Editing Encyclopedia:Glossary (section)

==O==

;{{Vanchor|OBE}}
: Abbreviation for Overcome By Events or Overtaken By Events.
;{{Vanchor|Office actions}}
: May refer to administrative interventions on Wikipedia by WMF staff. See [[Wikipedia:Office actions]].
;{{Vanchor|OP}}
: Abbreviation for {{slink||Original post}} (or "Original poster"). Can also stand for [[WP:Open proxies|Open Proxy]]. Or, in the context of {{slink||IRC}}, "op" can refer to "ChanOp" (Channel Operator), and to "get ops" or "be opped" means to attain a higher access level within a channel.
;{{Vanchor|Open tasks}}
: A {{slink||Template}} (found at {{tl|opentask}}) that lists several more or less janitorial tasks that are pending or needed. It is found on the {{slink||Community Portal}} as well as on many [[#User page|user pages]]. The term is also occasionally used within individual WikiProjects to refer to work which has been discussed but which still needs to be completed.
;{{Vanchor|Open Ticket Request System}}
: Refers to the people and software that surround the handling of email sent to the [[Wikipedia:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]].
;{{Anchor|Original post|Original poster}}Original post, original poster
: In a discussion {{slink||Thread}}, refers to the topic/person/message which started the discussion. Depending on context, OP may stand for either "original post" (the message which started the thread), or "original poster" (the person who started the thread). Often used on Wikipedia's discussion pages and commonly seen on the [[WP:Reference desk]].
;{{Vanchor|Original research}}
: In Wikipedia, [[Wikipedia:No original research#What is original research?|original research]] (sometimes abbreviated '''OR''') is material that has not been published already by a reputable source. As an encyclopedia, [[WP:What Wikipedia is not|Wikipedia is not]] the appropriate place to publish original research, nor can Wikipedia articles be used for substantiation of Wikipedia's own article content.  Do not confuse ''original research'' with {{slink||uncited}} content.  If someone  can find a published reliable source for the content, it's not original research.
;{{Anchor|Orphan|orphan article|orphaned article|orphan image|orphaned image}}[[WP:Orphan|Orphan]], orphan article, orphaned article, orphan image, orphaned image
: An ''orphaned article'' is an article with no links from other pages in the main article {{slink||Namespace}}. An ''orphaned image'' is an image with no links from any pages at all. You can view lists of [[Special:Lonelypages|orphaned articles]] and [[Special:Unusedimages|images]]. {{cat|Orphaned articles}} contains orphaned articles organized by month. ''See also [[WP:WikiProject Orphanage|Wikiproject Orphanage]].''
;{{Vanchor|O/T|O/t|OT|Ot|ot|o/t}}, OT
: Off topic. Used to describes article content or discussion commentary that doesn't correspond to the topic of the section or page on which it appears. A criticism of venue, not accuracy.
;{{Vanchor|OTD}}
:Abbreviation for [[WP:OTD|On This Day]], a selection of anniversaries that are displayed on the main page.
;{{Vanchor|OTRS}}
: Abbreviation for {{slink||Open Ticket Request System}}. ''See also [[Wikipedia:Volunteer Response Team]].''
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