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SnorlaxMonster
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*I hate ampersands (&). I think they look ugly and avoid using them outside of titles that already have them. | *I hate ampersands (&). I think they look ugly and avoid using them outside of titles that already have them. | ||
*I cannot stand {{wp|Acronym and initialism|acronym and initialisms}} written with periods between the letters but not after the final letter. I don't know where people get the idea that this is correct, but this is my absolute biggest pet peeve. If you don't know how to use the periods, don't use them at all—they are not compulsory. | *I cannot stand {{wp|Acronym and initialism|acronym and initialisms}} written with periods between the letters but not after the final letter. I don't know where people get the idea that this is correct, but this is my absolute biggest pet peeve. If you don't know how to use the periods, don't use them at all—they are not compulsory. | ||
==Useful tools for wiki editing== | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia] - never underestimate the uses of Wikipedia | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser AutoWikiBrowser] - excellent external semi-automated editor, great for mass edits | |||
* [http://archive.org/web/web.php Wayback Machine] - one of the most invaluable wiki editing tools, it allows you to access old versions of webpages or sites that aren't even online anymore | |||
* [http://textmechanic.com/ Text Mechanic] - a bunch of text manipulation tools that are great for edits involving replacing text or templates | |||
* [http://www.diffchecker.com/ Diff checker] - compares two pieces of text without requiring you to save an edit | |||
* [http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ Down for everyone or just me?] - checks if websites are down (use in combination with Wayback Machine) | |||
* [http://pcn.loc.gov/isbncnvt.html ISBN converter] - for converting between ISBN-10 and ISBN-13; also checks if ISBN has a valid checksum (use in combination with [[Special:BookSources]]) | |||
* [http://nickciske.com/tools/ Binary, hexadecimal, and octal converter] - not so useful for wiki work, but I guess it can come in handy for [[User talk:BulbaBot]] | |||
===Tools for times and dates=== | |||
* [http://www.timeanddate.com/ timeanddate.com] - excellent site with many great tools | |||
** [http://www.timeanddate.com/date/dateadd.html Date calculator] - for adding or subtracting days to or from a date | |||
** [http://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html Date to date calculator] - for finding the number of days between two dates | |||
** [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html Event time announcer] - puts a time in multiple timezones allowing everyone to see when a specific event will occur | |||
===Tools for Japanese=== | |||
* [http://jisho.org/ Jisho.org] - excellent online dictionary | |||
* [http://kanji.sljfaq.org/ Handwritten kanji search] - great for unknown kanji | |||
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120718205940/http://www.whiteagle.net/jap/ Romaji to hiragana and katakana converter] (via Wayback Machine) - sometimes easier than changing language and fiddling with conversion settings in Windows (site is down, but Wayback Machine's archive works just as well) | |||
==Articles needing attention== | ==Articles needing attention== | ||