Editing Encyclopedia:Glossary (section)

==U==

;{{Vanchor|UAA}}
: [[WP:UAA|Usernames for Administrator Attention]]. A noticeboard at which clearly problematic usernames are raised to be dealt with.
;{{Vanchor|umbrella nomination}}
: A nomination (e.g., on [[WP:CfD|CfD]]) that contains several items (e.g., categories) which are normally nominated individually. Can become a '''trainwreck'''.
;{{Vanchor|Unactionable}}
: ''See {{slink||Actionable}}.''
;{{Vanchor|uncited}}
: Material in an article that is not followed by an [[Wikipedia:Inline citation|inline citation]].  The uncited material may be {{slink||verifiable}} (editors could locate a reliable source that supports this material, if they tried to) or {{slink||unverifiable}} (nobody can find a reliable source that [[Wikipedia:Directly supports|directly supports]] this material).
;{{Anchor|Undisambiguated|Undisambiguated}}Undisambiguated
: An article title without a [[WP:disambiguator|disambiguator]] is said to be the ''undisambiguated'' title or ''[[wp:base name|base name]]''. For example ''Joker (film)'' is a disambiguated title, while the title ''Joker'' is undisambiguated.
;{{Anchor|Unencyclopedic}}[[WP:Unencyclopedic|Unencyclopedic]]
: Saying something is unencyclopedic implies that it would not be expected to appear in an encyclopedia, and thus in Wikipedia. (One must remember however that Wikipedia is [[WP:NOT|not a paper encyclopedia]], hence does not have the space/length limitations of a paper encyclopedia).
;{{Vanchor|Unnecessary disambiguation}}
: Adding a {{slink||Disambiguator}} to a [[#base name|basename]] in a title of an article when it is not necessary to [[#Disambiguation|disambiguate]] this title from other titles on WP, either because it is the only use of that basename as a title on WP, or because the article's subject is the [[#Topic|primary topic]] for that basename.
;{{Anchor|IP user}}Unregistered user
: ''See {{slink||IP user}}.''
;{{Vanchor|unverifiable}}
:Material in an article for which editors are unable to find any reliable sources that could be cited to support it.  Unverifiable information may be {{slink||cited}} (e.g., to an unreliable source or to a source that [[Wikipedia:Directly supports|doesn't support]] the material) or {{slink||uncited}}.  Determining whether material is truly unverifiable may require substantial effort.
;{{Vanchor|Un-wiki}}
: Going against the character of a [[Wiki]]. Usually, saying something is "un-wiki" means it makes editing more difficult (or impossible).
;{{Anchor|Un-wikify|Unwikify}}Un-wikify, unwikify
: ''Same as {{slink||De-wikify}}.''
;{{Vanchor|UPE}}
: Acronym for Undisclosed Paid Editing. See [[WP:COI]] for conflict of interest concerns. 
;{{Vanchor|Upmerge}}
: A term frequently used on [[WP:CFD|categories for discussion]], it means "merge into parent category". In the case of stub types, this usually means to keep any associated template but to link it with the parent category rather than the category under discussion. In contexts such as [[WP:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals|WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals]], creating an '''upmerged template''' means a stub template, only, feeding into a more general stub type.
;{{Vanchor|Upscope}}
: A [[portmanteau word|portmanteau]] of {{slink||Upmerge}} and {{slink||Rescope}}. ''See {{slink||Rescope}}.''
;{{Vanchor|User}}
: ''See {{slink||Editor}}.''
;{{Vanchor|Userbox}}
: A small box which is stored in the template space, and which includes a small piece of information about a user (such as "This user likes cheese"). Many users use userboxes on their user page, although some look down upon it. ''See also [[Wikipedia:Userboxes]].''
;{{Vanchor|Userfy}}
: [[Wikipedia:Userfication]] is the process by which material posted in a Wikipedia article, project, or template space is moved into the [[WP:User space|user space]]: into a user page or {{slink||Subpage}}. A common case is where an inexperienced user who is not a notable person has created an article about themself. The article would be deleted after userfying{{snd}}moving its content to a user page.
;{{Vanchor|[[WP:User page|User page]]|user page|Userpage|userpage}}
: A personal page for [[WP: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. The process of Registration does not generate user pages automatically. A user page is linked to as <nowiki>[[User:SomeUserNameHere|SomeUserNameHere]]</nowiki> and appears as [[User:SomeUserNameHere|SomeUserNameHere]].
;{{Vanchor|[[Help:Userspace draft|Userspace draft]]|userspace draft}}
: A draft created in a user's "userspace". See [[Help:Userspace draft]].
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