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Outlines. This page in a nutshell: An outline is a list of topics arranged hierarchically that helps a reader learn about a subject quickly by showing what topics the subject includes, and how the topics relate to each other. Outlines combine the benefits of tables of contents, site maps, and glossaries.
In the desktop view of Wikipedia, one tool available to monitor activity on outlines is related changes. To use it on outlines, go to Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines and click on "Related changes" in the tools menu. In order for this to work on all outlines, Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines must be kept up to date.
Text formatting in citations should follow, consistently within an article, an established citation style or system. Options include either of Wikipedia's own template-based Citation Style 1 and Citation Style 2, and any other well-recognized citation system. Parameters in the citation templates should be accurate.
This help page is a . The markup language called wikitext, also known as wiki markup or wikicode, consists of the syntax and keywords used by the MediaWiki software to format a page. (Note the lowercase spelling of these terms. [a]) To learn how to see this hypertext markup, and to save an edit, see Help:Editing.
For each topic outline, a search for articles on its subject should be conducted periodically, and links to topics added to the outline. If there are too many of a particular type of link, for example, the cities in a particular country, a link should be provided to a list of them rather than listing them all in the outline itself.
Proposal: Rename this project to Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines. This project was named after the title of the main list of outlines: Portal:Contents/Outline of Knowledge. But that title was simplified to Portal:Contents/Outlines. This wikiproject's name should be simplified too. It pertains to outlines.
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Template documentation. This template should always be substituted (i.e., use { { subst:Outline generator }}). The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Outline generator/doc. ( edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox ( create | mirror) and testcases ( create) pages. Add categories to the /doc subpage.