Editing Encyclopedia:Glossary (section)

==W==

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: An unusually long paragraph, presenting a solid block of text. Used in a negative sense, and most typically in the context of opinions in a discussion. ''See also [[Wikipedia:Too long; didn't read]] ([[TLDR]], TL:DR, WP:TLDR)''.
;{{Vanchor|[[WP:Walled garden|Walled garden]]|Walled garden|walled garden}}
: A set of pages or articles that link to one another but aren't interlinked with the rest of the encyclopedia.
;{{Vanchor|Watcher}}
: An editor who has a particular page on their watchlist. Example usage: "[[User:Jimbo Wales]] has over 3,000 watchers."
;{{Vanchor|Watchlist|watchlist}}
: A set of pages selected by the user, who can then click on [[Special:Watchlist|Watchlist]] in the links next to the user's username to see recent changes to those pages. ''See also [[Help:Watching pages]]''.
;{{Vanchor|[[WP:Weasel words|Weasel words]]|Weasel words|weasel words|Weasel word|Weaselwords|Weaselword|Weasel-words|Weasel-word}}
: Phrases such as "Some say that{{nbsp}}..." or "It has been argued{{nbsp}}..." which introduce a point of view without attributing it more specifically. See also {{slink|WP:Neutral point of view|Attributing and specifying biased statements}}.
;{{Anchor|Wheelwar}}[[WP:Wheel war|Wheel war]]
: A dispute between Wikipedia [[WP:Administrators|administrators]] who use the privileges of Wikipedia administrators (such as [[WP:Blocking policy|blocking]]) as weapons in an {{slink||Edit war}}. ''See also [[Wheel war]].''
;{{Vanchor|[[Wiki]]|Wiki|wiki}}
: Any website that allows easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language. Wikipedia is the most well known example of a wiki.
;{{Vanchor|WikiBlame}}
: A [[WP:Tools|tool]] for searching past versions of a particular article for a particular string of text. Usually used to determine who added the string of text. It is an external tool, available at [http://wikipedia.ramselehof.de/wikiblame.php wikipedia.ramselehof.de/wikiblame.php] or via the "Revision history search" link on the article's history page.
;{{Vanchor|[[Wikibooks]]|Wikibooks|wikibooks|Wiki-books}}
: A Wikipedia sister project which works to develop free textbooks, manuals, and other texts online. ''Not to be confused with [[Help:Books|Wikipedia books (PDFs made of multiple articles)]], [[WP:WBOOKS|WikiProject Wikipedia-Books]], [[WP:BOOKS|WikiProject Books]], or [[Wikipedia:Notability (books)]]''.
;{{Vanchor|[[WP:Wikibreak|Wikibreak]]|Wikibreak|Wiki-break|wikibreak|Wikivacation|Wiki-vacation|Wikiholiday|wikiholiday|Wiki-holiday}}, wikivacation
: When a [[WP:Wikipedian|Wikipedian]] takes a break from [[Wikipedia]].
;{{Vanchor|Wikicode|wikicode|wiki code|wiki-code}}
: ''See {{slink||Wiki markup}}.''
;{{Vanchor|[[WP:WikiCrime|WikiCrime]]|WikiCrime|Wikicrime|wikicrime}}, wikicrime
: An egregious case of or clear pattern of editing that violates Wikipedia policies, such as [[WP:VANDAL|vandalism]], [[WP:SPAM|spam]], [[WP:DE|disruptive editing]], [[WP:TE|tendentious editing]], [[WP:CANVAS|canvassing]], [[WP:HOAX|hoaxing]], [[WP:V|adding unverifiable information]], [[WP:COI|self-aggrandizement or promotion]], [[WP:NPOV|removing well-sourced or adding unsourced information to suit personal biases]]
;{{Vanchor|[[WP:WikiFairy|WikiFairy]]|WikiFairy|WikiFaerie|Wikifairy|Wikifaerie|Wiki-fairy|Wiki-Fairy|Wiki-Faerie|Wiki-Faerie}}, Wikifaerie
: A Wikipedian who beautifies wiki entries by organizing messy articles, and adding style, color and graphics. The efforts of WikiFairies are normally welcome, though they do not necessarily create new articles or affect the substantive content of the articles they edit. WikiFairies are considered to be basically friendly, like ''[[#WikiGnome|WikiGnomes]]''. ''See also {{slink||WikiOgre}}''.
;{{Vanchor|Wikify|Wfy|WFY|wfy|Wikification|Wikifying|Wikipedify|Wiki-ize|Wikiise|Wiki-ise}}
: To format using {{slink||Wiki markup}} (as opposed to [[plain text]] or [[HTML]]). It commonly refers to adding internal links to material ('''[[#Wikilink|Wikilinks]]''') but is not limited to just that. To wikify an article could refer to applying any form of wiki-markup, such as standard headings and layout, including the addition of infoboxes and other templates, or bolding/italicizing of text. Noun: '''wikification'''; gerund: '''wikifying'''; practitioner: '''wikifier'''. ''See also [[Wikipedia:How to edit a page]], [[:Category:Articles with too few wikilinks]], [[WP:WikiProject Wikify|Wikify project]], [[Wikipedia:Guide to layout]] and [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking#Overlinking and underlinking]].''
;{{Vanchor|[[WP:WikiGnome|WikiGnome]]|WikiGnome|Wiki-Gnome|Wikignome|Wiki-gnome|wikignome|wiki-gnome}}
: A Wikipedian who makes minor, helpful edits without clamoring for attention or praise for what they did. ''See also {{slink||WikiFairy}}, {{slink||WikiOgre}}.''
;{{Vanchor|[[WP:WikiHate|WikiHate]]|WikiHate|Wikihate|wikihate}}<!--That entire page should simply redirect to this definition, perhaps with some fine-tuning. Serves no purpose as a stand-alone, disused mini-essay.-->
: [[WP:DE|Counterproductive editing attitude and behavior]], especially [[WP:TE|tendentious]], [[WP:NPOV|biased]] and [[WP:NPA|personally antagonistic]] types of [[WP:EDITWAR|edit-warring]].
;{{Vanchor|[[Wikipedia:Harassment#Hounding|Wikihounding]]|wikihounding|hounding|Hounding}}
: The singling out of one or more editors, and joining discussions on multiple pages or topics they may edit or multiple debates where they contribute, in order to repeatedly confront or inhibit their work, with an apparent aim of creating irritation, annoyance or distress to the other editor. Note that editors can and do follow others in [[WP:AGF|good faith]] with constructive intent; it is the manner and motivation which distinguishes wikihounding.
;{{Vanchor|[[WP:Wikilawyering|Wikilawyering]]|Wikilawyering|wikilawyering}}
: Attempting to inappropriately rely on technicalities in a [[legal]]istic manner with respect to [[Wikipedia:Policies]] or [[Wikipedia:Arbitration]].
;{{Vanchor|Wikilink}}, wl, internal link
: A link to another Wikipedia page or to an {{slink||Anchor}} on the same page, as opposed to an {{slink||External link}}. For policy, see [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking#Overlinking and underlinking]] and [[Wikipedia:Build the web]]. For mechanics, see [[Wikipedia:Canonicalization]], [[Help:Section#Section linking|Help:Section § Section linking]], [[Help:Wiki markup#Links and URLs|Help:Wiki markup § Links and URLs]], and [[WP:Citing sources/Further considerations#Wikilinks to full references|Wikipedia:Citing sources/Further considerations § Wikilinks to full references]]. ''See also {{slink||Free link}} and {{slink||Piped link}}.''
;{{Vanchor|[[WP:WikiLove|WikiLove]]|WikiLove|Wikilove|wikilove}}, wikilove
: A general spirit of collegiality and mutual understanding among Wikipedians. The term [[WikiWikiWeb|pre-dates Wikipedia]]. WikiLove is achieved through [[WP:WIKIQUETTE|wikiquette]], [[WP:CIVIL|civility]], [[WP:AGF|assumption of good faith]] about other editors, [[WP:NPOV|neutrality]], respect for [[WP:POLICY|policies and guidelines]], and [[WP:CALM|calm editing and discussion]].
;{{Vanchor|Wiki markup|wikitext|wiki text|wiki-text|wikicode|wiki code|wiki-code}}, wikitext, wikicode
: Markup-language code like [[HTML]], but simplified and more convenient like a more powerful [[BBCode]]: for example, it uses three apostrophes on either site of text to create '''<code><nowiki>'''boldfaced text'''</nowiki></code>''' instead of <code>&lt;B>boldfaced text&lt;/B></code>.
: Wiki markup is the source code stored in Wikipedia's database and shown in the edit box, and then rendered into HTML to appear correctly in a reader's [[internet browser]]. [[WP:Searching|Searching]] by the Wikipedia software is done in the wikitext, as opposed to searching by external [[search engines]], which is done in the resulting HTML. The size of a page is the size of the wikitext. ''See also [[Wiki markup]], [[Help:Wiki markup]], [[Wikipedia:How to edit a page]], [[Wikipedia:Guide to layout]].''
;{{Vanchor|Wikimedia}}
: Properly '''[[WP:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.]]''' (WMF), a non-profit organization that provides a legal, financial, and organizational framework for Wikipedia and its sister projects and provides the necessary hardware. ''Contrast {{slink||MediaWiki}}.''
;{{Vanchor|[[WP:WikiOgre|WikiOgre]]|WikiOgre|Wiki-Ogre|Wikiogre|Wiki-ogre|wikiogre|wiki-ogre}}
: A Wikipedian who makes large edits from time to time but generally keeps to '''[[#WikiGnome|WikiGnomery]]'''. ''See also {{slink||WikiFairy}}''.
;{{Vanchor|Wikipediholic|Wikiholic}}
: A Wikipedian who obsesses over the project to the point where interacting with Wikipedia becomes akin to a [[psychological addiction]].
;{{Vanchor|[[WP:Wikipe-tan|Wikipe-tan]]|Wikipe-tan|Wiki-tan|Wikipe-Tan|Wiki-Tan}}, Wiki-tan
: One of the personifications of Wikipedia. She is the mascot character of various WikiProjects.
;{{Vanchor|Wikipipe}}
: See {{slink||Pipe}}
;{{Vanchor|Wikiportal|Wiki portal}}
: Pages intended to be the main pages for readers and editors interested in a specific area of knowledge, helping them to find the information on the specific topic and, for editors, to be inspired to develop the articles connected with it. Such editors might want to join a related {{slink||WikiProject}}. ''See also [[Wikipedia:Portal]].''
;[[WP:WikiProject|{{Vanchor|WikiProject}}]]
: An active group of Wikipedia editors working together to improve a specific group of articles and [[WP:Files|files]], usually those on one or more related topics. This often includes standardizing the content and style of the articles using an agreed upon standard format.
: The members of a WikiProject might work to improve and maintain a {{slink||Wiki portal}} of the same or related name.
;{{Vanchor|Wikiquette}}
: The etiquette of working with others on Wikipedia. ''See also [[Wikipedia:Etiquette]].''
;{{Vanchor|[[Wikiquote]]|wikiquote}}
: A Vanchor sister project to create a free online collection of quotations.
;{{Vanchor|Wikislap}}
: Providing someone with the URL of a Wikipedia article when they express a lack of knowledge about a particular topic.
;{{Vanchor|[[Wikisource]]|wikisource}}
: A Wikipedia sister project to create a free online compendium of primary source texts.
;{{Vanchor|Wikispace}}
: The Wikipedia [[WP:namespace|namespace]]. See [[WP:Namespace#Pseudo-namespaces|Wikipedia:Namespace § Pseudo-namespaces]] and [[Wikipedia:Shortcut directory]] (also known as [[WP:WP]]).
;{{Vanchor|Wikispam}}
: Articles or sections created to promote a product or [[meme]]. [[WP:Spam|Spamming]] also includes adding extraneous or irrelevant links to promote an outside site, particularly for commercial purposes. No type of spamming is allowed on Wikipedia.
;{{Vanchor|[[Wikispecies]]|wikispecies}}
: A Wikipedia sister project. It is a wiki-based, [[Species Latin name abbreviations|species directory]] which provides a solution to the problem that there is no central registration of [[species]] data in Wikipedia. Wikispecies provides a central, more extensive database for [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomy]]. Wikispecies is aimed at the needs of scientific users rather than general users.
;{{Vanchor|Wikistress|Wiki-stress|WikiStress|Wiki-Stress|wikistress|wiki-stress|wiki stress}}
: Personal stress or tension induced by editing Wikipedia, or more often by being involved in minor conflict with another editor. Some users maintain a Wikistress meter on their user page. See [[Template:Wstress3d|the Wikistress template]], [[:Template:Boschmeter|the Bosch Wikistress Meter]], and [[m:Wikistress|Wikistress]].
;{{Vanchor|WikiTerrorism|Wikiterrorism|wikiterrorism|WikiTerror|Wikiterror|wikiterror}}
: A melodramatic term for the act of purposely trying to damage [[Wikipedia]] on a large scale. It can be [[WP:VAND|vandalism]], but it could include [[WP:TROLL|trolling]], [[WP:EW|edit warring]], or anything that could disrupt Wikipedia on a large scale. WikiTerrorism could also be "blitzing" Wikipedia, or vandalizing several articles in rapid succession. Such actions should be [[WP:AIV|reported immediately to administrators]] and will usually be [[WP:BLOCK|blocked.]] Some may consider this term in bad taste or hyperbolic.
;{{Vanchor|wikitext|wiki text|wiki-text}}
: ''See {{slink||Wiki markup}}.''
;{{Vanchor|[[Wiktionary]]|wiktionary|wikt}}, wikt.
: A Wikipedia sister project to create a free online dictionary of every language. Note that it is ''not'' spelled Wikitionary; there is no I between the K and the T.
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: ''See {{slink||Wikimedia}}.''
;{{Vanchor|Wolf vote}}
: A vote on Wikipedia which seems to be cast just to go against the flow. E.g., on RfA, this can typically be a vote such as "Oppose because x, y, and z are supporting." The opposite is called a {{slink||Sheep vote}}.
;{{Vanchor|WP}}
: 1. Common abbreviation for [[Wikipedia]], especially for pages in the Wikipedia [[WP:namespace|namespace]]. ''See also [[WP:Namespace#Pseudo-namespaces|Wikipedia:Namespace § Pseudo-namespaces]] and [[WP:WP]].''
: 2. Also sometimes used as an abbreviation for {{slink||WikiProject}}. ''See also {{slink||WPP}}.''
;{{Vanchor|WPP}}
: ''Abbreviation for {{slink||WikiProject}}.''
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