear guidelines for [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:What Wikipedia is not|article content]], and a formal [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Dispute resolution|dispute resolution process]].

:: 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.

:: [[w:Gfdl|GNU Free Documentation License]]. Wikipedia OrthodoxWiki articles are released under this license.

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Copyrights]].''

:: [[w:Gpl|GNU General Public License]]. [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:PHP script|WikipediaOrthodoxWiki's software]] is released under this license.

:''See also: '''''[[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Page history]]'''

:: A link to a sister project; this can be an [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Interlanguage links|interlanguage link]] to a corresponding article in a [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Complete list of language wikis available|different language]] in Wikipedia, or a link to a project such as Wikibooks, Meta, etc.

::An abbreviation for [[Template:In the news]].

:: The software behind Wikipedia OrthodoxWiki and its sister projects, as well as several projects not related to Wikimedia, and a namespace.

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:MediaWiki]], [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:MediaWiki namespace]].''

:: 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]].''

:: Page that provides information about Wikipedia. Meta pages are more correctly referred to as [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:project namespace|project namespace]] pages. Meta pages should not be confused with a page on Meta-Wikimedia.

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Meta page]].''

:: 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 [[Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks]].''

:: 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:).

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Namespace]].''

:: 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.

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Clueless newbies]].''

:: [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Neutral point of view|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 is in compliance with WikipediaOrthodoxWiki's NPOV policy. ;<div id=Nupedia style="font-weight: bold">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]].''

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Orphan]].''

:: Any individual topic within WikipediaOrthodoxWiki; the [[web page]] without the top, bottom and side bars. Pages include articles, stubs, redirects, disambiguation pages, user pages, talk pages, documentation and [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Special pages|special pages]].

::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]].''

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Piped link]].''

:: [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Point of view|Point of view]]. Often used negatively as an [[adjective]] to indicate [[bias]], as in "That reply was POV, not neutral.".

:: The [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:project namespace|project namespace]] is a [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:namespace|namespace]] dedicated to providing information about wikipedia.

;<div id=The_Pump style="font-weight: bold">The Pump</div>:: ''Also used: '''VP'''.'' :: A nickname for [[Wikipedia:Village pump]].Q==

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Redirect]].''

:: Revert. An edit summary indicating that the page has been reverted to a previous version, often because of [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:vandalism|vandalism]].

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:How to revert a page to an earlier version]].''

:: 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 [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Sandbox]] is often filled with [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Sandbox In-sand-ity|strange things]] and [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:patent nonsense|patent nonsense]]. In addition to the public sandbox, users may create private sandboxes on [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:subpages|subpages]] of their [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:user page|user page]], e.g. [[User:Hephaestos/Sandbox]].

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Sock puppet]].''

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Soft redirect]]''.

:: Short for ''spelling correction''. Used in [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Edit summary|edit summaries]].

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Administrators#Stewards]].''

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Find or fix a stub]].''

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Substub]].''

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Subpages]].''

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Talk page]].''

:: The [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Templates for deletion]] page.

:: The English-language Wikipedia OrthodoxWiki should have only pages in English. Non-English pages are subject to deletion unless translated.

:: ''See also: [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Pages needing translation into English]] for pages on the English Wikipedia that are written in a foreign language; [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Translation into English]] for requests for translations into English of pages from foreign-language Wikipedias.''

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:typo]].''

 ;<div id=UseMod style="font-weight: bold">UseMod</div>:: ''See [[UseModWiki]].''

:: 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 page]].''

:: 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 [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Vandalism in progress]].

:: A page in the article [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Namespace|namespace]] that presents biographical details of a non-famous person favorably and is considered inappropriate and/or [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki: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">VfD</div>:: The [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion]] page.  :: ''See also [[Wikipedia:Votes for deletion phrases]] for explanation of some terms used on VfD.''

;<div id=VfU style="font-weight: bold">VfU</div>:: The ''See also [[OrthodoxWiki:Wikipedia:Votes for undeletionis not a vanity press]] page.''

:: When a [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Wikipedian|Wikipedian]] takes a break from [[Wikipedia]].

:: A link to another Wikipedia OrthodoxWiki page, as opposed to an '''[[#External link|external link]]'''. See [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Canonicalization]].

:: 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 wikitext, as opposed to searching by Google, which is done in the resulting text. The size of a page is the size of the wikitext.

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:How to edit a page]].''

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Wikipedians]].''

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:WikiProject]].''

:: ''See also [[WikipediaOrthodoxWiki:Wikiquette]].''