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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contribution of Trotter's Syndrome. You obviously know something about the subject. On Wikipedia, we use certain formatting to link to other pages and sort associated pages-- not everyone knows what a Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is, after all. Here is a short guide to such formatting using the example of a stub about a Canadian artist; you can also look at the changes I made to Trotter's Syndrome.

How to write a short article

This is a synopsis of how to write a short article, or stub, using the example of Gord Smith. It is also intended to give a brief introduction to wiki-markup. Occasional footnotes and help boxes are included to aid your understanding. You need not memorize the symbols that are used to format the text, but can copy and paste the text from this message and replace the information with info relevant to your subject (or try the buttons above the editing box). Note that this does not ensure that your page will not be deleted, as your subject must still follow the notability criteria. Should you wish to work on an article without fear of argument or deletion, you may work on it in your user space; a how-to can be found here. For further guidance see the essay "Your first article".

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'''Gord Smith''', (October 8, 1937,Montreal- ) is a [[Canada|Canadian]]What's this? sculptor who sculpts geometric forms in metal and wood. His artwork is in the collection of the [[National Gallery of Canada]], The [[Montreal Museum of Fine Arts]], and the [[Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art]].	Gord Smith, (October 8, 1937,Montreal- ) is a Canadian sculptor who sculpts geometric forms in metal and wood. His artwork is in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art.

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==Honors== *1967- member of the [[Royal Canadian Academy of Arts]]	Honors 1967- member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

More help on citing books and references: Wikipedia:Citing sources has more comprehensive information on citing sources There is an automatic Citation template generator for books- simply provide the isbn, and it spits out the entire template.

{{cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title= |origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |url= |format= |accessdate= |accessyear= |accessmonth= |edition= |series= |volume= |date= |year= |month= |publisher= |location= |language= |isbn= |oclc= |doi= |id= |pages= |chapter= |chapterurl= |quote= |ref= }}

Note that not all of these spots have to be filled in; only the title, date, publisher, and author are required. Often reference templates look something more like this, when filled out:

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*{{Cite book | author=Behrendt, Stephen C. | title=The Moment of Explosion: Blake and the illustration of Milton | date=1983 | publisher=University of Nebraska Press | location=Lincoln | isbn=0-8032-1169-4 | pages=}}	Behrendt, Stephen C. (1983). The Moment of Explosion: Blake and the illustration of Milton. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-1169-4.

<ref> (citation here, either in the form of a url, or if a book, use the same template as above with the page specified. You can really use the citebook template for webpages too)</ref>

If you link to a url, you will need to format it by placing a single bracket on either side, making sure that the http:// prefix is included in the address. The easiest way to do this is to cut and paste the address from the browser bar. If you link a url, the address goes first, then after a space, the text to be displayed goes inside the bracket also.

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Then add {{reflist}} under the references heading.

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'''Gord Smith''', (October 8, 1937,Montreal- ) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] sculptor who sculpts geometric forms in metal and wood. His artwork is in the collection of the [[National Gallery of Canada]], The [[Montreal Museum of Fine Arts]], and the [[Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal|Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art]]. ==Honors== *1967- member of the [[Royal Canadian Academy of Arts]] <ref> [http://www.craigscottgallery.com/?sec=2&artist_id=14#d3 Profile at the Craig Scott Gallery] </ref> ==References== {{Reflist}}

Gord Smith, (October 8, 1937,Montreal- ) is a Canadian sculptor who sculpts geometric forms in metal and wood. His artwork is in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art. Honors 1967- member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts References

There are several ways to find categories for your new article: Look at articles on related subjects to see what categories they have. Browse the main category tree at Portal:Contents. There are several automated tools that exist to make categorization easier, such as HotCat. For more information about this topic, see Wikipedia:Categorization.

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[[Category:1937 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Canadian sculptors]]
[[Category:Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts]]
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Notes

• ^What's this? This is a piped link, used when you want to link to article, but the full article name is grammatically incorrect (as Canada - Canadian) or is clear from the context of the article. The button that makes the | is right above the enter key on your keyboard. The formatting goes as follows: [[Article name|Text displayed]]

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Thanks, and I hope you enjoy your time here! Lithoderm 20:23, 14 December 2008 (UTC)