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  2. Help : Referencing for beginners with citation templates

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    The easiest way to start citing on Wikipedia is to see a basic example. The example here will show you how to cite a newspaper article using the {} template (see Citation quick reference for other types of citations). Copy and paste the following immediately after what you want to reference:

  3. Boilerplate text - Wikipedia

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    In contract law, the term "boilerplate language" or "boilerplate clause" describes the parts of a contract that are considered standard.A standard form contract or boilerplate contract is a contract between two parties, where the terms and conditions of the contract are set by one of the parties, and the other party has little or no ability to negotiate more favorable terms and is thus placed ...

  4. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...

  5. Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia

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    No-output templates that indicate the article's established date format and English-language variety, if any (e.g., {{Use dmy dates}}, {{Use Canadian English}}) Banner-type maintenance templates, Dispute and Cleanup templates for article-wide issues that have been flagged (otherwise used at the top of a specific section, after any sectional ...

  6. Basionym - Wikipedia

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    The term "basionym" is used in both botany and zoology. [3] In zoology, alternate terms such as original combination [4] or protonym [3] [5] are sometimes used instead. Bacteriology uses a similar term, basonym, spelled without an i. [6] Although "basionym" and "protonym" are often used interchangeably, they have slightly different technical ...

  7. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...

  8. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers - Wikipedia

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    For dimensionless ratios (i.e. those without accompanying units), place a colon between integers, or place to between numbers-as-words: favored by a 3:1 ratio or a three-to-one ratio, not a 3/1 ratio or a 31 ratio. The same style is used to express odds in sport, gambling, and other statistical predictions.

  9. Help:Referencing for beginners - Wikipedia

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    The word "source" in Wikipedia has three meanings: the work itself (for example, a document, article, paper, or book), the creator of the work (for example, the writer), and the publisher of the work (for example, Cambridge University Press). All three can affect reliability.