Saduski J

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Quick guide to references

If you find a book, magazine, newspaper article, etc that you want to use as a reference, just type one of the following after the information in the article which the reference is about:

• Newspaper/Magazine article:

<ref>''Title of article'',author of article, (Title of newspaper/magazine, date of article, page(s), column(s))</ref>

• Book:

<ref>''Title of book'', author of book, (publisher, date of publication, page(s))</ref>

• Website:

<ref>[http://web-page-address ''Title of webpage''], author of page, date of page's creation, website name</ref>

For example:

• John Smith was appointed by the UN as an ambassador to Mars in June 1986.<ref>''An article in a well-known newspaper'', John E. Beegood, (The New York Times, 1 August 1987, page 6 col 2)</ref>
• John Smith is regarded as a world expert on creating references.<ref>''How do I create references?'', Met-al Icca, (Heinemann Publishing, 1964, pp. 16-17)</ref>
• While a known as a world-respected physicist, Smith is also a well-known skier who has participated in the Olympic Games representing Patagonia.<ref>[http://www.a-reputable-website.org/a_useful_page.html ''How to Create Useful References''], PhantomSteve, 12 March 1999, a-reputable-website.org</ref>

Then at the bottom of the page, make sure you have the following two lines:

==References==
<references/> -or- {{reflist}}

This would generate (for the above examples):

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• John Smith was apointed by the UN as an ambassador to Mars in June 1986.^[1]
• John Smith is regarded as a world expert on creating references.^[2]
• While a known as a world-respected physicist, Smith is also a well-known skier who has participated in the Olympic Games representing Patagonaia.^[3]

References

1. ^ An article in a well-known newspaper, John E. Beegood, (The New York Times, 1 August 1987, page 6, col 2)
2. ^ How do I create references?, Met-al Icca, (Heinemann Publishing, 1964, pp. 16-17)
3. ^ How to Create Useful References, PhantomSteve, 12 March 1999, a-reputable-website.org

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With basic references like this in place, more experienced editors can tidy them up! The hard bit can be finding references!

Please make sure you read the guideline Reliable Sources which details the kind of sources Wikipedia prefers to use.

If you have any questions, just ask me! Regards, -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 18:06, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Colons

Colons are for indenting, that makes easier to tell in a conversation what different editors say. For details, see WP:Talk. Please do not use article talk pages for general questions about wikipedia, use them only for discussion about the article. Feel free to ask in my talk page, relevant project pages can be a good place to ask too, for instance, if you have any doubt about policies on biographies you can ask at Wikipedia talk:Biographies of living persons and so on. Anyway, take it easy, there is a learning curve, new users are encouraged to be bold and learn through experimentation, use your common sense but don't worry about honest mistakes. Cheers and happy editing. JRSP (talk) 20:25, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

It works. Saduski J (talk) 21:11, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Good! ;-) JRSP (talk) 21:26, 11 December 2009 (UTC)