User:PhilMacD

Tip of the moment... Create links faster using tricks 1. Magic pipe trick: Synonymous article titles may be clarified with terms in parentheses, like this: [[Self (psychology)]]. But when you want to include such a link in the body of an article, this would look rather awkward. So all you have to do is use the "magic pipe trick", like this: [[Self (psychology)|]]. Notice the pipe ("|") character stuck in there at the end of the link? That makes the link look like this: Self, without having to type the name of the link after the pipe! This trick also works with namespaces, so that [[Wikipedia:Tip of the day|]] (again notice the pipe character) displays like this: Tip of the day. 2. Plural trick: While editing, you will often need to make a link to a plural. For example, suppose you wanted to link "Fred Foo was famous for his study of puddles" to puddle; you could link it like so: [[puddle|puddles]]. However, you can save time by instead writing [[puddle]]s. This also works for adjectives ([[Japan]]ese), verbs ([[dance]]d), and any other suffixes or prefixes, like [[bring]]ing. It does not, however, work for some irregular verbs. For example, [[try]]ied does not work; you have to use [[try|tried]]. Nor does it work with apostrophes needed outside the wikilink like: [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Help:Pipe trick   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-randomizing template to your user page, use {{totd-random}}

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Attenuated vaccine, Onyx-015, The People & Planet Green League, Buccinum undatum, Gibbula, Piroplasmida, Acidophiles in acid mine drainage, Holoendemic, Race Relations Act 1965, Andrew Kerr (civil servant), Regulation of Railways Act 1868, Energy Bill 2012 – 2013 (UK Parliament)

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Surf clam, Toxoplasmosis, Antibody opsonization, Babesia, Theileria microti, Operation Support Hope, Cookiecutter shark, Hellbender,Anabatic wind, Ensatina, Simon Singh, Plasmodium falciparum, Microsporidia, Southmead, Blue-footed Booby, Prostitution in the United Kingdom, Frank Field (politician), Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Act 2010, Yuntai Mountain (Henan), Qattara Depression, Save the Arctic

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