else's message, indent your post with a colon (:) at the beginning. You can indent it further using more than one colon. Everyone on Wikipedia also has a talk...

for other sources. It is important when making a link to avoid using a colon after "ISBN" followed by the numbers. Example Correct:   ISBN 9780674017535...

wikilink. Simply add the two-letter language code to the beginning with a colon (:) at the front. For example, if you are linking to the English Wikipedia's...

the source is in the Main article namespace (e.g., "Cat"), you must put a colon (:) in front of the name, thus: {{:Cat}} If the source is in the Template...

have only a space after "PMID" followed by the numbers; do not use the colon which is present in PubMed citations. Example Correct:   PMID 4957203 Incorrect:...

references for book source. It is important when making a link to have a colon after "DOI" followed by the numbers and letters. Example Correct:   [[doi:10...

article namespace. (This is an outward link example.) Another solution: put a colon before word "Category", for example, write [[:Category:Shamanism]] instead...

bizarre results, with no error message. Omitting colon or "#" on "#ifexpr": Forgetting to insert "#" or colon for "#ifexpr:" or "#expr:" can produce bizarre...

template adds a colon before generating the redirect. If the incoming parameter value has a leading colon, the output is getting two colons. It could be...

5})[\t ]*/gim, '$1$2'); //' loopcount++; } // Remove trailing colon from section headings str = str.replace(/(^[=]{1,5}[^=\r\n]*)[:]([\t ]*[=]{1...

the source is in the Main article namespace (e.g., "Cat"), you must put a colon (:) in front of the name, thus: {{:Cat}} If the source is in the Template...

title is first mentioned. Link the name of the language, followed by a colon (:), just before the native name. A transliteration into the Latin alphabet...

work-in-progress article into categories. You can "quote" categories by adding a colon before "Category", like this: [[:Category:Bridges]]. This turns it into...

[[Wikipedia:Simple Talk|]] creates Simple Talk. It works with anything with a colon too: [[WP:AN|]] turns into AN, and [[:de:Zimmer|]] turns into Zimmer. Javascript...

typically unnecessary formatting. Colons are removed from the end of headlines; it is typically bad form to have a colon after the section name to "introduce"...

no interlanguage links to en:movement and back (Hey, why is that extra colon required in [[:en:movement]], I thought this is not necessary on talk pages...

have a colon at the start. Yaris678 (talk) 18:31, 2 February 2011 (UTC) No because when you are doing real interwiki links you don't use the colon. Only...

you list them with a colon (to the right of the double left-hand brackets?), and the eventual Move to Mainspace strips off the colons to go live, or something...

RedCoat 18:06, 10 July 2007 (UTC) Actually, the leading colon is only needed if linking a term to another wikipedia so it isn't treated...

realize that you had two specific logos in mind since you didn't put the colon befor the "en" and it showed up as an interwiki link. alexandra (talk) 19:09...

and dashes in the ISBN do not matter. Also, the number starts after the colon for "ISBN-10:" and "ISBN-13:" numbers.  An ISBN identifies a specific edition...

of..." you want is "irc.freenode.net::6667" (are you sure you need two colons?) Cheers, Tangotango 09:56, 30 September 2006 (UTC) I would like to initiate...

but please check before doing that. Sometimes the problem is just that a colon was left off when wanting to display a category name. --Auntof6 (talk) 02:45...

happens when you try? One thing that people sometimes forget is to put a colon right after the opening brackets and before the "en", like this: [[:en:Enwiki...

Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 13:28, 16 September 2021 (UTC) You are missing a semi-colon at the end of line in your common.js. -Djsasso (talk) 15:14, 20 September...

Codedon's reply was to Fr33kman otherwise he may would have put in one more colon to address it to me. -Barras talk 10:57, 20 June 2010 (UTC) Ah, right. Disregard...

let's talk! :) 19:44, 16 July 2022 (UTC) @Tsugaru: Oops, I forgot a semi-colon at the end. It should have been like this: @import '//vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:P...

clarity. Links to other language editions should also be prefixed with a colon, or the entire link will not show. Chenzw  Talk  08:04, 14 May 2018 (UTC)...

here also!! fr33kman talk 10:19, 12 March 2009 (UTC) God, that's a lot of colons to type :p. I like the idea, but there are problems with it. Insistence...

the article directly, [[:en:Bill Moggridge]] must be used. The leading colon tells the software that it is a wiki-link to another project and not an...

(talk) 22:07, 16 June 2022 (UTC) @Robert McClenon, you need to add another colon before the en, like so: :en:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Garashov Farhad...

Barras || talk 11:08, 30 August 2009 (UTC) (<-) (tired of typing many colons) I don't own this wiki or rule it; there are many other editors that probably...

are two distinct thoughts and phrases. They need to be separated by a smi-colon or a dash. If this is a page that purports to help people learning English...

referring to the image, such as "(see image at right)" from that text. The colon-indent prefix ":" which indents lines (by about 7 spaces) also triggers...

someone return Wha Wha Wha Wha Seanie Me Cookie Colon Movie Film For Theaters back to Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters , delete the affected...

out there. Two national awards given out yearly in his name, on the 2000 colon bill, multiple buildings named after him, internationally known for development...

rather than link to it. If you want to link to a category you need to type a colon before the name of the category, like so: Category:Wikipedians looking for...

// every line is for 1 month, the alternative names are separated by a colon, for example: // January;Jan;J.;1., // every line needs to be terminated...

Vein White blood cell Gastrointestinal tract, 9 Human digestive system Colon (anatomy) Small intestine Liver Large intestine Mouth Human tooth Pancreas...

it is more suited for articles. We hack the system by adding a series of colons before each comment, to emulate a forum. They work for quick collaboration...

Function: Correct multi colon issues in links As a result of changes in the wikitext parser, links prefixed with more than one colon are now invalid, and...

Vein White blood cell Gastrointestinal tract, 9 Human digestive system Colon (anatomy) Small intestine Liver Large intestine Mouth Human tooth Pancreas...

replace="Süddeutsche Zeitung"/> <Typo word="Teatro Colón" find="\b[tT]eatro\s+[cC]olon\b" replace="Teatro Colón"/> <Typo word="Telefónica" find="\bTelefonica\b"...

end with colon END error_057_desc_script=One headline in this article end with a colon "== Headline : ==". This colon can be deleted. <br />...

He..." If it refers to Xena, it must be "She..." Needs a comma or semi-colon after "alone", needs a full-stop after "shame", an exclamation mark after...

about to do to you, the set RegExs that I'll be using are: Removal of the colon ((r'ISBN: (\d+)', r'ISBN \1') Removal of the word "number" or a variant...

contains a colon you'll see an error. So this: {{cite book|title=Foobar|publisher=This contains: a colon}} turns into: Foobar. This contains: a colon.{{cite...

overlink base.  Done The See also could use an indentation (using a single colon) just under the section heading.  Done "in the earth" do you mean in the...

What's are the numbers after the colons for? --SEPTActaMTA8235 11:56, 22 April 2011 (UTC) The numbers after the colon are the individual page numbers for...

I don't think "Acute peritonitis caused by traumatic perforation of the colon" or "Laws passed criminalizing bestiality and zoophilic pornography" are...