Hibou2

Welcome from a volunteer mentor (a real person)

Hello Hibou, as part of the current WikiGuides trial program, I've been given a list of 10 new editors to contact and offer to assist. Wikipedia can be frustrating to start out with, and there are a ton of long policy documents, technical discussion, and such that can be alienating. That said, a lot of the basics aren't too bad, and a lot of the bumps are easier with someone to help you roll with them. Feel free to write me at any point with any question by hitting the "Talk" button in my signature and posting on my Talk page. Give me a shout, MatthewVanitas (talk) 20:22, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Pointer on footnoting

Greetings, took a glance at your Hewat article, and saw a way you can really save yourself from trouble. Currently you're using the <sup> tags to add a "¹" where you want to put a footnote, and then manually typing a "1" down below. That can get pretty messy if people start adding info, and the numbers need to be reshuffled, etc. Fortunately, WP has an auto-footnoting tool that's the standard. To use it, just use <ref> and </ref> tags around your footnote listings, like so:

The spiny-toed salamander is the largest amphibian in Pakistan.<ref>Smith, John. Faunae of the Subcontinent. Acme Publishing, 2009</ref>

I'll go turn one of your foonotes into a <ref> as an example. This makes it way easier for all parties involved. I'll glance and see if any other ways to make your life easier jump out at me, and feel free to ping me if you need anything. MatthewVanitas (talk) 13:56, 15 March 2011 (UTC)