Remove asterisk from property xrefs - /core and /fundamentals folders#52615
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Pull request overview
This PR standardizes API cross-references in docs by removing the wildcard asterisk (*) from property <xref:...> links across many articles, improving consistency and (in some cases) xref resolution.
Changes:
- Updated many property
<xref:...>links to remove*/%2A. - Adjusted surrounding text where needed to keep references consistent after the xref updates.
- Minor incidental formatting changes in a few places (for example, whitespace/indentation).
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| File | Description |
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| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-xml-xmlwriter.md | Remove * from XmlWriterSettings property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-xml-xmltextreader.md | Remove * from XmlTextReader.NodeType property xref. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-xml-xmlreadersettings.md | Remove * from XmlReaderSettings.XmlResolver property xref. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-xml-xmlreadersettings-schemas.md | Remove * from XmlSchemaSet.XmlResolver property xref. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-xml-xmlreadersettings-dtdprocessing.md | Remove * from XmlReaderSettings property xrefs in steps. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-xml-xmlreader.md | Remove * from several XmlReader/XmlReaderSettings property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-xml-xmlreader-create.md | Remove * from default settings table and scenario guidance property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-xml-linq-xnamespace.md | Remove * from XNamespace property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-xml-linq-xname.md | Remove * from XNamespace.None property xref. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-version.md | Remove * from Version property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-uri.md | Remove * from Uri.OriginalString property xref. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-type-gettype.md | Remove * from Type.AssemblyQualifiedName property xref. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-timespan-tryparse.md | Remove * from CultureInfo.DateTimeFormat property xref. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-threading-thread.md | Remove * from default-thread culture property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-text-stringbuilder.md | Remove * from Capacity, MaxCapacity, Length property xrefs in text/table. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-text-regularexpressions-regex.md | Remove * from NumberFormatInfo property xrefs used in example text. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-text-encoding.md | Remove * from EncodingInfo property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-text-encoding-default.md | Remove * from Encoding.Default and Encoding.UTF8 property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-string.md | Remove * from several String/culture/thread property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-string-isnullorempty.md | Remove * from String.Length property xref. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-string-format.md | Remove * from CultureInfo.CurrentCulture property xref. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-string-ctor.md | Remove * from Encoding.Default and Array.Length property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-security-cryptography-xml-signedxml.md | Remove * from SignedXml property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-runtime-serialization-iextensibledataobject.md | Remove * from DataContractAttribute property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-runtime-serialization-datacontractattribute.md | Remove * from DataContractAttribute property xrefs in guidance. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-runtime-compilerservices-internalsvisibletoattribute.md | Remove * from AssemblyName property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-resources-resourcereader.md | Remove * from IDictionaryEnumerator property xrefs in narrative text. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-resources-resourcemanager-getstring.md | Remove * from CurrentUICulture property xrefs in narrative text. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-resources-resourcemanager-getobject.md | Remove * from CurrentUICulture property xrefs in narrative text. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-resources-resourcemanager-ctor.md | Remove * from Type.Assembly property xref. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-reflection-emit-assemblybuilder.md | Remove * from AssemblyName.KeyPair property xref. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-numerics-complex.md | Remove * from Complex property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-numerics-biginteger.md | Remove * from BigInteger.Zero property xref. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-nullable{t}.md | Adjust Nullable<T> property xrefs (partially). |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-net-httplistener.md | Remove * from HttpListener property xrefs (partially). |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-net-ftpwebrequest-proxy.md | Remove * from FtpWebRequest.Proxy property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-linq-expressions-binaryexpression.md | Remove * from Expression.NodeType property xref. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-io-filesystemwatcher.md | Remove * from IncludeSubdirectories property xref (partial cleanup). |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-globalization-sortversion.md | Remove * from some SortVersion property xrefs (partial cleanup). |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-globalization-numberformatinfo.md | Remove * from several CultureInfo/NumberFormatInfo property xrefs (partial cleanup). |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-globalization-datetimeformatinfo.md | Remove * from several CultureInfo/DateTimeFormatInfo property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-globalization-cultureinfo.md | Remove * from several CultureInfo property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-globalization-cultureinfo-invariantculture.md | Remove * from some CultureInfo property xrefs (partial cleanup). |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-globalization-cultureinfo-currentuiculture.md | Remove * from CurrentUICulture property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-globalization-cultureinfo-currentculture.md | Remove * from CurrentCulture and related property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-exception.md | Remove * from Exception property xrefs list. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-datetime.md | Remove * from several calendar/culture property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-datetime-tryparse.md | Remove * from Calendar.TwoDigitYearMax and CultureInfo.DateTimeFormat property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-console.md | Remove * from several Console/TextWriter property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/system-collections-generic-list{t}.md | Remove * from List<T>.Capacity/Count property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/runtime-libraries/includes/stringbuilder-perf-note.md | Remove * from StringBuilder.Capacity property xref. |
| docs/fundamentals/reflection/viewing-type-information.md | Remove * from Type.Module/Type.Assembly/Module.Assembly property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/reflection/specifying-fully-qualified-type-names.md | Remove * from Type.FullName and Type.AssemblyQualifiedName property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/reflection/reflection-and-generic-types.md | Remove * from several Type property xrefs (partial cleanup). |
| docs/fundamentals/reflection/how-to-hook-up-a-delegate-using-reflection.md | Remove * from EventInfo.EventHandlerType property xref. |
| docs/fundamentals/reflection/how-to-examine-and-instantiate-generic-types-with-reflection.md | Remove * from Type.GenericParameterPosition property xref. |
| docs/fundamentals/code-analysis/quality-rules/ca3077.md | Remove * from XmlReaderSettings.DtdProcessing property xref. |
| docs/fundamentals/code-analysis/quality-rules/ca3075.md | Remove * from XmlReaderSettings.DtdProcessing property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/code-analysis/quality-rules/ca1820.md | Remove * from String.Length property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/code-analysis/quality-rules/ca1311.md | Remove * from Thread.CurrentCulture property xref. |
| docs/fundamentals/code-analysis/quality-rules/ca1305.md | Remove * from CultureInfo.CurrentCulture/InvariantCulture property xrefs. |
| docs/fundamentals/code-analysis/quality-rules/ca1304.md | Remove * from CultureInfo.CurrentCulture/InvariantCulture/CurrentUICulture property xrefs. |
| docs/core/tools/dotnet-test-vstest.md | Remove * from AppDomain.BaseDirectory property xref. |
| docs/core/testing/unit-testing-mstest-configure.md | Remove * from TestContext.Properties property xref. |
| docs/core/extensions/work-with-resx-files-programmatically.md | Remove * from DictionaryEntry.Key/Value property xrefs. |
| docs/core/extensions/retrieve-resources.md | Remove * from Thread.CurrentCulture and CultureInfo.CurrentCulture property xrefs. |
| docs/core/extensions/resources.md | Remove * from CurrentUICulture and related property xrefs. |
| docs/core/extensions/primitives.md | Remove * from CancellationTokenSource.Token property xref. |
| docs/core/extensions/performing-culture-insensitive-string-operations.md | Remove * from CultureInfo.CurrentCulture property xrefs. |
| docs/core/extensions/performing-culture-insensitive-string-operations-in-collections.md | Remove * from Thread.CurrentCulture and InvariantCulture property xrefs. |
| docs/core/extensions/performing-culture-insensitive-string-operations-in-arrays.md | Remove * from Thread.CurrentCulture and InvariantCulture property xrefs. |
| docs/core/extensions/performing-culture-insensitive-case-changes.md | Remove * from CurrentCulture and Thread.CurrentCulture property xrefs. |
| docs/core/extensions/package-and-deploy-resources.md | Remove * from CultureInfo.Parent and NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute.Location property xrefs. |
| docs/core/extensions/globalization.md | Remove * from CurrentUICulture/CurrentCulture and related property xrefs. |
| docs/core/extensions/generic-host.md | Remove * from IApplicationLifetime.ApplicationStopping event xref. |
| docs/core/extensions/best-practices-for-developing-world-ready-apps.md | Remove * from CurrentCulture/CurrentUICulture property xrefs. |
| docs/core/diagnostics/eventsource-instrumentation.md | Remove * from EventAttribute.Version/Task/Opcode property xrefs. |
| docs/core/diagnostics/distributed-tracing-instrumentation-walkthroughs.md | Remove * from Activity.Kind/Activity.Context property xrefs. |
| docs/core/diagnostics/distributed-tracing-concepts.md | Remove * from ActivityListener.Sample callback xref. |
| docs/core/dependency-loading/loading-resources.md | Remove * from CultureInfo.Parent property xrefs. |
| docs/core/dependency-loading/loading-managed.md | Remove * from AssemblyLoadContext.Default property xrefs. |
| docs/core/dependency-loading/default-probing.md | Remove * from AssemblyLoadContext.Default property xrefs. |
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