Wikipedia talk:Glossary

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What does (top) mean in a User contributions page? Lawrence Chard

That means it's the current revision of that page. ie, if you look at the page's history, that person's last edit will be on the top. --Brion 11:33, 25 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Terms that need to be defined: Wanli, Google test, newb test

Got the second two; I have no idea what "wanli" is. -- Stephen Gilbert

I love this wikipedia glossary. It was necessary. I suggest include a link to it from main page.

DTD as in [DTD] needs to be defined please.

Requested definitions

  • Free link
  • Accidental link
  • Broken link
  • Red link
  • Language link: Isn't this just a confusing and rarely-used name for interlanguage link (aka "interlink")?
  • Piped link
  • Conversion script
  • Usemod
  • Phase III
  • Phase II
  • Boilerplate
  • Contribs
  • Troll
  • Rollback
  • Block
  • Ban
  • De-sysop
  • Section editing
  • Cut and paste move
  • Merge
  • Dupe
  • Forest fire
  • Vanity page
  • History
  • Refactor
  • Archive
  • Unwiki

The following were also listed as requests, but were unlisted by Menchi even though they have not been added to the glossary [1] (perhaps you could explain your reasons - IMSoP 20:51, 23 Feb 2004 (UTC))

  • Selflink
  • External link
  • Blanking
  • Double redirect
  • Sandbox
  • Skin
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