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When there is a long strip of right-positioned images or infoboxes together with a number of article sections, it usually causes the section editing links—"[edit]"—for the sections which start after the first and before the last image or infobox to bunch up to the left of it like this: [edit] [edit] [edit] (see Example 1.)
I still see some pages that need work. Dab pages often have a lot of whitespace near the top that I fix by use of a table. I just fixed Legislative Assembly of the Cayman Islands by use of the {{LeftTOCwrap}} template. I use to use the {{Fix bunching}} template all the time, but now there does seem to be little need for it. Every now and then I ...
An alternative, supplementary method has been to add a hidden comment to the target section such as <!-- "Quark" links here --> [e] so that someone changing the title of that section can fix the incoming links. This method is weaker, since it puts the workload on the editor seeking to change the section title.
This screencast walks through how to use RefTools. Manually adding references can be a slow and tricky process. Fortunately, there is a tool called "RefToolbar" built into the Wikipedia edit window, which makes it much easier.
Links to article redirects are not broken: i.e. click on the link and you are automatically redirected to its target. However, links to category redirects are broken and need to be fixed. Placing a page into a category redirect makes it show up in the category redirect — not its target — until a bot comes along and fixes the link.
External links and references are two important elements of Wikipedia that newcomers sometimes find trouble with. This page is designed to cover only the technical aspects of linking and referencing; it is essential that editors also familiarize themselves with Wikipedia:External links, Wikipedia:Reliable sources and Wikipedia:Citing sources, as well as Wikipedia's various other policies ...
Dynamic email gives you the ability to get through your daily email routine even faster, and without ever leaving your inbox. This feature is turned on by default but, can be disabled at any time through the settings.
Reference links show in the body of the article, but do not show in the reference list This may be caused by a template that is not properly closed with }}. It can also be caused by multiple footnotes that are defined to use the same name.