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How do I fix questions in the reference section?

Hello, I am working on a new article. It looks okay to me (drafted but not submitted - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Walter_A._Scheiber), but there seem to be a number of questions cropping up in the reference section, see below where it says "check date values" and last line, "external link" in |website= (help).

References[edit source | edit] ^ Jump up to: a b c d Barnes, Bart (10/11/2014). "Walter Scheiber, who led local council of governments for 25 years, dies at 92". The Washington Post. Check date values in: |date= (help) ^ Jump up to: a b c d Nicoll, Don. "Interview with Walter Scheiber" (PDF). http://www.digilib.bates.edu. Bates College. Retrieved 1/25/16. Check date values in: |access-date= (help); External link in |website= (help) Jump up ^ "In Memoriam: Walter A. Scheiber". mwcog.org. Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Jump up ^ Lindsey, David (9/20/1990). "Area's COG to lose its main cog: Director to retire after 25 years". The Washington Post. Check date values in: |date= (help) ^ Jump up to: a b "In Memorium of NARC's First President, Walter A. Scheiber". http://www.narc.org. External link in |website= (help)

Can you tell me how I can fix this? Or should it just be submitted as is?

Mirialova (talk) 22:38, 25 January 2016 (UTC) mirialova

Hi Mirialova, and welcome to Wikipedia! I've made a few changes to the references so that the errors have disappeared. You can always use the "View History" function on the draft page to see what I changed, but here's a summary:

• the |date and |access-date parameters break when a slash is put in them. As you can see, I've changed the format to the date written out fully, but you can also use YYYY-MM-DD format.
• I've also fixed the |website parameter. In |website, it's best to put the actual name of the website, not the URL. (You can put the URL itself in the |url parameter field.)

Thanks! /wiae /tlk 23:25, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

I need help putting in a wikilink correctly

Hi, I have submitted this article on Walter A. Scheiber for approval, but would like to clean up one problem I'm having. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Walter_A._Scheiber

I want to link "Senator Edmund Muskie" to the Wikipedia article on Edmund Muskie, but when I put in the link to that page, it turns into an external link. Also, it doesn't seem to display correctly. Even though the 'text to appear' says Edmund Muskie, it only shows 'Muskie.' Am I doing something wrong here? I've tried to look this up but can't seem to find anything talking about the difference (if any) between the link to a Wikipedia article and an outside URL.

I have one other Wikipedia link in the 'Retirement and Legacy' section, to Doug Duncan. That seems to be displaying his name correctly, but it also shows as an external link.

Here is the sentence with Edmund Muskie - but is doesn't show the link or the coding:

At the time of his hiring, Congress had just passed an amendment to the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1954, Section 701G, introduced by Senator Edmund Muskie (D., Maine), authorizing two-to-one matching funding for regional government councils. Over the next ten years, the number of Councils of Government, or COGs, grew from about 50 nationwide to nearly 500.[4]

Thanks!

Mirialova (talk) 01:14, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi, all you need to do to add a wikilink to another page is simply enclose the name of the page in two square brackets. So, for Edmund Muskie, you only need to do [[Edmund Muskie]], which will output Edmund Muskie --allthefoxes ^(Talk) 01:46, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Walter A. Scheiber (January 29)

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SwisterTwister talk 04:38, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Walter A. Scheiber has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Walter A. Scheiber. Thanks! DGG ( talk ) 05:15, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

AfC notification: Draft:Walter A. Scheiber has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Walter A. Scheiber. Thanks! DGG ( talk ) 04:36, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

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