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Tip of the day...
Using Special:MyPage to make private links

Special:MyPage is a special link that is dynamically linked to the current user's userpage. So, whoever clicks on it will be taken to their own user page.

If you add a subpage to the link, then only you will be taken to your subpage of that name. Other users will be taken to the subpage of that name in their namespace (if it exists).

This makes the link "private" by only letting the correct user get to the page via that link. Other users will diverted to their own userspace.

The code [[Special:MyPage/To-do list|To-do list]] creates this: To-do list.

However, this only makes the link private, not the page itself. Others can still get to it via the search box or by creating a new link with its entire title.

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Become a Wikipedia tipster
To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd2}}

Tips about Wikipedia as a whole

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Tips on accessing Wikipedia pages

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Finding your way around Wikipedia and beyond

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Tips on searching

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Getting help

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Tips for contributors on getting started

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Tips on working with articles

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Tips on editing

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Style tips

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From Wikipedia:Styletips:

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Category tips

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Tips on working with specific types of pages

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List tips

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Disambiguation page tips

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Tips on working with images

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Boilerplate/template tips

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User page tips

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Other ways to contribute

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Communicating with other editors

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Watchdogging (monitoring) Wikipedia

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Configuring and customizing your account

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Tips on working faster

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Shortcuts

Navigation

MetaTips

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Tip of the moment...
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Do you need administrator assistance?

Have you run across a problem that requires the attention of an Administrator?

The fastest way to catch the attention of administrators in general is to post an alert to the Administrators' noticeboard (A.N.). Administrators go there all the time to see what is up with Wikipedia; one of them will see your message and will take immediate appropriate action. Experienced editors hang out there too and sometimes will answer a question before an Admin gets to it.

Another option is to paste a {{admin help}} template (with the four curly braces) along with your question on to your Talk page and an Admin will stop by shortly.

Read more:
Become a Wikipedia tipster
To add this auto-randomizing template to your user page, use {{totd-random}}

See also

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Tip of the day related
Wikipedia:Tip of the day – main page
Chronological list of tips
Alphabetical list of tips
Tip display template types
Tip display template gallery
Manual of Style related
Wikipedia:Simplified Manual of Style – an overview of commonly used style guidelines.
Wikipedia:Styletips – a list of advice for editors on writing style and formatting n a bullet-point format
Help:Introduction to the Manual of Style – a quick introduction to the style guide for articles
Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Reading schedule – a reading schedule designed to assist editors in becoming familiar with Manual of Style
General formatting
Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia – a page that provides information on the basics needed to edit Wikipedia.
Wikipedia:Writing better articles – guidance on how to improve articles
Help:Cheatsheet – a page that provides the most commonly used wiki markup
Wikipedia:Dos and don'ts – summaries of Wikipedia's policies, guidelines, and formatting standards in a bullet-point format
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