12.227.111.163

July 2014

Hello, I'm John from Idegon. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Dick Rutan, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. I see you mentioned a book as a source in your edit summary, but without having the book, I cannot convert that info into a suitable reference. Needed are the publisher, the ISBN number, and the page numbers where the info comes from. thanks John from Idegon (talk) 08:57, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

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It is in this book: http://buryusupsidedown.com/

Plus I have met him in person and it is a well known fact that he was an Air Force Fighter Pilot with Operation Commando Sabre.

Could you please help me format the citation properly? I am relatively a novice when it comes to editing in Wikipedia.

Sure. I'd be glad to. I will need the page numbers broken down for each fact you are referencing. The rest I should be able to get from the publisher. This book is certainly a reliable source. I am going to leave you a whole pile of info after this message, including instructions for how to format references if you want to try it yourself. Welcome to Wikipedia. I'd encourage you to register an account, and also to come by my talk page and ask any questions you might have. Happy editing! John from Idegon (talk) 09:17, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Adding references can be easy

Just follow the steps 1, 2 and 3 as shown and fill in the details

Hello! Here's how to add references from reliable sources for the content you add to Wikipedia. This helps maintain the Wikipedia policy of verifiability.

Adding well formatted references is actually quite easy:

1. While editing any article or a wikipage, on the top of the edit window you will see a toolbar which says "Cite". Click on it.
2. Then click on "Templates".
3. Choose the most appropriate template and fill in as many details as you can. This will add a well formatted reference that is helpful in case the web URL (or "website link") becomes inactive in the future.
4. Click on Preview when you're done filling out the 'Cite (web/news/book/journal)' to make sure that the reference is correct.
5. Click on Insert to insert the reference into your editing window content.
6. Click on Show preview to Preview all your editing changes.

• Before clicking on Save page, check that a References header   ==References==   is near the end of the article.
• And check that   {{Reflist}}    is directly underneath that header.

7.  Click on Save page. ...and you've just added a complete reference to a Wikipedia article.

You can read more about this on Help:Edit toolbar or see this video File:RefTools.ogv.
Hope this helps, --John from Idegon (talk) 09:21, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

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Again, welcome! John from Idegon (talk) 09:21, 27 July 2014 (UTC) John from Idegon (talk) 09:21, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

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Thank you. --SineBot (talk) 10:21, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

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