User talk:Jassu86/sandbox

References

It looks like you're having a little difficulty getting your references formatted properly. The easiest way is probably to turn on the citation helper. On the top right, go to "My preferences". On that screen, click on the "Editing" tab. At the bottom of that screen, turn on the feature called "Enable enhanced editing toolbar".

From that point on when you edit a page, at the top of the edit box, you'll see a mini menu-bar; the thing that will be most helpful here is the "Cite" option. After you select that, on the left, you'll see a drop-box called "Templates". From there, you can select the 4 most common citation formats. When you select one, a pop-up will appear that has all of the fields that you'll commonly want to fill in (if available--for instance, many websites don't have authors). This should let you get the references in the proper format.

Now, you can also do that all by hand, if you prefer (or if your browser doesn't support the advanced editing functions). One way is to just go to some other page that already has a reference of the type you want, "edit" the page just so you can copy it, and then just change all the values on your page. If you want to work from scratch, you can find a list of all relevant templates at Category:Citation templates. Qwyrxian (talk) 02:28, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

I decided to fix just one of the references (the first one) using the "cite web" template to show you how the formatting works. Note how down in the References list the formatting is much cleaner and easier to read; it's also easier for future editors to correct or update details of the ref. Again, feel free to ask for help if you need it. Qwyrxian (talk) 23:56, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Status quo

I just took a look at the current status of your work here. One thing I noticed is the "Status quo" section. I think you should probably pull that section from the article. I know this may sound weird, but, in general, WP doesn't provide "context" or "background" in its articles--the idea is that the background would go somewhere else, in another article. At most, you'd want one or two sentences, have that information before the rest, and have that info wikilinked.

As always, please feel free to ask any questions you have. Qwyrxian (talk) 00:30, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

I see a lot of wiki articles with a "History" section and I thought it might be relevant to show how the NBP got on the public agenda. However, if that's how it should be done on wikipedia, then what article should I put that information into? I know the OECD has a wiki. But it doesn't seem it belongs on that page either because the OECD does different things and doesn't even really mention broadband in its current state. Jassu86 (talk) 14:08, 3 May 2011 (UTC)